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Brahman is a word/sound that refers to the ground of being, the one heart, that which 'is'
The sound OM/Aum is a sound which expresses the 'consciousness of’
Spoken, it expresses conscious awareness of the invisible, indivisible wholeness
Manifested beings exist only in the consciousness of the one Heart
Perceptions of change and manifestations are the play of consciousness of the one Self
The Isha Upanishad, excerpts
Eknath Easwaren version
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In the mango grove, shade poured into his black eyes, when playing as a boy, when his mother sang, when the sacred offerings were made, when his father, the scholar, taught him, when the wise men talked.
For a long time, Siddhartha had been partaking in the discussions of the wise men, practicing debate with Govinda, practicing with Govinda the art of reflection, the service of meditation.
He already knew how to speak the Om silently, the word of words, to speak it silently into himself while inhaling, to speak it silently out of himself while exhaling, with all the concentration of his soul, the forehead surrounded by the glow of the clear-thinking spirit.
He already knew to feel Atman in the depths of his being, indestructible, one with the universe.
—Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962)
Siddhartha
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All this is full. All that is full.
From fulness, fulness comes.
When fulness is taken from fulness,
Fulness still remains.
OM shanti, shanti
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