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God is Word
And word is AUM
Tasya: His Vchakah: verbal indicator Pranavah: Sacred symbol AUM
1.27 Q: How to can we refer to God?
A: can be referred to as Word and the word is AUM
Bible says: In the beginning was Word. Word is God. God is referred to as Iswara b
y the Hindus. Swara is breath, though commonly understood as Sound. The most app
ropriate expression for Swara in English is the current of life . This current of l
ife, this motive power of Universal Intelligence can be referred to as God
Every time a word is uttered (a sound is produced) a new knowledge (meaning) is
created. A mental imagery follows the hearing of a sound. Hindus refer to God in
million ways. Emotional man refers to God as the Benefactor, Protector, Giver,
Savior and so on. He is referred to as Vishnu( meaning he is present in every An
u(Atom) of the Viswa(Universe). as Sankara(Sam is good-Kara is doer- Samkara mea
ning Good doer, benefactor) as Vinayaka ( Vi standing for Viswa -Universe- Nayak
a meaning Ruler; Iswara is God- remover of obstacles),Brahma( Brih meaning Infin
ite, endless-man meaning mind) meaning thereby Cosmic Mind.
When we utter the mystic syllable AUM , we feel the vibrations . It will change
the whole structure and attitude of the mind and the molecules of the body will
begin to vibrate in a different way. God is also referred to as UMA, the reverse
of AUM. When AUM is pronounced the the travel is Sound Au to Silence- M . When UMA is
pronounced it is ;uM silence to A sound. God (AUM)the inactivity is imagined as act
ivity too(UMA). God is the cause of activity, but God is inactive. By sound and
form, AUM symbolizes the infinite Brahman (ultimate reality) and the entire univ
erse. A stands for Creation, U stands for Preservation and M stands for Destruct

ion or dissolution. AUM is representative of the Trinity of God in Hindu dharma

(Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).
There are two ways of contemplation of Brahman: in sound and in silence. By sound
we go to silence. The sound of Brahman is Om. With Om we go to the End: the sil
ence of Brahman. The End is immortality, union and peace." Even as a spider reach
es liberty of space by means of it s own thread, the man of contemplation by means
of Om reaches freedom.
Maitri Upanishad 6: 23
There are several traditional and allegorical interpretations of this pranava ma
ntra AUM. The best explanation of AUM is found within the ancient Vedic and Sans
krit traditions. One can read about AUM in the marvelous Manduka Upanishad, whic
h explains the elements of AUM as an allegory of the planes of consciousness.
In the Sanskrit, this sound is called "Anahata Nada," the "Un-struck Sound." Lit
erally, this means "the sound that is not made by two things striking together."
When one really "listens" to this silent sound, this un-struck vibration, one c
omes inevitably to stillness, to pure and open existence.
According to Patanjali, there is a unique relation between the Godhead and the w
ord AUM.
The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black
lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.
(El Ghazali, Alchemy of Happiness)

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What is 786?
Dear muslim friends... I know that 786 is a sacred number to you but can you exp
lain what 786 mean and what its significance is please.
Thank you in advance.
As pre-islamic arabia has some Hindu past, as some people claim, we can't rule o
ut this possibility of 786 being the reverse of AUM, also keeping in mind their
style of writing, from right to left. It is really hard to discard this as mere
coincidence.
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