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Mystery and Origin of “Aum/OM” Mantra, often recited during meditation and
yoga
Bipin Shah May 2012
Abstract
Albert Einstein once said, ”Anyone who becomes seriously involved in the pursuit of science
becomes convinced that there is a spiritual manifest in the laws of the universe — a spirit
vastly superior to man.” This spirit is consciousness and omniscient. The universe is alive and
we, the humans on this earth, are part of it. All the planets in our solar system, our star Sun
that is a part of Milky Way Galaxy, where Sun appears as a tiny dot. The universe contains
unknown numbers of such Galaxies containing many stars like sun and its own unique
planetary systems that makes our universe so large and fathomless. We do not exactly know
how large it is, and perhaps we will never know. Some believe it is infinite. We are just
beginning to understand our own solar system with space exploration.
As one Indian ascetic said about recital of mantra : “ “OM” is basically a monosyllabic word,
as compared to “AUM”, which is tri-syllabic.” This is because of the difference in the way the
two words are pronounced. Aum is pronounced as “aa-uu-eemm” while in Sanskrit, 'O' is a
diphthong sound. These sound has some kind of effect in chanting and hearing during energy
release process from the body. As stated in Hindu Upanishad that “Om represents everything
– the beginning, the middle and the end, the past, the present and the future. It encompasses
all sounds – mankind, nature, machinery … it is the hum of the planet and universe.”
Universe Metaphysic and Chants
India’s Jainism and Buddhism that opposed Vedic religious philosophy of creation and formed
its own vision of the universe and cosmology over 3700 years ago is proving that this is the
sound of our universe that was created by the supreme beings that our scientists never
imagined or thought off. Jain cosmology is the description of the matter and soul in the
universe. The “Jiva” or “souls” that are energy source interacts with the cosmology while
matter is inert. Jaina cosmology describes how universe’ metaphysical laws function, while
dealing with space and time. The Jain doctrine postulates an eternal and ever-existing world,
that works on universal natural laws. Although, the existence of a creator deity is not known
or defined in the Jain doctrine. However, the unlimited power of soul is recognized and
employing right process and tool can achieve the highest status in the universe. The universe
has a firm and an unalterable shape, which is measured in the Jaina texts by means of a unit
called “Rajju” which is supposed to be exceptionally large. Similar thoughts prevailed in
Buddhism and other traditions. Buddhism has its “Heart sutra”. The Heart Sūtra (Sanskrit:
Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya ) is a popular sutra in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya,
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can be translated as "The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom". The sutra explains "The living
form without soul is empty, emptiness is an inert form." It is a condensed exposé on the
Buddhist Mahayana teaching of the Two Truths doctrine, which says that ultimately all
phenomena are sunyata, empty of an unchanging essence. This emptiness is a 'characteristic'
of all phenomena, and not a transcendent reality, but also "empty" of an essence of its own.
It has been most frequently used and recited text in the entire Mahayana Buddhist tradition.
The five aggregates of human existence are described as 1. Physical form, 2. feeling , 3.
volitions, 4.perceptions and 5. consciousness.
The Heart Sūtra mantra in Sanskrit “गते गते पारगते पारसंगते बोिध ाहा” and when translated it means "gone, gone, everyone gone to the other shore, awakening, svaha” when put all together it establish relationship of chanting mantra, while meditating
in yogic position. Yogis often meditate using OM or AUM mantra chant. Each of these parts
has numerous metaphysical associations, that serve as meditative seeds. For example, a
(pronounced "ah") represents our waking state, which is also the subjective consciousness of
the outer world; u (pronounced "ooh") is the dreaming state, or the consciousness of our
inner world of thoughts, dreams, memories, and so on; and m is the dreamless state of deep
sleep and the experience of ultimate unity. This is the one explanation.
The question remains that how those ascetics/Yogis of early shramanism can perceive this
strand of thoughts that recognizes the existence of the universal laws. Its emphasis on the
universe being eternal and uncreated and works following its own laws that go against the
science theory of the Big Bang creation. The Stars are born and died, and new stars are
reborn, and this process continues in eternity, working on its own or just say being on an auto
pilot. The Universe itself is never created or destroyed; it is immortal.
