Thanks for that. Of course, AUM also has a link with AMEN in Christianity - and perhaps with AMON (also spelled Amun, Amen) the chief deity in Ancient Egyptian religion.
I've copied below a segment of the piece you linked to as it might intrigue others: "In the very beginning of your Koran, at the top, are three letters, alif (A), lam (L) and mim (M). Can any of you or any learned Mulawi of Islam explain what these three letters mean?' The Moslems replied that this was a secret which Allah had kept to himself. Swami Rama laughed heartily at this remark and said: ‘When God has revealed the entire Koran for the benefit of mankind, as the Muslims claim, it is very strange that he has kept its very heading a secret. No. It is not so. If you, the Muslims who put full faith in the Koran do not know the secret of the letters A, L, M, Rama will tell you what they signify. Alif, Lam and Mim are nothing but alif (A), wao (O) and mim (M), that is, AOM or OM.' The Muslims objected that the letter L is not the same as the letter O, but Swami Rama pointed out to them that in Arabic grammar L is pronounced O when it falls between a vowel and a consonant, as in the names Shamsuddin, which is written Shamsaldin, or Nizamuddin, which is written Nizamaldin. The letter lam (L) becomes silent and gives the sound of the Arabic letter pesh (O or U). Therefore ALM is no secret; it is clearly and unambiguously OM and nothing but OM. It is Kufra, heretical or a sin, to blame God for keeping it a secret." ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote : Islam and OM (AUM) the Creative Sound Of God http://www.ttonline.org/forum/threads/7965-Islam-and-OM-%28AUM%29-the-Creative-Sound-Of-God Islam and OM (AUM) the Creative Sound Of God http://www.ttonline.org/forum/threads/7965-Islam-and-OM-%28AUM%29-the-Creative-Sound-Of-God TTonline - Trinidad & Tobago Online Community View on www.ttonline.org http://www.ttonline.org/forum/threads/7965-Islam-and-OM-%28AUM%29-the-Creative-Sound-Of-God Preview by Yahoo
