OM

Repetition of the sound OM reveals its meaning. ~ Yoga Sutra of Patanjali

Yesterday my sister called to let me talk to my 15 month old (today... happy day Tiana!) niece who had been saying "OM, OM, OM, OM... auntie". A few weeks ago I taught her to say OM.... so cute and impressive that she remembered and was a great reminder to me in the moment as well. She sure loves chatting on the phone... even if there's nobody on the other end, the phone is upside down or backwards, or it's just the dial tone. Too cute.

What is OM? The absolute. The manifest and unmanifest. Pure awareness. The symbol or sound to represent these.

Paraphrasing Chip Hartranft from his book on the Sutras... Repeating the vibratory sound of OM is like invoking a divine mirror in which to glimpse our true nature. Sounds good to me.

I wonder if Tiana found that ;) I'll ask her tomorrow when I see her and work on teaching her Namaste next :)

Namaste? The light in me honours the light in you.