Before posting further in this thread, i wished it to be moved to a DIR, as i felt the subject was not debate material. However, it seems that it is not possible at this stage. So we continue in this forum.
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In Tantra, it is said that the Universe was set in motion by the primordial throb (
adya-spanda) and that all objects of the Universe were created by sound – “
artha-srsteh puram sabda-srstih” (sound precedes the formation of objects).
The universe is also confirmed to us as we each perceive it through internal dialogues. When the internal talk stops, the world disappears. This will be unbelievable to many but best we can do is compare with our deep sleep state, wherein there is no internal dialogue and no confirmation such as "Yes, the object 1 is like object 1" and no world.
So, in Veda, the Vak (the Word), which is said to be infinite and formless in the pure mind-space, and which divides into two and then three and then into many, is not only the spoken or heard word.
Rig Veda 1.164.45 “catvari vak parimita padani tani vidur brahmana ye minishinah, guha trini nihita neengayanti turiyam vaco manushya vadanti” (i.e. The knower know of the Vak that exists in four forms . Three are hidden and the fourth is what men speak) .
The rhythms of cosmic vibrations manifest as of four kinds (or rather in four stages of manifestation):
- Para-Vak is the highest form of sound. It originates as Om and issues forth from the Supernal Ether (paramam vyomam) where all the sound vibrations that build the various worlds pre-exist in an undifferentiated state.
- Pashyanti is the sound vibration heard in the Causal worlds (equivalent is our sleep realm). Pashyanti is “seeing speech”. A sage whose consciousness abides in the causal sleep body is able to “glimpse” a Truth in a vision or a revelation. Knowledge is acquired in the inner mind by sight without the use of the reasoning faculty or sensory data.
- Madhyama (Middle)is the sound as perceived in the subtle or the Pranic world (as in our dream realm). These exist as thought-forms held in our mind.
- Vaikhari is the lowest form of sound and it signifies outward expression. This is the spoken word emerging from our throat. We know this only as the Vak.
Being is never alone; it always has its own accompaniment, its shadow, vac, the Word, the Firstborn. Language manifests later.
