One may meet people so hostile as to suspect something unfitting in the word Aum. They will ask, “Why have other beautiful symbols been forgotten? What is the purpose of not mentioning other exalted concepts?”
Let us say, “Nothing has been forgotten, nothing has been belittled, nothing has been destroyed. We are not disparagers, nor are We afflicted with arrogance. But no one can rob the concept, Aum, of its antiquity, with all its significant threefoldness. The primary signs should not be thrown aside. Instead of hostile ignorance, you had better manifest humaneness and show love for attainment of knowledge. Succeed through love!” (Aum (opens in new tab), 215)