Tao of the Kung and the "F-Tone" Ease into the present moment. That's where everything happens, right now, in the moment.

The Tao of the Kung is woven around the F-Tone, middle F. Enhance your Yoga, meditation, relaxation or  regain focus on your daily activities as you become aware of the present moment. If you have trouble sleeping and are burned out on your Ambien, put it on repeat and sleep all night until the alarm goes off. The F-Tone note is middle "F" above middle "C" on the piano. It is known as the "tonic of nature".  The Voice of the Silence by H. P. Blavatsky says: "The Northern Buddhists, and all Chinamen, in fact, find in the deep roar of some of the great and sacred rivers the key-note of Nature. Hence the simile. (Middle F, the "F-Tone", is the note associated with the 4th, green, heart chakra).

It is a well-known fact in Physical Science, as well as in Occultism, that the aggregate sound of Nature-such as heard in the roar of great rivers, the noise produced by the waving tops of trees in large forests, or that of a city heard at a distance -- is a definite single tone of quite an appreciable pitch. This is shown by physicists and musicians. Professor Rice (Chinese Music) shows that the Chinese recognized the fact thousands of years ago by saying that "the waters of the Hoang-ho rushing by, intoned the kung" called "the great tone" in Chinese music; and he shows this tone corresponding with the F, "considered by modern physicists to be the actual tonic of Nature." Also mentioned in "Principles of Physics", saying that "this tone is held to be the middle F of the piano; which may, therefore, be considered the key-note of Nature." 

B-Flat is a a fourth or fifth of F, and is sounding out of a black hole in the Perseus galaxy at sufficient volume to be detected from Earth. It bellows b-flat  57 octaves below middle C.   If you listen closely to the Tao of the Kung you will notice the B-flat presence throughout. It resolves to the "F" but the b-flat comes in and out against the constant middle f undertone.  The B-Flat Mountain Range in Antarctica is also playing b-flat. "The multi-directional winds in this eerie and isolated wasteland create ventifacts of an exceptional nature, gouged with pits and decorated with flowing flutes and arching curves." This mountain range loudly "plays" a constant b-flat.

Turn up the Tao of the Kung so it's about the same volume as the ambient sounds around you. When you get it "tuned in", it will appear that the sounds of the Tao of the Kung and the sounds around you seem to come from the same place and share a common cadence.  The F-Tone makes a nice mantra and can produce some interesting results if two or three of you listen at the same time. Get out of the past and future and into what's happening; the present moment. 

If you live in Hawaii and have problems sleeping because of the noise from the Coqui Hawaiian "import" frogs, you might find this album can actually bring back the harmony you are missing.  Silence is a precious thing but when you can't find it, you can always reintroduce yourself to the underlying harmony and melody of the world. Lots of people put this CD on repeat and listen to it all night. If something wakes them up, they don't lie there thinking about sleeping, they slip right back into that sleepy feeling and are off into restfull sleep.