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AUM HAS OVER 100 MEANINGS ONE OF THEM IS " WELCOME TO THE GOD "

 

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF AUM?

 

For those who are not familiar with the meaning of the sacred Aum,

Include here some excerpts.

 

A.) Aum:

 

Often spelled Om. The mystic syllable of Hinduism, placed at the beginning of

most sacred writings. As a mantra, it is pronounced aw (as in law), " oo " (as in

zoo), mm. Aum represents the Divine, and is associated with Lord Ganesha, for

its initial sound " aa, " vibrates within the muladhara, the chakra at the base of

the spine upon which this God sits. The second sound of this mantra, " oo, "

vibrates within the throat and chest chakras, the realm of Lord Murugan, or

Kumara, known by the Hawaiian people as the God Ku. The third sound, " mm, "

vibrates within the cranial chakras, ajna and sahasrara, where the Supreme God

reigns. The dot above, called anusvara, represents the Soundless Sound,

Paranada.

 

Aum is explained in the Upanishads as standing for the whole world and its

parts, including past, present and future. It is from this primal vibration that

all manifestation issues forth. Aum is the primary, or mula mantra, and often

precedes other mantras.

 

It may be safely used for chanting and japa by anyone of any religion.

Its three letters represent the three worlds and the powers of creation,

preservation and destruction.

 

B.) Literally, Pranava in Sanskrit means " humming. " The mantram Aum denotes God

as the Primal Sound. This sound can be heard as the sound of one's own nerve

system, and meditators and mystics hear it daily,

like the sound made by an electrical transformer or a swarm of bees,

or a thousand vinas playing in the distance. It is a strong, inner experience,

one that yogis hold with great reverence. The meditator is taught to inwardly

transform this sound into the inner light which lights up ones' thoughts, and to

bask in this blissful consciousness of light. Pranava is also known as the sound

of the nadanadi sakti.

Hearing it one draws near to God Consciousness. When we are living in the lower

chakras, or when the world too strongly dominates our mind, this sound may, for

a time, not be heard.

 

But it returns as awareness withdraws, as the mind becomes perfectly

quiescent, silent, still. Listen for this sound in your quietest moments and you

will learn to recognize it as a daily encounter

with the Divine that lives within all men, within all creatures, within all

existence.

 

C.) Poems from Yogaswami on Aum

 

The whole world has evolved from Om

The whole word is sustained by Om

The whole world will merge into Om

 

In Om resides my strength-Sivayave. OM TAT SAT OM

 

Rise ere the sun each morning and wash feet, face and hands. Weaving fresh

blossoms into garlands, give worship unto God. If we curb the mind from

following the senses and venerate the Lord's celestial feet,

Desire can certainly be conquered, before the shock of death shall us assail.

" All is truth " -as that word the sage has spoken gradually ripens in your heart,

You will come to have direct perception and with cleared mind will mukti's bliss

attain. There is no doubt about this whatsoever. All things are the action of

the Lord. In the cave of your heart by day and night extol Him, repeating - " Om

Tat Sat " .

 

Those hearts, which ever dwell on Him in homage, are the holy temple

where the Lord abides. Sitting, lying, walking - we will not cease from praise

and worship. Virtue and vice are both imagination, for we are that which neither

comes nor goes. Know this through Grace alone;

on intellect do not depend. Coming to take birth and living in this world is

itself a great illusion. This great ascetics know-not others; so to that impart

not importance. We can live for countless ages! Of nothing need you be afraid;

But, moving as you please,

be ever giving praise. Om Tat Sat!

 

The joy of rearing Siva in our heart is now reality. The concept of a separate

God henceforth is dead and gone. Of the vainly roaming mind we will be master,

nor will we travel by the senses' path. We will fully know the Atma, as the

Truth that nothing can destroy. We will go the way of tapas and, heeding the

guru's word, the Self itself will come to realize. Peace, patience and the good

work that befits us will always be for us our ornaments. Liking and disliking

have both fled into hiding. In nothing are we lacking! All is truth!

Repeat each day- " Om Tat Sat Om "