AUM: The Melody of Love
The Spirit Behind All Creation

"AUM: The Melody of Love is a powerful and transformative book. It goes directly to the heart, and brings the reader to the heart of Creation itself."
—Kathryn Gann, Director, Theosophical Society in America

"In this concise book, Joseph Bharat Cornell skillfully shares engaging insights into AUM and offers a number of meditations that help others experience the profundity of this sacred sound for themselves. This book will be a treasure for all who read it and take its words to heart."
—Elizabeth McAnally, Doctoral Candidate, California Institute of Integral Studies; Website Manager and Newsletter Editor, Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale 

“This book will be an inspiration to anyone seeking direct contact with divine love and bliss. Cornell's AUM: The Melody of Love will join the select list of simple, practical spiritual guides that anyone, anywhere, regardless of faith or persuasion, will find accessible and life-changing.”
—Joseph Selbie, co-author The Yugas

“Every sentence is so deep and meaningful that I paused many times while reading—not just to assimilate what was written—but because, in that moment, I actually could go within and feel a touch of the divine. AUM: The Melody of Love is a precious gift.”
—Vidya Dhote, PhD, microbiologist  
    
"AUM: The Melody of Love is a wonderful gift for those seeking an ecological spirituality. In simple and clear language, Joseph Bharat Cornell tells how to listen to the Song of the Universe and, through meditation, how to merge with the Divine Sound. . . . [A] spiritual gold mine."
—Rev. Karen MacQueen, Episcopal priest, Founder of Hindu-Episcopal Dialogue, Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

“This book will be a treasure for all who read it and take its words to heart.”
—Elizabeth McAnally, Website Manager and Newsletter Editor, Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale

“Cornell invites us, through AUM, into the very source of nature, the fount of universal religious experience, and the essential experience of self. This intriguing book could very well change the way you see everything.”
—Garth Gilchrist, nature writer, storyteller, portrayer of John Muir

“AUM: The Melody of Love offers the sincere reader a sacred pathway to an ever-deepening experience of the divine. What one especially feels, reading these pages, is God's love for all of us, His human children, and how much He yearns for us to reunite with Him through the liberating power of AUM.”
—Naidhruva Rush, Editor, Clarity Magazine

“This wonderful book . . . illustrates that people who spend time in wilderness and those who meditate have at least one important thing in common: they know the sound of silence. . . . The Bushmen call it “the hiss of the stars.” . . . It is also called AUM.”
—Vance G. Martin, President, The WILD Foundation

“Nayaswami Bharat takes AUM deeper, penetrating beneath the superficial uses of the primal sound and bringing out its true power. Readers will benefit greatly from this wise and practical book.”
—Philip Goldberg, author of American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation, How Indian Spirituality Changed the West

“AUM: The Melody of Love is an extraordinary guide for those who want to live their lives in a world filled with love, wisdom, and benevolent power. The resonating and elucidating words of this book envelop the reader with a powerful sense of clarity and hope.”
—Kate Akers, Director, Sharing Nature New Zealand

“Cornell has written a virtual guidebook, groundbreaking in its exploration of what is typically a mystical subject. He has made AUM comprehensible and accessible. This is a wonderfully insightful and delightful resource that cannot fail to inspire and enlighten its readers.”
—Nayaswami Nefretete Rasheed, PhD

“This tiny treasure of a book will become an enduring favorite of many devotees and will take its place on the reference shelf of many spiritual teachers.”
—Dana Lynne Andersen, Founder, Academy of Art, Creativity & Consciousness

“Perfect: beautifully written; clearly inspired. It is easy to read, yet so profound. It is uplifting 'beyond imagination of expectancy', and it carried me right into the center of the experiences the author was describing.”
—Shanti Rubenstone, MD
 
“Aum: Melody of Love was thrilling to read; and one could feel it was written from a level of clear insight, inspiration, and deep devotion. It gave me a deeper understanding of what AUM is and intensified my longing to commune with it.”
—Krishnadas LoCicero, teacher and meditation instructor

“This book is wonderfully uplifting. It speaks to me of an ecstatic union with God.”
—Jon Parsons, attorney-at-law, author of A Fight for Religious Freedom

“I was in bliss while reading this book!”
—Dr. Kristy Fessler, Maine
 
“AUM: The Melody of Love has reinvigorated my spiritual engine. I've never realized before how accessible AUM is! This is a jewel of a book.”
— Michael Christian, Eureka, CA