Sunday Service: “Music of the Spheres” June 14, 2026

Sunday, June 14, 2026
Sunday Worship Service
11:00 a.m.
Srimati Karuna, Minister

“Music of the Spheres”
Sunday Bulletin

Pythagoras discovered the workings of musical pitch by way of vibration. He later reasoned that because objects produce sound when in motion, moving planets should also produce sound. Pythagoras thought the sound must be harmonious as the distances relate to musical intervals. However, the sound offers no point of reference with any sense of silence or way to distinguish it from our understanding of silence because it is continuous. Johannes Kepler maintained this metaphor when he said: ”The heavenly motions are nothing but a continuous song for several voices (perceived by the intellect, not by the ear).”

Humanity has come to recognize the role of vibration in spiritual evolution. In the Vedas, the sound of the abstract is anahad, meaning unstruck sound. The sufis named it sarmad, suggesting eternal freedom of soul from earthly bondage. Those who attune to that vibration are freed from the limitations of the senses and the physical body.

“Listen! We hear thy Word: AUM.
In the music of the spheres
in the psalm of David, 
in the pharaoh’s hymn,
in the sloka of the Vedantist,
in the bhajan of the worshipful,
in the mantra of yogis.
The muses know thy name, because Thou art
the invocation and the benediction of all.”

Swami Kamalananda
The Forest of Forever


”Music is the eternal symphony of God revealed in the soul of man as in all creation. Thy mystic harmony permeates my being and I feel my spiritual oneness with all objects and beings in thy cosmic creation in the rhythm of the universe.”

Swami Premananda
The Inner Path to God