U-Om uwuphawu lwamaHindu lwe-Absolute
Umgomo wonke amaVeda amemezayo, lapho wonke ama-austerities akhomba kuwo nokuthi amadoda afisa lapho ehola impilo yezwekazi ... ngu-Om. Le syllable Om yiBrahman ngempela. Noma ngubani owazi le syllable uthola konke akufunayo. Lokhu ukusekelwa okuhle kakhulu; lokhu ukusekelwa okuphezulu. Noma ngubani owazi lokhu kusekelwa ukhonzwa emhlabeni waseBrahma.
- UKatha Upanishad I
Igama elithi "Om" noma "Aum" libaluleke kakhulu kubuHindu. Lolu phawu luhlamvu olungcwele olumele uBrahman, i-Absolute engenabuntu yobuHindu: onamandla onke, okuyo yonke indawo nomthombo wabo bonke ubukhona obubonakalayo. I-Brahman, iyodwa, ayiqondakali, ngakho-ke uhlobo oluthile lophawu lubalulekile ukusisiza sicabange okungaziwa. I-Om, ngakho-ke, imelela zombili izici ezingabonakali (i-nirguna) ne-manifest (saguna) zikaNkulunkulu.Ngenxa yalokhu ibizwa nge-pranava, okusho ukuthi igcwele impilo futhi idlula kwi-prana yethu noma umoya.
Om empilweni yansuku zonke yamaHindu
Yize u-Om efanekisela imiqondo ejulile yenkolelo yamaHindu, isetshenziswa nsuku zonke ngabalandeli abaningi bobuHindu. AmaHindu amaningi aqala usuku lwawo noma yimuphi umsebenzi noma uhambo ngokusho u-Om. Uphawu olungcwele luvame ukutholakala enhlokweni yezinhlamvu, ekuqaleni kwamaphepha ezivivinyo, njalonjalo. AmaHindu amaningi, njengesibonakaliso sokuphelela ngokomoya, agqoka uphawu luka-Om njengesiphanyeko. Lesi simboli sifakwe kuwo wonke amathempeli amaHindu futhi ngandlela thile ezindaweni ezingcwele zomndeni.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi umntwana osanda kuzalwa unikezelwa emhlabeni nalesi sibonakaliso esingcwele. Ngemuva kokuzalwa, ingane iyahlanzwa ngokwesiko bese kuthi isilabhisi esingcwele esingu-Om sibhalwe ngolimi noju. Ngakho-ke, kusukela ngesikhathi sokuzalwa lapho i-syllable Om ingeniswa empilweni yomHindu, futhi ihlala ihlala naye njengophawu lokunikela impilo yakhe yonke. U-Om futhi uluphawu oludumile olusetshenziselwa ubuciko bomzimba nama-tattoos wesimanje.
Isilabhasi yaphakade
Ngokusho kweMandukya Upanishad:
I-Om ukuphela kwesilabhili yaphakade okukhona kuphela ukuthuthuka kwayo. Isikhathi esedlule, samanje nekusasa konke kufakiwe kulo msindo owodwa futhi konke okukhona ngale kwezinhlobo ezintathu zesikhathi kufakwe kuwo.
Umculo ka-Om
KumaHindu, u-Om akulona igama elifanele, kepha kunalokho yiphimbo. Njengomculo, weqa imingcele yobudala, ubuhlanga, isiko ngisho nezinhlobo. Yenziwe ngezinhlamvu ezintathu zesi-Sanskrit, aa, au no ma okuthi, uma zihlanganiswa ndawonye, zikhiqize umsindo "Aum" noma "Om". KumaHindu, kukholakala ukuthi kungumsindo womhlaba oyisisekelo futhi uqukethe yonke eminye imisindo ekuwo. Kuyimantra noma umkhuleko ngokwawo futhi, uma uphindwaphindwa ngephimbo elifanele, ungazwakala emzimbeni wonke ukuze umsindo ungene enkabeni yomuntu, i-atman noma umphefumulo.
Kukhona ukuvumelana, ukuthula nenjabulo kulo msindo olula kodwa ojulile wefilosofi. Ngokusho kweBhagavad Gita, ngokudlidliza uhlamvu olungcwele u-Om, inhlanganisela ephakeme yezinhlamvu, ngenkathi icabanga ngobuntu obuphakeme be-Divinity nokushiya umzimba womuntu, ikholwa ngokuqinisekile lizofinyelela esimweni esiphakeme kakhulu "sobuphakade" obungapheli.
Amandla ka-Om ayindida futhi akabili. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iphrojusa ingqondo idlulele ngalé kwesimo esingaqondakali nesingachazeki semvelo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, noma kunjalo, kuthatha okuphelele kufinyelele ezingeni elibambekayo neliphelele. Kubandakanya konke okungenzeka kanye namathuba; konke okwakukhona, okuyikho noma okusamele kube yikho.
Om ngokuzilolonga
Lapho sicula u-Om ngesikhathi sokuzindla, sakha ukudlidlizela ngaphakathi kwethu okuhambisana nokudlidliza kwe-cosmic bese siqala ukucabanga yonke indawo. Ukuthula kwesikhashana phakathi kwengoma ngayinye kuyabonakala. Ingqondo ihamba phakathi kokuphikisana komsindo nokuthula kuze kube yilapho umsindo ungasekho. Ekuthuleni okulandelayo, ngisho nomcabango ka-Om ucishiwe, akusekho ngisho nokuba khona komcabango wokuphazamisa ukuqwashisa okumsulwa.
Lesi yisimo se-trance, lapho ingqondo nengqondo kudlulwa lapho umuntu ehlangana ne-Infinite Self ngomzuzu wokuhlonipha ongena ngokuphelele. Yisikhathi lapho izindaba zomhlaba ezincane zilahleka ngesifiso nangolwazi lwendawo yonke. Anjalo amandla angenakulinganiswa ka-Om.