Mandukya_Upanishad

this is Īsvara thinking. We do not think at that time; it isĪsvara who thinks through these individual minds of ours.We, as persons, cease to be for the time being. We exist asthe thing-in-itself, Īsvara, who exists by His own stature,mind and status. He does not exist as a jīva in terms ofother objects. We always exist in relation to something else.Īsvara exists with relation to nobody else, and we, as seekersof the status of Īsvara, or Brahman, wishing to exist by auniversal nature, try, by this means of the recitation of Om,to flow into Īsvara’s Being like rivers trying to flow into thebosom of the ocean. We are like streams wanting to rushinto the sea, and just as by the force of the inclination of thewaters, the rivers enter the ocean, we, by the inclination ofthe vibration of Om, enter the Universal Form of Īsvara.When you recite Om properly, you enter into ameditative mood. You are not merely reciting a sound or aword or a phrase, you are creating a vibration. To point outonce again; you are creating a vibration. What sort ofvibration? Not a vibration which agitates you, irritates you,or creates a desire in your mind for a particular object, buta vibration which melts all other particular vibrations, putsan end to all desire, extinguishes all cravings and creates adesire for the Universal. As fire burns straw, this desire forthe Universal burns up all other desires. A recitation ofOm, even three times, correctly done, is enough to burn upall sins, to put a cessation to all desire and make you calm,quiet and satisfied within yourself. The test of a correctrecitation or chant of Om is that you become calm in yourmind and feel satisfied with what you are and what youhave. When you come out of your meditative mood with a24