First that the soul can rise above physical consciousness, given means whereby it can focus its energies, without recourse to the arduous control of pranas, and second that full spiritual realization or true samadhi is not merely a matter of transcending the physical (though that is necessary as a first step), but is the end of a complex inner journey in which there are many intermediate stages the attainment of which, under certain conditions, may be mistaken for the final goal and may thus debar further progress. The problem that arises before the true seeker in the face of such a situation is to discover a means other than that of pranas, jnana, or bhakti of an Isht-deva, as not only to enable the spirit-currents to be released from their present physical bondage, but also to enable the soul to be drawn upward unhindered from one spiritual plane to another until it transcends completely all the realms of relativity of naam and rup, of kal and mahakal, and reaches its goal: at-one-ment with the Nameless and Formless One.

The Sound Current

It is in the context of this problem that Surat Shabd Yoga, or the yoga of the celestial Sound Current, assumes its unique importance. Those who have mastered this yoga teach that the Absolute, though free of attributes in Its primal state, projects itself into form and assumes two primary attributes: Light and Sound. It is no mere accident, they point out, that in the revelatory literature of all major religions there are frequent references to the "Word" which occupies a central position in their pattern. In the Gospels we have:

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God
and the Word was God. -- Saint John 1:1

In ancient Indian scriptures we read repeatedly of Aum, the sacred Word pervading the three realms of bhur, bhuva and swaha (i.e., the physical, astral and causal). Again, Nanak says:

The earth and sky are of naught but Shabd (Word).
From Shabd alone the light was born,
From Shabd alone creation came,
Shabd is the essential core in all.
Shabd is the directive agent of God,
the cause of all creation. -- Prabhati

The Muslim Sufis declare:

Creation came into being from Saut (Sound or Word)
and from Saut spread all light. -- Shamas-i- Tabrez

The Great Name is the very essence and life of all names and forms.
Its manifest form sustains creation;
It is the great ocean of which we are merely the waves,
He alone can comprehend this who has mastered our discipline. -- Abdul Razaq Kashi

Moses heard the commandments of God amidst thunder and flame, while in Zoroastrian and Taoist thought alike there are references to the "Creative Verbum," the "Divine Light," and to the "Wordless Word," the silent Word.

HH Master Kirpal Singh (1894-1974)

Some learned scholars and theologians in subsequent times, because of their own limited experience, have interpreted these descriptions as metaphoric references to intuitive or intellectual enlightenment. On closer examination such a position will be found to be untenable. The terms "Word" or Logos as used by the Greeks, Hebrews and Europeans, may be distorted to mean "reason" or "order," and "light," may even be made to mean no more than mental illumination, but their equivalents in other religious literature--nad, udgit, akash-bani, shabd, naam, saut, bang-i-Ilahi, nida-i-asmani, sraosha, tao, and jyoti, prakash, tajalli, nur-i-yazdani, etc., refuse to bear such a travesty of their original mystic meaning. What is more, some seers have stated their real connotation in such a way that there can be no scope for equivocation or room for doubt that what is involved is not figurative expression of ordinary mental experience, but transcendent inner perception. Thus, in the Revelation of St. John we have:

His eyes were as a flame of fire...
His voice as the sound of many waters…
His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength…

And I heard a Voice from heaven,
as the voice of many waters,
and as the voice of a great thunder:
and I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps.

While in the Upanishads we are told:

First the murmuring sounds resembling those of the waves of the ocean,
the fall of rain and then running rivulets, after which the bhervi will be heard,
intermingled with the sounds of bell and conch. -- Nad-Bind-Upanishad

The Prophet Mohammad heard celestial music which gradually assumed the shape of Gabriel and formed itself into words; while Baha U'llah relates:

Myriads of mystic tongues find utterance in one speech, and myriads
of His hidden mysteries are revealed in a single melody;
yet alas, there is no ear to hear nor heart to understand!

