Quote#Speech
27. The Word of Ishvara is AUM (or OM). This is the Pranava
Quote byAlice Bailey · 1880–1949
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Light of the Soul: Its Science and Effect: a paraphrase of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with commentary (1927).
English (original)
27. The Word of Ishvara is AUM (or OM). This is the Pranava. II. The Sacred Word. This is the Word of Glory, the AUM. This is the Pranava, the sound of conscious Life itself as It is breathed forth into all forms...
— Alice Bailey
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