The Sound of Pranava

Pranava’s sound is known as Anahat. It is generated when the Primordial Cell breaks like the hatching of an egg. It is audible with the departure of the nucleus from the ellipse.

Ƿ The first linear movement of Adi Shakti makes the First Primordial Sound – AA

Ƿ The push of Sadashiva causes the Second Primordial Sound – OO

Ƿ The Third Sound – MA – is caused by the pause stage, which follows the breathing in and breathing out of the Primordial Zygote.

Pranava is therefore the All-pervading Divine Power of Adi Shakti, and Anahat is the sound created, without any percussion, by this Power. It can be understood better by describing Anahat as the sound announce- ment of Pranava.

These three Primordial Syllables AA, OO and MA, represent the three powers of the Primordial Mother:

Ƿ AA represents the existence and destructive power of Mahakali.

Ƿ OO represents the creative power of Mahasaraswati.

Ƿ MA represents the sustenance or evolutionary power of Mahalakshmi.

These three Primordial Syllables, later on, form the Primordial Words (Beeja Mantras) AIM, HRIM and KLIM. All together these com- prise the phonetic words of the Devanagari script (Sanskrit), and will be examined in greater detail in the chapter on Chakras.

Much before the hatching of the Primordial Egg, the Primordial Zygote reaches the embryonic stage. It starts breathing and creates the Primordial Sound (Anahata) that fills the entire embryo, which encircles the central point. The breathing of Adi Shakti is the Pranava or Divine Power, while its sound is called Anahata. This sound is without percus- sion and is heard on the heart as a pulsation. This sound is a mixture of seven component sounds (Nadabrahma), which when heard together, creates the beautiful Word, OM. When it is broken into its component parts it sounds like AA, OO and MA. It is written as 2

It later ascends through the different subtle centres on the path of Kundalini (the residual power of Pranava) and becomes the Word.

The Primordial Zygote grows just like a human zygote. As the Primordial Zygote develops into the Primordial Being (Adi Purusha), so identically a human zygote grows into a complete human being. It is therefore absolutely true to say that God made man in His own image. The Primordial Zygote develops into His full maturity through evolu- tion until He assumes His greatest and full form as the Great Primordial Being, the Virata.

The Great Primordial Being assumes three aspects, manifesting Himself according to the field (Kshetra) of His perception. Just as a man can have three fields of perception: at his house; at his office; and in society being a son, a husband and a father; although always remaining

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the same person, so it is with God whose field is the play created by His Power (Adi Shakti)

God Almighty as Paramount God or Supreme Spirit is called Parameshwara; the Power of God Almighty is known as Parameshwari. He resides at the very top spot on the Head of the Primordial Being (Virata). He is the absolute fountain-head, and all His three aspects radi- ate from Him. He is like the root of the Tree of Life, and His three aspects are like three branches of the same tree. He is the all-witnessing Primordial Being, and is reflected in the Heart of the Great Primordial Being as Ishwara (God in Spirit). His Power is known as Ishwari. This is the detached Power of the Great Witness (Sarva Sakshi). It exists in all animate and inanimate beings. In human beings it is reflected as Spirit (Atma) in the heart.

As seen before, Adi Shakti goes into three more abstract forms before starting the creation. These three forms exist in the Utpatti or the begin- ning stage of cosmic creation, and are Valaya, Bindu & Ardhabindu.

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