The letter A is the
least differentiated of all sounds, therefore Krishna
says in the Gita [aksharaanaam Akaarosmi] — "I am A among the letters".
Again, all articulate sounds are produced in the space within the mouth
beginning with the root of the tongue and ending in the lips — the throat sound
is A, and M is the last lip sound, and the U exactly represents the rolling
forward of the impulse which begins at the root of the tongue till it ends in
the lips.
If properly pronounced, this Om will represent the whole phenomenon
of sound-production, and no other word can do this; and this, therefore, is the
fittest symbol of the Sphota, which is the real meaning of the Om.
And as the symbol can never be separated from the
thing signified, the Om and the Sphota
are one.
And as the Sphota, being the finer side of the manifested universe, is
nearer to God and is indeed that first manifestation of divine wisdom, this Om is truly symbolic of God.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Bhakti-Yoga
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