Chant of the Month AUM 7

Symbolisation of AUM

·        The symbol of AUM exists as a conventionally recognizable agreed characteristic sign as a representation of a divine entity of Sanatan Dharma.

·        Symbol Aum is an image that a devotee unconsciously uses to represent divine thoughts, feelings, or instincts.

·        The caveman "symbolized" his metaphysical human Mind Life "ideas" using "symbolization of drawing pictures. The Egyptians "symbolized" metaphysical thought by using hieroglyphics. The Chinese use physically conventioneers agree upon "symbols" in logical order to "symbolize" "physically communicate" their metaphysical thought ideas.

·        The five curves represent the Panchamahabhutas — which are the properties of the earth (pritvi), water (jala), fire (tejas), wind (vayu), and space (akasha).

·         And in Jainism, it's often used in reference to Pañca-Parameṣṭhi, or the five supreme beings of the ancient Indian religion.

·         As far as the physical symbol of Om, its various curves and lines represent five states of consciousness:

·        Om is now part of the Buddhist faith but originated in the Hindu faith. Om is described as a representation of the holy trinity of Hindu gods – Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, and in the Upanishads (an ancient Hindu text) as the essence of Brahman (the ultimate reality).

·        The AUM symbol initiates the number 3 and the sound AUM is tri-syllabic which is in harmony with 3 in Sanatan Dharma.

·        Therefore, we should not be surprised that Shiva, with his third eye and the power of number three, is present on the premises of CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics located in Switzerland, in the form of a statue two meters high. And, as the plaque at the base of the statue explains, the god Shiva dances to give life to the universe and then exterminates it.