Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00157)

John wrote: <<Mauri, well, it is 
difficult to attempt to explain the sound 
of the Nada, but I will try to give the 
best I can do.>>

Thanks for that attempt, John. I wonder 
why you think that sound you heard was the 
sound of the Nada. I looked up that word 
in a couple of glossaries and here's what 
I found:

> From Purucker Glossary:
<<Nada (Sanskrit) Sound; used by Blavatsky 
mystically for the voice of the silence or 
soundless voice: "Literally perhaps this 
would read 'Voice in the Spiritual Sound,' 
" (VS 73).>>

> From "Collation of Theosophical Glossaries":
<<VS Nada (I 2), "the Soundless Sound" 
[[p. 1]] The "Soundless Voice," or the 
"Voice of the Silence." Literally perhaps 
this would read "Voice in the Spiritual 
Sound," as Nada is the equivalent word in 
Sanskrit, for the Sensar term.

SKv Nada Literally 'sound'; from the 
verb-root nad -- to sound. H. P. Blavatsky 
used this word Nada in the sense of the 
'Voice of the Silence,' the voice of Atman 
or the Divine Self of man.>>

<< I last heard it in 1981, before I saw 
the Boundless Light and Home. Since then 
the Nada is not here at least as I knew it 
as sound, but instead I get "Living Light" 
shows periodically that last sometimes a 
short time and sometimes several hours.>>

Sounds interesting, but I don't know what 
you're referring to.

<<I finally got to the point that I 
understood to mock up an astral phone and 
answer it, then there was someone at the 
other end. >>

So was the conversation interesting?

<<Try searching Google for "Siddhi's," the 
Mystical sounds Daniel recently in the 
Voice of The Silence. Noetic sounds are 
not limited to just the 10 primary types 
usually listed referencing the Siddhi's. 
Do exploring and research on the topic of 
spiritual sounds and get your feet wet a 
little in the waters of the literature on 
the topic. John>>

Thanks,
Mauri