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Meaning of OM The Sanskrit word OM (also written as AUM) is a composite of three letters "A" (? - like the first sound in 'aware' , "U" (? -as in 'foot' and "M" (?? - as the last sound in 'mum'). According to MU, the three letters A, U and M represent the waking, dream and deep sleep states. The silence between successive repetitions of the mantra represents the fourth state called 'turiya' (literally the 'fourth' in Sanskrit), a state that transcends these three states. These three states correspond to the conscious, sub-conscious and unconscious states of the mind. A few other commonly mentioned interpretations of the letters A, U and M are given below: According to yoga, Samkhya and many other scriptures, the whole material creation, including human mind and body are a manifestation of the 'mula prakriti' (primordial nature) which is composed of the three gunas - sattva, rajas and tamas. The three letters of OM thus correspond to the three gunas as follows: A = tamas (darkness, inertia, ignorance) U = rajas (passion, activity, dynamism) M = Sattva (purity, truth, light) The silence between the two AUM sounds represents the pure consciousness, a state which transcends the three gunas (called 'trigunaatit' - beyond gunas) A = Brahma (the creator), U = Vishnu (the sustainer) and M = Shiva (the destroyer); the silence between two OM sounds = the substratum or the reality that lies beyond the trinity A = Present, U = Past, M = future; silence between sounds = the reality beyond time and space