India’s Buddhism perceived the universe differently. Unlike Jainism, the Buddhism envisions
the destruction of universe at some point. No entire one Buddhist sutra explains the Buddhist
perception of cosmology, so the inferences have to be extracted from various Suttas and
traditions. Buddhist cosmology can be divided into two parts: spatial cosmology, which
describes the arrangement of the various worlds within the universe, and temporal
cosmology, which describes how those worlds come into existence, and how they die.
In Buddhism, the divinities of creation are recognized while Jainism believes that once the
universe is self-created from single particle, it never dies. Buddhist Sutta have been refined
and reworked and the original tradition is only preserved in Theravada Branch of Buddhism.
Mahayana was reformist branch of Buddhism and included many other thoughts developed
later after Buddha’s death.
India’s Hinduism is more definitive and under Hindu cosmology the universe is cyclically
created and destroyed in the time cycle of 8.64 billion years. The Puranic view asserts that
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the universe is created, destroyed, and re-created in an eternally repetitive series of cycles
but it is infinite. Again, the question arise how these early Seers, sages and Shramana yogi,
during their meditation can perceive the physical aspect of universe without the help of
modern science?
Meditation and omniscient with OM mantra symbolic Omkara-Trianka Symbol -Buddhism
“AUMKARA” or “OMKARA” Mantra of Meditation
The compressed version of the Aumkara is two letter sound expressed as "OM” syllable. The
OM word is derived from Sanskrit “Omkāra”. Jainism altered it to call “Namokar” (Namo
means bow your head to the Arahants and Tirthankaras). In Buddhism, it may be referred as
“Aumkara” or “Om Mani Padme Hu”. It is also called “Pranav” in Sanskrit (meaning bow to
the divine with folded hands). In its abbreviated form, it is recited as a deep sound “Aum” or
“OM”. This begs a follow up question on the origin and existence of “Aum” mantra (OM) as
utilized in Yoga, Hindu, Jaina and Buddhist traditions. Most of us are not cognizant of that
that both of these reformist faiths derived their mantras from the same sound “AUM” or
“Om”.
The “OM” mantra recited in stretched nasalized Vowel as if the sound is originating deep
from inside of your body and it is clear and loud. It is placed at the beginning of most religious
texts of India. It is a sacred incantation to be intoned at the beginning and end of a reading of
the Vedas or prior to any prayer, meditation, or Yoga. The Vedic Sanskrit origin of “Om” and
“Pranava” derives from a root word “nu” meaning “to shout loud during the chant” or make a
“humming” loud sound during the recital. “AUM or OM” is the first and last sound in your
ears if you are attending a yoga class. Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying the mantra
(prayer), “Om Mani Padme Hum”, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful
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benevolent attention and blessings of Bodhisattva or Buddha. “Mani” here means jewels and
“Padma” means lotus flower, Buddhist sacred flower.
This uniformity in various Shramanic tradition of India suggests that OM may be one of the
primordial sound of the universe , these ancient sages, seers, and prophets of India
recognized and by reciting that sound they were paying respect to the existence of our
universe, who keeps us alive and support our existence either through some divine hands or
some unknown energy forces. Regardless of the theology as to who created this universe, this
primordial sound of universe emitted out of space at a frequency that human ear are
incapable of hearing must be respected through recital and that was the intention. The
illustration below is the manifestation of “OM” mantra in various scripts in the subcontinent
that has spread across eastern Asia through Buddhism and Tantric Yoga.
Om in Hinduism Om in Jainism Om in Sikhism Om in Buddhism
Om in Tibet Buddhism Om inscribed in coin
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Arabic word for Allah
Mantra recitation can be said to be the mother of meditation. With the recitation of a
mantra, the mind immediately focuses on a single thought leading to transcendence-
awareness beyond the mind. The method of conveying awakening of consciousness is
especially through the chantinf of mantra.
The idea that supernatural powers can be obtained by yogis practicising ascetism is central in
all Indian religions. The practice of ascetism is called in sanskrit “Tapas”. Tapas and Yoga can
give practioners powers to hear thing that average human find impossible. This also give
practioner power to see past, present and future and ability to fly. The main requirement of
Yogic ascetism is complete detachment with material world. We have seen many TV shows
where a yogic practioner has levitated defying the law of gravity.