Blind thine eyes, that thou mayest behold My Beauty, and stop thine ears
that thou mayest hearken unto the sweet melody of My Voice.

These references to Light and Sound, say the Masters of the Surat Shabd Yoga, are not figurative but literal, referring not to the outer illuminations or sounds of this world, but to inner transcendent ones. They teach that the transcendent Sound and Light are the primal manifestations of God when He projects Himself into creation. In His Nameless state He is neither light nor darkness, neither sound nor silence, but when He assumes shape and form, Light and Sound emerge as His primary attributes.

This spirit force, Word, Naam, Kalma or God-in-action, is responsible for all that is, and the physical universes that we know are not the only ones that It has created. It has brought into being myriad regions and myriad creations over and above the physical. Indeed the whole is a grand unfathomable illimitable pattern in which the Positive pole (Sach Khand or Sat Lok) is a plane of pure, unalloyed spirit, while the Negative pole (Pind) is of gross physical matter with which we in this world are familiar. In between are countless regions which those who have journeyed from one end to the other often divide into three distinct planes in accordance with the balance of Positive-spiritual and Negative-material forces in each plane.

The Masters teach that the one constant principle that links all these planes from pure spirit to gross matter is the principle of the flaming sound or the sounding flame. The Word or Shabd as it descends downward assumes a varying density of spirituo-material forces. Mystics speak of the purple light and the light of the noonday or setting sun, and refer to the sounds of flutes, harps, violins, conches, thunder, bells, running water, etc., but though manifesting differently at different levels the Shabd yet remains constant in Itself.

As a river springing from the snowy peak of a towering mountain flows toward the sea, it undergoes many changes of setting, shape, motion and appearance, and yet its waters remain the same.

If one could discover this audible life-stream within oneself, if one could discover its lower reaches, one could use it as a pathway leading inevitably to its source. The currents might at certain points enter gorges and rapids, but nevertheless they are the surest way on the upward journey. Be a range how-soever unscalable, the waters will have cut a pass and carved a passage, and he who will avail himself of their guidance would never fail to find a way. And since this Naam or Word-current springs from the Anaam or the Wordless, he who holds firmly to It will inevitably reach the starting point, transcending plane after plane of varying relativity until he arrives at the very source of name and form; thence to merge into That which has no name or form.

[ENDS]

From The Crown of Life

HH Master Kirpal Singh (1894-1974)

Born on 6th February 1894 in Sayyad Kasran, British India, His Holiness Master Kirpal Singh was confronted with nationalism, religious intolerance, and bigotry since His early youth. In view of the suffering humanity He deeply thought about the nature of man and sought for a solution to the permanent discord leading to violent conflicts. After a profound study of the basic scriptures of the Christians, Moslems, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, Jews, Zoroastrians etc, He found that they all give out the same basic truth and speak about the birthright of man to attain self-knowledge and God-knowledge. Due to His universal view He could create mutual understanding among the different religions. During fourteen years He was repeatedly elected President of the World Fellowship of Religions which came into being in 1957. He left his physical body on 21st August 1974.

Books written by His Holiness include: The Crown of Life - a comparative study of Yogas and Surat Shabd Yoga; Godman - the mission, nature and need of a spiritual Master; The Jap Ji: The Message of Guru Nanak; Morning Talks - a series of short informal talks giving practical advice on the general subject of spirituality; The Mystery of Death; Naam or Word - an in depth study of the Celestial Sound Current or God into Expression Power called variously: Naam, Word, Music of the Spheres, Shabd, etc; The Night is a Jungle - a collection of 14 public discourses on spirituality; PRAYER: Its Nature and Technique; SPIRITUALITY: What it is - an exploration of the Science of Spirituality; The Way of the Saints: SANT MAT - collected short writings, booklets, circular letters, and seasonal messages; and The Wheel of Life - about Karma, "As you sow, so shall you reap."

