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Without the divine sound there is no knowledge, and without the divine sound there is no well being. Sound is the highest form of light, and sound is the highest form of the Divine.
This is a foundational teaching of the Vedas:
From sound (the Sound Current or Vibration) the world came into existence. Sound is the nectar, and it is birth and death; it is the beginning and the end.
Sant Kabir Sahib elaborates on the transforming power of the Divine Sound through and an analogy based on a classical Indian myth about a magical stone (or philosopher's stone), the Paras, which transforms anything made of iron into gold upon touching. Sant Kabir Sahab uses this image to show that those who grasp this essential, eternal sound are liberated from the cycle of birth and death:
The sound of the beginning is like the Paras, and the mind is impure, like an iron tablet. When the mind comes into contact with the celestial sound, it is purified [transformed into its Pure Essential Nature, just as the iron tablet in the myth] and is freed from the bondage of attachment.
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