| From The River Of Heaven |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| SANSKRIT : THE POWER OF MANTRA | |
| These Yogas of sound are not
concerned merely with the gross articulated sounds. Four levels of sound are recognized in Vedic and
Puranic literature. The Rig Veda (I.164.45.) states, "Four are the levels of sound. Three hidden in
secrecy cannot be manipulated. Mortals speak only with the fourth". These four are called
Vaikhari, Madhyama, Pashyanti and Para. Vaikhari dwells in the throat and is
our gross, articulated sound. Madhyama dwells in the heart and is our
mental pattern or idea behind the sound. Pashyanti means seeing. It dwells in the solar plexus.
It is the essential meaning behind the sound, its archetypal content.
Para means the transcendent. It is the essence of all sounds. It dwells
in the root chakra. (Note that the powers of sound dwell in progressively lower
Chakras. This is
not because they are progressively lower powers but because they have the
power over progressively deeper and more difficult parts of our nature.)
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