The Harmonic Code

I'm really delighted to be here with you guys because I think that acoustics is definitely something that needs to be explored even further.

As humans, music and, and acoustics are very important to our lives.

Remember, from the Bible it says God created the world how?

In the beginning was the word.

By speaking.

He spoke.

He spoke.

It's spoken, right? The oral tradition is not just words or intellect.

It's an entire tonal thing.

When the universe was created, it says that the whole Earth has a grid of tones that bounds everything.

That is the same thing in ancient India with om.

They're saying exactly the same thing, that-

That the universe started with-

One note

... one sound

... a single note-

That's right

... a vibration.

And then it's the om sound.

Om is a sacred sound in the Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

Deepak Shimkhada, PhD, is a professor at Claremont School of Theology.

Hindu concept of cosmic sound is simply om.

Om is made of three letters, A, U, and M.

Those three letters combined makes the sound om, and the whole universe resonates with the sound om.

Lane Little, PhD, is a lecturer of religious studies at UC Davis.