yajvan
23 February 2009, 07:05 PM
hariḥ oṁ
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Namasté
I thought to offer a view on sound and form, which we see and experience every day:
śabda शब्द= sound = a word (śabdena , by word , explicitly , expressly)
rūpa रूप - form, shape, figure. Many times we mention Śiva is prakāśa , pure light. Yes this is one quality, but there is more. Śiva has the nature of sāmānya-prakāśa-spanda¹ - or the whole (full) pulse (vibration) of creation, manifestation.
And Śakti is of the nature to stir, stimulate this whole/full potential of creativity into sound (śabda) and form (rūpa). What else follows is color, flavor (rasa), touch (sparśa) and smell (gandha).
My teacher use to call this creation manifesting, Creative (Śakti) Intelligence (Śiva). Śiva is the full, complete (pūrṇa), pure potential and Śakti, as extension of Śiva, provides this impulse to create. It is out of the union of Śakti +Śiva that multiplicity of creation comes about.
The interesting part ( for me) is this process say the wise, comes from the Self-referral quality of this Pure Intelligence. Some call it vimaṛśa śakti - Self-reflection, Self-revelation as vimaṛśa विमृश means consideration , deliberation; Vimarśa ( a noun for Śiva), also means intelligence; And we find this reflection quality, vimaṛśa, Śiva curves back onto HimSELF for manifestation.
So what is my point? When we look at the saṃskṛt assembly of akṣara¹ it is made up of vowels (svara) and consonants (vyañjāna). Śiva is the owner of svara and Śakti is the owner of vyañjāna.
The 16 vowels (svara) extend from a (अ) to ḥ (अः). The 34 consonants (vyañjāna) extend from ka (क) to kṣa (क्ष).
These akṣara (~ phonemes, sounds, letters) are not intert letters, there are filled with this creative intelligence. They are considered
the utterance of parā-vāk , the verbal power of the Divine.
Within Śaivāgama this Creation or manifestation via parā-vāk is called varṇa- sṛṣṭi: varṇa is form , figure , shape , colour + ṣṛṣti is letting go, emission i.e. creation. It is by this utterance parā-vāk i.e. this vimaṛśa (Self reflection) that Creation comes into being and each akṣara (~ phonemes, sounds, letters) offer a particular quality in creation.
We should find all the tattva-s ( elements, 'that'ness) within the full 50 akṣara of the saṃskṛt assembly of akṣara. We can then look at each letter and see the tattva behind it.
It is via this parā-vāk or sakti that allows mantra-s to have their effects and use… they are built from the saṃskṛt assembly of akṣara that also brings about ( or is inherent in) creation, sound and form.
More on some of these letters (~ phonemes, sounds) in a future post as they are considered Mātṛikā-s¹ - the (little) mothers creating the Universe.
praṇām
words
vimarśa विमर्श- vimarśa means consideration , deliberation ( also a noun for Śiva), also intelligence, knowledge
vimaṛśa विमृश - means reflection, deliberation.
akṣara अक्षर- a letter, vowel, sound, word; also means imperishable
sāmānya सामान्य - Universal, whole , entire ; note sāmanya सामन्य - friendly, favorable
prakāśa प्रकाश - shining, bright, luminous, light ; manifestation , expansion , diffusion ; ( also a noun form Brahman)
spanda स्पन्द - throb, vibration
Mātṛikā मातृका - mother, source or origin.
~~~~~~
Namasté
I thought to offer a view on sound and form, which we see and experience every day:
śabda शब्द= sound = a word (śabdena , by word , explicitly , expressly)
rūpa रूप - form, shape, figure. Many times we mention Śiva is prakāśa , pure light. Yes this is one quality, but there is more. Śiva has the nature of sāmānya-prakāśa-spanda¹ - or the whole (full) pulse (vibration) of creation, manifestation.
And Śakti is of the nature to stir, stimulate this whole/full potential of creativity into sound (śabda) and form (rūpa). What else follows is color, flavor (rasa), touch (sparśa) and smell (gandha).
My teacher use to call this creation manifesting, Creative (Śakti) Intelligence (Śiva). Śiva is the full, complete (pūrṇa), pure potential and Śakti, as extension of Śiva, provides this impulse to create. It is out of the union of Śakti +Śiva that multiplicity of creation comes about.
The interesting part ( for me) is this process say the wise, comes from the Self-referral quality of this Pure Intelligence. Some call it vimaṛśa śakti - Self-reflection, Self-revelation as vimaṛśa विमृश means consideration , deliberation; Vimarśa ( a noun for Śiva), also means intelligence; And we find this reflection quality, vimaṛśa, Śiva curves back onto HimSELF for manifestation.
So what is my point? When we look at the saṃskṛt assembly of akṣara¹ it is made up of vowels (svara) and consonants (vyañjāna). Śiva is the owner of svara and Śakti is the owner of vyañjāna.
The 16 vowels (svara) extend from a (अ) to ḥ (अः). The 34 consonants (vyañjāna) extend from ka (क) to kṣa (क्ष).
These akṣara (~ phonemes, sounds, letters) are not intert letters, there are filled with this creative intelligence. They are considered
the utterance of parā-vāk , the verbal power of the Divine.
Within Śaivāgama this Creation or manifestation via parā-vāk is called varṇa- sṛṣṭi: varṇa is form , figure , shape , colour + ṣṛṣti is letting go, emission i.e. creation. It is by this utterance parā-vāk i.e. this vimaṛśa (Self reflection) that Creation comes into being and each akṣara (~ phonemes, sounds, letters) offer a particular quality in creation.
We should find all the tattva-s ( elements, 'that'ness) within the full 50 akṣara of the saṃskṛt assembly of akṣara. We can then look at each letter and see the tattva behind it.
It is via this parā-vāk or sakti that allows mantra-s to have their effects and use… they are built from the saṃskṛt assembly of akṣara that also brings about ( or is inherent in) creation, sound and form.
More on some of these letters (~ phonemes, sounds) in a future post as they are considered Mātṛikā-s¹ - the (little) mothers creating the Universe.
praṇām
words
vimarśa विमर्श- vimarśa means consideration , deliberation ( also a noun for Śiva), also intelligence, knowledge
vimaṛśa विमृश - means reflection, deliberation.
akṣara अक्षर- a letter, vowel, sound, word; also means imperishable
sāmānya सामान्य - Universal, whole , entire ; note sāmanya सामन्य - friendly, favorable
prakāśa प्रकाश - shining, bright, luminous, light ; manifestation , expansion , diffusion ; ( also a noun form Brahman)
spanda स्पन्द - throb, vibration
Mātṛikā मातृका - mother, source or origin.