Origin of OM mantra
If “Aum” or “Om” chant (Mantra) is considered to be the primordial sound of the creation
and it is thought that all languages emanates from this initial sound of vibration, then world’s
oldest language Sanskrit can clinch the title by expressing it in the symbol and in the words
through its Vedas and religious texts. All Sanskrit mantras (sacred sound prayers) in India
begin with “Aum” or “Om”, and a meditating yogis or Shramana may attest to the power of
“Aum” or “Om” without any hesitation. Those who are involved in the technique of advanced
meditation as practiced by an experienced yogi or meditating monks, probably describes the
power of Chanting Om mantra and many experts and teachers are said to believe that the
chant activate the entire nervous system. Ancient sages and seers had conquered this
technique and were able to see the past, present and future. The omniscient Mahavira,
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Buddha, Christ and many sages, prophets and seers have claimed that they can see past,
present and future. In order to see past, present and future, one has to break the time and
space barriers.
The references of “time travel” are found in various ancient texts of India but not taken
seriously. An advanced meditation Practitioner achieves the “Transcendental Meditation
stage”, where their spiritual awakening reaches to the highest level, so Saul or spirit develops
the power to leave the body temporarily or reenter the body at the will, thus freeing itself
and breaks the barrier of time and space and see and hear the things that ordinary mortals
cannot. We have heard the power of healings by world’s prophets and moving objects against
gravitational forces and treated those occurrences or incidents were treated as the miracles. .
“AUM” or “OM” sound first features in Hindu Upanishad texts. The Upanishads are
considered last “Veda” compiled around later Vedic period. The Upanishads are different
group of Sanskrit texts that contain the earliest emergence of the Brahmana (Hinduism).
Some of their central religious concepts also appear in Jainism and Buddhism that were non-
Vedic traditions.
Since Jainism and Buddhism are dated to 12th and 18th century BCE respectively, it can be
inferred that “Aum” mantra may have been practiced orally during the age of Cuneiform
civilizations of 23th century BCE (Bronze Age), there were many centers of Shramanic colonies
that existed in bronze age in places like Egypt, Greece, Babylon, Persia, India and perhaps
China that allowed many Shramanic activities to prosper under priestly group of people. They
were star gazers seeking answer to human existence from sun rise to moon light, tried to
interpret dreams, and relate them to those seeking answers. We had sages, seers, oracle
interpreter, Magis, Druze priests and others Shramana unknown to us, who made this a
hereditary profession. This led to other disciplines of religious theology, ritualistic traditions,
yoga as an instrument for deep meditation to awaken consciousness and establish
connection with the universe.
Rig-Veda does not explicitly mention OM but one of the hymns spells out instruction as to
how to chant any unspecified hymns or mantras. Rig-Vedic HYMN CLXIII is cited below. This
hymn probably is considered as the later addition to Rig Veda.
The Upanishads are considered by Hindus as “revealed truths” (Shruti) by Gods themselves to
the Supreme ascetics of India, the “septa Rishi” (seven seers), who also most likely composed
Rigveda and Atherveda. The Upanishads texts (probably composed during later ages,
explain the creation of universe, the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and
describing the character and ultimate method of human salvation (moksha). Since they are
last part of Veda series, the Upanishads are also called Vedanta.
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The “Mandukya” Upanishad, is entirely devoted to mantra “AUM”, it can be summarized in
plain English as "Om” and is described as the indestructible sound of the universe and as
expressed in the three alphabets “AUM”. The Mandukya Upanishad is the short text and is
very direct compared to other Hindu texts that dwells on the mantras. The main content of
“Mandukya” describes in detail various state of human consciousness and awareness. It is
described and written in prose, consisting of just twelve verses expounding the mystic
syllable “AUM”, the three psychological states of waking, dreaming and deep sleep, and the
transcendental fourth state of illumination or omniscient. The word “OM” is made up of
three syllables, as stated above: “A”, “U”, and “M”,or in English phonetically, "aaah," "oooh,"
and "mmm."
