“The sound of the abstract is called Anahad in the Vedas, meaning unlimited sound. The Sufis name it Sarmad, which suggests the idea of intoxication.
The word intoxication is here used to signify upliftment,
the freedom of the soul from its earthly bondage.
Those who are able to hear the Saut-i Sarmad and meditate on it are relieved from all worries, anxieties, sorrows, fears and diseases;
and the soul is freed from captivity in the senses and in the physical body.
The soul of the listener becomes the all-pervading consciousness, and this… becomes the battery which keeps the whole universe in motion.”
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Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Mysticism of Music, Sound and Word