“The Silence” is a journey of the soundless aspect of “Om” – wherein the true self lies, giving a direct experience of universal consciousness. The track too represents the struggle to find this silence in today’s world.

This is the final track from Ch'Lu's Arts Council of England & Help Musicians UK funded album "The Goddess Within". Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by Ch’Lu in her home studio, it is a fusion of binaural field-recordings (listen out for her electric toothbrush & phone swiping), hypnotic Sanskrit vocals, classical guitar improvisation and electronic soundscapes. Using the ancient texts of the Mandukya Upanishads, which create the experience and journey of "Om", it is the ultimate Sound Medicine.

Composed, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by Ch'Lu

Main Album Artwork – painting in acrylic by Ch’Lu

Single Photography – Steve Ullathorne

Album Mastering – Jessica Thompson

Sanskrit Translation – Garuda Ishaya

The original Sanskrit from the final verse #12 of The Mandukya Upanishads, used on this track:

amātraś caturtho’vyavahāryaḥ prapañcopaśamaḥ sivo’dvaita

evam auṁkāra ātmaiva, saṁviśaty ātmanā’tmānaṁ ya evaṁ

veda ya evaṁ veda

English Translation:

Silence after “A-U-M” is the True Self: The fourth aspect is the

soundless aspect of Om. It is not utterable and is not

comprehended through the senses or by the mind. With the

cessation of all phenomena, even of bliss, this soundless

aspect becomes known. It is a state of nondual (advaita)

reality—one without a second. This fourth state, Turiya, is the

real Self or true Self. One with direct experience of this

expands to Universal Consciousness.