Musica Universalis or Music of the Spheres !

The Law of Universal Order, the doctrine that there is Law behind the order of the Universe was echoed by Shakespeare." That the heavens themselves, the planets and the spheres observe proportion, ratio and Order"

The Music of the Spheres is a philosophic concept, that regards the proportions in the motion of the celestial bodies as Musica Divina or Divine Music The Music of the Nine Revolving Heavens, the Nava Grahas !. Though not literally audible, this Musica Divina is accessible to the divinely intoxicated mind, in a state of Cosmic Consciousness. It is harmonic, mathematical and Sacred Music !

The concept is Pythagorean. Pythagorus, the father of Astro Numerology, with his semi-mystical and semi-mathematical philosophy, declared that the Mystery of the Universe is discernible through Unio Mystica or Mystic Union. Mystic systems in the West like Gnostic Christianity and Free Masonry use this concept, as both these systems were influenced by Pythagorus.

Johannes Kepler, the great astronomer who gave the western world the Laws of Planetary motion, declared that Sacred Geometry, Cosmolgy, Astronomy, Astrology, Harmonics and Music stemmed from this Musica Universalis. Kepler elaborated this concept in his Harmonice Mundi , relating Astrology and Harmonics ! Kepler declared that

p1^2/p2^2 = a1^3/ a2^3

that is the ratio of the squares of the sidereal periods of planets is equal to the cube roots of their semi-major axes. ( The Third Law of Planetary Motion ).

Dante elaborated this concept in his formidable poem The Divina Commedia The spheres were believed to be related by whole number ratios of pure musical intervals, generating musical harmony.

In his book De Musica Beothius defined three types of Music

Musica Universalis or Musica Mundana ( Music of the Spheres )
Musica Humana ( the internal music of the human body )
Musica instrumentalis ( Instrumental music by instrumentalists )

This music can be heard in the Region of Concrete Thought, according to Max Heindel. This is a different state of Consciousness, different from the mundane. In Esoteric Christianity, this is called the second heaven.

Indian Philosophy gives great importance to Sacred Music. Most of the poems of the great poets have been musicalised. We find that great epic poems, like Geetha, like Devi Sooktham etc have been musicalised. Singers like Lataji, Anuradha, Chitra, Jesudas etc has sung the glory of these poems. Listening to these poems can make the Kundalini rise.

In 2006, Greg Fox divided the orbits of the planets in half again and again till they were literally audible. The result was Carmen of the Spheres.

Yogic schools like Nada. Laya and Shabda Yogas give importance to Sacred Music. The Shabda Yoga Gurus consider Pythagorus as a divine Guru, his name stemming from two Sanskrit words, Pitha ( father ) and Guru ( preceptor ). This Guru or gorus occurs in such names as Protagorus, Anaxagorus and Pythagorus !

Fortunatley I grew up in a tradition of Sacred Music. As a child, I used to get out of bed, hearing my mother sing Sankara and Jayadeva. I grew up listening to Sai bhajans, which can spiritualise any one.

In the Masonic Initiation, the Heirophant or the Guru tells the initiate " We have selected for you, selected by the Grand Organist, some selections from the Music of the Spheres ". He tells him " how all heavens and earths, the Grand Lodge below and the Grand Lodge above are all held together by that Music, though few on earth have the ears to hear it".

Genius hears the overtones, also the Music of the Spheres. Genius knows what it meant when Pythagorus said that Philosophy is the highest Music.

According to the Indian tradition, all Music is Samaveda . Musicology is the 17th science which constitute Indian philosophy ( ayurvedam dhanurvedam gandharvo veda eva cha ). Gandharva Veda is the eternal Music of Nature, the Universal Music, whose infinitesimal expression is all earthly music. What the Seers hear in higher or altered states of Consciousness is nothing but this Heavenly Music ( Ananta Vai Veda ).

