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Ultimate Reality in its aspect of ‘Sound’, the word ‘Sound’ being used in the most
comprehensive and rather mysterious sense as pointed out before. This doctrine put in
simple and general terms means that the Ultimate Reality carrying within Itself the
Samskaras of previous manifestations differentiates on manifestation into two primary
and complementary expressions—one a composite Integrated Vibration called Sabda-
Brahman and the other an underlying integrated Consciousness called Brahma-
Caitanya (i.e. the Reality in its aspect of Consciousness). These two expressions are
complementary and mutually dependent since they are the dual expressions of the One
Reality and appear or disappear simultaneously.
From this primary relationship of vibration and consciousness existing on the
highest level of manifestation flows the relation of these two on all the planes of mani-
festation down to the physical. So that we find that wherever there is manifestation of
consciousness there is vibration associated with it whether we are able to trace it or
not. Not only are vibration and consciousness so intimately and indissolubly connected
but there is a specific relationship existing between each kind of vibration and the par-
ticular aspect of consciousness which it can give expression to, so that each kind of
vibration is matched, as it were, by a corresponding state of consciousness. This rela-
tion may be understood to a certain extent by considering its expression at the lowest
level, namely, sensuous perception. Each particular vibration of light with a definite
wavelength produces its corresponding colour perception in consciousness. Each par-
ticular vibration of sound produces perception of the corresponding note in conscious-
ness. Although Science has not yet been able to investigate the hidden mechanism of
other kinds of sensations it will probably be found when such investigations have been
made successfuly that each sensation of taste, smell and touch is matched by a corre-
sponding vibration of some kind. What is true on the lowest level is true on all levels
of manifestation and therefore there is nothing inherently unreasonable in supposing
that consciousness can be influenced or reached by means of vibration or to put it in
other words, particular states of consciousness can be brought about by initiating par-
ticular kinds of vibrations. Not only can consciousness be affected by vibration, but
consciousness by initiating particular vibrations can also influence matter and bring
about changes in matter.
The broad and general principles pointed out above form the basis of Mantra-
Sastra, the science of using Mantras for bringing about certain tangible results, and
also of Mantra-Yoga, the science of unification or unfoldment of consciousness by the