Aum
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[click the image for audio of Tibetan monks]
Sanskrit
" Aum (also Om ) is the most sacred syllable in Hinduism, first coming to light in the Vedic Tradition. The syllable is sometimes referred to as the "Udgitha" or "pranava mantra" (primordial mantra); not only because it is considered to be the primal sound, but also because most mantras begin with it. As a seed syllable (bija), it is also considered holy in Esoteric Buddhism." [Wikipedia]
For more details, see also:
reluctant-messenger.com/quantum_om.htm
www.lotussculpture.com/my_articles_om.htm
"Aum of the Vedas [6000 years ago] became the sacred word Hum of the Tibetans; Amin of the Moslems; and Amen of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians."
Written February 4th, 2006
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Oh, great chant.
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Thank you
I am not Hindu (this time around 
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Namaste
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This time around, eh? I hope you weren't forced to endure some horrible practice, like Sutte, or a red hot... you get the idea.
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Suttee? Ugh.. hope not
Fortunately don't remember 
Gassho
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Great Job!
Well, Om (AUM) is such a powerful word, that it can do wonders! It's power cannot be surpassed by any other word. A great job that you entered this one on allpoetry, as the world needs to know of the power of Om.
Are you a hindu? Well, I am so and an Indian too, so I know of this word very well.
A nice work,
Madhumita
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5 Stars *****
so this is what we have been taught.. .. or this is what " I " have been taught.... When all the energy in the world get together.. i sound takes place.. THAT very sound is "OM" also spelled as "AUM" ... I could not hear the sound 
.. i clicked on the pic.. 
... but i guess the sound clip had the sound "OM" in it.. yep? 
thank you very much.. woohoo.. i loveyou more..
take cares and have anice time my dear friend.. just keep it up... your humble little friend....
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... ... - vic ( who else? )
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I had never seen this till Presents write.I'm so uninlightned.Asked him what that symbol was.Recieve a full page text in reply.So now I know.Ha! Nice one Maatkara!~~~Suseann
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Cool really cool
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3D Art for the New Millennium!
Genelle Marie..
This is celestial. Not only is the image from the heavenly realms, I adore how you have us click on the image and listen to the graceful tones and mantra of the Tibetan monks. I feel like I am inside a Moody Blues song… Or having the most relaxing massage at a holistic spa! Wonderful stunning magical and mystical enchanting This would make the most Amazing CD Cover.. By George you got it, it is a Grammy for sure.. Je’tadore, all my love to you and yours, Sharon~
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Who would have thunk it? Congratulations on winning bronze with this unusual word!
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Dear Maatkara,
Thankyou for sharing this entry. Your Author's comment is very educational. I learned a lot from it and, as Del used to say:"Any day when I learn something is a good day."
Congratulations on your award.
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What an interesting word! Thank you for providing the audio file and the definition and explanation in your comment box, that helped me a great deal! In three letters you have conveyed faith, peace, mystery, and hope. Thank you for entering and good luck!
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This is a very interesting word you've entered into this contest
I wish you the best of luck with this original entry
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that and it's really pretty too!
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Namaste
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Ah, Blessed Poet... What can one say? A quiet standing ovation for You, hands together... then a smile... in the silence broken only by Your Eternal Poem...
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Even before I scrolled down and read your explanation I was soothed by the word and layout.
I have learned from your added info in the author's comments. It is amazing how much meaning one word can relate.
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Thank you, Myrddin! Yes, 'I AM' and 'Abwoon' indeed. I think you would appreciate my slightly 'wordier' piece on this theme as well, 'Logos' allpoetry.com/Poem/952287
~Gen
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As the primal sound, this is indeed the first poem. From it I like to render "I AM", the first thought of Identity (and the birth of the Universe, One Word) and the aramaic "Abwoon" (and you already know what that is about from my relatively verbose work by that title). Thanks for your work.
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Thank you, Margaret!
I find it significant that the two ways of transcribing it in English are Aum & Om. Another source mentions the Amen:
"From the ancient mystical traditions comes the idea of the Cosmic constant, the prime vibration, the word. The Sanskrit root word or seed sound symbolizing that aspect of the Godhead, which creates and sustains all things is called Aum (om). Aum of the Vedas became the sacred word Hum of the Tibetans; Amin of the Moslems; and Amen of the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Christians."
~Gen
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In my tradition, after the Om we continue on to En.
This word is very peaceful. One of my favorite psalm verses is "be still and know that I am God;" for simply put, it is impossible to know peace and unity in a state of agitation.
As usual, Gen, your presentation is beautiful.
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Thank you, Yem! Actually, I don't think our perspectives are really so different either, just different ways of expressing it
Aah, yes, pain is pain...
the trick is to ride it out and learn not to mind it, like T. E. Lawrence said ("Lawrence of Arabia"). But of course, he was a nutter 
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Cool, someone mentioned Forster I have a story based on that cave sequence.
Sorry, I forgot...life isn't all about me! (It just should be!)
I's do that "Aum, aum, aum" sound when in pain. It does have a peaceful tone. Used to try to use that when I'd get those cluster (migraine) headaches. Sometimes helped me focus, try to send the pain away, as if on wings. But pain ultimately is pain.
We come from different perspectives Maatkarsa but have a feeling we aren't all that different when it comes to respect, basic needs, etc.
And and I'm far nuttier.
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Thank you, Lyndon, for your wonderful comment and the related reference to Forster's novel Most appreciated!
~Gennelle
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Extraordinary
The Word, the primordial sound, "AUM" is not defined because He defines all else as your denotation explains from John 1:1 and the Vedas and elsewhere. The scientific view of the Theory of Strings is pure Mathematics and attempts to grasp the Grand Unifying Theory of all energies, matter and anti-matter. Unsustained as yet, it is interesting that AUM is the sound before all sound other than itself, before time and at one with God. I feel that you have used as imaginatively a simple word capable of complexities of meaning across cultures; from religion to philosophy to science as there could be.
(It is interesting to note that in E.M.Forster's "A Passage to India", Mrs Moore (an elderly lady in the Marabar caves of India) panics in the dark and hears ou-boum. This is how she describes the primeval sound to herself: 'From Let there be Light to I am finished all amounted to baum.)
My reference here could show the famous author had made an error, perhaps. She possibly heard "AUM".
This one word and its multitudinal associative ripplings deserves a shiny Gold, I should think. Lyndon
Edited on Feb 05, 2:51 because 'typo'.
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