ॐ रहस्य Secret of OM

English

 

Secret of AUM (ॐ)

(Importance and Scientific Meaning of OUM)

 

Omkaram vindusanyuktam nityam dhyayanti yoginah.

Kamadam mokshadam chaiva omkaraya namo namah.

Yogis always meditate on the combined Omkar from the point. Along with the fulfillment of all material desires, I salute that Onkar who grants liberation or moksha.

Introduction/Mythological Interpretation/Story

AUM has great significance in Vedic culture. Each Beeja Mantra, Vedic Mantra and Prayer begins with the chanting of Omkara. The AUM sound or word is made up of three letters – A, U, M; which is the symbol of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. This has been mentioned in almost all of the Vedic scriptures and has been practiced in sage tradition. 

Social/Traditional Interpretation

Although AUM is the property of all human beings, it has been most widely used in Hindu practices. The main reason for this is that Hinduism is the closest follower of Vedic culture. Even today, some followers of different sects or communities do not want to chant it, saying that AUM is the mantra of Hindus, or that it is the name of the Hindu Gods. In my perspective, this is incorrect because  OUM is the sound of the universe, the sound of the heart of all beings, which anyone can use. 

Spiritual/Psychological Interpretation

Omkar is the confluence of three energies (Trishakti). A, U, M are the three sounds or atomic energy inside Omkar. ‘A’ represents Brahma, ‘U’ represents Vishnu and ‘M’ represents Mahesh. In fact, these three sounds are not limited to this, but are known as Trishakti Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali, Sattva, Raja and Tama Triguna, upper part, middle part and lower part of the body, morning, day and night or present, future and past tense. Similarly, Rik, Yaju and Sama Vedas also merge into it. In fact, whatever is contained in this universe will all fit within this Omkar. In other words, whatever detail is seen in this gravitational world, in gross or subtle form, they are all great forms of Omkar.

As language changes over time, the meaning of words also changes. The same energy which in ancient times was called Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh or Mahasaraswati, Mahalakshmi and Mahakali is now called electron, neutron and proton in the language of modern science. Here, only the name or language has changed, the work is the same. For example, Lord Brahma is called the creator, Lord Vishnu is called the protector and Lord Shankar is called the destroyer, and if we look carefully, the electrons, neutrons and protons also do the same thing. In the same way Saraswati is considered to be the goddess of knowledge, learning or creation, and her job is  to create, to build or to make. Similarly, Mahalakshmi is considered to be the goddess of wealth and her work is to  protect and Mahakali is the goddess of power and her work is to destroy, merge or transform. If we see it in the context of our body, as mentioned above, we still get the same. As the function of the upper body or brain is to create, the function of the middle part (heart, lungs, stomach, etc.) is to  protect and the work of the lower part is to destroy or merge. If we interpret it as a chakra, then in ‘A’, you can take Sahasrara Chakra (third eye and throat chakras), in ‘U’ the heart (and Manipur) and in ‘M’ we can take Muladhara (and Swadhisthana) chakra. The same rule applies to Sattvaguna, Rajoguna and Tamoguna, morning day and night time, etc.

Omkar is the basis of creation because the whole creation is based on these three powers. The entire materialistic world has been built with these three energies. The great form of God described in Srimad Bhagavadgita is an extension of this Omkar. In fact, Omkar is omnipresent because Omkar is the Supreme God. What we call the formless Brahma, which is eternal, immortal, unborn, imperishable, true, everlasting and invisible, is also the formless God Omkar. 

All of the Vedic scriptures such as Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, etc. have explained this supreme power and, in the end, none of them cannot describe it, saying “neti neti” meaning that there is no beginning or end to this power. It has been said that the remaining serpent with thousands of tongues expressed an inability to describe this supreme element. Even modern scientists have been silent after saying they can not find anything beyond the “black hole”, meaning everything after it is dark, but it is infinite, inexhaustible, and indescribable.

This is the OUM element which is present in all living beings (even in inanimate matter) as a conscious element, which moves within the  heartbeat and no one knows when it came and where it would go. Even the microscopic instruments of science have not reached that point and have not been able to tell what was beating with the heartbeat a moment ago, and where it went after a while! If you close your eyes and go deep inside yourself, you will find the same sound echoing in every particle of the body – continuously, endlessly and forever- only the sound of OUM (ॐ). Now even modern scientists have started saying that it is the same sound that is not only in the sun, but also in all the galaxies of the universe. Although the same thing has been said thousands of years ago by Vedic saints or ancient scientists. But we are modern people! In modern society, we are not ready to believe everything so easily until it is proved by modern science! Let us see how far our scientists can go in search of the point at which yogis meditated years ago continuously and finally get absorbed in it. The discovery is of that element, of that point, of that Brahman – whom Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh also always meditate on and try to find! Not only does every human have the right to discover that element, it is also our duty! 

Hari om tatsat.