Gandharva Music is the divine music in alliance with the Laws of Nature. If you make yourself still, you can hear this music in the rising of the sun and its setting. All you have to do is to prepare yourself spiritually and tune in and you can hear this wonderful music. This celestial music has psychotherapeutic properties.

The healing properties of Gandharva Music has been lost to the West and now many of India's professional musicians are touring the world, performing ancient melodies and demonstrating its psychotherapeutic properties to people from all civilizations.

You can hear some sample of Gandharva Music here
http://www.maharishi.co.uk/gv/MaharishiGandharvaVedaListenToSamples.htm


You can listen to these music videos and make your Kundalini rise !

The Nine Forms of the Mother Divine !

All Indian festivals are based on the position of the Heavens.

When the Moon is within 12 degrees of the Sun it is called the First Lunation, Prathama. The second is ( 12-24 degrees ) is called Dwitheeya. Then Thritheeya ( Third ), Chathurthi ( fourth ), Panchami ( Fifth ), Shashti ( Sixth), Sapthami (Seventh ), Ashtami ( Eighth ),Navami ( NInth ) and so on.

Navaratri is the festival of Nine days, when the Nine forms of the Mother Divine are worshipped. The Universal Mother is worshipped in her Nine Aspects, which are as follows.

1) Shailaputri - Mythologically, She is the daughter of the Himalyas. She is worshipped during Prathama, the first lunation, when the Moon is within 12 degrees of the Sun.

2) Brahmacharini - She is the celibate and celibacy is observed by all spiritual aspirants for Self Actualisation. She is worshipped during Dwitheeya, the second lunation.

3) Chandra Ghanti - She holds a half-circular Moon on her forehead and is worshipped during Thritheeya, the third lunation. . The Moon is the exoteric symbol of the Divine Mother. The Sun is the exoteric symbol of the Self. In Vedanta, the Moon represents the Universal Mind or Cosmic Mind.

4) Khooshmanda - She creates the Universe, the Brahmanda, by mere laughing. She is the power behind the solar systems. She holds the Rosary, indicating that Mantra Yoga is powerful and is conducive to Enlightenment. She is worshipped during Chathurthi, the fourth lunation

5) Skanda Matha - She is the mother of Skanda, the Military General of the celestials. She observed penance to get the hand of Lord Shiva and gave birth to Skanda, the Military Chief. She is worshipped during Panchami, the fifth lunation.

6) Katyayani- She was born as the daughter of Katyavan. Katyavan was a seer who perfomed penance to get the Universal Mother as his daughter. She is worshipped during Shashti, the sixth lunation.

7) Kalaratri - Kala means Dark and Ratri means Night. This is the symbolism of the Dark Night of the Soul and the Dark Night of the Spirit. She is worshipped during Sapthami, the seventh lunation.

8) Maha Gauri - Gauri means White. She is as pure and white, sinless. She is worshipped during Ashtami, the eighth lunation.

9) Siddhi dhathri - Siddhi means psychic or occult powers. She is the bestower of psychic powers. There are eight Siddhis. They are Anima, Laghima, Prapti, Prakamya, Iishitva & Vashitva, Garima and Mahima. She is worshipped during Navami, which is the ninth lunation.

These nine deities are Her nine aspects. Now man is a composite creature and only by overcoming our negative aspect, can we aspire for Self Realisation. Overcoming our negative aspect is not easy. Lust, greed, anger, jealousy, sloth, covetousness, gluttony, the Seven Deadly Sins, have their home in us.

Man houses dangerous forces in his house
The Titan, the Fury and Djinn
Lay in the Subconscient’s cavern pit
And the beast moved in his antre den !

The Mother Divine destroys them one by one, to give us immortal Bliss. For this purpose, She is propitiated on Nine Days, during the Nine Lunations, during the Nine Thidhis, in Her Nine Aspects !.

If you want, you can listen to this Sacred Music and may you achieve Enlightenment !

