Spheres
What is Music?
The word Music derives from Greek mousike- art of the Muses (female
dancing divinities). It is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. The
music of the Greeks did not signify merely the harmony of sounds, but
actually embodied the idea of inner harmony of the spirit, the becoming at
one with the spirit of the Muses, so that the soul responded in harmonic
rhythm to the beat of universal harmony.
The Muses danced in a sacred grove in bright places adorned with works
of art. The Muses and Graces, who are also goddesses, unite in dance under
the direction of Apollo. The seeker climbed Mount Helicon from a dark valley
towards the light where the Muses were dancing. He ascended from
confusion in the valley and drew towards the light and clarity of divine "One."
As the climber reached great heights he could see breathtaking vistas and
hear the choral music of the Muses. Enchanted by the divine music, he joined
the dance. The poet or the musician who danced with the Muses descended
the mountain inspired by the laws of beauty, harmony and grace.
What is Music?
Apollo, uniting the attributes of the sun, bears in his hand a heptachord
or seven-stringed lyre (corresponding to septenates). From it, God evoked the
harmony that governs the worlds in their motions. One of its
correspondences is the seven sacred planets, Apollo being the sun.
Music is represented as having been taught to man by Apollo, Isis-Osiris,
Thoth, Edris (in the Koran), Confucius etc. Music was represented as one of
four divisions of mathematics, the others being arithmetic, astronomy and
geometry.
Music is a striving for harmony in life combined with aesthetic, in contrast
with intellectual and physical branches of study. While we have the power to
be enraptured by harmony and melody, we can also learn how these are
related to numbers, ratios, vibrations, and all the physical facts studied in
acoustics and the laws of modern musical harmony . Harmony and rhythm
underlie the cosmos, as is expressed in the phrase, Music of the Spheres;
and number and proportion underlie the whole process of evolution.
Elements of Music
The common elements of music are pitch (which governs melody and
harmony), rhythm (and its associated concepts- tempo, meter and
articulation), dynamics and the sonic qualities (timbre and texture).
A music genre is a conventional category that identifies pieces of music as
belonging to a shared tradition or a set of conventions. Among the criteria
often used to classify musical genres are: the trichotomy of- art, popular and
traditional, time period, regional and national origins, technique and
instrumentation, fusional origins and social function.
Music reflects the harmonies and the moral order of the universe and
therefore, has a divine origin. It can embody objective realities and manifest
intrinsic values and is not just about subjective personal taste or the passing
fads of a culture. Music formulated according a higher order suggests to the
listener that the heavens, the earth and nature embody orderly forms, and
manifest a divine beauty and harmony which reflects the Creator.
The border between music and noise can only be culturally determined.
How Music affects us
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Corresponding to the 5 platonic
solids, there are 5 basic elements
of life: earth, water, fire, air &
Chakra Geometry &
ether. A work-in-progress, man is Schuman Sequence
presently a 5-elemented creature.
Each chakra possesses its
distinguishing Beej Akshar- root
sound, which can be heard. The
Human body resonates at around
7Hz. during meditation.
Each planet has its own
Schumann Harmonic Resonance
Frequency of its electrostatic field.
For Earth, this is 7.0 - 8.5 Hz.
Quantum Physics researchers
have recently concluded that,
based upon measurements of
cosmic waves left over from the so-
called Big Bang, that the universe
itself is a Dodecahedron!
Human-body: a
musical instrument
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The Music of the Spheres is so intense All the seven regions are resounding with
and swift that It pulls me up in an this Sound.
instant. But the worldly-minded do not hear It,
(Plato) for the Sound is subtle.
(Hafiz)
Music without words means leaving
behind the mind. All space is filled with the Abstract Sound.
And leaving behind the mind is The vibrations of this Sound
meditation. are too fine to be either audible or visible to
Meditation returns you to the Source. the material ears or eyes, since it is even
And the Source of all is Sound. difficult for the eyes to see the form and
(Kabir) color of the ethereal vibrations on the
external plane. The knower of the mystery
A Sound is coming from the eternal of the Sound knows the mystery of the
abode to call you back. whole Universe.
(Tulsi Sahib) (Hazrat Inayat Khan)
All Houses of Worship- whether a
temple, mosque, church, gurudwara,
synagogue or other, made of brick and
mortar, are but models of the True
Houses of Worship
Temple of the Divine- the human
body, made by Divine hands. At their sanctum sentorum, representing the
It is within this that Sound & Light Third or Single eye, is represented Naam
of God is to be found. Outer sounds or Light (e.g. wicker lamps, candles, torches)
based on the 5 elements are called & Sound (e.g. bell, conch, devotional or
Bikh Baini- poison sounds. scriptural music, call of the muezzin).
