God manifests in creation as the
Cosmic Vibration, which expresses itself as Cosmic Sound and Cosmic Light. The
Cosmic Sound or Aum is the synthesis of all the sounds of the highly vibrating
life forces (lifetrons or prana), electrons, protons, and atoms. By listening
to Aum, the yogi becomes a true brahmachari or one who is attuned to Brahman
(Infinite). By deep concentration the devotee can hear Aum at any time and in
any place. The Cosmic Sound is spoken of in the Christian Bible as follows:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God."[John 1:1] The Word or Aum came
from God; He manifests as the Cosmic Vibration in creation. The Bible also
refers to the Word as the Holy Ghost or intelligent ghostlike unseen vibration
that is the creator of all forms of matter.
It is called Holy Ghost because this
Invisible Force is guided by the Christ Intelligence that exists in creation as
the reflection or "sole begotten Son" of the transcendental God the
Father. Jesus Christ promised that the Holy Ghost or the great Comforter would
come to his disciples after his bodily departure from the earth. [John 1:1;
John 14:26] Kriya Yoga is a fulfillment of that blessed promise of Christ, as
it gives the peoples of the world a scientific technique for contacting the
Holy Sound. St. John spoke of the Cosmic Sound. "I was in the Spirit on
the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet"; i.e.,
"I was in spiritual ecstasy with the Lord and heard behind my conscious,
subconscious, and super conscious minds a voice like that of a great trumpet,
the great commingled Cosmic Sound coming out of the 'thrum’ of lifetrons,
protons, electrons, and atoms." [Revelation 1:10]
In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Aum
(Om) is spoken of as the symbol of Ishvara or God. This great authority on yoga
refers to Aum as a Cosmic Sound continuously flowing in the ether, unutterable
by any human voice, and fully known only to the illuminated. Further, Patanjali
says that deep concentration on Aum is a means of liberation. Many people who
do not understand the inward meaning of the scriptures think that by softly or
loudly chanting Aum they can reach the super consciousness.
The Hindu scriptures, however, point
out that one whose mind is identified with the body cannot possibly perceive
the true Aum sound. In point of fact, none can escape a constant communion with
Aum, for it pervades the consciousness and every fiber and atom of every being.
Those who become consciously attuned
to the omnipresent Cosmic Vibration receive untold blessings. The scriptures
classify ordinary chanting as, repeated loud utterance of the word Aum,
repetitions of Aum in whispers, and continuous chanting of Aum in one's mind,
listening to it mentally.
Super conscious chanting, however,
is that in which the mind is deeply directed to the repetition of, and the
actual profound listening to, the Cosmic Sound as it vibrates in the ether.
This is the true way of contacting God as He is expressed in creation.
The cosmic Aum sound is the combined
vibration of the three phases of Nature: creation, preservation, and
dissolution operative in the physical, astral, and causal universes.
The vocal chanting of Aum should be
intoned first in a high pitch, representing creation; then in a lower pitch,
representing preservation; then in a still lower tone that gradually fades
away, representing dissolution.
The chanting should first be done
loudly, then softly, and then gently until it is inaudible or mental only.
The real or super conscious,
chanting of Aum, however, consists not in an imitative vocalization of Aum, but
in actually hearing the Holy Sound. All physical sounds are transmitted through
the medium of ether; but although Aum vibrates in the ether, which is the
background of all manifested activity, the Aum sound vibrates independently of
the etheric medium. It is thus referred to as Anahata-nada (a sound produced
otherwise than by being beaten or struck, that is, without detonation) because
it manifests in the yogi's intuition without striking his eardrum through the
medium of ether, as with physical sounds. Aum, being a spiritual vibration, is
not heard physically, but felt spiritually Patanjali meant that only that yogi
can attain God whose mind is super consciously fixed on the Cosmic Sound, the
external Divine Manifestation. Such a yogi is an accomplished brahmachari. His
heart is overflowing with the sacred joy that follows perception of Aum.
When a devotee experiences the bliss
of God (the comfort of the Holy Ghost) behind the Cosmic Sound, his heart
becomes serene; he loses all fear of ever being diverted from his exalted state
or of becoming entangled in material sensations.
A yogi who has united his soul with
the Cosmic Sound and thereby experiences its ineffable bliss is spoken of as
united to the Lord. His heart, filled with divine joy, is no longer subject to
likes and dislikes, as is the ordinary person's heart during the contacts with
matter and its essential oppositional states.
An avowed man of renunciation,
fearlessly, with serene heart and controlled mind, can think of God as his
Supreme Goal. But in a higher state the yogi becomes one with God; having found
the Lord through Aum and Its pratipadya (the cosmic bliss that follows after
the perception of the Cosmic Sound or Holy Ghost), he achieves complete
liberation.
The Holy Ghost is spoken of by the Hindus as
Aum, by the Muslims as Amin, and by the Christians as Amen or the Word. In
Revelation 3:14 we find this definition: "These things saith the Amen, the
faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God."
This Amen is the Cosmic Sound which,
as a divine witness, faithfully accompanies all vibratory creation from its
beginning, even as sound accompanies or declares the running of a motor. In
other 'words, Amen or Aum is an "ear-witness" that declares, as
accessible to Kali devotees, the tangible presence in all creation of the
Creator.
The Hindu Bible (Bhagavad Gita), the Christian
Bible, and the greatest book on yoga (Patanjali's Yoga Sutras) unanimously
declare the Cosmic Sound to be the outward manifestation or witness of the Lord
in creation. Krishna, Jesus, and Patanjali all taught that man must receive the
Holy Ghost (the Comforter) in order to reach the Christ Intelligence within it
and God the Father existing beyond it (beyond Aum or vibratory creation). All
souls have descended into matter from God the Father beyond creation, God the
Son or Christ Intelligence, and God the Holy Ghost. Every soul has therefore to
ascend to the Spirit (Unmanifested Absolute) through the stages of Its triune
manifestation, Holy Ghost, Son, and Father (Aum-Tat-Sat of the Hindu
scriptures).
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