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symbioidlj"The music is there without you or me." - Del Tha Funkee Homosapien from the album Deltron 3030. Get it if you at all like intelligent hip-hop. Produced by Dan the Automator.
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Which brings me to what i think about reality. Reality is fundamentally composed of sound. The hindus have the concept of Anahata, which means The Unstruck Sound. When you hear the mantra "Om..."(or spelled AUM), when people are meditating, this is the sound of the Unstruck sound. Here is an image of AUM.
Hindus say that this is the primal sound. It is unstruck because every other sound has been caused by two objects striking each other. Anahata is self caused. Anahata permeates everything.
The Bible says something to the effect: In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god and the word became flesh and dwelt among us.
The Greek term is Logos. The xians usurp this word and essentially put jesus as the source of all that is. Equating him with god. If you look back at the genesis myth, you see that "God said let there be light, and there was light." If god is speaking, he's speaking a word, and the word then, is apparently jesus. What happens is that a phrase is spoken and an effect occurs. This effect could be said to be the word taking flesh. The word is spoken, and the word becomes flesh("let there be light" turns into light)... Since the word was not only with god, but also god itself, the universe is thus god assuming a physical presence, the world is thus word(logos) taking form.
Shiva, the Hindu Lord of destruction is also the lord of dance. In one hand he carries a drum which beats the rhythm of the universe. This is the basic universal resonance the flows throughout everything.
If you've ever taken a psychedelic you know what people are talking about when they say that "the walls are breathing". My theory is that we are perceiving the wave-nature of reality...
Physics postulates that particles have two separate natures. Wave-Particle duality it's called. When observed one way, a beam of light can be seen as composed of photons(the light particle)... When observed another way, a wave interference pattern is formed, and what seemed to be particles is now a wave(or waves)... I hypothesize that our normal perception of the world is attuned to the particulate nature of reality, that things appear solid and have a specific form. This is an essential requirement for survival. But, when taking psychedelics, we (possibly)alter the quantum structure of the mind, perhaps through the third eye(pineal gland?), aka: the ajna chakra. What happens is one sees an interconnected flow between all things, as if one were standing in a liquid that is constantly in flux and motion. This motion, visualized, is perhaps the waveform of the universe.
The universe, according to the big-bang theory, exploded from an infinitessimal point, and quickly expanded. This is the speaking of the word. As things cooled down from a high energy state to a low energy state, matter started to take form. This is the creation of the world. The word made flesh. Things are slowly winding down more and more. Cooling off. Structures form, first stars and planets, then (in our case, and probably other cases as well), life...
Modern Physics has another theory as well. It's called Superstring theory. It is hard to prove, but it's interesting nonetheless. What this theory says is that the universe isn't really composed of Matter/Energy in a background field of Space/Time... What it really is is a greater than 4-dimensinoal Space/Time that broke down into our 4 dimensional universe(3 space dimensions, 1 time dimension), and the other dimensions essentially shriveled up, becoming invisible. These tiny dimensions are like string fragments. They vibrate on a certain frequency, and as they vibrate they create patterns. Music. And these patterns are essentially the laws of the universe. The laws of the universe are really the code of the universe. Not just the code in a computer sense, but a musical sense. A score. What physics is trying to do is find a Grand Unified Theory. An equation or set of equations that explains the fundamental rules of the universe. This equation will be the sheet music that the universe is composed of.
Music is mathematics. Mathematics is music. There are relations between various parts, harmony and dischord arises and changes. Time is an element of music. But so is space. Sound has rules, waveforms have mathematical formulae that determine their composition. We can analyze music scientifically. And we can do the reverse. We can use music as an analogy or a map of the universe and our place in it. We can see patterns, rhythm, flow, harmony, chaos, change, time, space, emotions, and logic in both music and the universe.
