08-10-2012, 03:45 PM
I would like to put some quotes from a book I am reading called "The Mysticism of Sound and Music" by Hazrat Inayat Khan, a Sufi master.
"In the Vedas of the Hindus we read: Nada Brahma - sound, being the Creator. [Lit. Sound-God] In the works of the wise of ancient India we read: "First song, then Vedas or wisdom". When we come to the Bible, we find: "First was the word, and the word was God." and when we come to the Qur'an we read that the word was pronounced, and all creation was manifest. This shows that the origin of the whole creation is sound."
"Those who have probed the depths of material science as far as modern science can reach, do not deny the fact that the origin of the whole creation is in movement, in other words: vibration. It is this original state of the existence of life which is called in the ancient tradition sound, or the word. The first manifestation of this sound is therefore audible, the next manifestation is visible. In the forms of expressions of life, life has expressed itself first as sound, next as light."
"The nature of the creation is the doubling of one, and it is this doubling aspect which is the cause of all duality in life. This doubling aspect represents one positive part, the other part being negative; one expressive, the other responsive. Therefore in this creation of duality, spirit and nature stand face to face. And as there is the first aspect, which I have called sound, and the next, which I have called light, at first in these opposite nature aspects, or responsive aspects, only the light works, and if the creation does still deeper there is sound. In nature, which is face to face with spirit, what is first expressed is light, or what man first responds to is light, and what man responds to next is what touches him deeper: it is sound."
"The beauty of the whole creation is this, that creation has worked in two ways; in one way it has expressed, and in the other way it has made itself a mold in order to respond. For instance, there is substance - matter to touch - and there is a sense to feel touch. There is a sound, and at the same time there is a sense of hearing to perceive the sound. There is light, there are forms, there are colours, and at the same time there are eyes to see them."
"The heart finds a joy in feeling, in sorrow. It feels that it has been used, and in that there is a happiness. The Sufi trains the heart in feeling."
"As one sound is directed by another sound, so every motion is caused by another motion. Therefore no activity can take place without a directing activity, and that activity which directs all is called God. This supports the argument of the fatalist that all is done by God, and it also proves the view of the metaphysician that there is no such thing as chance. At the same time it explains that free will remains, since each sound, in its outward manifestation, hides within itself its directing activity, so that behind what man calls free will there is hidden God's will."
"Why is the world called an illusion by the mystics? Because the nature of manifestation is such that it envelopes its own secret within itself, and stands out in such a rigid form that the fineness, the beauty and the mystery of its character are hidden within itself."
"Question: What is the difference between sound and colour?
Answer: Sound and Colour are one, they are two aspects of life. Life and light are one. Life is light, and light is life, and so colour is sound and sound is colour. But where sound is colour it is most visible and least audible, and where colour is sound it is most audible and least visible. You can find the unity of colour and sound by studying and practicing the science of the culture of breath." [Sound is the breath of all things.]
Also, to any who might attempt, is there any consistent explanation of what "Intelligent Infinity" is? What does it mean for Infinity to be itself, and what allows Infinity to be Intelligent? What IS intelligence?
in·tel·li·gence [in-tel-i-juhns] Show IPA
noun
1. capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
2. manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with intelligence and wit.
3. the faculty of understanding.
4. knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information.
5. the gathering or distribution of information, especially secret information.
We would also express if that the primal expression of the Void is in its Awareness of Emptiness, thus the only thing that it is possible to "become aware of", is awareness itself. So, the Void represents complete Awareness, but also complete lack of Awareness because in Awareness of emptiness there is awareness of only awareness, but because awareness itself is without distortion this awareness is empty of perception. The balance of Absolute Awareness, and Awareness of Emptiness, result in a equilibrium which is the Void. We could perhaps refer to "Non-Awareness" as truly being only Awareness of Emptiness.
This differs from what we would call the Abyss, which is the Awareness of Nothing, nothing hereby defined as the reciprocal of the first perception of awareness, or the first interaction within the Void between Emptiness and Awareness. It is the first illusion. It is only from Something that the perception of Nothing can arise. So the Abyss and the Void are brother and sister. The Void is that potential state of all perception, the seat of Awareness. The Abyss is the Primal Darkness, the first awareness of awareness itself, which perceives nothing but awareness, wherein all is empty. Yet, this "Nothing" of the Abyss is illusory, for hidden within the Darkness of the Abyss is the Void of Infinity.
For those familiar with the concept of the journey in to the underworld you may begin to see why it is necessary to first to be able to cross the threshold where the Dweller at the Threshold awaits, and then to enter in to the Abyss to find the lost fragments of the Self through the seeking of the Void of Infinity within. Only by crossing the Abyss will you find Infinity, the Void.
