tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post1730441370289237644..comments2024-02-26T19:22:15.069-06:00Comments on Lex Christianorum: Universal Ethic-Convergences 1-Hindu TraditionsAndrew M. Greenwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242573723573203387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-31970801479815549322011-07-28T14:11:49.321-05:002011-07-28T14:11:49.321-05:00The very rich and mysterious Traditions of the Hin...The very rich and mysterious Traditions of the Hindu world have given us such great "western" music such as HOLST's 'The Planets', and many Beatles and Led Zeppelin Hits (think 'Kashmir').<br /><br />Yehudi Menudin, famous western violinist, is said to have held Indian Music as far superior and more complex than Western, in their mysterious non-standard meter and discovery of the widest varieties of scales, modes. There is a certain "universal appeal" in some of their mixed minor modes, for instance, we find in pop hits, Holst, and even Bach, especially Rachmaninov, and Borodin.<br /><br />Their notion of Nada Brahma ("Sound IS God, Creation IS Sound") acknowledges something in common with the Old Testament Nehemiah 12, and Genesis "In the Beginning, there was Light". (Light is but an Electromagnetic Wave, which we understand only by first experiencing Sound). And of Tolkien's 'Silmarillion' "In the Beginning, there was Sound".<br /><br />Fr. LeMaitre, priest-physicist proved to Einstein there was a Big Bang, a Traceable moment or Birth in time, measurable from the Expansion rates of the Universe. What did that "sound" like?<br /><br />String theorists today show the mathematical elegance of the theory that all matter consists not of point sub-atomic elements, but of vibrating "strings", of different lengths and shapes which "quantize" waves, such as the way Pipes in an organ or valves in a French Horn dictate specific qualities. String Theory shows potential to unite Einstein's Relativity with Quantum Physics.<br /><br />Consequently, the ancient Hindu insights on Sound agree with scientific, and Judeo-Christian revelation, that "sound", or "waves" are intrinsically the "stuff" of Creation. Our deepest insights into the Universe, Science, ourselves, and God are expanded when we pay closer attention to the nature of Sound.<br /><br />Unfortunately, Hindu culture also did similar things as Judeo-Christian culture to cover-up this sound, perhaps out of envy of its gifted masters, or fear of sound's Power. Even though they knew about Nada Brahma, and we knew about Nehemiah, the ministers of sound were denigrated, made into the lowest Castes. Warrior and Brahmin Castes fashioned themselves "above" the servile musicians, or as in Mozart's time, forced musicians to enter through the back door.<br /><br />One would think that with all this hoopla about Sound being Creation and Creator itself, that its masters would enjoy an elevated, secure status. Not so.<br /><br />So there were certain penalties we all paid for belittling the ones most attuned with God's Sound, which made our respective cultures handicapped, in science, justice, and overall Progress.<br /><br />Isn't it time we atoned? Such sins offend Nature, and God is not happy with us when we are "out of tune".Arthur Sulithttp://www.youtube.com/ArthurSulitnoreply@blogger.com