As humans, we aspire to make, maintain and when the time comes, leave a trace of our identities. Without an individual identity, we are just a group of living species. A nation is, as some say, non existent. One can draw boundaries and keep a group of people within, but that is not the same as a nation. India is also our identity, our pride. But so is Bharat.
And Bharat has power, the power of Nada Yoga.
Nāda yoga (नादयोग) is an ancient metaphysical system. It is equally a philosophical system, a medicine, and a form of yoga. The system’s theoretical and practical aspects are based on the premise that the entire cosmos and all that exists in the cosmos, including human beings, consists of vibrations, called nāda.
This concept holds that it is the energy of vibrations that make up the particles and matter which form the building blocks of the cosmos.
Nāda yoga is also a reverential way to approach and respond to vibrations. In this context, silent vibrations of the self (anhata), sound [and] music (ahata) carry a spiritual weight more meaningful, respectively, than what sensory properties normally provide. Silent vibrations of the self (anhata) and Sound and music (ahata) are considered to play a potential medium/intermediary role to achieve a deeper unity with both the outer and inner cosmos.
Sound is the building block of life. The primordial. The beginning. These vibrations make us, our past, present and future.
It’s been more than 75 years. Time to change – to take pride not just in our past, but our future as well. Bharat, that is India, and not India, that is Bharat.