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Om (
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This will simply reiterate the earlier notes on OM, for convenient reference.
Om is the best known tantric syllable. “O” is the sound and symbol of the Eternal Godhead. “M”, or the drawn out “Mmmm...” is a sound we make while we are loving. So that to utter Om properly is to love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole mind, and your whole soul, to use a phrase of Christ’s.
Many have used rote prayer in their devotions, both private and group. When one has prayed a given prayer enough, it becomes possible to hold the entire spirit of it in one’s mind, and to apply that spirit to one’s use of Om as one expresses it, as a flavor of one’s love. This is certainly in keeping with the admonition to not multiply words in prayer. (For some notes on the distinction between “Om” and “Aum”, click here.)
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