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How to hear Anhad, the soundless sound? || Acharya Prashant, on Nitnem Sahib (2019)
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Anhad
Non-duality
Spirituality
Intellect
Pure Being
Formless
Anand Sahib
Guru Nanak
Description

Acharya Prashant clarifies the meaning of 'Anhad', often referred to as the celestial sound in spiritual traditions. He explains that hearing the Anhad is not an auditory experience involving the ears, but rather a metaphor for reaching the purest state of being. This state is characterized by being nothing, thinking nothing, and seeing the formless. It is equivalent to being nowhere and knowing nothing, representing a total freedom from concepts, attachments, and identities. He emphasizes that Anhad has nothing to do with physical sounds or aural sensations, but is instead the soundless sound and the formless form. The speaker critiques common misconceptions where teachers equate Anhad with physical vibrations, insect sounds, or cosmic frequencies. He argues that such interpretations are erroneous and often used to exploit gullible audiences. True spirituality, he asserts, is not foolishness or the absence of intellect; rather, it requires a sharp intellect to eventually transcend it. Anhad represents the delight of a life cleared of nonsense and the traps of duality. It is the state of residing in non-duality, where the 'two' no longer hit or hurt each other because the sense of a separate self has dissolved.