29. Sound is imbued with characteristics of the Force producing it

DISCOURSES ON

RADHASOAMI FAITH

BY

MAHARAJ SAHAB

Pandit Brahm Sankar Misra, M.A.

29. SOUND IS IMBUED WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FORCE PRODUCING IT

            54. We would observe here that all sounds are more or less imbued with the characteristics of the force which produces them. Take, for instance, the case of a report produced by gunpowder or by any other highly explosive substance. When the explosion takes place, a very large quantity of gaseous substance is at once generated at one spot. The result is a sudden and powerful shock to the surrounding media. The suddenness and the intensity of the shock become a prominent component of the report, and the peculiar sound which accompanies it unmistakably indicates that component. In the case of articulate sounds also, the proposition enunciated above holds good. The subjective conditions which give rise to articulate sounds are represented in them, and the manifestation of feeling in this manner varies in accordance with the character and intensity of the generating impulse. In the brute creation, where the spirituality is of a low order, the sounds denote only rudimentary feelings; but, in man, the intonation can be adapted to the expression of highly intellectual thoughts and of beautiful imagery. The effect produced by the utterances of a man of genius is an illustration of the truth. Ordinary persons too, when they are vigorously swayed by passions and feelings, give expression to them in such language and tone as cannot be mistaken. The sweet and loving utterances of a mother to her infant, the sad sounds of lamentation caused by bereavement, the war-cries of warriors, are other illustrations of the effect of feelings on articulate sounds. If insignificant humanity is capable of producing such great effects by means of sound, how immense must be the spiritual effect of that sound which accompanied the original outburst of Prime Energy, viz, the spirit-force, in the beginning of creation!