“Truth is something which lies beyond the word” ~ J Krishnamurti

Sound is a form of energy through which we perceive vibration and frequency in this reality.  

It is all around us, all the time, whether the human ears can receive it or not. For instance,  human ear can receive sound vibration somewhere in the range of 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz. A lot of animals can hear outside of the zone that humans can hear. Dogs can hear 44,000 Hertz, 44,000 times per second. On the other end of the spectrum, elephants can hear down to 17 Hertz, way below human hearing.

There is a great deal of synchronicity between what all the ancient religions of the world and Science say about the Sound and the origin of the Universe. The Hindus and the Buddhists call it AUM, the primordial sound. In Judaism, the first Hebrew letter, ALEF, that started the process of life was an out-breadth.  In the Meso-American civilisation the Aztec God blew the conch shell to create vibration which was the first wave of life. The Inuits say the Raven made the world with the beat of its wings. Christianity says, at first there was the word. Sound is the fundamental source of energy or rather the fundamental energy that creates our consciousness. 

Albert Einstein stated - “The field (energy) is the sole governing agency of the particle (matter).”  Nicola Tesla directed us in the same direction, everything is vibration, "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration." 

In 1944 Max Planck, the father of Quantum physics proved already that there is no matter. He stated, “There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter.” 

Quantum mechanics discovered something further more, matter revealed itself to be waves of probability. So everything we experience is energy and vibration. And every vibration has a unique frequency and therefore everything around us has SOUND. 

Listening is the first sense to develop in an embryo which is close to a millimetre. In the mother’s womb through the water sound travels to the embryo thus wiring and feeding the nervous system. As we know there are three times more neurological connections from ear to brain than eyes. Now we know why a newborn baby is baptised in water. 

Listening is our primary warning sense. Our body is 70% water and sound travels well in water, making us very good conductors of sound. It’s not surprising that sound has a powerful effect on us. A sudden sound releases cortisol, increases our heart rate and changes our breathing. 

How many of us wake up with an alarm clock?

Everything around us and within us is SOUND and SOUND affects us in every possible way, psychologically, physiologically, cognitively, behaviourally, in our overall well being. It affects our daily functioning and productivity every moment, which we do not even realise. This is ever more significant to understand at a time like ours where noise pollution is now a world problem. It is a result of Man not listening properly. Some environmentalists say the world soundscape has reached its state of chaos in our time, so much so that we are heading towards universal deafness. The noises from the factories, vehicles, media, machineries, cities buzzing with all these are totally unaware of the effect it has on the brain. 

These are outer noises, what about the inner noise? The constant chatter of the mind hinders the most natural ability of our being. It disconnects us from the 'here and now' of Life. And imagine the voice that comes out from that inner noise, the human voice, is probably the most powerful sound on the planet! It can make or break the world. 

And look around, right now at the state of the world, what is it doing? 

Are we really living life with its actuality and fullness or are we living the IDEA of living? Or is there a life of pure creativity, of originality, which we are completely unaware of? Have we gotten used to responding to life this mechanical way that we have lost the native art of living? 

A life of Awareness is a life for only a handful is also an IDEA. 

We at Swasetu do several events where we explore Sound and Silence and experience the most natural and effortless way of responding to life. We unlearn the mechanical ways, we reconnect with our innate nature, resonating with our soundscapes and revive our true potential.  

As Sound is the most potent connection to the - Here and Now!

Let’s unfold the forgotten art of Listening, the most significant element of Communication, 

where there is no division. 

Let’s reveal together this miracle of listening in your daily life. 

JOIN OUR LISTENING ROOM

There is an ongoing online weekly dialogue that takes place in our "Listening Room"

Zoom links are provided on request without any fee.

Contact - 9819167739 / roysuromita@gmail.com

Swasetu brings to you a unique experience exploring 'LISTENING' in a 5-day Artists' Residency.

To express ourselves in the most unique and creative way to life around us, we need to 

LISTEN First and LISTEN well.

Listening plays the most significant role ~ In our personal or professional relationships, to understand our own selves, to have the ability to choose the right livelihood, to have any creative expression, to solve the biggest to the smallest problem of our daily life.

But How do we LISTEN? 

We listen from an old mind which is always chattering with its own ideas, interpretations, beliefs, conditions, knowledge, conclusions and judgement, which are from our own memories and experience. We listen from the same mechanical, repetitive, neurological pattern of the brain and respond to this ever-changing dynamic life. 

Is there an innate ability already existing within us where Listening takes place? 

A natural way of listening, learning and living life which is free of the conditioned compulsive thinking and interpreting? 

Most of us have known the intellect to be the most powerful tool so far. 

In this 5 day retreat we explore a very significant powerful natural ability of our  being which may bring in a total transformation in our daily living. 

What Will We Learn In Listening? 

