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undefined eons until he then passed on the Vedic knowledge to certain select rishis (seers), who lived in the world of mortals. |
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These chosen rishis were the only mortals who had attained enough spiritual enlightenment so that they could hear Lord Brahma's pure vibrations. These vibrations converted into sound, which the rishis, in turn, converted into the words of the Vedas. The underlying theory is that rishis, through their rigorous self-discipline, acquired such power over their own breath and became so spiritually enlightened that they could hear the cosmic breath or the vibrations of the Vedas. The Supreme Creative Force or Brahman, which coexists with the Vedas and shares the state of perpetual existence, then created Lord Brahma so that He, as the Lord of Creation, could create the universe. Neither the universe nor Lord Brahma, however, is beyond the cycle of life and death. Neither one exists beyond the world controlled by time. |
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The Creative Force of Aum |
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Hinduism isn't the only religion with such a conception of the power of sound. The Christian Bible's New Testament Gospel of St. John opens: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." In Hinduism, however, the primordial word is AUM or OM, meaning "first created." Pure energy, which leads to the vibrations that create the primordial and ever-existing word AUM, becomes the impetus behind all that is created and continues to be created. |
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The concept of AUM ties directly into vastu. The objective of vastu is to build man-made creations that mirror the perfection of the universe, and since the universe started with the primordial word AUM, vastu also pays attention to the effects of the sounds or vibrations that exist on a site and in a building, and even within the building's occupants. Vastu works to keep all these vibrations in harmony. |
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