The real ‘Aum’ is heard when all words disappear, all noises cease. When mind and intellect, thought and word all come to an end and silence begins, then an extraordinarily subtle vibration remains, which is ‘Aum’. When the immense emptiness comes into being, it has its own sound, its own music. It is called the anahat, the unstuck and the uncaused sound. As mentioned earlier, the English language has three words: omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent- all of which are constituted with the word Aum. Philologists may not be aware or understand; but after meditations and listening to anahatha, I feel, omniscient means that one who has known the Aum, omnipresent means the one who is present in Aum and omnipotent means the one who has become powerful as Aum.
The Aum has been found in many forms all over the world. It is available in both the ancient sources of religion- Hinduism and Judaism. If there is anything common between Hinduism Buddhism and Jainism, it is Aum. Aum is a universal word as Amin, which are not manmade but heard in the depth of meditation. It is the cosmic sound. Zen sages ask their disciples to go and find the sound of one hand clapping. The sound of one hand clapping is something unheard of! This is Zen’s own way of saying the same thing- the anahatha, the unstuck sound. The real Aum is an explosion; it emerges from the depths of your innermost being. And it happens.
Centre for physics and meta-physics, Switzerland, world’s foremost organization of authority in Basic sciences have found that the sound rhythm of Aum creates a pattern. This design is similar to that of ‘Sri Chakra’, of the Indian monk Adi Shankara. The resonance of Aum is deeply penetrative into the sub conscious and unconscious mind. Aum is proved to bring out the maximum potential of human mind and helps in crossing the frontiers of possibilities and so called impossibilities.
A, U, M, sounds of the Aum are the primordial sounds of Humanity. Dr. Deepak Chopra, world renowned Cancer specialist and modern day Guru and the Dr. Dean Ornish- pioneer in ‘Reversing heart disease program’ use the power of ‘Aum’ meditation in their therapy. So it is not a surprise to know that Krishna strongly advocates to the humanity about the importance of ‘Aum’ in this life and after. Let us understand Krishna to understand Gita!
Wishing you all health and
Happiness,
Dr. Dwarakanath, Director,
Mitran foundation- the stress management people
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