Primal Self from which everything came,
Primal Self to which everything returns:
Primal Self that lives in me,
Towards you I strive.
Peace-peace-peace = AUM
A is Atma, U is Budhi, M is the wisdom that directs the Higher Self to AUM.
-Rudolf Steiner, Esoteric Lesson, 29-1-1907
"It is related to the thousand-petalled crown chakra and the two-leaved forehead chakra, the I-point, and according to the Mandukya Upanishad is decomposed into the sound components A - U - M, so it is synonymous with the Old Sun sound AUM.
"A is our earthly waking consciousness, U the dream-consciousness of the Old Moon, M the dreamless deep sleep consciousness of the Old Sun and all three together in the OM are the all-consciousness (trance consciousness) of the Old Saturn. Only the waking consciousness (ego-consciousness) becomes aware of us today, but it is initially bound to the physical body. Consequently, Om is therefore assigned to the body. At the same time, OM is an invitation to purify and spiritualize the lower three essences in order to come to true Buddhahood, through which one no longer needs an earthly incarnation for his further spiritual development. This will be realized already in the Sixth Post-Atlantean Cultural Epoch for a larger number of spiritually aspiring people.
"Through rhythmically repeated speaking of the sacred syllable Om, one can put oneself into a state between waking and sleeping:
"The o is the confluence of a and u, is the confluence of waking up and falling asleep."
"The moment of either falling asleep or awakening is the o. When the Oriental instructed his disciples not to sleep nor to watch, but to that limit between waking and sleeping, where one can experience so much, then he told them to speak the syllable Om; and who often repeats the syllable Om comes into an experience between waking and sleeping."
The etheric body overall is strengthened by repeated meditation or repeated incantation, providing that the material is compatible to a healthy soul-life. Intuitively, many do already know this and practice hard with their favored piece. The discipline of such exercises may need time to develop to such a degree that progress is marked and apparent; however, progress there will be, whether appreciated or not.
Many martyrs having to endure torturous episodes, have relieved themselves by coordinated decrees.
-B.Hive
Omraam M. Aïvanhov canta AUM (Music by Peter Deunov):
"A is our earthly waking consciousness, U the dream-consciousness of the Old Moon, M the dreamless deep sleep consciousness of the Old Sun and all three together in the OM are the all-consciousness (trance consciousness) of the Old Saturn. Only the waking consciousness (ego-consciousness) becomes aware of us today, but it is initially bound to the physical body. Consequently, Om is therefore assigned to the body. At the same time, OM is an invitation to purify and spiritualize the lower three essences in order to come to true Buddhahood, through which one no longer needs an earthly incarnation for his further spiritual development. This will be realized already in the Sixth Post-Atlantean Cultural Epoch for a larger number of spiritually aspiring people.
"Through rhythmically repeated speaking of the sacred syllable Om, one can put oneself into a state between waking and sleeping:
"The o is the confluence of a and u, is the confluence of waking up and falling asleep."
"The moment of either falling asleep or awakening is the o. When the Oriental instructed his disciples not to sleep nor to watch, but to that limit between waking and sleeping, where one can experience so much, then he told them to speak the syllable Om; and who often repeats the syllable Om comes into an experience between waking and sleeping."
-Rudolf Steiner ( Ref : GA 282, p. 24 )
My God come closer to me,
My God I am here in Thee,
My God be closer in me,
My God only in Thou I be,
My God in You I reside,
My God right here You abide,
My God move closer in me,
My God come forth to me.
The above is the signature theme for the favored AUM mantra decreed. One may wager that the monk's constancy in repeated effort does work inwardly the desired connections.
Many martyrs having to endure torturous episodes, have relieved themselves by coordinated decrees.