On three world tours in 1955, 1963, and 1972 His Holiness visited major cities in the Western world, where He met religious leaders -- including the Pope, politicians, and personalities of the society. Everywhere He conveyed the importance of self-knowledge and God-knowledge and emphasized the need of selfless service. His efforts to create understanding from man to man, for peace in the world and for tolerance among the religions have been recognized by many honours. His efforts reached a summit when He convened the first World Conference on Unity of Man, which took place in New Delhi, India, from 3rd to 6th February 1974. Religious, political, and social leaders from all over India, and delegates from approximately 18 countries participated in the conference. This World Conference was the beginning of the Unity of Man movement. As a result of the conference He was invited by the Indian Government to address Parliament. When He spoke to the members of the Lok Sabha (Lower House) on 1st August 1974, it was the first time that a spiritual leader was given that honour.

Successors

The successor to His Holiness Master Kirpal Singh (1894-1974) was His Holiness Master Ajaib Singh (1926-1997). His successor is His Holiness Sant Sadhu Ram. Their books, thoughts and analyses are available for download from www.mediaseva.org.

Holistic Quantum Relativity (HQR) Background

A. The HQR Project's Latest Glossary (v0.5) is available from here.

B. For those who wish to understand the genesis of the HQR Socratic Dialogue on IntentBlog in detail please visit the following strings in sequence:

1. Maulana Rumi: 2007 is his 800th Anniversary!

2. Unified Force, Sub-nuclear Physics & Love of Rumi

3. Holistics: Embracing Science, Art and Spirituality!

4. Complex Holistics: Hegel's Logic, Spirit and Mind

5. Simple Holistics: Hegel Triangles & Unified Pyramid

6. Holistic Pyramid, Sahasrara, Sri Yantra, Creation

7. Holistic Relativity: Spiritual Planes & Consciousness

8. Holistic Quantum Relativity: Spirituality and Science

9. Holistic Quantum Relativity Project: Glossary

10. Holistic Quantum Relativity Evolution on IntentBlog

11. HQR: Tagore Einstein: Science, Spirituality & Music

12. HQR: Albert Einstein Quotes on Spirituality

13. HQR: HH Master Kirpal -- Nature of Thought

14. HQR: HH Master Kirpal -- Indira Gandhi & Quotes

15. HQR: Quantum Physics -- The Holotropic State

16. HQR: Bringing All Together & Another Perspective

17. HQR: Quantum Computer, Einstein's Spooky Action

18. Holistic Quantum Relativity Project: Glossary v0.2

19. Holistic Quantum Relativity Project: Glossary v0.3

20. Holistic Quantum Relativity Project: Glossary v0.4

21. HQR: HH Master Kirpal: Consciousness & Free Will

22. HQR: Sir Karl Popper: Paradox of Science & Truth

23. HQR: Sir Tim Berners-Lee: The Future of The Web

24. HQR: Linking Ancient & Modern: WWW of Worship

25. HQR: Burden of Proof, Synchronicity & Applications

26. Holistic Quantum Relativity Project: Glossary v0.5

27. HQR: Energy & the Bizarre Danger in Calling Spirits

28. HQR:HH Sant Ajaib:Truth Connected is Never Alone

29. HQR: HH Master Kirpal -- Humility

30. HQR: E8, String Theory, Sahasrara, Spirituality

31. HQR: Dissolution on 100th Post: Thanks with Love!

32. HQR*: Whitehouse: Unifying Theory of One Creator

33. HQR*:Kirpal: Love, Concentration & Self-Surrender

34. HQR*: Einstein and Faith by Walter Isaacson

35. HQR*: John Outram: The Birth of Consciousness

36. HQR*: Wisdom based Global Economy Dialogue

37. HQR*: HH Kirpal: Don't Think Evil Of Others

Similar information in a more accessible format is available from The Alliance for a New Humanity's Global Wiki Project and The HQR Google Group.

This is presented as an amalgam from a number of sources with attendant errors and omissions. Please forgive the same and we welcome your submissions, thoughts, observations and views.

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