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Om is a mantra and mystical Sanskrit sound of Hindu origin (geographically India), sacred and important in various Dharmic religions such as Hinduism Buddhism, Sanatana Dharma and Jainism. Om (also spelled Aum) is a Hindu sacred sound thatis considered the greatest of all mantras.
The sound of sun is always considered as the most sacred in most of the religions of the world. But unfortunately human ears can hear only between 20-20000 Hertz. The sound of the sun is much lower or higher in frequency than we humans can hear. Could this sound of the sun be the part of universal language system? Recently NASA has recorded the actual sound of the sun in deep space. The compressed the inaudible waves of sun to facilitate the human ear to hear it. The sound of the sun resembles the word "OM" as it is prescribed in hindu vedas.
How did the ancient hindus know this mantra if it couldn't be heard by human ears?. Could they have pierced into universal consciousness and received it? Human language and language of universe cannot travel faster than speed of sound. But language as a set of information can be sent at the speed of light as we hear it in a radio. As NASA's descovary concluded saying our language was transmitted as a powerful energy and could thus be at the speed of light squared , cubed and so on and could thus made it possible to those ancient hindus to have linked the sacred voices of sun
The syllable Om is composed of the three sounds a-u-m (in Sanskrit, the vowels a and u combine to become o) and the symbol's threefold nature is central to its meaning. It represent several important triads:
The three worlds - earth, atmosphere, and heaven
The three major Hindu gods - Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
The three sacred Vedic scriptures - Rig, Yajur, and Sama
Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSlnHxGFNfs
Fasting on Ekadashi is a very old and common tradition which is followed in mostly all Hindu families. We all have seen our Mother, Father, Dadima ,Dadaji , Nani and other elders observing Ekadashi fasts, and we usually think they are doing because they are just religious. In fact it is backed up by solid science.
Ekadasi is a Sanskrit word, which means 'the eleventh'. It refers to the eleventh day of a fortnight belonging to a lunar month. There are two fortnights in a lunar month—the poornima and amavasya. So, Ekadasi occurs twice in a month. The special feature of Ekadasi, as most people know it, is a fast, abstinence from diet. According to scientific research, it is known that the air pressure on the earth varies to extreme limits on both the new moon (Amavasya) and the full moon (Purnima) day. This is because of the orbital path combination of the sun, moon and earth.
This can be observed by the change in the nature of the tidal waves on the new moon and full moon days. The waves are very high and rough, but from the next day onwards, the waves become calm, an indication that the pressure has also receded. Now, based on this fact, the significance of Ekadasi fasting can be explained in 2 ways:
1)It takes about 3-4 days for the food that we eat today to reach our brain (for the brain to understand the food intake). Now, if we eat light/fast on Ekadasi days, that intake will reach the brain correspondingly on the New moon/full moon day. On both of these days, the earth pressure is at its maximum, thus leading to imbalance in everything, including ones thought process. So, if the input to the brain is at a minimum, the chances of the brain indulging in any wayward activity due to the high pressure imbalance also becomes minimum. People in asylums behave weirdly during ekadashis due to this same lunar activity.
2) Another explanation for Ekadasi fasting is that compared to any other day of the moon cycle, atmospheric pressure is lowest on Ekadasi days. Thus, this is the best time to fast and cleanse the bowel system. If we fast on any other day, the high pressure/strain may damage our system. Thus, it is advisable that after fasting on Ekadasi, on the immediate next day (Dwadasi), we should get up early and eat as soon as possible.
