Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00132)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, samblo@c... wrote:
> Netemara and All,
> I also enjoyed Daniel's post as I am certain many others 
did also. The
> Sound Current is a splendid area of inquiry that crosses all the
> boundaries that seem to erect synthetic basis for contestations 
among
> people that have advocacy's of personal preference. But in 
examination
> one finds a near universal inclusion of the sound current 
whether it be the
> Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Zen, Christian, Islam, or even Suma 
Ching Hai who
> expresses it as Quan Yin (Shai).
> 
> One of the sources I like is a work by Jai Deva Singh: "Spanda 
Karikas--
> The Divine Creative Pulsation" 1980.
> 
> 
> Another work is : "Sar Bachan -An abstract of the Teachings of 
Swamaji
> Maharaj, the Founder of the Radha Swami system of Philosophy 
and
> Spiritual Science: The Yoga Of The Sound Current" published by:
> Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Dera Baba Jalma Singh, Beas India (my
> edition is the 6th ed. 1974 .)
> 
> I might add that in 1875 certainly the Western Society had not 
the
> exposure or opportunity to access a lot of these Teachings, but 
one
> should also know that the Mystical "sounds" reiterated in the 
Voice
> have been a traditional doctrine taught in the texts of India 
in a more
> succinct un-ornamented form. They are to be found indexed and 
listed
> in most works treating the topic of the "Siddhi's" experienced 
on the
> path of progress in the Yoga. Today one can access a Treasury 
on these
> subjects both by direct instruction or by the profound 
literature now
> published widely and easily accessed in most Western lands. They
> give opportunity of "expansion" of mind and understanding.
> 
> When I was a young boy I without any work or effort received 
the Nada.
> I knew not what it was, only that it was not of the Earth or 
Earthly 
> sounds.
> It stayed with me 31 years. During that time I toured Europe 
and on
> weekends made a very short trip to Wurzberg in Germany and 
walked
> that city not even knowing at that time that H.P.B. had lived 
there on
> Willhelmstrasse. How I wish I had known then what I was to know
> later. It was to be 20 years before I cultivated an interest in 
Theosophy.
> When I took a leave and went to London I wandered and looked 
for a
> reasonable lodging which ended up being "The Albion Court" bed 
and
> breakfast which was 1/2 block from Hyde Park and the Marble 
Arch,
> so very close to where Radha had spent relaxing time there, 
again I
> was like a blind sheep, later looking back how I wished I had 
known
> I was practically sitting in her lap without any conscious 
awareness.
> 

Ahh, but you did know. That is why you went there. I have enjoyed 
this post as well. As you know I am/was a Satsangi and studied the 
sound current. One of the best outside sources I've ever read on the 
postures, yoga, meditation and sound was a little book "Yoga of 
Light" it is without a doubt one of the best books on getting 
meditation results I have ever read. 

The sound is universal. The difference between the Sufis and the 
Indian Mystics and the Catholics is that they (Easterns) own up to 
the sound and its power--while the Catholics and the others have 
pushed the sound under a rug and their hid their light under a 
bushel.

Anyway, the Yoga of Light book helped to accelerate my progress on 
the path of meditation to a high degree because it 
revealed "secrets" of the path and of the sound current. It takes 
one to know one, so they say and it also takes one who practices to 
become an "insider" to know when another insider is giving away 
secrets....So we know that this ancient document plays up the point 
that these are NOT exclusive nor NEW teachings. I will try to post 
excerpts from it as I think of it. 

Netemara

> John 
> 
> 
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