There’s a moment in deep meditation when you begin to hear it – that subtle inner sound, the nāda that yogis have spoken of for millennia. A hum, a resonance, a frequency that seems to come from everywhere and nowhere at once. It’s not a sound you hear with your ears, but something you perceive with your entire being.
What if this ancient contemplative experience could merge with the cosmos itself? What if the vibrations spoken of in tantric texts are not mere metaphors, but actual phenomena we can tune into right now?
This is the journey that led me to create NĀDA Radio – an artistic and spiritual experiment that transforms real-time cosmic data into continuous ambient music.
The Primordial Sound
In Sanskrit, nāda means the primordial sound, the cosmic vibration from which the universe was born. Before light, before matter, there was tremor. There was frequency.
Contemporary physics confirms what tantra has proclaimed for millennia: everything is vibration. From quantum strings to gravitational waves, the universe is a symphony of frequencies, an endless dance of energy transforming itself.
NĀDA Radio makes this tangible, experiential. A meditation on the ancient principle: as above, so below.
Solar Flares and Gravitational Waves as Co-Creators
The system retrieves real-time data from NASA – solar flares, coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms. These aren’t random numbers; they’re the vital signs of our star, energetic eruptions happening 93 million miles away. The Sun doesn’t lie. There’s no human ego in it, no manipulation. Pure energy, transformation, eternal cycles of creation and destruction.
The system also responds to gravitational wave data – those barely detectable ripples in spacetime caused by collisions of black holes billions of light-years away. Literally vibrations of the fabric of the universe itself.
When two massive cosmic objects spiral toward each other in their final dance, they send waves that reach us as echoes of the deepest transformation. It’s a perfect metaphor for tantra – energy arising from the union of opposites. Gravitational waves are traces of cosmic intimacy.
This data becomes the improviser, the co-creator. I built the harmonic structure, the sonic palette, the space – but what you hear at any given moment is shaped by actual cosmic events happening right now.
(For those interested in the technical aspects – how a tiny device channels these cosmic forces into sound – you can explore the full story on the NĀDA Radio blog)
The Stream That Never Ends
NĀDA Radio operates 24/7/365. There are no play or pause buttons. There’s no playlist you can “scroll to the end.” There’s only now – always new, always different, but always present.
The primary intention behind this project was to create a sonic space for deep relaxation and sleep support. The continuous, slowly evolving ambient soundscape helps the nervous system unwind, making it ideal for falling asleep, yoga nidra practice, or simply releasing the accumulated tension of the day.
I personally use NĀDA Radio during my yoga nidra sessions – that state between waking and sleeping where deep restoration happens. The cosmic rhythms become a bridge to the hypnagogic realm, supporting the journey into conscious rest.
This reflects the nature of the cosmos itself. The Sun doesn’t take breaks. Gravitational waves don’t stop propagating. Energy doesn’t disappear; it only transforms. The death of one star is the birth of another. The end of one sound is the beginning of the next.
In the nāda yoga tradition, sound serves as a focal point for meditation. It’s not about intellectual understanding or emotional reaction – it’s about direct experience of vibration. Ambient music works similarly: it creates a sound field in which you can dwell without being forced into a specific reaction.
You can listen with full attention, making it a formal meditation practice. Or you can let it flow in the background, creating a contemplative atmosphere in your space. It is, as Brian Eno said about ambient music, “as ignorable as it is interesting.”
An Invitation to Cosmic Intimacy
A solar flare exploding on the surface of the Sun can evoke emotion in a human heart. Energy born 93 million miles away – or billions of light-years away in the case of gravitational waves – becomes a sound that accompanies your morning meditation, your evening contemplation, your moment of simply being.
This is not mysticism as escape. This is mysticism as seeing reality truly – as an incessant dance of energy, vibration, transformation. From quanta to galaxies, from breath to black holes, everything vibrates, everything is nāda – the cosmic sound, the eternal song of becoming.
Practice: Listening as Meditation
If you’d like to explore NĀDA Radio as a contemplative practice, here’s a simple approach:
- Set your intention: Before you begin listening, take a moment to ground yourself. You’re not just listening to music – you’re tuning into actual cosmic processes happening in real-time.
- Open the stream: Visit nadaradio.com and let the sound begin. Remember, what you’re hearing is unique to this moment and will never repeat exactly the same way.
- Listen with your whole being: Not just with your ears, but with your body, your breath, your awareness. Can you feel the vibrations? Can you sense the solar energy that shaped these sounds?
- Notice change: The music evolves slowly, organically. Sometimes it swells, sometimes it recedes. Like cosmic weather, like energy moving through your own body. There’s no need to judge or analyze – simply observe.
- Let it be background or foreground: Some days you might sit with it in formal meditation. Other days, let it create a contemplative atmosphere while you move through your space. Both approaches are valid.
The Ongoing Journey
NĀDA Radio is not a finished work – it’s a living process, constantly unfolding. It’s my artistic practice, my spiritual inquiry, my way of asking: What does it mean to create in dialogue with forces larger than ourselves?
As a visual artist exploring tantra, mathematics, and bodywork, I’m fascinated by the tension between control and surrender. In painting, the brush has its own will. In tantric practice, you create structure to allow energy to flow beyond your control.
NĀDA Radio embodies this principle. I am the architect of the space, but I’ve surrendered the details to something greater – letting the cosmos speak through the structure I’ve built.
You can explore my broader artistic practice at MateuszBeznic.com.
But most importantly: you can simply listen. Right now. The stream is flowing. The Sun is playing its eternal improvisation. The universe is singing its song.
All you have to do is tune in.
The Universe Loves You!
NĀDA Radio – continuous generative ambient music powered by real-time cosmic data. Free to access, always streaming, never repeating.
Listen now: nadaradio.com
Learn more about the project: blog.nadaradio.com
Namaste