{"id":520,"date":"2007-11-08T23:33:10","date_gmt":"2007-11-08T12:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/11\/08\/om-the-primordial-sound-of-the-universe\/"},"modified":"2007-11-08T23:33:10","modified_gmt":"2007-11-08T12:33:10","slug":"om-the-primordial-sound-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/2007\/11\/08\/om-the-primordial-sound-of-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"OM, the Primordial Sound of the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Om<\/a>Everyone is now familiar with the stereotypical image of a yogi sitting cross-legged chanting the sound, “OM”.\u00a0 But what is the real significance of “OM”?\u00a0<\/p>\n

OM is the primordial sound of the universe, the first sound, the sound that was made at the Big Bang, the beginning of our universe, and it resonates within our being.\u00a0OM has the power to take us into meditation, to make us one with the universe, to take us into the the silence and the peace that is the vastness and the power of the universe, like the stillness of a bottomless lake that has no ripples.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The sound, OM, was made when matter first started to divide and differentiate and to recombine.\u00a0OM is actually made up of three separate sounds, A-U-M, that together make the sound, OM.\u00a0The first is “A” which sounds like “ar” as in “car”. The second is “U” which sounds like “oo” as in “book”.\u00a0The third is “M” which sounds like “m” as in “man”.\u00a0These sounds can help to keep us in balance.\u00a0 How?<\/p>\n

Human beings have within them a subtle body which consists of three channels and seven chakras.\u00a0 The three channels are connected to our emotions on the left, our physical and mental activity on the right and our integration and balance in the centre.\u00a0If we are over-emotional we are operating too much on the left side, and if we are thinking and planning too much or are over-active physically then we are using our right side too much.\u00a0These situations cause the imbalances which lead to physical and mental health problems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The central channel is generally activated only when we achieve our Self-realisation.\u00a0 This happens when the residual life force (called the Kundalini) which resides in the sacrum bone in every human being\u00a0rises up through the spine, through the limbic area in the brain and out the top of the head at the fontanelle bone area.\u00a0It then connects us with the All-pervading Power of the universe, the force that created us, the force that keeps the planets in their orbits and makes the seeds sprout in the Mother Earth.<\/p>\n

Once we have our Self-realisation we can go into “thoughtless awareness”, the state of true meditation in which we are awake and alert but we are not thinking.\u00a0In thoughtless awareness the Kundalini flows through us, balancing our subtle systems and clearing our chakras, giving us good health and\u00a0feelings of well-being.\u00a0As we continue to meditate and to strengthen this connection, the Kundalini flows more strongly and we are able to enjoy the silence, the space between the thoughts, to be the pure consciousness, to feel one with the whole of creation.<\/p>\n

After our Self-realisation, when we have that connection to the force that created us, the sounds of the OM (AUM) can help to clear and balance our channels.\u00a0 If we use as a mantra the sound, A (“ar” as in “car”), it will help to clear the left channel, the sound, U (“oo” as in “book”), will help to clear the right channel and the sound, M (“m” as in “man”) ,will work on the central channel. As a result,\u00a0the whole system will come into balance.<\/p>\n

The sound, OM, also has the power to clear each of the chakras when sung at the pitch which resonates with the particular chakra, and it can raise the Kundalini when sung up the musical scale.<\/p>\n

So, sit comfortably, on the floor or on a chair, hands palm upwards on your lap.\u00a0 Take a few deep breaths, and relax.\u00a0 Now sing, “Aaaaoooommm,” and let\u00a0the sound\u00a0take you into meditation, into the stillness and the silence and the peace that is the vastness of the universe where you are at one with the whole of creation and are nothing but pure consciousness.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Kay Alford<\/p>\n

(Illustration: affirmations.goingon.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone is now familiar with the stereotypical image of a yogi sitting cross-legged chanting the sound, “OM”.\u00a0 But what is the real significance of “OM”?\u00a0 OM is the primordial sound of the universe, the first sound, the sound that was made at the Big Bang, the beginning of our universe, and it resonates within our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31,10,11,1],"tags":[164,321,652,364,387,423,510],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-31","category-meditation","category-music","category-uncategorized","tag-chakras","tag-kundalini","tag-meditation","tag-mother-earth","tag-om","tag-realisation","tag-subtle-system"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4h1Q1-8o","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sahajayoga.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}