All the religions have taught that the origin of the whole of creation is sound – the music of the spheres.
The following quotes are from Volume II of The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan. The comments are mine.
Music is not only life’s greatest object, but it is life itself. Hafiz, The great and wonderful Sufi poet of Persia, says, ‘Many say that life entered the human body by the help of music, but the truth is that life itself is music’. And it is told that Hafiz said, ‘People say that the soul, on hearing that song, entered the body; but in reality the soul itself was song’!
Drunkards are running amok tonight
Friends are passing the Cup of Light
The Beauty and Beast within us all
Are merged as one in the dancing hall
Twirling and spinning out of time
Hearts intoning a wordless rhyme
Beggars and princes sharing Wine
The Beloved’s essence from the Vine
Everyone’s laying their burden down
The passing Cup helps us drown
Dancing and dancing to Heart’s delight
Turning, turning makes us bright
The Flute singing a one-note song
The beat of the drum deep and strong
The ancient rhythm enticing the soul
Blending all into the Whole
Ecstatic cries fanning the fire
The Guest arrives on a funeral pyre
Sapphire eyes, an emerald gown
Grace is blessing all in town
The Friends are losing all control
Annihilation is taking Its toll
Listen, O! listen beyond these words
This endless Breath can be heard
It’s calling to all alive and dead
Leave the comfort of the sleeping-bed
Hearken, Hearken one and all
The ground of HU is this hall
JH
Every activity of vibrations produces a certain sound, according to its Dome of resonance, and according to the capacity of the mould in which the form is shaped. This explains the idea behind the ancient Hindu word Nada Brahma, which means sound, the Creator God.
Cleansing Time
Three a.m. — a downpour
What is this that drenches
leaving no drop in the hair
nor puddle on the floor?
A mystery
that falls from head to toe
spiralling an ecstatic return
lifts us from this sleeping hall
On golden arrows whisked
across the mighty moat of heaven
where within the deep ravine
a live translucent mist
All who enter
Know
the Name.
JH
Music according to the ancient people was not a mechanical science or art; music was the first language.
Vowels play a great part in the name and its influence. E and I denote Jemal, the feminine quality of grace, wisdom, beauty and receptivity, O and U denote Jelal, the masculine quality of power and expression. A denotes Kemal, which is significant of the perfection in which both these qualities are centered. The above named vowels in the composition of the name have an effect according to their place in the name, whether in the beginning, center or end.
The deeper one sees into life, the wider life opens itself to one, and every moment of one’s life then becomes full of wonders and full of splendor.
Ah Love
Love is
IS-ing me
I am loving
the taste and wonder
of the loving
In the loving
all tastes
are tastes of loving
Wonder
spins and swoons
as love rushes
into and out of
Itself. – JH