OM And LOGOS
The primal vibration from which everything originates is in Christianity called the WORD. The equivalent in Hinduism is the mantra (sound word) OM. The word and OM express a universal principal, a cosmic vibration (sound) which symbolises the source of everything in existence.
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.
About Christianity And The Word
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 symbolize a form of word that come from a higher reality, in our reality called a word. The symbolism is clear and can be seen in many different spiritual traditions. Reality springs forth from a 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.
Upon closer inspection of the atom we find that all matter vibrates. Vibration and music are poetically linked in the words of physicist Dr. Donald Hatch: “The universe is not made of matter, but music”.
Sound And 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 And Our Everyday Life
The creation myths might not only be the story of how the world once was created, but could also be a symbolic description about the process of creation that is ongoing, and which each one of us is a part of. It is the creation and maintenance of each and every little atom and the realities we are creating with our minds and emotions. And it is going on right now, not in the eternal remote past! If we manage to be in accordance with life, we will be harmonious and happy.
Matter comes out of vibration. Matter is vibration. Matter is OM which crystallizes into our physical reality. The universe exists only through the continual emanation of the WORD. Without the WORD there would be but pure empty space which the ancient yogis of India term as “ANANDA”. This is the original state of the universe before it came into creation.
OM As A 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.
We have to understand that we are all co creators of the universe through the continual creation of our own WORDS or Music, continually bringing into manifestation through our thoughts, longings, desires and speech. We alone can choose whether our symphony is in harmony or not with the cosmic symphony.
So be ever mindful of what you send out because the universe hears your song!
Mariah Claiere is a tantra and yoga teacher and a composer of beautiful music for meditation. She and her husband lead a retreat and tantra art center in the North of Copenhagen. Please read more about yoga music for meditation or visit her site to download free meditation music