Some scholars opined that the visual “Om” symbol as shown in different scripts embodies
each of its syllables. What appears as number “3” is the Sanskrit letter for "ahh," that same
three with the mini “S” on it is "oooh," and the half crescent moon at the top is the "mmm."
Like all trinities in major faiths, it is all about sacred “threes” words. Most faiths have trinities
in their roots like Hinduism, where “Om” is thought to have been first expressed. The modern
Experts say these syllables can represent a slew of trios, including: the heavens, earth, and
the underworld; the Hindu gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva (creator, preserver, and
destroyer) also in Christian world Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Islam does not accept the
concept of trinity like Jainism, but the word Allah still uses “Ohm” symbol in inverted way.
See below:
Hindu Om and Islamic world for Allah (God)
Mandukya Upanishad in Sanskrit:
“Bhūtau bhavad-bhaviuyad-iti sarvam Omkāra eva”, It means: “What had happened before,
what is now and what will be later – everything is Just Om”, a noticeably short but profound
word almost indirectly describing the infinite universe.”
Rig Vedic hymn # CLXIII as translated in English describes how any mantra or hymn should be
chanted without mentioning any mantra.
1. FROM both thy nostrils, from thine eyes, from both thine ears and from thy chin,
Forth from thy head and brain and tongue, I drive thy malady away.
2 From the neck-tendons and the neck, from the breastbones and from the spine, from
shoulders, upper, lower arms, I drive thy malady away.
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3 From viscera and all within, forth from the rectum, from the heart,
From kidneys, liver, and from spleen, I drive thy malady away.
4 From thighs, from kneecaps, and from heels, and from the forepart of the feet,
From hips from stomach, and from groin, I drive thy malady away.
5 From what is voided from within, and from thy hair, and from thy nails,
From all thyself from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.
6 From every member, every hair, disease that comes in every joint,
From all thyself, from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.
Although, the Sanskrit was the first known language to recognize “Aum” or “OM” and
introduced as syllable, it does not mean that it was not present in India’s oral tradition and it
will be difficult to claim its Vedic origin, when not found mentioned in Rig-Veda but in the
later phase of blended Hinduism when Upanishads were written, it was mentioned.
Mandukya Upanishad was believed to have been composed in later age when blending had
already occurred. There are no other hints of the mantra in any other civilization, so the
sound is India specific or Indian origin. Persian Magi had similar chanting of hymns but did
not resemble Indic “OM”.
Non-Vedic Origin?
This author has consistently believed and wrote about the presence of “Non-Vedic” traditions
that flourished during 23rd to 24th century BCE, when supreme ascetic of Indus-Sarasvati
civilization has recognized Shiva as supreme yogi as depicted in Yogi seal. During Janapada’s
stabilization period, various Vedic dynasties that sprung up after Mahabharata war promoted
and patronized non-Vedic traditions under the rulers’ Sponsorship. Hinduism over the period
continue to reform itself to be more inclusive of local traditions and now is presented itself as
unified religion of modern “Hinduism”. This Hinduism is not limited to “Brahmana” as Vedic
civilization may have known, it but includes Trinity concept of early “Shaivism”,
“Vaishnavism” and many other religious offshoots. Of course, Vedic language and culture left
a lasting legacy on modern Indian languages.
Below are two Harrapan seals discovered during archeological excavations at various Indus-
Saraswati (Harrapan) Sites. On the left is a simple yogi seal with the undeciphered symbols on
the top. On the right is Harrapan Chimaeras seal. Ferenz and Vidale published their
interpretation of chimaeras Seal from Parpola’s CISI volumes and called it as hypertext.
Indus civilization used square stamp seal made of soap stone which is a metamorphic rock
composed of mineral talc that is rich in magnesium. After inscription etched it was fired in the
brick oven. Ferenz and Vidalo believe that the seal bears composite creatures and with short
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narrative to convey some religious and mythological meaning, when treated as hypertext.
Since then more interpretation had emerged but there is no consensus.
