In the beginning, the Jews would call upon God as ‘Adonai’
- this is the zikr they would practise.
The only difference is that although there is a multitude of God’s names,
the difference is their respective divine light.
Difference Between Allah & Om
As for the zikr (commemoration) of ‘Om’,
the zikr of ‘Om’ is the same as the zikr of ‘Allah’.
God has many names.
You can call upon him with any name and it shall render you benevolence.
You may call him Rehman or Rahim or Om or Wahe Guru.
Wahe Guru means beautiful Lord.
He has many names.
However, we are spiritual people and we follow a different method.
We believe that you may say any name of God,
however, until that name of God enters your being, you shall gain no special benefit from it.
Whether that name is Allah, Rehman or Om.
It must enter your being.
It is useless until it enters your being.
For instance, there are non-veg and there are vegetarians.
So there is a man who can only eat vegetarian food and people object and say that vegetarian foods lack nutrients
and the one eating non-veg is consuming a stronger meal.
But what we find out is that the one eating veg is actually absorbing the nutrients from the vegetables
while the non-veg person may be fully submerged in nihari but nothing is entering his stomach.
So, it’s useless, isn’t it?
Who will benefit from it?
The one in whose heart enters the name of God.
It can be any name of God, in fact even the word ‘god’ shall be beneficial.
Even the word ‘god’.
In the beginning, the Jews would call upon God as ‘Adonai’
- this is the zikr they would practise.
The only difference is that although there is a multitude of God’s names, the difference is their respective divine light.
If one is granted the name ‘Rehman’ then their access is to the attribute of divine mercy.
If the name is ‘Quddus’ then their access is to the divine honour.
The personal name of God, ‘Allah’ - this leads one to the person of God.
Otherwise, generally speaking, you can use any name of God.
You can use any pronouns for him. Any.
Perhaps the religion will also be subject to this…
‘I identify God as this, I identify God as that’.
So, tell your Hindu friend, ‘Son, our Master instils the name ‘Om’ into the heart’.
And that is when you shall benefit from it.
Commemoration of God’s name is only enjoyable when done by the heart.
Verbal commemoration is futile.
When it is done by the heart, divine light is generated from it.
Although this will also produce divine light, it will stay in the mouth and will be wasted.
It will only come onto your face, that’s all.
That is why the clergymen begin to look pleasant;
people even say that divine light is pouring from their faces when in reality they look like swine.
When it enters your being, the name of God, your heart will become beautiful.
Hindus also speak about removing arrogance, deceit, jealousy, pride, etc. from within and so do the Muslims,
however, neither the Hindus nor the Muslims know how to remove these vices.
So who knows? Those who knew became the likes of Baba Farid, Guru Nanak and Sant Kabir.
Those who did not know are still wandering here and there.
These teachings of Gohar Shahi Sarkar are such that transform a common person into Sant Kabir and Baba Farid.