What is Nada Yoga, the Inner Sound, the sound of Silence?
The Nada is an inner sound that can be heard in the ears and head and which resembles the murmur of the wind and the continual lapping of the ocean waves.
It is a very precious support for remaining present during meditation and in active life, as it has a continuity which is precisely what human beings habitually do not have.
Edward Salim Michael (1921-2006) described in detail the various ways of using this inner sound in two of his works “The Law of Attention” and “Inner Awakening and Practice of Nada Yoga”.
This video is made up of extracts from Edward Salim Michael’s teachings in relation to the Nada.
Listening to the Nada, work in the street
The Nada is an inner sound that can be heard in the ears and head and which resembles the murmur of the wind and the continual lapping of the ocean waves.
Edward Salim Michael (1921-2006) described in detail the various ways of using this inner sound in two of his works “The Law of Attention” and “Inner Awakening and Practice of Nada Yoga”.
He speaks here of his own practice in Paris, in the sixties. For more details, see his biography “The Price of a Remarkable Destiny.”
Meditation is essential
Meditation is essential. Life always pushes me to do, to do, I must do something. I sit down to meditate, and when after I ring the gong , phew, at last I can stop now. Phew, at last I am free to become again what I am habitually…
Lecture on Meditation Excerpt:
Why doesn’t the seeker succeed in concentrating? Is he relieved to stop his meditation? Every night, he loses his name, his shape and even the notion of time. What clue does this state reveal to him of what will happen to him after death. It is vital for him to come to familiarize himself, when still living, with the state in which he will be reabsorbed after his physical death. He must arrive at recognizing in his meditation a state of ethereal transparency which will prove to be his Primordial Essence, his Buddha Nature, Nirvana. (from The Unification of the Three Aspects of Human Nature which Is Necessary to Meditation)
The full text, followed by questions and answers, can be found in Edward Salim Michael latest book: “From the Depths of the Mists”.
Lecture on The Problem of Sexuality on a spiritual Path Excerpt:
In this lecture, Edouard Salim Michaël considers the problem of sexuality from the point of view of an aspirant already on a spiritual path. If he wishes to free himself from the dramatic pressure that this force exerts on him, he must come to understand how he is, without his knowledge, being used by Great Nature for the sole purpose of perpetuating the species.
Moreover, it is necessary for him to apprehend the mechanisms which are at work both within him and outside of himself and by which he may be led to make fatal errors for his progress towards the Supreme goal that he hopes to achieve.
The full text, followed by questions and answers, can be found in Edward Salim Michael latest book: “From the Depths of the Mists”.
