The Tantric Secret Seed Syllables of the Seven Hundred Verses to Durga

In reality, all this is 'speech' in seed form. Everything is made of speech. The seed of speech is the seed of the world.

This entire creation is the Ashwattha the sacred fig tree, representing the world with roots above and branches below. The seed of this world-form Ashwattha is God, Brahman, or Shiva. The 'Great' (Prakriti) is its womb (mother), and the supreme-self Shiva is the seed-giving father.21 The speech-form of the seed of this great tree (creation) in the form of Ashwattha is 'Om'. This 'Om' is the 'everything' expressed from that 'subtle essence', that 'nothing'. That which was the past, that which is the present, that which is happening, that which is the future, and anything else beyond the three times—that too is 'Om' alone.22

This 'speech-filled Om seed' is the name of God; it is his signifier. Brahman is what is signified by it.23 Om is speech, and Brahman is its meaning. These two are not two, but are non-different and one, like water and the wave. For the knowledge of all speech and meaning in the world, one should chant the seed of God's names, the 'realization of word and meaning,' while contemplating God.24 All speech, such as the Vedas, expounds on this Om; all actions in the world are for this; all seekers of spiritual knowledge worship this. This is the imperishable Brahman, this is the imperishable supreme of the supreme. Knowing this, a person gets whatever they desire.25

There is no difference between the name (Om) and the named (Brahman). Om is the infinite bhuma the Infinite/Abundance. That which is infinite is bliss. Where is there happiness in the small, limited, or finite? Therefore, to attain bliss, happiness, or self-peace, one should chant the Pranava seed, which is the signifier of this God, 'Om'.

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21. "Of all the wombs that take birth, the Great Brahman is the womb, and I am the seed-giving father." Srimad Bhagavad Gita 14/34.

22. "Om is this imperishable sound; all this is its explanation. The past, the present, and the future—all is Omkara. And whatever is beyond the three times is also Omkara." Mundaka Upanishad-1.

23. "Its signifier is the Pranava (Om)." Patanjala Yoga Darshanam 1/27.

24. "Chanting it is the contemplation of its meaning." Ibid 1/28.

25. "That goal which all the Vedas declare, which all austerities speak of, desiring which they practice celibacy—I tell you that goal in brief: it is Om. This sound is Brahman; this sound is the supreme. Knowing this sound, one attains whatever one desires." Katha Upanishad-Valli-2, Mantra-15-16.