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Karma as the Source of Diversity

The vedas acknowledge divine karma as the origin of all creation, preservation, and destruction. However, since God does not have desires, unlike humans, he is not constrained by them. In the first chapter of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (1.6.1), we discover that karma is one of the three main causes of diversity, alongside name and form. The variety in names is a result of speech, and the variety in forms is a result of the eye, while the mind and body are the sources for the variety in actions. For every action, the body serves as the source, the controller, or the lord.  Within the body, the mind, speech, breath, organs of action, and organs of perception are regarded as the primary deities who receive sustenance from the body and carry out their respective functions. Nevertheless, we cannot solely depend on them to combat the impurities and the malevolent forces that can infiltrate our body, as they are susceptible to evil and demonic influences, thoughts, desires, temptations,...
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What is OM?


Before knowing the real meaning of 'ॐ' let's know some facts about it.

A very famous book written by Evan Thompson "Waking, Dreaming, Being", he started this book by a very good quote which meant that this study of Consciousness have not started from past 30-35 years but it is started from 5000 years ago. He also stated that we have named the years after 'AC' or 'BC' instead the years should be named as 'AFTER UPANISHAD' or 'BEFORE UPANISHAD'.

 The syllable 'ॐ' is universally accepted as a spiritual symbol which Times Magazine used on its cover page.

There are many different meaning of 'ॐ' in different religions some of which are:-


  1. Hinduism: Om is the Mantra of Brahman, the highest Universal Principle, the Ultimate Reality of Hinduism. The syllable is often chanted either individually or before a Mantra.
  2. Jainism: The syllable 'ॐ' is considered to be softly compared with the 'Panca-Parmesthi'(five super beings).
  3. Buddhism: The Tibetian Buddhism which is influenced by the Indian Hinduism and tantra use 'ॐ' at the beginning of dharanis. The most well known Mantra is "Om manti padme hum".
  4. Sikhism: "Ik Onkar" is used as the starting word of Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh scripture. This states that 'there is one God'. 

The above mentioned example states the real meaning of 'ॐ' where the first state of being is waking state which means that the objective world that we see around us and are running after. Then comes the dream state which signifies the state of being conscious in our dreams which makes us think all those things that we have experienced and which hits our conscious mind. The last stage of the human being which is the third state of this objective world where we are conscious of our conscious mind which means that we have temporarily forgot all this objective world but still our existence is there in the same world. The cycle keeps on going and we again have our objective life back when we are in the waking state. The fourth part as illusion of this world is stopping us to reach the awareness which is the fifth and the most desired spot to be reached.

The UPANISHAD has compared the 4 states of the human being which are waking mode, dream mode, deep-sleep darkness mode, and the forth one which is the real awareness mode respective to their objective world. The comparison is with the true pronunciation of the syllable 'ॐ'. This syllable has its pronunciation divided into 4 parts which are (1)"अ"; (2)"ऊ"; the humming sound as (3)"म"; and (4) the final silence after the humming sound. The smallest and the most recommended UPANISHAD which is "Mandukya Upanishad" has this explanation of a human life wonderfully compared with the 'ॐ'. The comparison says that the first sound "अ" show the state of being aware of this world just physically then comes the second sound as "ऊ" which is compared with the dreaming stage where our mind portraits the things which hits our conscious mind followed by the humming sound of "म" which takes us to be conscious of our conscious mind for a while. Then we have the last silence which is signified by the the awareness, the satisfaction of being in the awareness mode is the same satisfaction after chanting this syllable.

We the youth are totally unaware of such a common thing because we haven't ever taught about this which gives the correct way to live life. There is still a topic left about the illusion/maya which comes of different perception in a person's mind which is to be covered in my upcoming blogs.

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For more information about Evan Thompson vist this website:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Thompson
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  1. PrabhjotApril 10, 2020 at 9:00 PM

    Thanks you for all you are doing

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  2. UnknownApril 13, 2020 at 10:26 AM

    Right Dev, it's true,many dieseas can remove by the use of chanting AUM in proper manner. And once we chanting AUM before any mantra, it's power will be 1000 percent high.

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  3. AnonymousApril 14, 2020 at 11:11 PM

    Very good description

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  4. Prachi SinghalApril 15, 2020 at 9:37 AM

    Dev you are doing a great job,your blogs are really very good ,the information you give👏👏👏

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  5. Ganesh YegneshwaranMay 6, 2020 at 7:12 PM

    Another masterpiece. Please continue the great work. Your parents are truly blessed to have got such a guni son.

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  6. UnknownJune 11, 2020 at 11:54 AM

    Good explanation

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  7. UnknownDecember 29, 2020 at 4:22 PM

    Nibedita
    "Om" is not only a sound it's a power. Nice description. Best wishes for your upcoming blogs.

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  8. UnknownJanuary 11, 2021 at 1:55 PM

    very meaningful through your blog i came to know the meaning of om keep writing

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  9. Sakshi ShimpiMarch 7, 2022 at 11:30 PM

    "Amazing Write-up"!!
    That's was really great blog.Thanks for sharing information. Keep it up Merrill!

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