The sound of silence

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

What does the Bible mean by this John 1:1 psalm? What was the Word? The word they refer to is a sound called OHM. It is the mantra, the creation vibration.

OHM is the sound of wind, of weeping, of laughter, of trees growing and stones falling. It is the sound of the universe. It is the call which rings out when the world is active. It is the ancient sound by which we live; it was there in the beginning.

OHM is the pranavah, or the primeval first mantra. The universe therefore consists of glorious trembling tones, of a wonderful vibration. Pythagoras called it the music of the spheres.

The word mantra flows from the Sanskrit word manatrana meaning advice or suggestion. The primeval sound OHM, if examined closely consists of three letters: A, U and M. The note created is AUM and passed into the Christian system as the word Amen.

Yet as we pronounce this connection of sounds more and more, eventually we arrive at OHM.

In truth we let it resonate.