 

An Octet to the Formless

The poet Tulsi Das wrote Rudrashtakam, an octet to the Formless. Here it is in musical form. This octet is very good and I had experienced my Kundalini rising, as I pondered on its meaning.

"The Internet is the best place to talk about God", said Pope Benedict XVI. Sacred Music or Gandharva Music can definitely elevate the Kundalini. After all, the Universe is one Cosmic Dance and let us dissolve in that Cosmic Dance, which is Bliss Absolute.

Listening to Sacred Music, we elevate our Consciousness from the mundane level to the supra-mundane level. The Point of Bliss becomes accessible to the divinely intoxicated mind, the Point where Truth, Art, Poetry and Music meet.

Namameesha Meeshana Nirvana Roopam
Vibhum Vyapakam Brahma veda swaroopam
Nijam Nirgunam Nirvikalpma Nireeham
Chid Akasha Akasha Vasam Bhajeham

O The Lord of All That is
Who is the Bliss of Self
Resplended art Thou in Thy Form
Omnipresent in all verities
Of the Nature of Absolute Being
With mighty Vedas as Thy Form
Changeless, passionless, attributeless,
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

Nirakara Omkara Moolam Thureeyam
Giraajnana Gotheetha Meesham Gireesham
Karalam Maha Kala Kalam Kripalam
Gunakara Samsara Param Nathoham


O Formless Absolute
O Transcendence Personified
The Root Cause of all sound
Transcending senses, knowledge, tongue
The Lord of the Himalayas
O Destroyer of fierce Time
Benevolent, the abode of qualities divine
Transcending the Universe
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

Thusharadri Sankasha Gauram Gabheeram
Mano bhootha koti prabha sree sareeram
Sphuran mouli kallolinee charuganga
Prasadbhala balendu kante bhujanga


O Beauty Absolute, as white as snow
Who is Mind, who is Matter also
Who is all human beings
With splendour and wealth immense
With shining forehead, bearing Ganges
Who sports the Moon on his forehead
Who is garlanded by snakes
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

Chalat Kundalam Bhroosu Netram Vishalam
Prasannanam Neelakantam Dayalam
Mrigadheesha Charmambaram Munta malam
Priyam Sankaram Sarva Nadham Bhajami

I adore Thee, O Mighty Lord,
Thy Third Eye is the Eye of Wisdom
Who is massive and spreadout
With a pleasant, beatific face
With a beautiful throat blue
O benevolent Lord of the righteous
Wearing a lion skin around the waist
Who sportest a skull-cap garland
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

Prachandam prakrishtam pragalbham paresham
Akhandam ajam bhanu koti prakasham
Trayah shoola nirmoolanam shoola panim
Bhajeham Bhavanee pathim Bhava gamyam


O Lord of the Divine Mother
Immense, fierce, mature and brave
Transcending eveyone and all
The Unborn, eternal Self
Resplendent with the brilliance of millions of Suns
Transcender of qualities triune
( Making us totally detached )
Accessible to the devotee divine
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

Kala theetha Kalyana Kalpantha Karee
Sada sajjanananda datha puraree
Chidananda Sandhoha moha apaharee
Praseeda Praseeda Prabho Manmadharee

O Destroyer of lust demoniac
Who is beyond Cosmological Cycles
Auspicious and End of Universe
The Endower of Bliss to the righteous
O Destroyer of Pura
O Bliss Eternal and Absolute
O Destroyer of passions Six
(Lust, greed, anger, avarice, jealousy, gluttony)
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

Na yavad uma natha padaravindam
Bhajantheeha loke Pare va Naranam
Na thavat sukham santhi santhapa nasam
Praseeda prabho sarva bhoothadivasam


Those who do not adore Thee
Never attain to Bliss Absolute
In this world or the next
Be happy with us O Lord
Be happy with us mortals !
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

Na janami yogam japam naiva poojam
Nathoham sada Sarvada sambhu thubhyam
Jara janma dukhau dhatha thapya manam
Prabho pahi apanna mameesha sambho

I know not Yoga, Mantra or Tantra
I only have Thee in mind
Desiring only Thee I live
Save me from Existential Sorrow
The sorrow that resulteth from birth
Grief, sins, troubles, old age
To Thee who lives in the Sky of Consciousness
To Thee, I bow !

