SOUND OF ESSENCE
Om is seed mantra for creation. It is
said as the first sound of nature which is vibrating in entire universe. When
entire universe was created from emptiness or from the supreme spirit, this energy
was widely spread and which is continuing till infinity. That spiritual energy is
pure sound or the sacred word which is also said as sound of wisdom or light of
wisdom. That pure vibrant sound was expressed as "OM".
OM is the sound of supreme spirit.
Spirit is our soul and supreme spirit means lord of spirit. We cannot see soul
or the supreme soul because it is empty, formless, property less, untainted,
faultless and peaceful. We can see physical appearance through our physical
sense organ. We are just able to feel our consciousness or soul. The medium to
feel our soul is to meditate on "OM" pronouncing "Om".
Meditating on OM we can find that there is no starting and no ending of soul
because it is the energy which is continuing forever.
"OM"
is the medium to experience the formation of soul. And not only that,
pronouncing OM sound makes our body fresh and gives us energy. After inhaling
long breath pronouncing OM for long time gives energy and life to our all parts
of our body.
"OM"
is mantra. Mantra has two words man and tara. Man means our mind or heart which
makes desires and Tara means delivers and also fulfillment. Mantra fulfills according
to our wish.
Some teachers
have also described that Om sound is made of three words such as Aa, U &
Ma. These words are said as suffering sounds of world. These are universal
words which are used. Whenever we are suffered we make sound of Ah or Uh and
also we remember our mother and say Ma, mother, mom. Whenever we are suffered
we call for help so that we are rescued from trouble. Same way pronouncing OM
helps us to get peace and pleasure.
Nature is both
father and mother. Seed giver is father and birth giver is mother. Mother keeps
her child inside her womb for nine months and gives birth after extreme pain.
So, the nature is more described as the mother. Therefore mother is mostly
remembered in our sufferings. As a result mother comes first to help her child.
Mother is caretaker.
According to Vajrayana
OM is also described as follows. It is conjugated by four syllables such as U (
£ ), A ( E
), half-moon and a dot. ‘U’ sound as of put is supreme
wisdom and said as male gender. ‘A’ sound is intelligence for all types of
knowledge and also for pleasure and said as female gender. Half-moon is heaven
which reflects light of sun and dot means sun which clears darkness and sends
beam of wisdom in all directions.
Om is
pronounced as Ung by Bajracharyas and also by Tibetans because Ung is the lowest
noise of our heart which is produced during pumping blood. That is why it is
said that this is sound of life. When we become ill this sound also comes in
our mouth because of pain.
Theory of OM: Om is supreme
truth of the nature and pleasant state of wisdom. It is a spirit or intelligence or consciousness of
nature which is experiencing QUALITY OF NATURE (that is self- created physical
world) and QUALITY LESS OF NATURE (that is emptiness of the nature).
Quality of nature means physical world which has all good and bad
qualities. Quality less of nature is emptiness of nature which is pure and
forever free from everything. Both outer physical world and inner spiritual
being are experiences of supreme intelligence or soul. It is experiencing four
states of wisdom such as:
1.
Awaken
state: Experiencing temporary pleasure and sorrow of worldly activities. We
never try to know or understand self, just busy in comparing self with others
to prove that we are the best among others. This is the state for being in
pride, jealousy or envy, anger or hatred, desire for false glory or selfish.
This state is full of poisons which keeps us in an illusion. All these poisons
come from ignorance and self-desires. As our mind is playful it is always
making some desires or wishes. Nature has property to fulfill our wishes. Selfish
desires always harms to all whereas generous wishes give pleasure. This state
is lost in dream world. But we always have to come back in this world after we
wake up.
2.
Dreaming
state: Experiencing pleasure and sorrow of unreal world.
This state is lost in deep sleep. This state is also false.
3.
Deep sleep state: This state is
completely unconscious or ignorant or wisdom less. It is taking rest from all
activities. This state of wisdom is also said as wisdom of emptiness. It has no
wisdom for knowing self and others too. There is neither form, nor good and bad
qualities. There is just quality less, property less, fault less, taint less,
form less, emptiness and extreme pleasure or peacefulness. Being unable to do
any good works in this stage wise people say that it is useless and compared as
ignorance. This state is lost while our sleep is lost. So, this is also untrue.
4.
Enlightened state: After deep sleep we
have pleasurable wakeup in the morning. By this time our mind is not playful as
other moment it stays quiet. It is in peace and pleasure. Keeping ourselves in
extreme peaceful even when we are awakening is the best way. We have memories
of past for our future reference which can guide us to choose good one for good
result because bad work always troubles us. Being generous, behaving well to
all, keeping patience, using our efforts for good, practicing for good and
being compassionate to all keeps us always enlightened.
"OM"
helps us to move towards truth from the false, to merit from sin, to nectar
from poison, to life from death, peace from disturbance and to enlightenment
from darkness.
OM sound is also
expressed from bell and conch shell too. So, those are sacred and used in
religious ceremonies. Bell and conch shell both gives pure vibrant sound which
makes positive environment for us. Om is
good medium to bring positive energy in our environment which will give us
peace and pleasure.
