'OM" it is of relatively recent oirgin, from the time of Pannini, who
arranged Sanskrit into a written language. OM is a symbol that was
invented by the Indian alchemists much later than Pannini, in order to
make their system seem profound and esoteric.
'Om" is nothing more than a phoneme, or a quasi phoneme, made up by
Brahmins in order to confuse the people. It is merely a salutation,
similar to the Latin 'Amen', a phrase meaning 'So be it'.
It is not a 'bija' mantra at all. If chanting 'OM' had been a known
means of liberation, it would have been mentioned by the historical
Buddha, or carved onto an Ashokan Pillar or something.
In reality, the 'OM' 'sound' is just another instance of the Indian
proclivity for making simple things seem mysterious. It is a 'mantra' by
courtesy only, according to Swami Ageananda Bharati, the author of the
definitive work on mantra, 'The Tantric Tradition'.
Work cited:
'The Tantric Tradition'
Ageananda Bharati
Rider, 1965
On 10/24/2013 6:07 AM, dhamiltony...@yahoo.com wrote:
So[m], what was Maharishi's particular teaching on "Om"? His was
counter to everything "Om", wasn't it. He did not use "Om" in any of
the mantras he gave. Succinctly, what was that? What is unique about
his Vedic studies around "Om"? I got a dressing down recently about
how Maharishi saved India around the understanding of "Om". What did
he say that "Om" "aum" was so bad that puts him opposed to "Om"?
While at the same time Brahmananda Saraswati [Guru Dev] it seems was
very in favor of "Om" spiritually. See Guru Dev's discourses. Who
do you believe? What is your experience with "Om"? I find it the
vibration of the giant electro-magnet of nature turning over in the
center of the Earth and unified sound of all of Nature and great to
attune to as such to spin and line up the chakras of the subtle system
. It seems the energetic pre-condition that all the nervous systems
on earth have evolved with. It runs deep as a vibration (when people
sit up) in the Dome as a vortex. Maharishi seems to have put the
wammy of fear in to "Om" for the TM spiritual community. Does that
explain something about the TM community? What is your experience
with it and what was really said about it? Just wondering, -Buck
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <cardemaister@...> wrote:
(Not to be taken all too seriously...)
Just as 'om' may be "embedded" in the word 'soma',
so in the tanakh (Hebrew Bible =~ Old Testament)
it may be embedded in the word 'yom' (day) that appears
several times in the first verses of bereshit (Genesis)...
