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LOGOS And OM

In Christianity we call the primal vibration, from which everything comes from, the word. In Hinduism the equivalent is the sound word or mantra OM. OM and the word express the universal principle, a cosmic sound or vibration, which is the original source for everything that exists.

The same thing is described by Pythagoras in his philosophical idea about the Music of the Spheres, where the physical sound that we can hear is seen just as a reflection of the cosmic sound, in Greek called Logos.

The Word And Christianity

The Christian tradition speaks of the power of the word. God speaks words and creates universes. “God said: Let there be light. And light came” (book of Moses). God utters words and the universe is created.

These words are sound emanations coming from a higher level of reality. We just call them words in our sphere of being. This symbolism is present in many spiritual/religious traditions where reality is created by vibration or sound.

OM and ATOM

Modern physics and the upanishads from India may at first glance seem very different but both support the idea of the universe consisting of vibration and that there exists a kind of primordial vibration.

When we dive into the atom we discover that all matter is in a state of vibration. That vibrations come close to our perception of sound in its poetical quality of music, is expressed by the physicist Dr. Donald Hatch, who states that the universe is not made of matter, but music gives a modern equivalent to the idea of OM as the sound of creation.

Sound Over Matter

We know that the solidity of matter is an illusion and that all matter consists of atoms, separated in enormous distances compared to their size. And that the atoms themselves are not at all solid, but consist of energy in movement.

According to the scientist Donald Andrews complex theory of the universe, every atom sends out a main tone, a sound which via the resonance process connects itself in groups of equivalent atoms and form up molecules, which he sees as a kind of cosmic chords. By continuing the expansion, the molecules form different objects and forms in physical manifestation. Thereby any object can be seen as a living entity, made up by chords or molecules, with each their individual complex sound.

OM In Everyday Life

The creation myths might in fact also be describing the process of creation which continually happens within us. All our thoughts, feelings and emotions create their own chords which crystallize in the complex chords of our personalities and being. Our main aim would then be to make this a harmonious chord which sounds beautifully and harmonically with the chord of the universe. Only then can we be truly happy when we are in true “harmony” with the universe.

Matter comes from vibration, matter is cosmic sound. Matter is OM which has been crystallized. The universe and earth only exist because the word is being continuously emanated. Without the word there would be only pure empty space called Ananda by the ancient yogis of India, which was the original state of the universe before manifestation.

OM In Our Spiritual Practice

Advanced practitioners of Yoga have always felt OM as real as the air that they breath. Christian mystics have long know of power of the WORD in themselves and the outside universe. They feel at a deep level the continual emanating of the word OM in the continual creation processes taking place.

Seen in this way we are all co-creators of the manifestation in each and every minute, by sending out the Word in the form of thoughts, wishes, emotions and speech. We make our own symphony and we are responsible to make this symphony harmonize with the cosmic symphony!

So be ever mindful of your each thought, wish, emotion and speech because you form your world with them! The power of the word is yours.