Questioner: What is the Sound Current?
John-Roger: The Sound Current is the true self. When you are in the Sound Current, you may feel a vibration, a rhythm, a hum, a tone. If you are with the Beloved, you don't need anything else because you're riding right in the center of the Sound Current, and like the center of the storm, it is quiet and calm. What we do in spiritual exercises is to work towards the center, towards the Sound, the true self, the Beloved.
Since the beginning of time, mystics have cherished the Sound Current as the silent pulse of God’s presence—a resonance echoing from the Heart of creation. In the East, saints of India and the Himalayas named it Anahata Naad, the “unstruck sound” that sings in the heart and in the silence between breaths. Sufis speak of this divine Sound Current as Saut-e Sarmad. Hearing Saut-e Sarmad and meditating on it frees the Soul from all bounds, worries, and fears to become one with the all-pervading music that keeps the universe in motion.
Hazrat Inayat Khan, Sufi master and musician, invited seekers to “become musical in one’s thoughts, words and actions,” teaching that “life is a symphony, and our every action is the playing of our part in the music.” For Inayat Khan, music and sound were not only art but portals to the Infinite from which every form and feeling arises.
In the West, the Sound Current flows as “the Word through whom all things were made.” Christian mystics, together with philosophers like Pythagoras, heard the “music of the spheres” ringing harmony through all creation. "The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.” This is the sound that resides in all people: the sound of God.
In our day, teachers like John-Roger introduce the Sound Current as a living reality—a vibration of Spirit which, when attuned to in awareness and devotion, brings the Soul home to the Heart of God. John-Roger's teachings, blending Western and Eastern insight, offer practices to experience this sacred Audible Life Stream directly, a subtle process that is found through attuning the whole consciousness.
Your Invitation
In this 4-hour gathering, through guided meditation, sound, breath, silence, and reflection, we'll discover the song beneath our thoughts and feelings. We'll let the many sounds and vibrations from the Sound Bath carry us inward—beyond sensation, beyond words—into the current from which life itself is drawn.
We'll dive into the mystery, return to the Source, and let the Sound Current reveal our place in the music of creation. As Hazrat Inayat Khan says, "The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe." Join us and be attuned again to the living song of the Divine.
Date and Time: November 8, 2025
1:30 pm – 5:30 pm PT, Saturday (Los Angeles, CA)
Event Location: Peace Awareness Labyrinth & Gardens (Prana)
3500 W Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90018
Participate In-Person
In Person Tuition(includes snack): $75.00
In Person Registration: Required
Participate Online
Online Tuition: $50.00
Online Registration: Required
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