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In the Jewish Targum literature the term memra (Armaic/Hebrew for "word”) is used to indicate the Word (or mind) of God by which the universe is created. In Christian tradition, the eternal sound (the Word) is known as the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost. Maulana Rumi, a Sufi, called it ism-eazam (word of words; the Highest Name). Sant Shums Tabarejz, an illustrious mystic of Persia calls it Saut. He says:
World came into being through Saut (Shabad or Sound Principle). And from Saut spread all light.o
Muhammad Dara Shikoh also speaks about the divine sound:
This whole world is permeated with the sound and the light of God. Even so, people are blind and they ask, Where is God?' You must take the cotton of deceit and egoism out of your ears. Then you can hear the sound of God.
In Chinese Taoism, the sound is known as Tao." The Theosophical Society calls this the voice of the silence. There are references to the divine sounds in Tibetan Buddhism as well. For example, the Tibetan Buddhist Yogi Milarepa speaks about the experience of the stillness of sound. 12
Thus we see that various saints and sacred texts known throughout the world celebrate the glory of this Divine sound. Ancient Scriptures of India permeate with the songs in admiration of the Divine sound:
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