Sound In Vedas - Part I - Music Of Brahma

Today mathomathis is going to discuss the concept of uncreated sound...

One of the koans of Zen asks, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?". This sound is known in the Sanskrit tradition as "Anahata Nada," the "Unmade Sound". This means a sound not made in the way we know of it is the "sound" of the universe, the primal sound of energy itself. Ancient tradition says that the audible sound which most resembles this unmade sound is the sound of "AUM" (OM). ( Brahma Randhra: Brahma-aperture; opening in the crown of the head; "the tiniest of apertures, in which is the silent, primordial sound, which gives you the impression that you are, but you really are not" (Nisargadatta)). According to the Vedas, AUM is the most sacred of all words, out of which emanated the universe. The symbol of both the personal God and the Brahman or Absolute.

AUM is regarded by Hindus as the greatest mantra being of incalculable spiritual potency. Aum is not, in itself, the unstuck sound, but leads one to it. The mantra is composed of four elements. Three are vocal sounds: A, U, and M, while the fourth element is the silence which begins and ends the audible sound, the silence which supports it. The objective of intoning AUM is not only the mantra itself, but the experience of perceiving the unmade sound that supports it. This is the same as seeking the space which "supports" the universe and its galaxies : the "emptiness" or nothingness of space is necessary for the existence of everything seen and unseen. Everything seen and unseen, heard and unheard, smelt and un-smelt, felt and un-felt, tasted and untasted, are manifestations of pure energy.

This energy is the "container" for all things, and it is the seemingly elusive Source people have given numerous names to God, Self, Brahman , Godhead. The Absolute, the Supreme Reality, the Ultimate Reality, Truth or the Self of the Vedanta Philosophy are also used interchangeably for Brahman, and so on. Our interface with the material world is through our senses and the interpretation of these sensations with our minds our thoughts. 

I. Chakras and the Natural Number series: 

The Natural Number series is formed by adding a succeeding number to the previous root number, and is as follows : 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377 and so on. In other words, 5+8=13, 8+13=21, 21+13=34 etc. If one divides one number by another, one gets a ratio, 89/144= 0.618, or, 144/89 = 1.618, and, 144/233=0.618. This ratio, known variously as the golden section, golden mean or divine proportion, can be found everywhere in nature. It is represented by a rectangle in which the width compared to the length, is in the same proportion as the length compared to the sum of the width and length; i.e. "the smaller is to the larger, as the larger is to the whole". This sequence will be found in genetics and geometry, snail shells and in the growth formations of plants and other life forms, including the proportions of the human body.  

II. Chakras of the Head:

If one assigns the value of one to the distance between the chin and the crown of the human head, then 0.618 of this distance will be found to correspond exactly to the various locations of the head chakras.[The value 0.168 is the number we got when diving the recurring digits] 

II... I) Location of Head Chakras Layayoga - an Advanced Method of Concentration, Shyam Sundar Goswami, citing many references, describes thirteen chakras altogether; the seven standard chakras and six minor ones. The following lists the chakras according to the 13-chakra model. The location of these chakras is shown in the drawing.

 
[Source : http://www.hinduism.co.za] 

The Thirteen Chakras are

Chakra	Location	Petals	Association	Color	Tone
Sahasrara	above head	1000	transcendent	gold	486
Guru	above head	12	transcendent	silver
Nirvana	crown	100	mind origin	white
Indu	forehead	16	buddhi
Manas	forehead	6	chitta
Ajna	brow	2	manas	violet	432
Talu/Lalana	roof of mouth	12 or 64
Vishuddha	throat	16	space	blue	405
Anahata	heart	12	air	green	370
Hrit	below heart	8
Manipura	sternum base	10	fire	yellow	324
Svadhistana	below navel	6	water	orange	288
Muladhara	base of spine	4	earth	red