Om - Plant-Based Ivory Keychain

Meaning: 

“And all together good and evil, all destinations, all sorrows, all joy, all together was the river of becoming, it was the music of life... and then the great song of a thousand voices consisted of a single word and this word was “OM”: Perfection”

- H. Hesse

The syllable OM is the original mantra, the root of all sounds and all letters and therefore of every language and thought.

OM is the sound of all elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Ether.

OM MANI PADME HUM

The first mentions of the sacred Sanskrit syllable OM are found as early as the 20th century BC within the Vedas, the sacred texts of the Aryan people.

It is a very profound symbol because it represents the essence of the entire Universe. It is even said that the sound OM is precisely the primordial sound, the vibration that created the Universe itself.

The mantra OM is not, however, a single sound but is instead composed of 3 distinct sounds: A, U and M.

These 3 sounds in turn have a specific meaning:

• A – is associated with the state of wakefulness, darkness, ignorance and the present time
• U – is associated with the state of dreaming, the unconscious, dynamism and the past time
• M – is associated with the state of deep sleep, truth, purity and the future time

Finally, there is one last silent syllable that makes up the mantra OM, that is, the silent sound, the pause between one mantra and another.

This last syllable represents the Brahman that represents anything and encloses the meaning of consciousness and reality beyond time and space.

Sushupti. The first line, the one at the top indicated by the number 1, indicates sushupti, one of the four states of consciousness and refers to a state of deep dreamless sleep, when the mind ceases all activity

Jagrat. The lower curve indicated by the number 2 symbolizes the state of wakefulness jagrat, Jagrat, that which people experience when they are not sleeping.

Swanpa. The curve at number 3, located centrally within the OM symbol, represents swapna, a state of dreaming that is found precisely between deep sleep and the state of wakefulness.

Maya. The curve represented by the number 4 is maya, a semicircle that separates the dot from the other lines, a kind of obstacle to reaching bliss.

Turiya. Finally, we find the dot that represents turiya, a Sanskrit word that represents a pure state of consciousness, a state of total calm and inner peace.

Pendant dimensions: 3.0 cm

Stainless steel keychain hook.

Material: 

Corozo, or "Vegetable Ivory" or "Tagua", is made from the dried seed of the tropical plant "Phytelephas macrocarpa" usually called the elephant plant (Phytos = plant, elephas = elephant).

The plant, similar to that of the coconut, grows in the humid equatorial belt of central South America (Ecuador).

Each plant produces 8-10 infructescences a year that each contain 250 seeds. When fresh, they contain a milky white liquid that, after 9 months of maturation, solidifies and transforms into a white material entirely similar to animal ivory.

Corozo nuts, after drying, are cut into slices. The turned slice becomes a washer with regular measurements.

The original color, from optical white to antique ivory, must be considered "the natural" par excellence.

Dyeing with natural earths emphasizes the shape and highlights its unrepeatable and extraordinary veins very similar to root wood.