31/01/2026
“Om aim saraswatyai namah”
Respect to Saraswati Ma, the goddess of music, language, art, speech, and wisdom.
If we believe that only what is rational and measurable is real, then the sacred will always seem unreal, for by its very nature it is beyond logic. Sarasvatī is the Goddess of Vāc – of speech, learning, sound and vibration. Her gift is not confined to reason: it is speech that fades into silence, language that leads us beyond itself, into mystery.[1] Words and mantras guide us into the space where truth is experienced, not defined. Like chanting the sound of OM (praṇava) and the silence that follows. Its vibration continues in that silence, guiding us back to what lies beyond words and language. Language and mantra are doorways. Their ultimate purpose is to return us to the source of all sound, śabda brahman, that which vibrates within and around us. Sarasvatī plays the vīṇā (a South Indian instrument) – a kind reminder for us to tune in to the songs of the universe, to practice listening (śravaṇa) to the anāhata nādam, the unstruck sound.
It is important to remember that when we invoke Sarasvatī (or any other deity), we ultimately invoke nothing that is outside ourselves. We ask for guidance – to help us find access again to that source that dwells within us, always. Liberation is not apart from life but shines within it, in everyone and everything.
Working as a behavioral scientist, I highly appreciate the benefits of science. But to not acknowledge its limits in relation to the mystic, to the spiritual, would be foolish. Sarasvatī offers us a world into both. No scientist can ever prove that a river (like the Sarasvatī or the Gaṅgā) is holy. No scientist can ever prove why a river is holy. We cannot measure the value of a chant. The mystical is not about explanation but about experience. Our faith (śraddhā) should be grounded in direct experience, otherwise it is just blind faith 🙏🏼