"In the Vedas of the Hindus we read: Nada Brahma - sound, being the Creator. [Lit. Sound-God] In the works of the wise of ancient India we read: "First song, then Vedas or wisdom". When we come to the Bible, we find: "First was the word, and the word was God." and when we come to the Qur'an we read that the word was pronounced, and all creation was manifest. This shows that the origin of the whole creation is sound."
"Those who have probed the depths of material science as far as modern science can reach, do not deny the fact that the origin of the whole creation is in movement, in other words: vibration. It is this original state of the existence of life which is called in the ancient tradition sound, or the word. The first manifestation of this sound is therefore audible, the next manifestation is visible. In the forms of expressions of life, life has expressed itself first as sound, next as light."
"The nature of the creation is the doubling of one, and it is this doubling aspect which is the cause of all duality in life. This doubling aspect represents one positive part, the other part being negative; one expressive, the other responsive. Therefore in this creation of duality, spirit and nature stand face to face. And as there is the first aspect, which I have called sound, and the next, which I have called light, at first in these opposite nature aspects, or responsive aspects, only the light works, and if the creation does still deeper there is sound. In nature, which is face to face with spirit, what is first expressed is light, or what man first responds to is light, and what man responds to next is what touches him deeper: it is sound."
"The beauty of the whole creation is this, that creation has worked in two ways; in one way it has expressed, and in the other way it has made itself a mold in order to respond. For instance, there is substance - matter to touch - and there is a sense to feel touch. There is a sound, and at the same time there is a sense of hearing to perceive the sound. There is light, there are forms, there are colours, and at the same time there are eyes to see them."
"The heart finds a joy in feeling, in sorrow. It feels that it has been used, and in that there is a happiness. The Sufi trains the heart in feeling."
"As one sound is directed by another sound, so every motion is caused by another motion. Therefore no activity can take place without a directing activity, and that activity which directs all is called God. This supports the argument of the fatalist that all is done by God, and it also proves the view of the metaphysician that there is no such thing as chance. At the same time it explains that free will remains, since each sound, in its outward manifestation, hides within itself its directing activity, so that behind what man calls free will there is hidden God's will."
"Why is the world called an illusion by the mystics? Because the nature of manifestation is such that it envelopes its own secret within itself, and stands out in such a rigid form that the fineness, the beauty and the mystery of its character are hidden within itself."
"Question: What is the difference between sound and colour?
Answer: Sound and Colour are one, they are two aspects of life. Life and light are one. Life is light, and light is life, and so colour is sound and sound is colour. But where sound is colour it is most visible and least audible, and where colour is sound it is most audible and least visible. You can find the unity of colour and sound by studying and practicing the science of the culture of breath." [Sound is the breath of all things.]
Also, to any who might attempt, is there any consistent explanation of what "Intelligent Infinity" is? What does it mean for Infinity to be itself, and what allows Infinity to be Intelligent? What IS intelligence?
in·tel·li·gence [in-tel-i-juhns] Show IPA
noun
1. capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
2. manifestation of a high mental capacity: He writes with intelligence and wit.
3. the faculty of understanding.
4. knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information.
5. the gathering or distribution of information, especially secret information.
We would also express if that the primal expression of the Void is in its Awareness of Emptiness, thus the only thing that it is possible to "become aware of", is awareness itself. So, the Void represents complete Awareness, but also complete lack of Awareness because in Awareness of emptiness there is awareness of only awareness, but because awareness itself is without distortion this awareness is empty of perception. The balance of Absolute Awareness, and Awareness of Emptiness, result in a equilibrium which is the Void. We could perhaps refer to "Non-Awareness" as truly being only Awareness of Emptiness.
This differs from what we would call the Abyss, which is the Awareness of Nothing, nothing hereby defined as the reciprocal of the first perception of awareness, or the first interaction within the Void between Emptiness and Awareness. It is the first illusion. It is only from Something that the perception of Nothing can arise. So the Abyss and the Void are brother and sister. The Void is that potential state of all perception, the seat of Awareness. The Abyss is the Primal Darkness, the first awareness of awareness itself, which perceives nothing but awareness, wherein all is empty. Yet, this "Nothing" of the Abyss is illusory, for hidden within the Darkness of the Abyss is the Void of Infinity.
For those familiar with the concept of the journey in to the underworld you may begin to see why it is necessary to first to be able to cross the threshold where the Dweller at the Threshold awaits, and then to enter in to the Abyss to find the lost fragments of the Self through the seeking of the Void of Infinity within. Only by crossing the Abyss will you find Infinity, the Void.