A Hymn to the Mother Divine !

To elevate our Consciousness, Sankara wrote a Hymn to the Divine Mother, the Raja Rajeshwari Ashtakam. This octet is good and can make our Kundalini rise !

Ambaa shaambhavi chandramaulir abalaa.aparnaa umaa paarvathi
KaaLii haimavatii shivaa trinayanii kaatyaayanii bhairavii .
Saavitrii navayauvanaa shubhakarii saamraajyalakshmiipradaa
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii


O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings
Thou art the Mother of the Universe,
The daughter of the mighty Himalayas,
The consort divine of the Divine Lord
With eyes triune - past, present and future
Thou art the conferror of Royalty & Fortune
With the splendour of a thousand suns !
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !



Ambaa mohini devataa tribhuvanii aana.ndasa.ndhaayinii
VaaNii pallavapaaNiveNumuraLii gaanapriyaalolinii .
KalyaaNii uDuraajabi.mbavadanaa dhuumraakShasa.mhaariNii
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii


Thou art enchanting and tempting
O Mother of all the three worlds
Thou art the Seven Octaves of Music
Thou art the Song and the Poem
Thou art the bestower of Auspiciousness
O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !

Ambaa nuupuraratnaka~NkaNadharii keyuurahaaraavaLii
Jaajiichampakavaijayantilaharii graiveyavairaajitaa .
ViiNaaveNuvinodamaNDitakaraa viiraasanaasa.msthitaa
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii

O Mother embellished with jewels
O Mother of the relative states
Waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep
O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings !
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !



Ambaa raudriNi bhadrakaaLi bagaLaa jvaalaamukhii vaiShNavii
BrahmaaNii tripuraa.ntakii suranutaa dediipyamaanojjvalaa .
Chaamu.nDaashritarakShapoShajananii daakShaayaNii pallavii
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii

O Mother fierce and dreadful
O Time Personified
O Devourer of all as Time
O Wisdom Personified
O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings !
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !



Ambaa shuuladhanuHkushaa.nkushadharii ardhe.ndubi.mbaadharii
Vaaraahii madhu kaiTabhaprashamanii vaaNiiramaasevitaa .
Mallaadyaasuramuukadaityadamanii maaheshwarii a.mbikaa
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii


O Universal Mother who destroys evil
Lust, greed, anger, jealousy,
Sloth, covetousness, gluttony
The negative elements of the human mind
O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings !
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !




Ambaa sR^iShTivinaashapaalanakarii aaryaavisa.mshobhitaa
Gaayatrii praNavaakSharaamR^itasaraH puurNaanusa.ndhiikR^itaa .
OMkaarii vinutaa suraarchitapadaa uddanNDadaityaapahaa
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii


O Mother Divine of the Vedas
O Mother personified as Gayatri
The Mantra which protects the chanter
Gayath thrayate iti gayathri
O Thou personified as AUM
Which represents the states triune
Waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep
And also Transcendence
O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings !
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !




Ambaa shaashvata aagamaadi vinutaa aaryaa mahaa devataa
Yaa brahmaadi pipiilikaa.nta jananii yaa vai jaganmohinii .
Yaa pa~nca praNavaadi repha jananii yaa chitkaLaamaalinii
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii


O Deity of all deities
O Thou who enchant the Universe
O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings !
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !




