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same universe will also appear as full of manifold unconnected forms. In the same way again as in the case of the least differentiated and the most universal symbol Om, idea and sound-symbol have been seen to be inseparably associated with each other-the law of the inseparable association of ideas and soundsymbols will apply to the many differentiated views of God and universe and each of them will and must have a particular word-symbol to express it. These word-symbols, evolved out of the deepest spiritual perceptions of sages, symbolize and express as nearly as possible the particular view of God and universe they stand for. And as the Om represents the Akhanda or the undifferentiated Brahman, the other sound-symbols represent the khanda or the differentiated views of the same Being; and they will all be found helpful to divine meditation and the acquisition of true knowledge, by worshippers having respective different views of the Lord and the universe.
BHAKTI-YOGA.
