Sound and the Five Elements chakras

The five energy fields or elements known as Ether, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth symbolizes a universal principal or archetype. These five elements come together and mix in different ways, similar to musical tones. They produce currents of energy that nourish everything we know and experience including our thoughts, emotions, and physical body. Dr. Vansant Lad describes this process of division from an Ayurvedic perspective:

“The rishies perceived that in the beginning, the world existed in an un-manifested state of consciousness. From that state of unified consciousness, the subtle vibrations of the cosmic soundless sound aum manifested. From that vibration there first appeared the Ether element. This ethereal element then began to move: it’s subtle movements create the Air, which is Ether in action. The movement of Ether produced friction, and through friction heat was generated. Particles of heat energy combined to form intense light and from this light the Fire element manifested. Thus, Ether manifested in Air, and it was the same Ether that further manifested into Fire. Through the heat of the Fire, certain ethereal elements dissolved and liquified, manifesting the Water element and then solidified to form the molecules of Earth. In this way, Ether manifested into the four elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth.”

The chart is a map of the subtle body system and how the chakras (wheels of energy), 5 elements, and musical notes communicate with our thoughts, emotions, and actions.

“The 25th Buddha, before physical death, told his 26 closest disciples that the greatest spiritual practice, and the one most convenient for humanity, was to meditate on sound. Listening to the sound of ones’s own nature, disengaging from the sounds of the outer world, and directing the flow of hearing within one’s inner concentration was the way to perfect enlightenment (Samadhi).” Gongmaster Don Conreaux