Chanting Om creates a link with those who have practised before us. It's a sound that validates oneness and harmony.

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"Chanting Om creates a link with those who have practised before us. It's a sound that validates oneness and harmony. We chant it because yogis have for thousands of years. And when we chant it, we are connecting with those yogis in a ritual way, and drawing upon the support of the practices they have been doing for a long long time."

Om is used both as a symbol and sound in religious worship, ritual chanting, performance of sacraments and rituals, yoga and tantra. In Hinduism it is venerated as Brāhman in the form of word and sound. In actual practice it is rarely chanted in isolation and mostly in association with other mantras, prayers, names of deities, either as a suffix or a prefix, under the belief that doing so would enhance their potency, vibrancy, sanctity and purity. According to Mantrayoga Samhita, Om by itself has no potency if it is chanted by someone who has not been initiated on the spiritual path by a guru. It remains ineffective as a vehicle of self-realization, unless it is personally imparted by an enlightened master (guru) to an initiate as a part of a seed (bija) mantra. The Taittirya Samhita describes its use and significance in the Vedic rituals in the following manner:
"Aum is Brāhman. Aum is all. Aum, this verily, is compliance. on uttering, 'recite', they recite. With Aum, they sing the saman chants. With Aum, som, they recite the prayers. With Aum the Advaryu priest utters the response. With Aum one assents to the offering to fire. Withy Aum a Brāhmana begins to recite, may I obtain Brāhman; thus wishing, Brāhman, verily, does he obtains."
Om Namah Shivaya! 🕉📿🙏🏻🙏🏻