Meditation on the Sacred word OM
The Sacred word OM is the primordial sound from which all other sounds emerge. It underlies all phonetic creations. The sounds of different languages and dialects are the various modifications and diversifications of the primordial sound Om. The utterance of OM consisting of the three letters A, U and M, covers the whole process of articulation. It is like the sound of a gong that gradually tapers to a point and merges in silence.
The sound Om embraces all levels of existence from the grossest to the finest. It signifies the correlation between the microcosm and the macrocosm in all aspects. The three letters A, U, M represent respectively the gross, the subtle and the causal aspects of the Cosmic Being. The silence in which the sound merges represents the Pure Being underlying the three aspects. No other word conveys the significance of the Ultimate Reality so profoundly as the word OM. It is thus the most all-inclusive and most potent name of GOD. Any other name of God preceded by Om attains these qualities.
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