In Indian religious literature as well as in Indian aesthetics, there is this concept of the "anahat naad" which is a kind of subtle soul- experienced sound imbued with a divine feel. In the Western context, too, the mediaeval scholars believed in the music of the spheres. Unfortunately, its corollary was rooted in a world view, questioning which made Tycobrahe, Kepler and Galileo pay a huge price.
Does the universe indeed have a unique sound? If we can hear the winds at all sorts of speeds (Incidentally, our best friends, our doggies, can hear much better than us, given their sharper auditory sensation. May be, that is why they "feel" the earthquake even before it happens.) on terra firma, (what) would be the sound of the sun?
That was what I have wondered often. Recently I got to see a scientific site (unfortunately the YouTube video editor's name could not be tracked, though I can share the link, if you are interested) which referred to a NASA experiment via Parker Solar Probe which rotates around the Sun, and which has thus captured the "sounds".
The quotation marks are used because space does not actually carry sounds. Apparently, NASA later translated the electromagnetic waves in to "our" sound parameter. Eerie is the experience listening to these distant sounds from THE source of energy that sustains our very existence.
Well, unfortunately, however, there is no sound of music out there in the vast space. Indeed, there is no musicality to these torpedo like whooshes, clicks, taps, et al. Well, that should prove why art, literature and humanities any day any time are more creative, imaginative and insightful!
Pratima@ Yet again I thus felt the grandeur of the universe, and human cupidities against that vast expanse. Yet again my "resolve/re-solve" to make existence better in my own small way being born in a "good" family every which way, given the assurance that there is some positivity out there that would sure grant my earnest prayers.
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