The letter 'A' symbolises the conscious state , the letter 'U' the dream state and the letter 'M' the dreamless sleep state of the mind and spirit. The entire symbol, together with the crescent and the dot, stands for the fourth state, which combines all these states and transcends them. The letters correspond to the three tenses - past, present and future - while the entire symbol stands for the Creator, who transcends the limitations of time. They stand for the three gunas or qualities of sattva, rajas and tamas, while the whole symbol represents a gunatita, one who has transcended and gone beyond the pull of the gunas. Aum represents both the unmanifest (nirguna) and manifest (saguna) aspects of God. That is why it is called pranava, to mean that it pervades life and runs through our prana or breath. They A ,U ,M represent the triad of Divinity, namely, Brahma - the creator, Visnu - the Maintainer, and Siva - the Destroyer of the universe.They also symbolize three Vedas, and the three stages of life ( birth, life and death ). The symbol of Aum is found in alll the eastern religions, and it is only found as a symbol not as a word as all the eastern philisophies agree that the sound heard at the highest level of meditation is no doubt Aum, hence it is not written as a word but a symbol.
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