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AUM is the Clarion-Call of the Infinite. AUM is the universal Teacher.Some are of the opinion that A starts its journey from the back of the mouth, and U from the middle, and M from the lips. Others hold (and I personally prefer this second discovery) that the sprinter A starts its journey from the heart-centre (Anahata) and comes up to U, which has been waiting at the throat-centre (Visuddha) for A's arrival. Now both A and U come to M which has been waiting at the centre between the eyebrows (Ajna). Combined, they run toward the Infinite vast.
When we chant AUM loudly, we feel the Omnipotence of the Supreme. When we chant AUM softly, we feel the Delight of the Supreme. When we chant AUM silently, we feel the Peace of the Supreme.
We chant AUM. Where does the sound terminate? It terminates both in the Infinite Invisible Beyond and in the immediate visible cosmic manifestation.
The sound of AUM inspires the seeker to feel that God will be coming. The message of AUM inspires the seeker to feel that God is coming. The significance of AUM inspires the seeker to feel that God is come. The life-breath of AUM makes the seeker feel that God has always been within him and will forever be.
As regards the sounding of AUM, the M should last at least three times as long as AU which sounds as long O. Finally, the seeker must know that AUM should come to him as a revelation and not as a mental or intellectual discovery.
AUM is our concentration, meditation and contemplation. While chanting AUM, our body becomes a uniquely one-pointed field of concentration, our mind becomes an energising and fulfilling meditation, our heart becomes Infinity's self-absorbed contemplation.
