Guest guest Posted November 25, 2001 Report Share Posted November 25, 2001 Bible says a great truth “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God”. And this truth is further expanded in Hinduism under the title Anhad Naad (eternal resonance)<br><br> Anhad naad has been a subject of mainly sufis, faqirs and revolutionary saints, who wanted to remove our doubts from the various forms of devas and creating a rift and confusion among their followers.<br><br> Anahad Naad is vedanta, it is the integration of all theories into sound aspect of Brahma (Sabad-Brahma).<br><br> Guru Nanak, Kabir, Raidaas, Bulle Shah, Radhaswami etc had been associated with Anhad Naad. <br><br> Kabir Says “ Kahat Kabir Anand bhayo hai, bajat anhad bol re” Kabir says now the I have started listening to Anhad Naad and I am in spiritual ecstasy.<br><br> Bulle shah said “Anhaad naad drig theyi theyi baaje”….The eternal sound is sounding like drums and my whole being is dancing with joy”.<br><br> Guru Nanak said," Anhad suno Bar Bhagyo--Sakal Manorathh poorey" Those are lucky who listen Anhad naad as they fulfil all thier desires by this"<br><br> What is Anhad Naad. Literally it means the sound which is created without vibration of a physical subject. Normally we hear sound when some thing physical (like our vocal chords or skin of drum etc) vibrates and sound waves reach our ears and they start resonating with the vibrations and our mind translates those vibrations according to the information available in its store.<br><br> But when the world started Manfesting, it started with an eternal soundless sound (of Aummmm)….which further divided itself into 50 basic sounds. With sadhna we can catch those preliminary sounds which have since lost in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2001 Report Share Posted November 25, 2001 Listening to those soundless sounds and finally reaching the sound of Aum is called Nada Anusandhana in Hindu philosophy. Nada-anusandhaan sadhaka say that any one who starts listening to the sound of Aum…gets Moksha. In a way this is truth also…as listening to a particular sound means, our mind resonates on that vibration and is thus away and above the physical plane…and finally when it resonates the sound of AUM it is one with the supreme consciousness,….it is one with the Brahma, paramshiva, Krishna or Durga.<br><br> It is also said, that any one who has even grasped the first Anhad naad, is free from painful death and he goes straight to the psychic level of that sound after death.<br><br> Naad Sadhna is very simple and only thing required for Naad sadhna is concentration, purity of thoughts and Yama Niyama (of course). One may sit in a comfortable Asnana…and closing his ears with both hands…try listening to the humming sound produced by the mind (natural to all beings). in the beginning 10-15 mnts are sufficient. When one gets concentration…he will feel that there is another feeble sound behind the bzzzzing of the mind. Try listening to that feeble sound while ignoring the normal humming….and after some days we will start listening that back ground sound,…and we will enter the universe of Naad. As per Swami Nayananand Saraswati, there are 10 planes of consciousness which have their peculiar sounds which can be listened by this sadhna.<br><br>1 - Samharak Deva loka --- Sound first as chin-chin then anklets<br>2- Palam deva loka ----------- Sound as that of roaring of the ocean<br>3- Srijak Deva Loka-----------Sound as that of Mridunga (drum like )<br>4- Sahasaradal loka ----------Sound as of Conch<br>5- Ananda Loka ---------------Sound as of Trumpet<br>6- Chidanada Loka------------Sound as of sweet flute<br>7- Satchitananada Loka------Sound as of veena <br>8- Akahanda Ardhmatra-----Sound as roaring of Lion<br>9- Agam Loka ------------------Sound as of many flute like instruments<br>10- Alakh Loka----------------- Sound as of Nightangle<br><br> After these 10 lokas there are another secret 26 lokas…and finally the sound of AUM, the sound of eternal creative force of the universes.<br><br> But even if we are doing any other sadhna, we may still listen to some sounds and most common of them are heard by those who are doing Mantra Japa…When Mantra is done by Mental repetition only,.then slowly some sounds are heard. These sounds may be like<br><br>1- Some People singing together…words not understood<br>2- Some high pitched voice speaking our name<br>3- Laughing sound<br>4- sudden flash of thunderbolt<br>5- Water flowing smoothly.<br>6- Some people talking in a strange language<br>7- continuous sound of flute or any such instrument<br>etc<br> These sounds denote that a sadhka’s mind has established in a particular plane of consciousness…and it denotes progress in sadhna.<br><br>Hari Aum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2001 Report Share Posted November 25, 2001 Blessed Self, silentsoul<br><br>Thank you for the interesting posts on Anhad Naad. During Satsang, Swami Vishnu Devananda used to have us chant AUM out loud and gradually reduce the volume until we were repeating AUM silently. Along the way, he would tell us to concentrate on the silence after each repetition of AUM. When, he asked us to stop repeating AUM silently, he then urged us to dive deep inside of ourselves and hear the silence, taste the silence, smell the silence and touch the silence.<br><br>Also, I have experienced sound and light meditations from Sikh teachers with truly impressive results. One of the sounds that they spoke about after the meditation practice and one of the sounds that I heard during the meditation practice was the sound of bagpipes. This should be of some interest to you if you really do live in Scotland. <br><br><br>Your opening comments on the Bible reminds me of a spiritual joke:<br><br>There were two learned priests debating religion. One was a Christian and the other was a Hindu. <br><br>The Christian was saying that his people had the ear of God, because God had told the Christians that in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. <br><br>(John 1:1, King James version)<br><br>The Hindu merely replied, "That is all very interesting, but we happen to know what that Word was. It was AUM." <br><br>(Bhihadaranyaka Upanishad V,i,1. Srimad Bhagavad Gita VII, 8, and VIII, 111-13)<br><br>Hari Om Tat Sat<br><br>Omprem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2001 Report Share Posted November 26, 2001 Tks Ompremji for sharing these important aspect. As we discussed earlier four aspects of sound (Vaikhari,Pashyanti,madhyama,para), sound plays an important role in our sadhna and by the different sounds heard we can very well guess what is our state in progress.<br><br> Swami vishnu Devananda has the most beautifully explained about the sound aspects in his book "Meditation and Mantras" a book which is like a boon to the humankind. Please write something more on this.<br><br>silentsoul<br><br>PS: Yes i "Really" live in Scotland. Edinburgh is one the most beautiful places i have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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