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In the very beginning, this endless universe was just empty. There were no planets, no stars, no moon, and no sun. There were no elements. Only empty space—dark, blue, empty space. No motions. Just peace. And within that, consciousness resided in a perfect, balanced, and happy state. That endless universe is not the cosmic mother. The mother principle is to protect, to preserve, to observe, and to let it develop. In that cosmic mother’s lap, consciousness resided in perfect balance, harmony, peace, and unity. That is our origin. That is our nature, and that is what we are searching for. That is meditation, which should lead us to that state of consciousness. Within that endless universe, within that consciousness where there were no emotions, one movement came. You may call it desire, you may call it wish, or you may call it divine will; you may call it feelings. So the most ancient literature we have says, "I am one. And now I will multiply." That divine wish, that divine will is described in this way. And that itself, that wish, was the nāda, sound. That desire, that will, appeared in the form of hope, of sound. Anant, endless. Sound, that is it, Aum. A-U-M. Ākara, ukara, makara. That original sound is the sound Aum. A-U-M, Aum. And that is the body of the Swayambhū, that one which has manifested himself. No one has created him. From these three—akāra, ukāra, makāra—the three guṇas take place: Sattva, rajas, and tamas. If you know Ayurveda, they speak very much about guṇas. If you read the Bhagavad Gītā, Kṛṣṇa speaks a lot about guṇas. The manifestation took place. It is that sound which is the origin of all these creations. No, the root, the form of the supreme is the resonance. The form of God is resonance, and that can be heard anywhere. And that resonance is still now, continuously resonating in the entire universe. The Vedas said, "What is existing in the universe is existing in this body." Vedas means knowledge—knowledge about the entire universe. If you didn’t read the Vedas, you read nothing. And if you will read the Vedas, you will see what you know—just one drop in the endless ocean. So from this nāda, the resonance, the first element created is Tejas. The second element followed was air. And fourth, the earth. The fifth ether, or endless space, was there, is here, and will be here.