One of my next essays will be about the evolution of language and consciousness, how language fundamentally alters our very way of thinking and that our way of thinking alters our language. Not only that, but also how we are more and more moving towards a language of sound and music, and that we are likely to evolve towards a more visual language, a shared language-space(this is an idea propounded by terence mckenna realized by his experiences with ayahuasca and dmt) That being said, I think Autechre is the most perfect exposition of 1) music as form 2) music as laws of science 3) music as evolution 4) music as life 5) music as language. I get to see them in one week! HOLY FUCK!!! i'm so fucking excited!
Good night everyone.
me
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Which brings me to what i think about reality. Reality is fundamentally composed of sound. The hindus have the concept of Anahata, which means The Unstruck Sound. When you hear the mantra "Om..."(or spelled AUM), when people are meditating, this is the sound of the Unstruck sound. Here is an image of AUM.
Hindus say that this is the primal sound. It is unstruck because every other sound has been caused by two objects striking each other. Anahata is self caused. Anahata permeates everything.
The Bible says something to the effect: In the beginning was the word, and the word was with god and the word was god and the word became flesh and dwelt among us.
The Greek term is Logos. The xians usurp this word and essentially put jesus as the source of all that is. Equating him with god. If you look back at the genesis myth, you see that "God said let there be light, and there was light." If god is speaking, he's speaking a word, and the word then, is apparently jesus. What happens is that a phrase is spoken and an effect occurs. This effect could be said to be the word taking flesh. The word is spoken, and the word becomes flesh("let there be light" turns into light)... Since the word was not only with god, but also god itself, the universe is thus god assuming a physical presence, the world is thus word(logos) taking form.
Shiva, the Hindu Lord of destruction is also the lord of dance. In one hand he carries a drum which beats the rhythm of the universe. This is the basic universal resonance the flows throughout everything.
If you've ever taken a psychedelic you know what people are talking about when they say that "the walls are breathing". My theory is that we are perceiving the wave-nature of reality...
Physics postulates that particles have two separate natures. Wave-Particle duality it's called. When observed one way, a beam of light can be seen as composed of photons(the light particle)... When observed another way, a wave interference pattern is formed, and what seemed to be particles is now a wave(or waves)... I hypothesize that our normal perception of the world is attuned to the particulate nature of reality, that things appear solid and have a specific form. This is an essential requirement for survival. But, when taking psychedelics, we (possibly)alter the quantum structure of the mind, perhaps through the third eye(pineal gland?), aka: the ajna chakra. What happens is one sees an interconnected flow between all things, as if one were standing in a liquid that is constantly in flux and motion. This motion, visualized, is perhaps the waveform of the universe.
The universe, according to the big-bang theory, exploded from an infinitessimal point, and quickly expanded. This is the speaking of the word. As things cooled down from a high energy state to a low energy state, matter started to take form. This is the creation of the world. The word made flesh. Things are slowly winding down more and more. Cooling off. Structures form, first stars and planets, then (in our case, and probably other cases as well), life...
Modern Physics has another theory as well. It's called Superstring theory. It is hard to prove, but it's interesting nonetheless. What this theory says is that the universe isn't really composed of Matter/Energy in a background field of Space/Time... What it really is is a greater than 4-dimensinoal Space/Time that broke down into our 4 dimensional universe(3 space dimensions, 1 time dimension), and the other dimensions essentially shriveled up, becoming invisible. These tiny dimensions are like string fragments. They vibrate on a certain frequency, and as they vibrate they create patterns. Music. And these patterns are essentially the laws of the universe. The laws of the universe are really the code of the universe. Not just the code in a computer sense, but a musical sense. A score. What physics is trying to do is find a Grand Unified Theory. An equation or set of equations that explains the fundamental rules of the universe. This equation will be the sheet music that the universe is composed of.
Music is mathematics. Mathematics is music. There are relations between various parts, harmony and dischord arises and changes. Time is an element of music. But so is space. Sound has rules, waveforms have mathematical formulae that determine their composition. We can analyze music scientifically. And we can do the reverse. We can use music as an analogy or a map of the universe and our place in it. We can see patterns, rhythm, flow, harmony, chaos, change, time, space, emotions, and logic in both music and the universe.
