What is Om ॐ?-

Om ॐ is the Mantra मंत्र, the expressive sound-symbol of the Brahmn ब्रह्म Consciousness. The function of the mantra मंत्र is to create vibrations in the inner consciousness. The mantra मंत्र Om opens the consciousness to the sight and feeling of the One consciousness in all material things, in the inner being and in the supra-physical worlds, in the casual plan above, and finally, in the supreme liberated transcendence above all cosmic existence. The mantra मंत्र is the most direct and heightened, an intense and most divinely burdened rhythmic word which embodies an intuitive and revelatory inspiration and envelops the mind with the sight and the presence of the very self, the innermost reality of things, with its truth and the divine soul forms of it, the Godheads which are born from the living Truth. It is a supreme rhythmic language which seizes hold upon all that is finite and brings into each the light and voice of its own infinite.

It is a word of power and light that comes from the over mind inspiration, or from some high plane of intuition. Its characteristics are a language that convey infinitely more than the language and is borne out of the infinite and disappears into it. It has power to convey not merely the mental, vital or physical content or indications or values of the thing uttered, but its significance and figure in some fundamental and original consciousness which is behind all these and greater.

When the mantra मंत्र sinks in yoga’s ear,

• Its message enters stirring the blind brain, and keeps in the dim ignorant cells its sound.

• The hearer understands a form of words, and musing on the index thought it holds.

• He strives to read it with the laboring mind, but fins bright hints, not the embodied truth.

• Then, falling silent in him to know, he meets the deeper listening of his soul.

• The words repeat it in rhythmic strains.

• Thought, vision, feeling, sense, the body’s self. Are seized unutterably and he endures.

• An ecstasy and an immortal change.

• He feels wideness and becomes a power.

• All knowledge ruses on him like a sea.

• Transmuted by the white spiritual ray. He walks in naked heavens of joy and calm.

• Sees the God-face and hears the transcendent speech.

Word combination is mantra मंत्र. -When we write it separately (A-U-M) ॐ it is letters, when we write it combined and pronounces it becomes mantra मंत्र. Every letter, which combines and creates a frequency vibration in air, is called Mantra मंत्र.

The word Mantra मंत्र comes from Rigveda ऋगवेद (Rik ऋक means mantra मंत्र). Mantra मंत्र can be divided into “man” मन and “tra त्र.” ‘Man’ मन refers to the mind and ‘Tra’ त्र is the process thus the process to control/understand the mind is the essence of Mantra मंत्र.

Mantra मंत्र could be single word or a whole sentence. The most widely used is OM ॐ or AUM ॐ. It is said that the first primordial sound produced at the time of creation was the syllable AUM ॐ hence it became the first Mantra मंत्र. The sound ‘A’ starts from the vocal chords, ‘U’ from the throat and ‘M’ when the lips are closed thus completing the passage of sound in our body. As such this is the longest and the fullest vowel. AUM ॐ embraces all the sounds within it and also represents the three states of consciousness viz. The waking state and the deep sleep state.

The sound of AUM ॐ can be further broken down as ‘A’ for gross material world, which we perceive through our sense organs, ‘U’ or the subtle- your experiences, and ‘M’ stands for the un-manifest or the world of sleep. (For those who suffer from insomnia the best Mantra मंत्र is humming ‘mmmmmmm मंमंमंमंमंमंमंमं). Constant chanting of AUM ॐ transcends barriers and connects us to the very source of existence or GOD.

Mantra मंत्र is a Godly power. It raises hidden power of human. Its regular recitation will fulfill all desires. The Science of Mantra मंत्र cannot be purchased of money or wealth. It does not require recognition for its truth by us. In fact this science does not require any equipment or machinery. This is only reason it has got an unfathomed depth of technique. It requires the guidance as in modern science. Also need guidance but it is in process that is why we don’t feel its necessity.

In materialistic view the Mantra मंत्र Science’s importance is reduced. That is the reason the knower of the Mantra मंत्र Science are not available in large. We will get many to believe that Cerodine tablet will reduce the head-ache, but hundreds of us will laugh, joke that there is such people who remove poison of snake bite, Scorpion bite or other poisonous insect by Mantras मंत्र. The reason we don’t get the people or capable person everywhere, every-now and then. In this only fault of Materialistic who has degraded this science. This does not mean that there is no truth in Mantra मंत्र science.