XVI

The different Inner Sounds

The Sound will change for the higher Sounds. Sometimes when one is tired and weak as a result of nervousness, fullest results are not derived.

The Sound you hear, i.e., chirping, rumbling, etc., are lower sounds. We should not stick to these Sounds, but we should listen closely whether any higher Sound is coming, and while listening closely, repetition of the five Names should not be done. This will enable you to catch higher Sounds.

With regard to the Sound becoming too strong:

Leave off the practice of hearing the Sound Current for some time and pay no heed to the Sound. In this way its intensity will be lessened. 

One thing is to be borne in mind: We should hear and follow the Sound coming from the right only. There are Sounds coming both from the right and the left. You are to listen only to those coming from the right with the Inner Ears. Those coming from the left side have the debasing effects. We need not confound them with those sounds heard by outer physical ears.

The purpose of hearing the Sound Current within and also that of seeing the heavenly Light is to etherealise our Inner Faculties and thus enable them to contact us with higher visions within.

As regards the Sound of Bina:

It somewhat resembles the sound of the instrument which the snakecharmers use to play to catch the snakes. Its tune resembles that of a flute – the difference is that the sound of the flute is shrill compared with that of the Bina – just as the sound of a violin is shrill when compared with that of the flute – and the Sound grows more in volume and thicker and continuous as the soul traverses higher. It is a continuous Sound resembling that of a bagpipe.