Chant of the Month AUM 26

 Om and Prayers

• To experience communication with the creator the Hindus created a prayer ritual that included matter and used audiovisuals to create the required vibration.

The vocal sounds were enriched with the ringing of the bell, blowing of the conch, and playing of musical instruments. In this process, the vibration of the surrounding resonated AUM (OM).

•  This is the vibration that was regarded as the finite vibration that can reach the cosmic vibration and hence it is encouraged to repeat Om with the beginning and end of any mantras, prayers, or recitation in the acknowledgment of the creator.

The science of prayer has been long forgotten but the Hindus of today worship the five Vedic Nature gods in a prayer ritual, invoking the Soul (Jivatman). The faith and respect in the worship of these Vedic gods go as far back as 12 000 years.

• Chanting mantras creates a divine link with the deity which serves as the path to shower prosperity, fame, success, wealth, and power to the devotee.

Some positive energy exists around the idol which is experienced by the devotees continuously. When we chant, sound vibrations that are produced by our concentrated mind react with this positive energy and create a divine current.

•  This current stimulates some of the positive energy within our body thus bringing internal peace to the mind.

We are just a small fraction of the sum total created by our creator. It is said that chanting produces certain lighting figures of deities in the mind which become brighter and brighter as we advance in the various stages of self-realization.

• Aum is placed at the start of all mantras as a sacred invocation at the start of the prayer.
• Out of all the mantras, the Gayatri mantra is the most sacred mantra in Hinduism. From the three letters of the AUM came the three feet of goddess Gayatri which in turn caused the formation of three cosmic planes.
• This universal creation is venerated by chanting the Gayatri mantra. Devi Gayatri (Saraswati) is the consort of Brahma and the mother of all Vedas

·        AUM is the essence of the Gayatri mantra.

Om bhur bhuvah svah tat savitur varenyam

Bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo nah prachodayat