PART FOUR

Pythagoras, the Big Beat, and Cosmic Consciousness

The so-called miraculous powers of a great master are a natural
accompaniment to his exact understanding of subtle laws
that operate in the inner cosmos of consciousness
.

—Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

It's such an extraordinary thing, music. It is how we speak to God
finally—or how we don't. Even if we're ignoring God
.

It's the language of the spirit. If you believe that we contain within
our skin and bones a spirit that might last longer than your time
breathing in and out—if there is a spirit, music is the thing that
wakes it up. And it certainly woke up mine. And it seems to be
how we communicate on another level
.

—Bono

Music is well said to be the speech of angels;
in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be
so divine. It brings us near to the Infinite
.

—Thomas Carlyle