Heaven’s Eco is what I called it when a friend of mine asked
me how the experience of my new earphone is.
Yes, that may sound something excess, but still I was
mesmerized by the sound it brings out. It is like your soul is touched when you
put them on. The soothing music that goes deep down to your heart and back is
that touches your soul unknowingly. You no longer reside in this universe and
that is the best thing this set of earphone has given me.
Using it for quite a few days, I felt happy and satisfied
that the money that I have invested in it is a total ‘paisa vasool’ type
product. But lately, with time I realized that music takes us to some other
land, to some other universe or destination which may never exist and this set
of earphone is just a gateway to escape from the real world for quite some
time.
Music is like a therapy, the more you listen, the more get
to know which therapy suits your which mood. My favourite therapy is soulful
songs that make your heart beat a time more.
Soulful can never be complete without sufi songs. Sufi songs are those
songs that connect you to your beloved, those songs that connect your love to
god, those songs that brings love back in your life.
Sufism is something that makes you feel connected deeply
with your inner self, and sufi poems, songs are the way to express yourself in
a way like never before. Sufi music came into existence around 1000 years back.
In the 10th and 11th century, soon after Islam entered
the country in 8th century, Delhi Sultanate was having Sufi mystic
traditions in it. Sufi music is mainly the devotional music that Sufi poets
have brought forth. Rumi (my favourite), Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow and
Khwaja Ghulam Farid are some eminent sufi poets.
Time passed, but Sufism never left our culture. The practice
of Sufi songs is increasing with each new song. A.R.Rahman is someone who has
worked on it a lot and all his songs having sufi music has gained acclaim and
audience support. Rockstar is such an album that has got some striking sufi
tracks that bounds you to listen to it again and again. Every music director is
investing themselves in experimenting with such new music and bollywood has
received some great sufi works and may be more to come.
Alike sufi teachings that is based on divine spirituality,
cosmic harmony, love and humanity , the music also comes up with same thoughts
and similar feel. Every song inspired by Sufi Poem is in itself a way to get
connected to love-unconditional love that passes straight from heart to God. I
am glad that my ear phone is doing some spiritual work for me to connect me
with my soul and vice versa.
Ending this note with one of my favourite Rumi quote “Your body is away from me but there
is a window open
from my
heart to yours.
From this window,
like the moon. I keep sending news secretly.”
