The eyes polarizes, differentiates, compares, analyses and ultimately makes mistakes in measurement, hence the term ‘optical illusions’.
We see only in three dimensions yet we hear in multi-dimensional layers of symphonies. Sounds and vibrations that visit us from distances known and unknown. The ear keeps us balanced and allows us to walk the straight line, the path. ‘The aspirant is instructed to listen to the teachings, one is instructed to listen to what the Angel has to say’ The ear is an area of sensitivity not only because of its three distinct divisions Inner, Middle and External ear also it is an erogenous zone that excites even in the absence of visual stimulation both in sound of a sultry voice and touch.
The ear is the receptive feminine quality of our senses not sending outward messages but receiving messages that are accurate to the T. The Eye is masculine utilizing powers of perception and persuasion, it hunts. No wonder in a Retina-occipital society governed by patriarchy we are surrounded by the noise of aggression and the aggression of noise. In the city the decibels rise, each sound clambering over the other, to escape is almost futile, noise not sound surrounds immediately and vastly. In a Retina-occipital culture we will find misconceptions, mis-perceptions of what is. White noise edges into our Black peace 24/7. Even in our sleep the refrigerator drones on.
Indigenous peoples have an Auditory-acoustic culture it is porous full of understanding, receptive, patient, more inclined to nurturing, a willingness to serve (without domination) Hu-manity.
In the yogic system of Tama-re/ Ta merri Ancient Afrika, HU is acknowledged as the principle of sound and the creative force of thought vibrations it is the essence of all things.
*HU the divine essence is activated in the movements of HUDU Afrikan Yoga (intention through breath and sound/vibration).
The Ancient Afrikan scientist silently received information of the stars and planets and patiently mapped them out in the blackness of space, this had to be in balanced with the ear as well as the eyes.
This is why the first school of Pythagoras Greek philosopher of the 5th Century a student of Afrikan Priests-scholars in Khem was a school dedicated to sound and it’s relationship to mathematics when he learnt that even the planets emits sound which is now known as the ‘music of the spheres’ which provides healing qualities. The ancient Afrikan gave us the Zodiac which has given birth to astrology and astronomy. They understood the vibratory quality of HU in chromatics, harmonics and physics, through and with a reverence to the ear. The ear unites bringing waves of light in the form of sound to our awareness with mathematical accuracy. The sense of hearing is the last to disappear when a person goes into the state of unconsciousness, sleep or death and it is the first sense to be activated when one returns from sleep or becomes conscious. Shhhhh. LISTEN and listen deeply.
My favorite places growing up are libraries, the denizen temples of urban civilizations not only because of playing the game of finding truth mangled in the ‘lies buried’ within them but because of the insistence of silence.
I often ask talkative children ‘Do you learn by talking or by listening?’ Practice silence for 1-2 hours a day and let the purest of sound come from within you and allow it to unite with sound outside of you. Embrace the purest of sound that emanates from the earth at 8mega hertz, tuning our being as all the planets in the Kosmos do. Practice the art of listening that minimizes error in judgment primarily of yourself and secondarily of others. Listening provides a pause in noise. Silence is enhanced potency of sound that enriches our existence. In silence we hear our inner-being divine in nature and the hum of natural life around us. We hear HU within and out of us and meet HU connecting the HU in man, HU-man. Silence is a means of tapping into the deeper constructs of our being and effecting our atmosphere with power.
Listen. Silently love and see the world change right before your eyes.
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