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Chronic7

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Gong? (Instrument)
#7956119 - 01/30/08 03:28 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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Has anyone heard a LIVE gong tripping before?
Im getting a desktop chinese wind gong, about 15" across, makes a light nice sound (by the websites sound sample) the £375 gong sounds deeply amazing!
I mean meditating listening to it would be good enough, but imagine meditating on shrooms and someone giving it a touch....Im getting excited just thinking about it!!!
A recent story i heard was about buddhists going to a western school and asking all the kids to close theyre eyes and listen to the sound of the gong move around, one childs mother asked him "i heard when you listen to the gong you can feel god, did you feel that?" the child replied "i WAS god!"

ps Add gong to Best Trip Toy List!
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Edited by Chronic7 (01/30/08 03:31 PM)
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KrishnaDreamer
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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: Chronic7]
#7958143 - 01/30/08 10:08 PM (16 years, 2 days ago) |
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singing bowls are cool too, digereedoos...
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Wow, that is very expensive. Let us know when it gets here.
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Chronic7

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The one i got is £50 not £375 lol that way beyond me at the moment, but it sounds great i wish i couldve got it!
The one i bought is arriving 2mro im looking forward to it alot!
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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: Chronic7]
#7959719 - 01/31/08 10:42 AM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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Electric Bass, turned way up and tuned down? Thats just fun anytime. My friend has a little gong.
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Chronic7

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Have you heard it tripping?
Im hoping the one i got will work well, its just a bright sound not a deep sound like the big gongs. I think that combined with meditation and folowing the sound (& shrooms) its gonna be intense!
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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: Chronic7]
#7959817 - 01/31/08 11:09 AM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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Yeah, it's a great idea. I wish to build a drumset by collecting exotic drums and cymbals - sucks that the exotic types are the more expensive ones. I want 4 different sized bongos, two congas, a couple of djembes (god damnit I'm getting this in a few weeks for sure, it's beautiful! http://images.guitarcenter.com/products/optionlarge/Remo/226355jpg.jpg), and of course a bass drum to kick with and I'll add a hihat and several cymbals. One can certainly play all of that with their hands - but I'll probably use some plastic drumsticks every now and then just for more range of techniques.
I cannot wait to complete my dream drumset... I might as well just buy a standard drumkit to begin with, and just use that as the base. That would be best, I believe..
And indeed, the gong will end up being the most expensive, but most explosive, piece of it all.
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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: manyc]
#7959839 - 01/31/08 11:15 AM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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YEah drums are definitely fun while tripping. I tried playing my set on acid once and it was really difficult since everything kept speeding up and slowing down. It was crazy, fun as hell though. Piano on shrooms was awesome too, my hands would like "flow" in and out of each other, if that makes sense.
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manyc
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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: Chronic7]
#7960030 - 01/31/08 12:36 PM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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I played my brother's drumset alone in a shed peaking on mushrooms once. It was fucking amazing.
I summoned a demonic energy. Accidentally.
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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: manyc]
#7960125 - 01/31/08 01:10 PM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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I'm the same way with playing guitar. Once I get into the right mindset I impress myself.
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Chronic7

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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: THEBats]
#7960492 - 01/31/08 02:44 PM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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I see music as humans capturing the rhythm of life, when your tripping if you take the instrument you know best and meditate and play, tap into the rhytm of life, you will most certainly be impressed with what comes out.
Dont play what you know, unless maybe just to warm up, eventually your fingers and breath if you play wind will take over, you become one wit the instrument.
Sorry for the INSTRUCTIONS!!! but ive had incredible experiences doing that.
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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: Chronic7]
#7960769 - 01/31/08 03:48 PM (16 years, 1 day ago) |
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Quote:
A recent story i heard was about buddhists going to a western school and asking all the kids to close theyre eyes and listen to the sound of the gong move around, one childs mother asked him "i heard when you listen to the gong you can feel god, did you feel that?" the child replied "i WAS god!"
i think that's from a book called 'awakening the buddha within' by lama surya das.
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Chronic7

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Re: Gong? (Instrument) [Re: kenneld]
#7963981 - 02/01/08 09:08 AM (16 years, 15 hours ago) |
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Yeah musta been i got that book and read the first half a few weeks back, thanks for reminding me where it was from!
Good book, the first ever book i read on buddhism about 3 years ago...gotta finish it again 
Got my gong 2day and it sound pretty cool for £50, its not like an earth shattering announcing a new head of state its just a mini/desk gonfg that sounds pretty dam good if you hit it right, im sure tripping itll be awesome, bring on 2mro!!!
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