Most religions indicate that creation began with sound-- In the beginning was the word...
For the Hindus & Buddhists, Om is the primordial sound, the first breath of creation {The breath of God}, the vibration that ensures existence. Om sign signifies God, Creation, & the One-ness of all creation.

The Om symbol is a sacred syllable representing Brahman, the impersonal Absolute - omnipotent, omnipresent, and the source of all manifest existence. Brahman, in itself, is incomprehensible; so a symbol becomes mandatory to help us realize the Unknowable. Om, therefore, represents both the unmanifest (nirguna) and manifest (saguna) aspects of God. That is why it is called Pranava, to mean that it pervades life and runs through our prana or breath.

Aum is said to be the essence of all mantras, the highest of all matras or divine word (shabda), brahman (ultimate reality) itself. Aum is said to be the essence of the Vedas.

By sound and form, AUM symbolizes the infinite Brahman (ultimate reality) and the entire universe.

A stands for Creation

U stands for Preservation

M stands for Destruction or dissolution

This is representative of the Trinity of God in Hindu dharma (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva)

The three portions of AUM relate to the states of waking, dream and deep sleep and the three gunas (rajas, satva, tamas)

The three letters also indicates three planes of existence, heaven (swarga), earth (martya) and netherworld (patala)

All the words produced by the human vocal organ can be represented by AUM. A is produced by the throat, U & M by the lips

In the Vedas, AUM is the sound of the Sun, the sound of Light. It is the sound of assent (affirmation) and ascent (it has an upwards movement and uplifts the soul, as the sound of the divine eagle or falcon.

I always felt like the 3 resembled the Aum symbol.




Some information about the symbol:


[Edited 6/15/07 15:09pm]

Now I FINALLY understand!!!!

"It is customary to write the Hebrew number 15 at Tet-Vav,rather than Yod-Hey,which is the divine Name YAH. Similarly, 16 is written at Tet-Zayin rather than as Yod-Vav, which resembels a divine name (e.g., YOchanan)."

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THE NUMBER 1's APPEAR ON THE 3121 CD COVER!!!!

Prince is using HALAKHAH(a circumolation of the names) which states it is only forbidden to erase a divine Name that is written in a "normal" fashion (i.e., in the standard Hebrew spelling (or transliteration ) of the Name), a common practice to avoid writing the Names of God is to substitute letters or syllables within the Name(thats why Prince is using 3 and 2)!

Oh wow, Prince if you have read this thread I'm sorry I didn't see it in the beginning. It's taken me quite a while to understand it but now I REALLY understand. Try NOT to bust a gut while laughing at everything I've written the last few days.

YHVH is the personable name of God of Isreal but is unutterable.

Y-Yod
H-Hey
V-Vav
H-Hey

http://www.hebrew4christi...iting.html
[Edited 6/5/07 13:17pm]

Hey dig me now, excellent thread. Perhaps the best that I've seen on here. Wasn't hip to this. I, by instinct, knew that 3121 meant something. But didn't know what that was. Very similar to the album 1999. Although his meaning in that is the exact opposite to God. On that album cover, there are tons of hidden messages. Him writing "and the revolution" backwards tells you that you might as well turn the album cover upside down. He actually says the name of the song and the name of the album in the song 1999.

blackguitaristz said:

Oh and let me clarify. I'm not talking about him saying the words 1999, but he says the "real" title as well in the song 1999.

I always felt like the 3 resembled the Aum symbol.

Fact 2: it refers to a certain chapter from the bible: which one? i dont know, i dont read that crappy book, ask Prince.

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