During meditation, we om quite a bit.
Why om at all?
First, it feels good. You are holding your breath for the
length of the om. Then you take a deep breath and do it again, exhaling as you
om. How relaxed are you going to be after half an hour of this? Very.
Also, “the primordial vibration om (or aum), is known as the
most sacred sound in Hinduism and Buddhism. Thousands of years ago, the Vedic
seers knew what modern science has only recently discovered: everything we see
in the universe consists of energy vibrations – even those objects that appear
solid,” says Deepak Chopra.
"The sound itself seems to calm the nervous
system," says author Stephen Cope. "Like all chants, it gathers and
focuses the mind, and in that state it's not vulnerable to the rising of the
odd thought that will create grasping or aversion. It shifts us out of our
ordinary discursive mind and into a more contemplative mode."
Peace is the byproduct, and I treasure it. Once you've experienced it, you
won’t be able to see how war could exist in the world if everyone did this.
That’s how I came up with the name for this blog.
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