Ambaa paalitabhaktaraajiranisha.m a.mbaaShTaka.m yaH paThet
AmbaalokakaTaakShaviikShalalitaa aishvaryamavyaahataa .
Ambaa paavanama.ntraraajapaThanaaddantiishamokShapradaa
Chidroopii paradevataa bhaghavathii shree raajaraajeshwarii

O Prosperity Personified
O Thou who art the Prosperity Eightfold
O Conferror of Bliss Absolute
O Mother Divine of the nature of Consciousness
O Celestial Deity Great
With the noble attributes six
O Queen of all queens and kings !
Bestow on us Thy Bliss Celestial !

The secret of the Ninefold Deity !

The Ninefold Deity is the Mother Divine in her nine aspects.

She is the Sacred Feminine of Gnosticism, the Maya of Vedanta, the Prakriti of Sankhya and the Shakti of Tantra. She is the beginingless Ignorance or Nescience ( Avidya ), which binds man to the sublunar world. She is the manifest power of the Unmanifest !

The power of the Unmanifest Lord
Triune, Tri-featured and Eternal
The generatrix of the Universe is She
Universal Mind, which sprung from the Lord !

Avyaktha namnee paramesha shakti
Anadya Vidya trigunatmika para
Kayanumeya Sudhiyaiva Maya
Yada jagat sarvamidham prasooyathe



This Nava Durga Mantra protects the seeker, whether he be amidst enemies or in the battlefield, or enveloped by worries and difficulties. He who takes refuge in the Mother Divine will be protected by the Creatrix of the Universe.

Agnina dahya manasthu sathru madhye gatho rane
Vishame Durgameschaiva bhayartha saranam gatha


She is begininngless, because of her structural inherence in the phenomenal worlds. All the universes and multiverses are in transitional flux, in exact antithesis to the Immutability of the Divine !

She is worth worshipping, as She can destroy all the triune afflictions - physical, mental and emotional suffering, the thapa trayas.

We shalt exalt thee with devotion
O Destroyer of suffering triune
Physical, mental, emotional
Give us health physical
Give us Victory
Give us fame immortal
And destroy our enemies !

Sthuvath bhyo bhakthi poorvam thvam
Chandike Vyadhi Nasini
Roopam Dehi Jayam Dehi
Yaso Dehi Dwisho Jahee

Man is now in his lower nature !

In the Superior Design, which Man in his present stage of evolution cannot understand, all that exists are instruments of the Greater Life.

In the fierce conflict between good and evil, the final victory will be the Good's. The Good and the Law will always overcome the negative forces, the fleeing and illusory shadow of the Great Life !

To overcome Man's negative aspect, the Fourfold Yoga has been prescribed. Of the Four Paths, the noblest and blest is Union via Love. Love is sufficient unto Love. Love is Love's reward.

May Universal Love triumph on earth !

Though I subterranean powers approve
Yet help in this case is needed from above !

We need the Grace of Creative Intelligence, She who is asleep in us all as the Kundalini. Let Her as the Kundalini awaken in us and may we experience Enlightenment !

May She who is the Creatrix
Of all the relative states triune
And who is the Sole Existence
As Transcendence sublime
Who is the Power of the Lord
Who sustains the Universe
Who is all in all, who is all
May She grace us all !

Make spiritual debit zero !

We have a Cosmic Ledger and we have spiritual Credit & Debit. In order to get Enlightenment, we have to make our spiritual debit Zero.

This is the doctrine of the Karma, Learn !

Only when the dross of sin is quit

Only when Life dies like a white flame spent

Death dies along with it !  ( The Light of Asia )

So if we want to achieve Self Actualisation, we have to make our debit zero !

In Bridal Mysticism, our destruction of debit will be come by His Grace. The events that happen to the devotee will be to purge sins. It is said that He sits on the Consciousness of the devotee, destroying his sins and ready to confer Enlightenment !

Thalsol pannam vikarama akhila vidanu
Sevya chith sthithathvam

Thvan me papartha thapan pavanupurapathe
rundhi, bhakthim praneeya