This beautifully designed gold Aum symbol represents the powerful and all pervasive mantra of cosmic creation itself.
The earring is the calligraphic Sanskrit symbol for Aum. You can hear Aum reverberating from the very universe.
Uniquely designed by Suzanne Caughlan, this earring is gold plated over sterling silver (vermeil) with a gold-filled wires. Suzanne has been creating spiritually conscious jewelry for over thirty years.
Om or Aum
As the cross is to Christians, the is to Hindus. It is made up of three Sanskrit letters, and ma which, when combined, make the sound Aum or The most important symbol in Hinduism, it occurs in every prayer and invocation to most deities begins with it.
As the symbol of piety, is often found at the head of letters, pendants, enshrined in every Hindu temple and family shrines. This symbol is actually a sacred syllable representing the Brahman or the Absolute -the source of all existence. Brahman, in itself, is incomprehensible so a symbol becomes mandatory to help us realize the Unknowable. occurs even in English words having a similar meaning, for instance, 'omniscience', 'omnipotent', 'omnipresent'.
Thus Om is also used to signify divinity and authority. Its similarity with the Latin 'M' as also to the Greek letter 'Omega' is discernable. Even the word 'Amen' used by Christians to conclude a prayer seems to be akin to Om.
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