• We will listen to the mind and explore our true authentic self, which is devoid of fear, insecurity, sorrow, judgement and worries. 
• We will listen to our roadblocks and heal from the past and start afresh every moment.
• We will listen to each other and explore the beauty of relationship, personal and professional.
• We will listen to unfold a life which not mechanically conditioned but finds a more conscious, clear, meaningful and unique expression in our everyday living. 
• We will listen to unfold the space where true creativity resides, a creativity which is not born out of the thinking mind, a space from where that unique piece of art, story, painting, software, poem or idea takes birth, an idea that may be transformational. 
• We will listen to open new doors of inspiration, innovation, passion and growth. 
• We will listen to the Sound of Silence which may lead us to our whole life transforming to be creative, joyous and purposeful at every step.
• We will listen to find out the corners of our being which have never been explored which might give birth to something totally new in life! 
• We will listen to our Inner calling and find our true unexplored potential 
• We will listen to reset ourselves and feel the Energy field around us.
• We will listen to Harmony, of the body, mind and the whole.

What to Expect

• Dialogues in Group / Solo / One on One with No Fear / Judgement 
• Experiments with Sound and Silence for Reflection.
• Activity leading to Self Enquiry and Deep Contemplation
• Uninhibited Sharing and Breaking the Barrier in one self
• Sharing - Music, Poetry, Storytelling
• One-on-one with the facilitator

Some of the Highlights 

• Experience Sound Energy - Scientific Proof and Esoteric Research
• How Sound affects the Brain
• What stops us from Listening?
• Anatomy of a Thought
• The Art of Listening
• What Listens?
• The Power of Silence
• Listening without Listener
• Music & Harmony
• Listening in Daily Life
• Listening & Learning 
• Listening & Healing 

What will a day in the retreat be like?

• Morning walk amidst the mountains
• Silent sitting along the riverside
• Sound experiments and brain activity (Indoor and Outdoor)
• Group Dialogue 
• Daily Awareness Activity (Solo / Pair / Group) 
• Watching the Noise Within
• Creation with Inner Silence
• Sharing Sounds and Silence
• Evening Celebration with Music and Words
• Silent Eating
• Sound Sleeping

Who Is This For?

We welcome authors, writers, actors, storytellers, designers, film makers, photographers, musicians, performers, painters, dancers, advertisers, artists of any kind, 

from any field of art. Having said that, running a company or managing a project also needs beauty in Communication.. The executives, project managers or those in business, anyone at all, who needs news a new way express and respond to the life around, any budding artist, student, leaner who is just about to step into this world of Noise, anyone who is stuck in life and looking for a breakthrough or someone who is gearing up for a new beginning, anyone who wants to explore life beyond the usual trodden path, all are heartily invited to this residency. 

Residing in the beautiful surroundings of Dharamshala, in these five days, we will explore the true meaning of Listening and Love. This residency is more about unlearning than learning, exploring than finding, breaking patterns rather than creating new ones. There is no teacher, mentor or expert here, but just friends walking hand in hand co-creating a space together of sharing and learning from each other

Contact - 9819167739 / roysuromita@gmail.com

Swasetu brings to you a unique experience exploring creativity and beauty in life in a 5-day Artists' Residency. We welcome authors, writers, actors, storytellers, designers, film makers, photographers, musicians, performers, painters, dancers, advertisers, artists of any kind, 

from any field of art. Having said that, running a company or managing a project also needs creativity. The executives, project managers or those in business, anyone at all, who needs new solutions and ideas in their pursuits are heartily invited to this residency. 

So dig deep into your heart and bring out your passion here.

Residing in the beautiful surroundings of Dharamshala, in these five days, we will explore the true meaning of creativity and beauty. Hand in hand we will tell the stories of our lives, unlearn and explore new ways of observing, listening, speaking and being, which will bring forth the as yet untouched and fresh flow of creativity and beauty of your new mind. 

This residency has been designed holistically, where we will use a mix of meditative methods for developing creativity, along with lots of group discussions, one on one conversations, daily health care exercises and the practice of silence to experience that resides deep down. Tasty but healthy food will be served. Along with this, each participant can bring along their projects that they want to develop with Swasetu; either a book, script, film, and for the rest, we could all do  with a little constructive feedback from a group of artists from various fields. 

This residency is more about unlearning than learning, exploring than finding, breaking patterns rather than creating new ones. There is no teacher here, but friends who will share what they have learnt from life’s experience and also learn from you all. We are all here to have a great time and in that process bring out our fullest creative potential and take back nothing except a new way of life, full of creativity and beauty.

One can come for solo visit or in groups after joining our ongoing online listening room. 

Or one can join our pre-designed scheduled retreat. 

Contact - 9819167739 / roysuromita@gmail.com

In today's world, a piece of content can be released in multiple formats like Print, Audio, E-book, Film Adaptations, etc. Those days gone where one has to wait for a Publisher to approve the work for it to get published and reach your audience. 

We, at Swasetu, work with you as your editor as well as a publisher

 to put your content across all these mediums. 

We have a  professional team which will take care of the designing, 

layout and printing of your book and Ebook. 

Also a super equipped Sound studio to produce and distribute your Audiobook or Podcast. 

Swasetu also provides a digital marketing strategy for your content to grow in the market. 

Contact - 9819167739 / roysuromita@gmail.com