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By intense focus one is able to break the door open and reach the Realm of the Divine. By the grace of God the door shatters, and the mind becomes immersed in the sweet drizzle of divine sound. By focusing on the divine sound (Shabda) the consciousness goes beyond the realm of death and rebirth
While journeying within, the seeker at first experiences the Anahat, the divine vibrating sound, and then the anāhat sound, the transcendental un-struck sound which reverberates in the depth of the soul. This is also known as Omkar. Through Omkar the entire creation came into being.
The tenth Guru, Gobind Singh sings the praise of the divine sound:
OM is the sound of the beginning. Through this sound the whole world, the earth and the sky. came into existence.
It is said in the Prana Sagali:
The sound is the essential essence of the world. This (Shabda) sound reverberates in the heart of each person, proclaims Guru Nanak.
Those seekers who can experience this sound find that it takes them to the Divine Realm. In this way of meeting God, the inner self finds true peace. Therefore, aspirants should meditate on the words of the guru and should abandon the ego—this is the path
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