One of my next essays will be about the evolution of language and consciousness, how language fundamentally alters our very way of thinking and that our way of thinking alters our language. Not only that, but also how we are more and more moving towards a language of sound and music, and that we are likely to evolve towards a more visual language, a shared language-space(this is an idea propounded by terence mckenna realized by his experiences with ayahuasca and dmt) That being said, I think Autechre is the most perfect exposition of 1) music as form 2) music as laws of science 3) music as evolution 4) music as life 5) music as language. I get to see them in one week! HOLY FUCK!!! i'm so fucking excited!
Good night everyone.
me
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Date: 2001-05-04 03:32 am (UTC)I definitely agree with your hypothesis. I once had a thought that in addition to one universal waveform... that each being/creation had its own unique vibration that played off the universal one thus creating individual consciousnesses... and that maybe the concept of consciousness and reality is simply energy and a multitude of different frequencies?.... though i'm sure you've thought of that one before... and you're much better at wording your thoughts than me.
Another thing.... at CSSSA last year my friend and I went to people at random and told them to just sing one note and hold it... sorta just one long droned note. The note that came first to them, the note that felt most natural. It was interesting to see the results. We gathered a group of our closest friends into a room with no lighting and we all chanted the note that felt most comfortable to us all starting at the same time. When coming up with the idea, one person said "I heard it was supposed to be the most beautiful sound that can be created." and truly... each persons unique comfortable vibrations/frequencies harmonizing with eachother (which my friend and I assumed were going to be quite cacophonic) was actually an incredible, gorgeous harmony/choir of sound. For a few moments... the sound completely changed and we could hear what seemed to be the negative space between the sound? Perhaps a slight glimpse at "om" ?
Have you heard of the 8th chakra theories?
Deltron 3030 rocks... and autechre are my gods. I can't believe you're going to see them!!!! Where?!
Gah. I'd keep replying but i'd go on forever ^^ Love your posts... just really haven't had time to reply 'till recently. They make sure i'm still paying attention. IM me sometime if you feel like discussing junk - s0fter
long ass reply to your reply. :)
Date: 2001-05-05 02:04 pm (UTC)Hmm. It's hard to visualize how I perceive it. In a sense, my imagery could be interpreted that way. Do you think that perhaps each object has it's own wave thats fedback on others(ie: auras expand from the body, and the universe is this flux of auras)? Or that these waves are minds, and the interplay of these individual minds creates the fabric of reality? Would you say you "believe" in mind as the source of all that is? Does the world emanate from various world views interacting(ie: i interact with you and our shared worldspace exists through that. And things outside that realm don't quite exist in this space, save on a low energy level?)
In a sense, I do believe there's many resonances/fields/vibrations. That's what creates the unique structures of being(ie: you, me, earth, sol, luna, etc.) I don't really know how I perceive the all relating to the one and vice-versa. I think it's a messy mix that can be vaguely intuited, but not really known(at least to my mind, maybe a mathematicians).
(remind me to tell you of my RPG concept I had, incorporating waves and such too long for here)
I guess, I perceive an individual to be sort of like a knot or dissonance or resonance, or something. That there is a complex interplay of individual waveforms that are really one waveform but fedback on itself. Again, hard to describe in words. This is why visual-language is important. In order to understand the universe around us, and to express it more fully, we need to be able to communicate visually and non-linearly. As it is, language is very two-dimensional. Even 3-dimensional language of a shared visual and audio space is limited. I think stepping outside of time would be fundamental. The "5th dimension" would have to be the place for this to take place. I suppose this is what McKenna refers to when he talks about "Hyperspace". We would, in effect, become gods, i think, creating a world through language ourselves, by communicating and understanding one another through this shared hallucinatory space.
