An idea from Upanishads

The sacred syllable Om gets mapped onto the self. Waking is the sound a, dreaming is u, and deep sleep without dreams is m. The fourth state has no sound at all. It faces neither inward nor outward, it is calm, and nothing stands beside it.

From Upanishads by Anonymous

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