Hypertext is defined as a text which contains links to other texts. The term was coined by Ted
Nelson around 1965. It is estimated that these composite seal were introduced during the last
phases of Indus civilization before or around 2900 BCE. Ferenz and Vidalo expressed the seal
as in the form of the component of hypertext conveying some meaning but not sure what.
Indus Yogi Seal Indus’ chimaeras seal when interpreted as hypertext
Both of them show the presence of Shramana or Yogi like figure with a bull that fits Shiva
deity of Hinduism, who commands all living beings. In Indus civilization they must have some
importance. Since we do not understand the script, we do not know what these Yogis seals
meant to convey. However, the inferences can be drawn that this ancient civilization of India,
who did meticulous urban planning that is unmatched of their time must have given great
importance to God and Priestly class . The yogic, Shramana culture probably was developed
among priestly class as inscribed in the seal. The presence and control of the animals make
this Yogi, the master of the universe, who was none other than Lord Shiva, a supreme Yogi
and ascetic.
This evidence creates the doubt of Shiva being of Vedic origin and it is hard to derive any
conclusion, except to say that he is India specific. It could be pre-Vedic and Sanskrit
articulated the yogic mantra OM, in the syllable and alphabet forms. The present follower of
Shaivism is using the OM mantra in every prayer and it is “Om Namo Shiva”.
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Rigveda does not include Shiva as one of their chief creator and the influence of the Sanskrit
is found in nearly 60 % of spoken languages of India. The religious traditions have also
blended catching ideas and rituals from each other. The blending occurred over several
centuries, when various pre-existing native culture and tradition interacted with Vedic
tradition. These interactions often lead to incorporation of loan world into each other
dictionary and the adoption of other deities and Gods.
There is overwhelming archeological evidence that the origin of Shramanic traditions of India
was present in India’s oldest “Indus-Sarasvati” civilization (commonly referred as
“Harrapan”). Although, we still do not have the language deciphered, but “Aum” or “OM”
might be present as far as 3000 BCE or beyond. Today, OM is the ways of life in Hindu
worship, just like the presence of Swastika. Unlike Swastika, the “Aum” or “OM” mantra’s
origin lies in the subcontinent of Asia. “Aum” mantra is India specific and is not found outside
of Indian civilization anywhere. It is also true that Vedic civilization gave a leg to “Aum”
mantra by inducting into Vedanta and it was also picked up by Jainism, Buddhism and other
ancient religious sects of India that opposed Vedic religion. Considering all these variables
and equation, Non-Vedic origin cannot be ruled out.
Vedic religion and Hinduism now show the presence of Shramana or Yogis.
Rigveda does not include Shiva as one of their chief deity, but Rudra is considered as one of
the Vedic deity mentioned in Rig Veda. Some have equated Rudra to Shiva, but when
functionally compared they are not the same. Their iconographic is so different that the
author has concluded that Blue Shiva was Pre-Vedic deity of India and now is fully
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incorporated in Hinduism. Shiva was supreme yogi and ascetic as described in present
Hinduism. The blue iconography has some kind of “varna” connotation meaning Pre-Vedic.
In addition to that, it is interesting to observe the Omkara-Trianka in image above.
It looks like three rings but at degree, it can be two OM nested to gather at 45-degree angle
with crescent moon and sun as a mark perhaps resembling supreme ascetic like Shiva.
“AUM” or “OM” as a Sun origin sound
NASA’ S (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Findings of intersteller’s sound
picked by the Voyager:
NASA’s space physicist Don Gurnett reported at a NASA press conference in Sept. 2013, that
he had heard "the sounds of interstellar space", now shown in various Utube videos as
“symphony of the planet and sound of the sun.” (See appendix). Mr. Gurnett is the James Van
Allen professor of physics at the University of Iowa and the principal investigator for the
Plasma Wave Science instrument on Voyager 1. At the press conference, he played some
plasma wave data for the audience. The sounds, he explained, were solid evidence that
Voyager 1 had left the heliosphere. The heliosphere is a vast bubble of magnetism that
surrounds the sun and planets. It is, essentially, the sun’s magnetic field inflated to enormous
proportions by the solar wind. Inside the heliosphere is "home." Outside lays interstellar
space, the realm of the stars.
