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Sound – the living soul of the word
18th May 1841 morning.
Oh Lord, My God and Father, who are full of love, mercy, patience, gentleness and generosity, and let no-one ask in vain for anything, who is only of a slightly faithful and trusting heart – see, you liked giving Me music and letting Me learn it from My youth on. So now I would like to hear from you in an understandable word, firstly what is music, and secondly: Should one also learn this art, which seems so wonderful to Me, with all diligence, if one has the opportunity? And finally, what benefit for life does it provide? Oh Lord! be gracious and merciful to me poor sinner, and receive and hear my petition graciously, and refresh my soul with a word full of life and love from You, Amen; thy everlasting holy will Amen. –
[1] Well, so write and write and write. Love's innermost word, which you call music, write the depth of the depths, write the power of the powers, the strength of the forces! I will give you a word of love, but in a high song only; for too high and exalted it is, what you ask for. I give it to you, and then understand it well what you receive! And now write and write and write a high song, which sounds thus:
[1] There dwells hidden in the holy eternal depths of love a tomorrow never yet imagined by angels and humans; You foolishly call it music, what is revealed as the innermost word. What is the meaning of this stale word, which is only palatable to the groundless fools? Shall it teach you to understand a miracle of the depth of love? – If you want to understand great things, understand love's innermost urges!
[2] Sound is the living soul of the word, itself life and essence; What would a word be without sound? Could it solve thoughts of the heart for you? The letter is only a crippled sound, without sound and meaning; You can write the word with the sign according to the inner guidance, but never awaken the animals from their stupefying sleep; For such can only the invigorating sound always safely achieve!
[3] The innermost sacred word is only sound without tongue-clouding; this sacred word you may find in the crudest things without practice – in all metals and solid stones and waters and earths, in animals and plants, in all the air's humming swarms. I tell you, listen and listen with open hearts and ears, and you will soon realize that no being is born without sound!
[4] And so even a very quietly humming fly has a reason in it's sound. a reason, a depth, you would not be able to understand! The child in the cradle, Truly, you can believe Me, it speaks in it's monotonous crying infinitely higher than Solomon and all the wise and pure, – and so also a rustling leaf, and the bubbling lively spring, In the rippling sound of life it contains holy jewels!
[5] Now think a little in the heart – and understand and feel, what all the harmony of pure educated tones covers! especially when they flow from the heart of the pious; I tell you, countless lives escape from brazen strings! In the oratorios and symphonies and other songs Life to life, like wave to wave, so gloriously push through!
[6] Would you like to experience the benefit of harmonically formed tones? Then ask yourself about the benefits of life, and you shalt perceive and find that nothing is more important than a blessed life; What, except the sound of love, can give you such in heaven? Music is the innermost language of the heavens, of the most blessedly pure, – For I do not count among My own those who hate the music!
[7] The indolent and enemies and those who choose them for the lowest purposes, I will hardly awaken them to the inner life of the spirit; but those who respect and love the glorious one in blissful joy out of Me and to Me – and they would also have many things on guilty chalk with Me, truly! I will judge them according to their perceived sound; therefore you may accustom the children and diligently to such!
[2] From this high song your question should be solved, if you consider it right. Think that the unarticulated sound is and can be nothing but the purest spiritual word in the highest celestial sense, then the so-called music will gradually become clearer and clearer in its inner essence. Advise this also to your friends, and it will be of great benefit to them. Amen. This I say, the eternal keynote of all infinite tones. Amen, Amen, Amen.