Sound

The Life Absolute from which has sprung all that is felt, seen, and perceived, and into which all again merges in time, is a silent, motionless and eternal life which among the Sufis is called Zat. Every motion that springs forth from this silent life is a vibration and a creator of vibrations. Within one vibration are created many vibrations; as motion causes motion so the silent life becomes active in a certain part, and creates every moment more and more activity, losing thereby the peace of the original silent life. It is the grade of activity of these vibrations that accounts for the various planes of existence. These planes are imagined to differ from one another, but in reality they cannot be entirely detached and made separate from one another. The activity of vibrations makes them grosser, and thus the earth is born of the heavens.

HIK Tome 2 – Mysticisme du son

Man is not only formed of vibrations, but he lives and moves in them; they surround him as the fish is surrounded by water, and he contains them within him as the tank contains water. His different moods, inclinations, affairs, successes and failures, and all conditions of life depend upon a certain activity of vibrations, whether these be thoughts, emotions or feelings. It is the direction of the activity of vibrations that accounts for the variety of things and beings. This vibratory activity is the basis of sensation and the source of all pleasure and pain;

A keen observation shows that the whole universe is a single mechanism working by the law of rhythm; the rise and fall of the waves, the ebb and flow of the tide, the waxing and waning of the moon, the sunrise and the sunset, the change of the seasons, the moving of the earth and of the planets, the whole cosmic system and the constitution of the entire universe are working under the law of rhythm.

HIK – tome 2 – Mysticisme du son p.48

Everyone shows harmony or disharmony according to how open he is to the music of the universe. The more he is open to all that is beautiful and harmonious, the more his life is tuned to that universal harmony and the more he will show a friendly attitude towards everyone he meets. His very atmosphere will create music around him.

HIK tome 2 – Musique des sphères p.82

It is by this attitude of friendship that man expands and breaks down those walls which keep him in prison; and by breaking down those walls he experiences at-one-ment with the Absolute.

p. 83

The sound of the earth : it is weak, muffled ; producing a shivering in the body. Stringed instruments, percussions give out the sound of the earth.

The sound of water is deep : the howling of the sea, running water, torrent… Its effect is sweet, lively, giving rise to affection, emotion, dream, fantasy.

The sound of fire is strong – lightning, volcano, crackling, firecracker – it gives rise to fear.

The sound of air is floating, storm noises. Breaks, sweeps away, pierces through. Wind instruments. It gives rise to ecstasy, igniting the fire of the heart.

Tuning in to the psysical body – cells as liquid crystals
Contemplation : « Matter is a condition of spirit. »
Mental
contemplation : « Things are the way you look at them. »
Heart
contemplation : « Reality appears when the heart breaks. »
Soul
contemplation : « Divinity is the exaltation of the human soul. »
Spirit
contemplation : « Do I go through life, no, it is life that goes through me. »