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Understanding OM | AUM
OM |AUM conveys universal peace, harmony, and divinity. Om is the sound vibration of the true Self (Atman) and exemplifies supreme consciousness. The sacred vibration of Om (Hindu, Buddhist, Jain) is similar in sound and meaning to Amen (Christian), Amin (Islamic). Notice how Shalom (Hebrew) and Om Shanti (Sanskrit) share similar sounds expressing peace.
Comprehensive in nature, Om is visualized by the image (yantra) above. It is the cosmic, primordial sound vibration of divine universal consciousness. Like other mantras, it transcends the mind and emotions. Its celestial qualities can be revealed and actualized when one’s body and mind vibrate to its sacred sound through repetition (japa). Repetition can be done out loud to influence us physically, whispered or with one’s lips for a mental-emotional effect, and silently for inspiring one’s higher Self.
Om is naturally heard when breathing out slowly. Start with your mouth open. Breathe out to hear aaahhh. Listen for ooouuu as your lips begin closing. You will hear mmmm when your lips close. Listen to the silent pause afterward.
The full meaning of Om is infinite. Over time, chanting Om and/or visualizing it personally can reveal its significance. Reading about it is helpful but cannot reveal its power. For inspiration, here is some of its meaning and symbolism. Colors are provided to aid understanding of the relationship between the visual and auditory experience of Om.
Written and compiled by Julie Lusk. Primary sources: Vedas, Mandukya Upanishad, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Sutras. ‘The Secret Power of Yoga’ by Nischala Joy Devi. Diagram and explanation of OM’s symbolic significance by Sreedevi Bringi.
OM Sound and Symbol– pdf Chart to Print
| Sound vibration | A (aaaah) | U (oouuu) | M (mmmm) | Silent Om |
| Visual symbolism | Bottom left curve | Side curve | Top left curve | Crescent moon = Illusion. Obstacles |
| Dot = true Self | ||||
| Aspects of time | Past | Present | Future | Timeless |
| Aspects of focus | Outward | Inward | Outer inner harmony | |
| Aspects of being | Body | Mind | Spirit | Absolute |
| Chakra energy | Lower chakras | Middle chakras | High chakras | |
| 4 awareness states | Waking |Duality | Dreaming | Sleeping | Nonduality | Turiya (4th state) |
| 4 mind states | Conscious | Subconscious | Unconscious | Turiya (4th state) |
| 3 realms | Earth | Atmosphere | Heaven | |
| 3 gunas (attributes) | Rajas (overactivity) | Sattva (harmony) | Tamas (inactivity) | |
| 3 universal forces | Creation | Preservation | Dissolution | |
| Trinity | Brahma
Father / Mother |
Vishnu
Son / Daughter |
Shiva
Holy Spirit |
OM Sound and Symbol– pdf Chart to Print
Insomnia? Welcome to the 4 am Club
How often do you wake up in the midst of the night? Doesn’t Jackie Sabath capture its essence in her poem, the 4 am Club?
Get some ideas for sleeping more soundly below. [Read more…]
30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery & Inner Healing are Revised!
My first two books have just been revised and are available in print and as an eBook!!!
Guided ima
gery and relaxation are important life skills to know about and practice regularly. They are powerful mind-body-spirit techniques that are so much more than nice things to do if there’s time. Both volumes of 30 Scripts for Relaxation, Imagery and Inner Healing will easily and quickly help you:
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Friendship Blessing
I’m still on Cloud 9 from our recent Yoga Women’s Retreat & Slumber party. What a joy to be surrounded by friends – soul friends! They are 
the people, whether known a long time or briefly, that have shaped and supported you into being who you are today, and who you’re growing into.
The Celtic tradition calls one’s soul-friend the Anam Cara. John O’Donohue explains “With the anam cara, you could share your innermost self, your mind, and your heart. This friendship is an act of recognition and belonging that did not set limitations of space or time on the soul. It cuts across all convention, morality and category. In it, you are understood as you are without mask or pretension.”
A Friendship Blessing by John O’Donohue
May you be blessed with good friends.
May you learn to be a good friend to yourself.
May you be able to journey to that place in your soul where
there is great love, warmth, feeling, and forgiveness.
May this change you.
May it transfigure that which is negative, distant, or cold in you.
May you be brought in to the real passion, kinship, and affinity of belonging.
May you treasure your friends.
May you be good to them and may you be there for them;
may they bring you all the blessing, challenges, truth,
and light that you need for your journey.
May you never be isolated.
May you always be in the gentle nest of belonging with your anam ċara.
May you learn to be a good friend to yourself.
May you be able to journey to that place in your soul where
there is great love, warmth, feeling, and forgiveness.
May this change you.
May it transfigure that which is negative, distant, or cold in you.
May you be brought in to the real passion, kinship, and affinity of belonging.
May you treasure your friends.
May you be good to them and may you be there for them;
may they bring you all the blessing, challenges, truth,
and light that you need for your journey.
May you never be isolated.
May you always be in the gentle nest of belonging with your anam ċara.
Please tell us about your anam cara by sharing under comments.
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