The syllable om is first described as all-encompassing mystical entity in the Upanishads. Today, in all Hindu art and all over Nepal and India, om can be seen virtually everywhere, a common sign for Hinduism and its philosophy and theology. Hindus believe that as creation began, the divine, all-encompassing consciousness took the form of the first and original vibration manifesting as sound OM. Before creation began it was Shunyākāsha, the emptiness or the void. Shunyākāsha, meaning literally no sky, is more than nothingness, because everything then existed in a latent state of potentiality. The vibration of OM symbolises the manifestation of God in form (sāguna brahman). OM is the reflection of the absolute reality, it is said to be Adi Anadi, without beginning or the end and embracing all that exists.[1] The mantra OM is the name of God, the vibration of the Supreme. When taken letter by letter, A-U-M represents the divine energy (Shakti) united in its three elementary aspects: Bhrahma Shakti (creation), Vishnu Shakti (preservation) and Shiva Shakti (liberation, and/or destruction).
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:39:10 +0000
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