Aum!

This is the primordial sound that is often referred to as the first vibrations- the first form of energy that reverberated through the Universe. Reading a text on Quantum Physics and a scientific justification to a Purpose Driven Universe I was surprised that noted Physicist Bernard Haisch quotes a textual reference to Indian texts written 25 centuries ago!

He calls it the Perennial Philosophy and says that it has three essential tenets:

1. The physical universe of matter is not the sole reality. Other non-physical realities exist and may not be perceivable directly by the physical senses. (It is interesting that this is compatible with String and M theories that propose existence of other dimensions which have radically different sets of laws that govern and define them.)
2. Our human nature has both a material side subject to physical laws, birth and death as well as a non-material immortal spirit or soul, which is actually the more essential side because this is made of the same stuff as the ultimate source which is generally regarded as God.
3. All humans possess a capacity to intuitively perceive the true multifaceed nature of ourselves and this greater reality.

This Haisch says, has been written in the ancient Indian texts and its elements are to be found in the mystical streams of all religions.

In school we used to sing a Vedic prayer- in Sanskrit. Its rough translation in English:
That is perfect.
This is perfect.
From the perfect, arises perfect.
Perfect alone remains.

That Perfect is Aum. The anahad naad. The energy without boundary. I have heard it in the humming of machines and in the solitude of my own breath. I have experienced it in the car and in the mountains. It is a feeling and a sensation that transcends awareness into consciousness. It begins with being very aware. It grows into being fully conscious. And Relaxed.

Aum is considered the easy and the perfect beginning to all mantras in Hunduism. If you make a mistake in the chanting, it alters the energy of the mantra. But if you begin with a correct Aum, the mantra energy cannot be violated.

Aum is the essence and the force that is ours to realise.

Aum.

Shanti.

Peace.