-B.Hive
Omraam M. Aïvanhov canta AUM (Music by Peter Deunov):
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Let's make it clear to ourselves what's really brought about by meditation. Streams of spiritual life are always flowing through the world. These streams can't flow into us when we're thinking about everyday things. But our meditation words are like portals that are to lead us into the spiritual world. They have the strength to open up our soul so that the thoughts of our great leaders, the masters of wisdom and of the harmony of feelings can stream into us. For this to happen the deepest quiet must reign in us. We must realize that meditation is a very intimate soul activity. So we should let the meditation words given to us by our teacher live in our soul right after we wake up and before other thoughts have gone through our soul. But we shouldn't look upon them as stuff to speculate on and philosophize about; we should think as little as possible about their meaning and significance. We have enough time for reflection the rest of the day. We should hold that off completely while meditating. We shouldn't repeat the words meaninglessly but should be clear that the words open our soul to the instreaming of divine beings, just as a flower opens and lets in sunlight. High spiritual beings whom we call masters stream down to us. We should realize that it's mainly they who guide us and are near to us in meditation. We should also know that they walk on earth incarnated in a physical body. Thus we should let the meditation words live in our soul without pondering about them; rather we should try to grasp the words' spiritual content with our feelings and to permeate ourselves completely with it. The power of these words doesn't just lie in the thoughts, but also in their rhythm and sound. We should listen to this, and if we shut out all sensorial things we can say that we should revel in the sound of the words. Then the spiritual world sounds into us. Since so much depends on the sound of the words one can't translate a meditation formula into a foreign language without further ado. The mediation formulas we received in the German language were brought down from the spiritual world directly for us. Every formula has the greatest effect in the original language. When an East Indian wants to give the highest expression to his reverence for the Godhead who reveals himself in three Logoi, he summarizes his feeling in three times three words that describe the activity of the three Logoi:
Primal-truth, primal-goodness, immeasurability, O Brahma
Primal-blissfulness, eternity, primal-beauty
Peace, blessing, undividedness
Aum, peace, peace, peace.
But the whole wealth of spiritual strength is only reproduced if the words are said in Sanskrit, the original language. Then one hears how even the air resonates:
Satyam jnanam anantam brahma
Anandarupam amritam bibharti
Shantam shivam avaitam
Om, Shantih, shantih, shantih.
-Rudolf Steiner
The same applies to the Lord's Prayer. Spoken in German, practically the only thing that's effective is the underlying thought. The Latin Pater noster has a better effect, but the whole power and fullness only come to expression in the original Aramaic.
So we should hear our way entirely into the sound of the words. With the word schoepfen (create, also means to scoop, drink) we should have an idea that's as graphic as possible, as if one were dipping out of one vessel into another. All of our thoughts should be as pictorial and as full of content as possible. While meditating the meditation words should receive inner life, but we should exclude all spatial ideas and cling entirely to our senses. For there's spatial perception on the physical plane but not in the astral world. But the color, light, sound, aroma and so on that are connected with the senses are also present in the astral world. That's why in meditation we should try to awaken a sensory idea that's as clear and full of content as possible. Spiritual beings express their nature in colors, sounds, aromas and everything that the senses perceive, and they flow into us when we connect ourselves with sensations. The first Logos streams on as a directly perceptible aroma. A being of a higher or lower nature lives in every odor. Very high, god beings live in incense; they draw us up directly to God. The lowest kind of beings are incarnated in musk scent. People who know about such things use musk for sensual attraction. Spiritual beings also live in sounds and colors, “In pure rays of light ...” One should get a bright, luminous mental image, one should see and feel how luminous streams flow down to one. Every meditation formula is equipped with strength to awaken slumbering forces. But if one always longs for new exercises one destroys the exercise's force and doesn't get its fruit.
In some elementary esoteric schools a pupil is told to think nothing but glass, glass, glass for 15 minutes every day, for instance. If he succeeds in really keeping all other thoughts out of his soul during this time, then his soul becomes quite empty and pure, and the forces slumbering in it awaken, if other influences aren't too strong. But our meditation formulas contain great spiritual forces; they are portals to the spiritual world. The exercises get ever simpler the more a pupil progresses.
-Rudolf Steiner
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