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or yoga, the Word can open up a transmission between the self and the Supreme Creator. |
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A scientist may dismiss these assertions as nothing more than blind belief in spiritual theory, but science has already proven the power of sound, as mentioned previously in the discussion of the experiments that have been performed on plants. Other studies have shown that babies in the womb benefit from the vibrations they receive from classical music. |
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The rishis, who heard the holy vibrations of the Vedas during some unknown period of time, chose to pass on their information orally from generation to generation. Finally, Veda Vyasa, a poet and philosopher who many scholars believe wrote the Mahabharata (one of the great Hindu epics) and possibly wrote or codified eighteen of the popular volumes of mythology called the Puranas (ancient stories), organized the Vedas into the four volumes that exist today. |
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Many of these same scholars suggest that this great rishi arranged the verses sometime between 2500 BC and 1500 BC. (Most dates that are connected to Hindu philosophy and attributed to a time before the advent of Christianity are mired in dispute.) In the process, Vyasa also created the inspiring meter and rhythm that exist throughout the sacred books in the same way that rhythm flows through every Vedic discipline from vastu to |
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