Strictly speaking, the plasma wave instrument does not detect sound. Instead it senses waves
of electrons in the ionized gas or "plasma" that Voyager travels through. No human ear could
hear these plasma waves. Nevertheless, because they occur at audio frequencies, between a
few hundred and a few thousand hertz, "we can play the data through a loudspeaker and
listen," says Gurnett. "The pitch and frequency tell us about the density of gas surrounding
the spacecraft." When Voyager 1 was inside the heliosphere, the tones were low, around 300
Hz, typical of plasma waves coursing through the rarified solar wind. Outside the heliosphere,
the frequency jumped to a higher pitch, between 2 and 3 kHz, corresponding to denser gas in
the interstellar medium and turned into the transition music to Gurnett’s ears. Gurnett felt
that we need solar events to trigger plasma oscillations.
Is “Aum” or “OM” is the sound of Sun?
The sun worshipping is very primordial, and we found them to exist in various ancient
civilizations in one form or other. The sound of the sun was considered by most ancient
religions as the most sacred sound of the universe. It is a sound that cannot be heard by the
human ear because the human ear only hears between 20-20,000 Hertz frequency. The
sound of the sun is really plasma wave data translated into sound and it changes with every
solar flares. If we listen to this sound, we can hear and feel the deep vibration.
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The sound of the sun recorded by NASA was probably heard or felt by those Shramana and
yogis of India, who reached the perfect state of meditation and became omniscient, so the
spirit or Saul can travel anywhere in the universe, past or present and see and hear the things
that mortal human cannot hear. This is what the ancient texts describe to us. Those select
few who attained omniscient status through ascetism , meditation and yoga can see past,
present and future breaking time barrier, hear any thing at any frequency probably leaving
the empty body during meditation and reenter the body during the consciousness phase of
meditation, thereby breaking the time and space barrier in a similar way NASA’s deep probe
voyager did. Each planets or celestial body makes its own sound and not all of them sound
like “Aum” mantra but they are rhythmic. Is it possible that those sages and seers heard
these types of sound and introduced as a mantra that can be intoned with human speech as
“OM.”? There are several links below included for the references. Out of many links given
below, assuming they are real recording of the celestial objects as described, the most
important are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUXe82zQ2M The Sound of the sun in this recording is more rhythmic and sounds similar to “Aum” sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cpXpgjUT2k This sounds like Symphony of the planets. But, none of these should be construed as a proof
or rebuttal of the origin of the sound of “OM”. What this article is trying to convey is that OM
mantra is exclusively used during meditation and some prayers as repetitive chants. Why this
mantra was selected by Shramana/yogi is a major mystery. There are plenty of other choices
from oldest texts of Veda, but OM is a supreme mantra where all Shramana and yogi deposit
their faith for salvation. Non-Vedic religions like Jainism and Buddhism also adopted them, so
I attach the importance that the sound of “OM” mantra is deliberated and conveys the
connectivity with the universe.
There are other links below for readers who are interested in this proposition to explore and
arrive at their own conclusion. There is no archeological evidence like Swastika, and none are
forthcoming as to when and how the mantra was originated except inferences and where,
when and how it was practiced.
Some related links
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2420739/First-sound-recording-solar-
beamed-Earth- NASA-Voyager-1-spacecraft.html
http://awakenvideo.org/2010/03/this-should-be-taught-in-school-1of16/
http://www.space.com/22781-voyager-1-interstellar-space-sounds-video.html
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http://player.ooyala.com/iframe.js#pbid=91ac0f6dc
Concept of supreme meditation=-kundalini 200-year mummy found in Mongolia meditating
Mummified monks found under the Buddha’s statue-1000 years old while meditating
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Stanford Solar center
Stanford university group taking the Voyager data try to replicate the sound pattern and it is
also duplicated the by European Space agency in video form to validate each other’s claims.
See link below:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu/singing/singing.html#sing
These MDI data (Michelson Doppler Imager) data was processes by A. Kosovichev.
The procedure employed for generating these sounds involved using Doppler velocity data,
averaged over the solar disk, so that only modes of low angular degree (l = 0, 1, 2) remained.
