Sep 27, 2009, 12.00am IST
The beauty that we perceive in the azure sky, the blossoming of flowers, the waves of the ocean and the warm rays of the rising sun are all transitory in nature.
Our thirst for rasa, the aesthetic enjoyment of beauty and bliss, is there because we have always been inextricably engaged with aesthetics and the infinite. With reference to prabhat sangeet, Sri Anandamurti said: “As the sense of subtle aesthetics was developed in human beings in the course of evolution, a desire for the creation of art was also awakened in them.” He has distinguished between beauty and rasa.
There are two aspects to beauty, the transitory and the eternal. The beauty that we perceive in the azure sky, the blossoming of flowers, the waves of the ocean and the warm rays of the rising sun are all transitory in nature. But beyond all these transient forms, there is a beauty that is complete and eternal. That beauty never takes an external form; it is beautiful in itself, complete in itself; it is the beauty that is whole and unfragmented. One may observe this recurring theme throughout prabhat sangeet.
The infinite, the eternal, forever resides within man. It is a question of getting connected once again to the source. To better understand the significance of prabhat sangeet, you need to awaken your spiritual consciousness.
Art can never attain the peak of its expression unless it can reflect the vast, the infinite, the boundless and Supreme Being, said Sri Anandamurti. In the process of analysing his own music, he has asserted that if a person with talent, an artist, wants to raise his art to the peak of expression, he might need to infuse it with it spiritual consciousness. In prabhat sangeet the songs are of the superconscious mind; they are the poetry of the soul because each song is imbued with spiritual consciousness.
Sri Anandamurti composed songs of the superconscious mind. He created art combining metre, diction and meaning. Thus he created an image and reflection of the Supreme within the confines of art.
One might employ reason to appreciate poetry in general. However, music and poetry that emanate from the superconscious mind needs only to be heartfelt, as it is a spiritual experience. Good music heals; and prabhat sangeet can help us transcend all worldly afflictions and rise above material preoccupations. The experience of divine music can help revive eternal values that can nurture universal love. Prabhat sangeet can aid in meditation and lift one’s spirits in a way that opens up cosmic possibilities.
Most spiritual traditions talk of the importance of transcending and overcoming the ego that obstructs the progress of spiritual evolution. By meditating upon, understanding and appreciating Sri Anandamurti’s prabhat sangeet – a precious gift of great potential – we would be well on our way towards achieving the goal of oneness with the Supreme.
That is why Sri Anandamurti has said in his other writings that only neo-humanism -- when the underlying spirit of humanism is extended to everything animate and inanimate, in this universe, the composer of Prabhat Samgita called it as neo-humanism -- can effectively proclaim the song of human triumph.
We need to look forward to the auspicious day when neo- humanism will get established, when everyone will be encouraged enough or motivated enough to travel on the path of spirituality, and when the victory song will be sung to celebrate the supremacy of all Creation, including the animate as well as the inanimate.
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