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God is Word

And word is AUM

Tasya: His Vãchakah: verbal indicator Pranavah: Sacred symbol AUM

1.27 Q: How to can we refer to God? A: can be referred to as Word and the word is AUM

Bible says: “In the beginning was Word. Word is God.” God is referred to as Iswara by the Hindus. Swara is breath, though commonly understood as Sound. The most appropriate expression for Swara in English is the “current of life”. This current of life, this motive power of Universal Intelligence can be referred to as God

Every time a word is uttered (a sound is produced) a new knowledge (meaning) is created. A mental imagery follows the hearing of a sound. Hindus refer to God in million ways. Emotional man refers to God as the Benefactor, Protector, Giver, Savior and so on. He is referred to as Vishnu( meaning he is present in every Anu(Atom) of the Viswa(Universe). as Sankara(Sam is good-Kara is doer- Samkara meaning Good doer, benefactor) as Vinayaka ( Vi standing for Viswa -Universe- Nayaka meaning Ruler; Iswara is God- remover of obstacles),Brahma( Brih meaning Infinite, endless-man meaning mind) meaning thereby Cosmic Mind.

When we utter the mystic syllable AUM , we feel the vibrations . It will change the whole structure and attitude of the mind and the molecules of the body will begin to vibrate in a different way. God is also referred to as UMA, the reverse of AUM. When AUM is pronounced the – the travel is Sound ‘Au’to Silence-‘M’. When UMA is pronounced it is ;uM’ silence to ‘A’ sound. God (AUM)the inactivity is imagined as activity too(UMA). God is the cause of activity, but God is inactive. By sound and form, AUM symbolizes the infinite Brahman (ultimate reality) and the entire universe. A stands for Creation, U stands for Preservation and M stands for Destruction or dissolution. AUM is representative of the Trinity of God in Hindu dharma (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).

“There are two ways of contemplation of Brahman: in sound and in silence. By sound we go to silence. The sound of Brahman is Om. With Om we go to the End: the silence of Brahman. The End is immortality, union and peace." “Even as a spider reaches liberty of space by means of it’s own thread, the man of contemplation by means of Om reaches freedom.” Maitri Upanishad 6: 23

There are several traditional and allegorical interpretations of this pranava mantra AUM. The best explanation of AUM is found within the ancient Vedic and Sanskrit traditions. One can read about AUM in the marvelous Manduka Upanishad, which explains the elements of AUM as an allegory of the planes of consciousness.

In the Sanskrit, this sound is called "Anahata Nada," the "Un-struck Sound." Literally, this means "the sound that is not made by two things striking together." When one really "listens" to this silent sound, this un-struck vibration, one comes inevitably to stillness, to pure and open existence.
According to Patanjali, there is a unique relation between the Godhead and the word AUM.