--- In [email protected], hanumanhoffman9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Naadopaasana > > Naadopaasana (worship the Sound) is a great spiritual science itself. Our scriptures declare > Nada as Nada Brahma meaning thereby that Nada itself is the Supreme Power. Nada, when > concentrated and devotedly meditated upon, opens the doors of the Divine and leads the > saadhaka (aspirant) to merge and be one with the Supreme Lord. > > A musician also uses nada; but uses his music for earning his livelihood and for name and > fame as a musician. He is no different from any other engrossed in the material world > unconscious of his spiritual being. > > But when music is exclusively employed as a spiritual discipline to please the Lord and > have His vision, nada will take the upaasaka (meditator) to the highest level of > consciousness raising him to that perfection which is the fulfillment of human life. > > - Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamiji > Jai Guru Datta!
I used to have an experience which straddled these two opposites, in that I would listen to the sweetness of a pop song and hear it as a hymn to God. Granted, the musician would be singing about his/her girlfriend/boyfriend, though I would be hearing it as about their desire to merge with God. It reflected my desire for the same thing. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