Interesting about the note-experiment. I should try it with some friends. It would be interesting to see what note a person sang. And to maybe see how their mood affects it. And maybe how the note is charted on the chakra system as well? I can imagine the space between the notes, but it would be really cool to actually hear it. I interpret it as perhaps seeing the spatial structure of visual art. Instead of seeing the objects that are placed in the painting you become aware of the spatial dimension and layout of the painting. It'd be interesting to see how Om would fit into this spatial element.
What are the 8th chakra theories? Haven't heard of it. I really don't know too much about chakras, but a little about what i've read on the net. Maybe i should look into them more, seeing as there are references to colors and waves and energy. As much as I love buddhism, the nihilism of it all sorta brings me down. I think i need to find a more organic musical and colorful system to work with.
We're seeing them in Minnesota next week(ae)... I'm SOOO fucking excited and yes... It's funny you say they're your gods, because that's EXACTLY what i say to people when i tell them who they are. But as much as they're my gods, I still see them as equals and sort of like friends, even though I barely know them. It's this weird mix of admiration, respect, devotion and friendship(well, not really mutual but a desire to be friends)... I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan. I've got some gescom mp3s, and some tracks from anti-ep and all, but I don't own every album.
OK, I can go on pretty long myself, as you full well know. But i like reading long theories and stuff from people, so go ahead and ramble(if you've got the time) If i'm on AIM i'll catcha there sometime.
PLUR,
sym
Re: long ass reply to your reply. :)
Date: 2001-05-06 08:08 pm (UTC)Hrmm... We only delved into 8th chakra theories for a short while and I haven't been able to find too much reading on them... but essentially they revolve around an 8th chakra that rests a few inches above the head (I'm unaware of the sanskrit name for it if there is one), and basically it's a connection/awareness/influence of past lives kinda thing. When I find some reading material on it I'll let you know.
I just found out ae is playing out here (so. cal) soon..... but it might be 18+ and I don't turn 18 till november. curses.
I agree on buddhism... I pursued zen buddhism for a while... and though I admired the views... it put me in a place where I felt very very uncomfortable. Just too nihilistic I'd have to agree. I need something with more "life" too it. ^.^
Alright i'm out for now.
-Dzuy
working with vibrations
Date: 2001-05-04 04:21 am (UTC)" The Greek term is Logos. The xians usurp this word and essentially put jesus as the source of all that is. Equating him with god. If you look back at the genesis myth, you see that "God said let there be light, and there was light." If god is speaking, he's speaking a word, and the word then, is apparently jesus. What happens is that a phrase is spoken and an effect occurs. This effect could be said to be the word taking flesh. The word is spoken, and the word becomes flesh("let there be light" turns into light)... Since the word was not only with god, but also god itself, the universe is thus god assuming a physical presence, the world is thus word(logos) taking form.
Shiva, the Hindu Lord of destruction is also the lord of dance. In one hand he carries a drum which beats the rhythm of the universe. This is the basic universal resonance the flows throughout everything.
If you've ever taken a psychedelic you know what people are talking about when they say that "the walls are breathing". My theory is that we are perceiving the wave-nature of reality...
Physics postulates that particles have two separate natures. Wave-Particle duality it's called. When observed one way, a beam of light can be seen as composed of photons(the light particle)... When observed another way, a wave interference pattern is formed, and what seemed to be particles is now a wave(or waves)... I hypothesize that our normal perception of the world is attuned to the particulate nature of reality, that things appear solid and have a specific form. This is an essential requirement for survival. But, when taking psychedelics, we (possibly)alter the quantum structure of the mind, perhaps through the third eye(pineal gland?), aka: the ajna chakra. What happens is one sees an interconnected flow between all things, as if one were standing in a liquid that is constantly in flux and motion. This motion, visualized, is perhaps the waveform of the universe."
Finally got to read it... sober ;)
Date: 2001-05-07 09:14 am (UTC)Language I'm in love with.
Can't wait for the next essay...