The Process of
Creation
The Supreme Lord is unmanifest, beyond any description and is the
Ocean of Love. When He decides to become many from one, Saar Shabd
issues from His Being at Muqam-e-Hairat and creates Sach Khand- eternal
region of Truth or Pure Spirit (spiritual region). Here, He is present as Sat
Purush- God, the Father, Supreme Creator & Ekankar- the One manifest.
Then, Sat Shabd issues and creates Paar-Brahm. From here, Sunn Shabd
issues to create Brahmand (causal); then Onkar Shabd creates And
(astral); finally, Onkar Shabd with Anhad Shabd creates Pind (physical).
Naam comprises Shruti- Sound & Jyoti- Light, attributes of manifested
Spirit. Below Sach Khand, Sound-Light create the duality of Mind-Matter,
Time-Space etc. Paar-Brahm & Brahmand are perishable creations of the
Spirit-Mind-Matter trinity. Here, Jivatma- soul- itself an essence of Oversoul
or God- is progressively covered by Koshas- coverings of increasing density,
until its pristine light of 16 suns is altogether obliterated. The koshas are
powered by a subsidiary product of Naam- Prana, cyclical (dual) in nature.
Closely resembling the
Supreme creational sound,
Ekankar & Onkar or
Ekankar, the sound of Onkar or
Pranava (variously called Amen, Pranava
Ameen, Omega and so on)
frequently occurs in the scriptures.
Onkar or Brahm is Universal
Mind or Sun (Kaal- time), manifest
deity of Brahmand (causal plane,
El Dorado) that created And- astral
and Pind- physical worlds. He is
the creator of Vedas and supreme
deity in several of religions.
Triplistic states (A-U-M) and
Gunas- qualities (Sato-Rajo-Tamo)
are created in Brahmand.
Brahmand however, constitutes
only the second of the five stages
of rest en route the Divine Home.
Tava Ntya is a divine dance
performed by god Shankar (Mahadev).
It is a vigorous dance that is the source
of the cycle of creation, preservation Tandava Nrtya
and dissolution. While the Rudra
Tandava depicts his violent nature, first
as creator (in Big Bang) and later, as
destroyer of the universe, even of death
itself; Ananda Tandava depicts him as
enjoying. Shankar as Nataraja or
Natesha is considered the supreme lord
of dance.
It symbolizes the cosmic cycles of
creation and destruction, as well as the
daily rhythm of birth and death. The
dance is an allegory of the 5 principal
manifestations of eternal energy:
Y Srishti- creation, evolution, Y Sthiti-
preservation, support Y Samhara-
destruction, evolution, Y Tirobhava-
illusion, and Y Anugraha- release,
emancipation, grace.
Mantra Yoga
Siddha Asana
(for Dhyan)
TYPICAL
MEDITATION
POSTURES
However, Surat-Shabd Yoga is not rigid on postures. Meditation may be done even on a chair.
Souls flight into the Inner Space
Stages Plane Path Description
IV. Beyond Plane-3 Vihang Marg- The soul can climb straight from
Vulture-like earth to the mountain-top.
III. Upto Plane-3 Makar Marg- The soul can climb from earth to
Spider-like the roof without needing support of
the wall.
II. Upto Plane-2 Meen Marg- The soul swims against the current
Fish-like of Naam.
I. Upto Plane-1 Papeel Marg- Initiate struggles to control the Mind
Ant-like and vacate the 9 portals of the
body and reach Satgurus Radiant
form.
Nirat is the power of soul that awakens the Surat (i.e. the consciousness) and leads it to
move on to the higher planes. Unless Nirat (ability to see within) is activated Surat
(ability to hear within) cannot move ahead. Once the Surat gets turned on to the
Shabd, it gradually becomes one with it, and effortlessly reaches its Origin.
Concluding
In line with the Hermetic axiom, as above so below, man has always
sought to harmonize his life on Earth (physical) with that of the Heaven
(astral) through the discovery of the Laws of Nature. His effort ranges from
construction of great pyramids to the splitting of atom in Super-collliders.
Ultimately, everything in universe is made of frequency and vibration!
Delving into its mysteries, man has arrived at what saints and mystics have
always known- that the basic building blocks of creation are: Sound & Light.
Music is not merely an entity that provides pleasure and peace; it is of
the very nature of the Divine! By playing on the instrument of the human-
body, we can reach the great musician within- God.
The chakric Jacobs ladder connects God with man, created in His own
image. The return journey of the Jivatma- soul through the Science of Light
& Sound is akin to rock-climbing- Light is its anchoring element and Sound
that of its elevation. With the grace of the living Word-made-flesh, it
unshackles itself of its bondage and returns free to its pristine Divine source.
Recommended:
NASA Voyager music of
various planets based on
Radio-wave recordings
The End.
Thank You