U-Om luphawu lwamaHindu lwe-Absolute
Injongo ethi iVedas ibhengeze, apho zonke izinto ezibonisa ubukrelekrele zikhomba kwaye amadoda anqwenela xa ekhokelela kubomi belizwekazi ... ngu-Om. Eli syllable Om yiBrahman ngokwenene. Nabani na owaziyo le syllable ufumana yonke into ayifunayo. Le yeyona nkxaso ilungileyo; Olu luxhaso oluphezulu. Nabani na owaziyo ukuba le nkxaso iyanqulwa kwilizwe laseBrahma.
- UKatha Upanishad I
Igama elithi "Om" okanye "Aum" libaluleke kakhulu kubuHindu. Lo mfuziselo lilungu elingcwele elimele iBrahman, into engekhoyo yobuHindu: enamandla onke, akho kuyo yonke indawo kunye nomthombo wabo bonke ubukho bobukho. I-Brahman, iyodwa, ayiqondakali, ke uhlobo oluthile lwesimboli lubalulekile ukusinceda ukuba siqikelele ukungaziwa. U-Om, ke ngoko, umele ukungabonakali (nirguna) kunye nokubonakalisa (saguna) iinkalo zikaThixo Kungenxa yoko le nto ibizwa ngokuba yi-pranava, ethetha ukuba igcwele ebomini kwaye idlula kwi-prana yethu okanye umphefumlo.
Om kubomi bemihla ngemihla yamaHindu
Nangona u-Om efuzisela iikhonsepthi ezinzulu zenkolo yamaHindu, isetyenziswa mihla le ngabalandeli abaninzi bamaHindu. AmaHindu amaninzi aqala usuku lwawo okanye nawuphina umsebenzi okanye uhambo ngokuthi Om. Isimboli engcwele ihlala ifumaneka entlokweni yoonobumba, ekuqaleni kwamaphepha eemviwo, njalo njalo. Uninzi lwamaHindu, njengembonakalo yemfezeko yokomoya, lunxiba uphawu luka-Om njengesazinge. Lo mfuziselo ubekwe kwitempile nganye yamaHindu nakwezinye iindawo kwiintsapho.
Into enomdla kukuba, usana olusandul 'ukuzalwa luyamiselwa emhlabeni ngalo mqondiso ungcwele. Emva kokuzalwa, umntwana uyahlanjululwa ngokwesiko kwaye isilayidi engcwele u-Om ubhalwa kulwimi kunye nobusi. Yiyo loo nto, ukususela kumzuzu wokuzalwa ukuba isilabhsi u-Om yaziswa kubomi bamaHindu, kwaye ihlala ihleli kuye njengophawu lokuhlonela uThixo ubomi bakhe bonke. I-Om ikwaluphawu oluthandwayo olusetyenziswa kubugcisa bomzimba nakwiitatto zangoku.
Uluhlu lwaphakade
NgokweMandukya Upanishad:
I-Om kuphela kwesilabhili yanaphakade ekukho kuphela uphuhliso. Ixesha elidlulileyo, elangoku nelizayo zonke zibandakanyiwe kwesi sandi sinye kwaye yonke into ekhoyo ngaphaya kwezi ndlela zintathu zexesha ichaziwe kuyo.
Umculo ka-Om
KumaHindu, u-Om ayililo igama elichanekileyo, kodwa kunoko sisandi. Njengomculo, ungaphaya kwemiqobo yobudala, ubuhlanga, inkcubeko, kunye neentlobo. Inamagama amathathu esi-Sanskrit, aa, au, kunye no-ma athi, xa edityanisiwe, avelise isandi "Aum" okanye "Om". KumaHindu, kukholelwa ukuba sisandi esisisiseko sehlabathi kwaye iqulethe zonke ezinye izandi ezikulo. Yimantra okanye umthandazo ngokwawo kwaye, xa iphindaphindwe ngesandi esichanekileyo, inokuphinda ihlangane kuwo wonke umzimba ukuze isandi singene embindini wobuntu, i-atman okanye umphefumlo.
Kukho imvisiswano, uxolo kunye nolonwabo kwesi sandi silula kodwa sinzulu sefilosofi. Ngokutsho kwe Bhagavad Gita, ngokungcangcazelisa isilabhili engcwele uOm, indibaniselwano ephezulu yoonobumba, ngelixa ucinga ngobuntu obuPhakamileyo kunye nokushiya umzimba wakhe, ikholwa ngokuqinisekileyo liyakufikelela kwelona lizwe liphezulu "elingenamda" ngonaphakade.
Amandla ka-Om ayaphikisana kwaye aphindwe kabini. Kwelinye icala, icwangcisa ingqondo ngaphaya kwangoko isiya kwimeko ye-metaphysical. Kwelinye icala, nangona kunjalo, ithatha ngokupheleleyo ukuya kwinqanaba elibonakalayo neligqibeleleyo. Ibandakanya zonke izinto ezinokubakho kunye nezinto ezinokwenzeka; yiyo yonke into eyayikho, isekhona okanye isafanele ukubakho.
Om ngokwenza
Xa sicula u-Om ngexesha lokucamngca, senza ukungcangcazela ngaphakathi kwethu okuhambelana nokungcangcazela kwendalo yonke kwaye siqala ukucinga kwindalo iphela. Ukuthula okwethutyana phakathi kwengoma nganye kuya kuchukumiseka. Ingqondo ihamba phakathi kwezichasi zesandi kunye nokuthula de isandi siyeke ukubakho. Kuthe cwaka okulandelayo, nokuba ingcinga ka-Om iyacinywa, kwaye akusekho kwa ubukho bengcinga bokuphazamisa ulwazi olusulungekileyo.
Le yimeko ye-trance, apho ingqondo kunye nobukrelekrele budlulayo njengoko umntu edibana kunye ne-Infinite Self kumzuzu wokuhlonela ukuqonda okupheleleyo. Lixesha laxa izinto ezincinane zehlabathi ziphulukana nomnqweno namava endalo iphela. Anjalo amandla angenakulinganiswa ka-Om.