Post by Satyajit Roy on Jan 31, 2008 5:51:48 GMT -5
The mind, just like a mudra (dollar), has four quarters. These four quarters are the parts of a coin like the silver dollar coin. The Atman is part less.
The first quarter is the first state, i.e. waking state or impure consciousness. It perceives the physical world around us.
The second quarter is the second state, which represents the dream state. Here the first quarter merges into the second quarter and becomes half dollar.
The third quarter or three states are the sound form and have a common feature --absence of the knowledge of the Reality. They belong to the cosmic world.
Now the mind leaves the cosmic world and all its mass of ideas melts away. The mind becomes pure and is able to concentrate and meditate with full concentration. Here the mind enters into the fourth state of Turiya which is silence and no sound. Thus makes mudra the whole.
Thus Atma becomes pure consciousness. Gradually the mind starts the state of samadhi, which is pure consciousness, the Brahman. This is silence and the Atman sees Chidakasha, endless space, which is shown here by blue color, wherein Atman sees Paramatman, the ParaBrahman.
OM is the beginning of all the world of sound (words) and is the basis of phonetics. All sounds and words have their origin in Pranava Sabda. All the sounds that can be produced or uttered by a combination of different letters or alphabet come under the range of three sounds produced by A, U, M. As in the example of Devanagri Script, the letters Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha, emerge from the throat. The letters, Cha, Chha, Ja, Jha are mainly from the palate. The letters, Ta, Tha, Da, Dha originate from the tip of the tongue and the letters, Pa, Pha, Ba, Bha, Ma are formed by the meeting of the lips. Since the Pranava Sabda contains all the breath sounds, it is said that OM is the sum and substance of the Vedas. All names are contained within the Pranava and so it is the basis of all the different forms of worship and all the different names by which God is adored. P>OM must be chanted as slowly as possible. "A" emerging from the throat (originating in the regions of the navel), "U" rolling over the tongue in crescendo until the sound reaches the peak, and end in "M" at the lips, descending as slowly as it rose, taking as much time as it took to ascend. The Amatra OM must gradually merge into the silence reverberating in the cavity of the heart. All forms of God respond when OM is chanted, it is said to be the direct line of communication with God. It is the key that unlocks for us the doorway to the house of the Lord. As we chant OM from the depth of our being, it elevates and lifts our consciousness to a higher realm and leads us to the supreme state of consciousness.
OM represents all the states of consciousness, the physical as well as the spiritual, and our awareness from the physical to the transcendental (divine) state. There are three states of consciousness, waking or Jagrat, dreaming or Swapna, and deep sleep known as Sushupti. There is a super-conscious transcendental state called Turiyavasta, it is the highest state of consciousness experienced by Yogis. Once again, the "A" in Omkara represents the waking state (and our gross body), the "U" represents the dream state (and our subtle body), and the "M" represents the deep sleep state (and our casual body). But when the OM is pronounced, there is the tailing silence, the Asabda, soundless state where the same sound of OM rings without being aloud, vibrating in our ears even when our lips our closed. This letterless resonance, the rich humming sound of silence, represented by what is called the Amatra OM is said to signify the Self or the Atma, which is transcendental to the three states of consciousness. It is deeper and beyond the three bodies, gross, subtle, and casual. It is the core, the essence, the reality of our being. It is the foundation of our very being.
OM TAT SAT
The first quarter is the first state, i.e. waking state or impure consciousness. It perceives the physical world around us.
The second quarter is the second state, which represents the dream state. Here the first quarter merges into the second quarter and becomes half dollar.
The third quarter or three states are the sound form and have a common feature --absence of the knowledge of the Reality. They belong to the cosmic world.
Now the mind leaves the cosmic world and all its mass of ideas melts away. The mind becomes pure and is able to concentrate and meditate with full concentration. Here the mind enters into the fourth state of Turiya which is silence and no sound. Thus makes mudra the whole.
Thus Atma becomes pure consciousness. Gradually the mind starts the state of samadhi, which is pure consciousness, the Brahman. This is silence and the Atman sees Chidakasha, endless space, which is shown here by blue color, wherein Atman sees Paramatman, the ParaBrahman.
OM is the beginning of all the world of sound (words) and is the basis of phonetics. All sounds and words have their origin in Pranava Sabda. All the sounds that can be produced or uttered by a combination of different letters or alphabet come under the range of three sounds produced by A, U, M. As in the example of Devanagri Script, the letters Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha, emerge from the throat. The letters, Cha, Chha, Ja, Jha are mainly from the palate. The letters, Ta, Tha, Da, Dha originate from the tip of the tongue and the letters, Pa, Pha, Ba, Bha, Ma are formed by the meeting of the lips. Since the Pranava Sabda contains all the breath sounds, it is said that OM is the sum and substance of the Vedas. All names are contained within the Pranava and so it is the basis of all the different forms of worship and all the different names by which God is adored. P>OM must be chanted as slowly as possible. "A" emerging from the throat (originating in the regions of the navel), "U" rolling over the tongue in crescendo until the sound reaches the peak, and end in "M" at the lips, descending as slowly as it rose, taking as much time as it took to ascend. The Amatra OM must gradually merge into the silence reverberating in the cavity of the heart. All forms of God respond when OM is chanted, it is said to be the direct line of communication with God. It is the key that unlocks for us the doorway to the house of the Lord. As we chant OM from the depth of our being, it elevates and lifts our consciousness to a higher realm and leads us to the supreme state of consciousness.
OM represents all the states of consciousness, the physical as well as the spiritual, and our awareness from the physical to the transcendental (divine) state. There are three states of consciousness, waking or Jagrat, dreaming or Swapna, and deep sleep known as Sushupti. There is a super-conscious transcendental state called Turiyavasta, it is the highest state of consciousness experienced by Yogis. Once again, the "A" in Omkara represents the waking state (and our gross body), the "U" represents the dream state (and our subtle body), and the "M" represents the deep sleep state (and our casual body). But when the OM is pronounced, there is the tailing silence, the Asabda, soundless state where the same sound of OM rings without being aloud, vibrating in our ears even when our lips our closed. This letterless resonance, the rich humming sound of silence, represented by what is called the Amatra OM is said to signify the Self or the Atma, which is transcendental to the three states of consciousness. It is deeper and beyond the three bodies, gross, subtle, and casual. It is the core, the essence, the reality of our being. It is the foundation of our very being.
OM TAT SAT
