Inner Sound

What is Inner Sound

Sound, in general, is the most apparent medium to calm the mind. Therefore, at times the inner

bliss is experienced upon listening to music. This type of music is generated through some

external source like a stringed instrument or an electronic device or through the vocal cords of

a living being. Sounds created by external sources can be perceived by the mind via physical

ears. For example, the moment we hear a bark, we can easily identify the source of sound i.e.

it’s from a dog. Similarly, whenever we listen to a music track, we would come to know which

singer performs. However, there is an ‘Inner’ sound; in fact, as if, not exactly a sound, which is

said to be coming from nowhere; i.e., without a source, the one which has no origin or source

and has no limit to be ceased as well.

Since the evolution of human world, many great Saints and Sages narrated of listening to this

mysterious sound during their ample Silence of meditation. Several Holy Scriptures, have

spoken of it by various names like Aum, Hu, Word, Shabd, Tao’s Hum, Amrit, Anahad, Nada and

the list goes on and on. Many of the spiritual texts have described it too by using analogous

stories and musical poetry. In recent time, a large volume of scientific study is also being carried

out about this and in the years to come, science perhaps would also arrive at this all-pervading

Sound Current.

Inner Sound here simply implies a sound that is coming from within. To listen this, the

practitioner withdraws his/her attention from all of the external sounds in the sensory plane

and focuses deeply on the sound coming from within. In order to contact the Inner Sound, the

practitioners usually plug their ears with their thumb or some kind of stop-cocking instrument

like rubber earplugs, earphones, cotton buds etc.