Transcending into a supreme bliss

The great spectrum of the certitude of OHM has been shrunken into a diminished aperture in the existing abridged religious vision of the great Indian way of thinking and conventions.

From the commencement of the human era, this complex and elegant universe always surfaced as an enigma. In this 21st century where we are dancing at the zenith of technology, still haven’t reached anywhere close to the answer. Scientists are working 24/7 questing for keys to unravel different secrets governing the micro and the macro worlds.

Scientists, as a general perception, fail to identify the human as a part of this cosmos. A huge banyan tree comes from a very tiny seed but all the information regarding every attributes of the tree is encoded in its seed. So instead of the meritless travel towards the edge of this endless universe to solve the mysteries, had we started a journey into ourselves we could conceive our universal identity more easily and precisely.

This is what Vedas do - extraction of knowledge from the inner self. The knowledge that we attain from the Vedas is actually immeasurable or unexplainable. Vedas are not read, they are learned. Reading Vedas is meaningless unless one experiences it.  The true knowledge we attain from Vedas may not elevate us to a higher social acknowledgement but to the core of self identification and supreme bliss.

Vedas or Sruti are collection of mantras recited with different modulations of sound and also devised with the larger scheme for the auto-stimulation of different energy centres(chakras) in our body.  However, studying and understanding Vedas is not easy for all, so there exists the syllable OHM which can be considered as the most compact form of the Vedas.

The core of Vedic concepts are beyond the spectrum of linguistic commentary. It is an intrinsic awareness through transcendental conceptualization of the substance in the Vedas.

But why OHM, not any other syllable!

The sound form (shabda bhawa) of OHM constitutes in three nature, 2 full sounds A ( अ ) and U ( उ ), a half sound or anunasika M ( म् ) representing the past – present – future, that is, the existence – consciousness- bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda swaroopam). (We may speak about this in our later blogs). It has the fourth dimension, that is a soundless form( ॰ ), which transcends the three dimensions of time into an immeasurable and eternal nature. That is, A( अ ) – U( उ ) – M( म् ) are considered as 3 Matras of sound and their soundless end is Amatra, which is beyond any name and form.

In practice we feel that the three component sounds in OHM have their sprouting and development in different parts of our body.  Scientifically speaking, if one observes, it can be experienced that the first sound A( अ ) originates from the depth of the naval area. (Shastras named this originating area as the Solar plexus or Swadishthana Chakra.  This terms again need deeper level of studies). It happens in an awakened state (Jagrat avastha as the Shastras pronounces).  Thereafter we feel that the sound rises and manifests. It is experienced that the second and third sounds, the U( उ ) and M( म् ), bloom at stages of palate and lips respectively.  One experiences the sound U( उ ) in a dream-sleep state (Swapna Avastha) and M( म् ) in a dreamless-sleep state (Sushupti Avastha).  The fourth state at the end of these three stages is a silence (Turiya Avastha), where all these different forms transcends into the immeasurable and eternal form. It is the state of boundless consciousness.

Scientifically, the sound of OHM is generated as the primitive cognisance before we speak any word. Therefore OHM is the unique underlying sound in every word.  More precisely, OHM is the supreme unification of all the different sounds originating in the human body or, in a larger perception, the cosmic body.  Shastras termed OHM as Sarvaa Shabda Pradeekam, means the Universal symbol of all sounds.

This great spectrum of the certitude of OHM has been shrunken into a diminished aperture in the existing abridged religious vision of the great Indian way of thinking and conventions. One should here understand that the association of the symbol of OHM with the images of Gods and Goddesses or temples is to illuminate the wholeness of the absolute truth that it beholds.

So the chanting of OHM is a simple way to transcend our human limits and to move into the inner self to experience the ultimate bliss. And it is at this acme of bliss that the Vedas reveal their finality and spirit of science and the untaught supreme awareness.

In the upcoming blogs I will elucidate the above concepts in depth.


I suggest to read my previous blogs on the same subject Science and Religion:
Link to my previous blogs:

https://mynaturegodblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/temples-lost-their-true-purpose.html

https://mynaturegodblog.blogspot.com/2019/09/science-of-incarnations.html


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