Subsequent processing removed the spacecraft (Voyager) motion effects, instrument tuning,
and some spurious points. Then Kosovichev filtered the data at about 3 MHz to select clean
sound waves (and not super granulation and instrumental noise). Finally, he interpolated
over the missing data and scaled the data (speeded it up a factor 42,000 to bring it into the
audible human-hearing range (kHz)). The video shows the repetitious sound of “Om-v”. Some
scientist says all celestial bodies of the deep space produces incredibly unique rhythmic
sounds.
“Om-y”. Perhaps, OM became the seed mantra of those hypersensitive meditating monks,
who can hear these sounds through higher level of consciousness. I am sure some may
question this hypothesis but it is certainly as mystical as many things we question repeatedly.
It is important to bear in mind that not every human beings are capable of hearing this sound.
We know some animals can hear well than we (dog). When we hear the story that a Yogi can
talk to animals, we do express surprise.
As Tibetan Chanting indicates, “OM” chant does produce the vibration. Stephen Cope,
founder of Kripalu's Institute for Extraordinary Living, and author opined that “OM sound
itself seems to calm the nervous system. It is also a unifier of the group doing the chanting,"
Yogananda says that chanting OM also creates a link with those who have practiced before
us.
"It's a sound that validates oneness and harmony," he says. "We chant it because yogis have
for thousands of years. And when we chant it, we are connecting with those yogis in a ritual
way, and drawing upon the support of the practices they've been doing for a long, long time."
We cannot leave the topic without mentioning something about largest religion of the world-
Islam which claims more followers. It is mind boggling that there is some uniformity after all,
with the word “OM” and that strengthens speculation that the origin of “OM” sound is much
older, pre-Vedic and perhaps primordial.
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Quran’s Magic Number 786 is a Corrupted Backward Spelling of Vedic
‘AUM’
All Arabic copies of the Koran have the mysterious figure “786” in Arabic language imprinted
on them. No Arabic scholar to my knowledge has been able to determine the choice of this
particular number as divine.
I stated in my earlier writing that the prophet of Islam was illiterate, and I must add that it is
not unusual in the history. Not all the prophets of the world were literate. It is said that
Prophet of Islam dictated Koran to his scribe, who later became the first caliph.
We can say that the same scribe who wrote Koran either did not differentiate numbers from
letters (highly unlikely) or he was copying a divine letter of the known world of Asia, while
altering it. This “magical” number is none other than the holy letter “OM” written in Sanskrit
(Refer to figure below). Buddhism was widespread in west Asia during early common eras. It
will not surprise me that the world was copied from Buddhist text. Anyone who knows
Sanskrit can try reading the symbol for “OM” backwards in the Arabic script and magically the
numbers “786” will appear!
References
1. Rigveda English translation http://www.sanskritweb.net/rigveda/griffith.pdf
2. www.AVGsatsang.org
3. http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?61705-Sounds-of-the-Sun
4. http://awakenvideo.org/2010/03/this-should-be-taught-in-school-1of16/
5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcuZD0A7RwM NASA Sound Explanation
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cpXpgjUT2k Symphony of the planets
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azUXe82zQ2M Sound of the sun
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRTpFSQ-b3U
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfoRAdDolqA
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_toXu2WF50
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11.https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=OM+sound+by+deep+Nasa+explorer
12.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE2fTDecEww
13. Sword of Truth archives, Aditi Chaturvedi
14. http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/harvard-neurosurgeon-confirms-
theafterlife-exists/
15. http://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2015/01/mummified-corpse-of-200-
yrold-monk.html#.VQH_CCzLrRg
16. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2983202/Alien-noise-Earth-like-world-
Mystery-signals-suggest-habitable-planet-exists-22-light-years-away.html
17. Harrapan chimaeras as hypertext by Denny Ferenz & Massimo Vidalo, south Asian
studies, Rutledge, London. 2012 publication, http://tandfonline.com/loi/rsas20
18. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mummy-deador-trance-
180954170/?noist
19. http://www.dogonews.com/2015/2/27/the-mummified-monk-that-rests-inside-
anancient-buddha-statue
20. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/27/asia/mummified-monk-statue/
21. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/singing/singing.html#sing