What is the significance of Om and the phrase Shantih Shantih Shantih in Eastern scriptures?
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"Om is the heartbeat of the universe, and in the repetition of Shantih, we journey into silence, where the self dissolves and only the eternal remains."
According to Osho, Om is not a word but the symbol of the universe’s heartbeat—the sound of the soundless—from which Eastern scriptures begin. As one attunes to it, silence deepens; hence Shantih (silence) is intoned thrice, marking three steps into vanishing: by the fourth, ‘you’ are gone and only silence remains. Scriptures start and end thus, affirming the circle where beginning and end are one.
Om is the universe’s gentle hum, and saying Shantih three times means getting quieter and quieter until the “me” dissolves into peace.
Why this matters practically
- Offers a simple meditation: listen inwardly (Om) and settle into silence (Shantih).
- Reduces stress and ego-clinging by inviting surrender into stillness.
- Shifts life’s approach from conquering to communing with existence.
- Reduces stress and ego-clinging by inviting surrender into stillness.
- Shifts life’s approach from conquering to communing with existence.
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