By David Eaton
The Greek concepts of the “harmony of the spheres” and the “harmony of the world” played heavily in to the idea of the interconnectedness of the cosmos. Aristotle asserted: "These are the effects of music: It awakes the remote counsel, brings closer the stray thought, and strengthens the tired mind. Music, therefore, causes the return (to the soul) of that which was lost; it makes us pay attention to that which was neglected, and that which is turbid becomes clear. He how has been exposed to this beneficial influence participates in every counsel and opinion, and finds the right one without error. He will fulfill his promise without delay."
Tibetan culture espoused the OM as the primal energy force. Lama Anagarika Govinda instructs: "Tibetan ritual music is not concerned with the emotions of temporal individuality, but with the ever-present, timeless qualities of universal life, in which our personal joys and sorrows do not exist. To bring us in touch with this realm is the purpose of meditation as well as of Tibetan ritual music, which is built upon the deepest vibrations that an instrument or a human voice can produce: sounds that seem to come from the womb of the earth or from the depth of space like rolling thunder, the mantric sound of nature, which symbolizes the creative vibrations of the universe, the origin of all things."
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