Ma-Om Meditation

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Om Namah Shivaya to All,

We are all aware that Amma recommends the Ma-Om

meditation. I love it when Swami guides us through it.

"Hear the word Maa as you breathe in and hear the word

Om as you breathe out...feel the silence both within

and without..."

 

I've always wondered what the meaning of "within and

without" was...anyone?

 

An observation from my attempts at saying Om:

After saying Om out loud, breathe in through your

nose. Just before you feel that your lungs are going

to fill up any second, open your mouth slowly without

discontinuing the breathe-in. If you do this the right

way, you can hear "Maa" effortlessly.

 

[it might be distractive for serious meditation, to

hear physical and not cosmic sounds, but it feels

good.]

 

Jai Ma,

Ravi

 

 

 

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Namah Shivaya,

 

> An observation from my attempts at saying Om:

> After saying Om out loud, breathe in through your

> nose. Just before you feel that your lungs are going

> to fill up any second, open your mouth slowly without

> discontinuing the breathe-in. If you do this the right

> way, you can hear "Maa" effortlessly.

 

Technically speaking, the vocal cords are passive and will sound when air is

passed through, whether it's in breath or out breath. So you can actually

chant "Maa" the whole in breath as you would "Om" the whole out breath. I

discovered this long time ago before I gained technical understanding.

Suspect it's taught as part of the yoga of voice. You can actually sing

songs on the in breath, though it takes a little practice and getting used

to. At first the sounds I made on the in breath reminded me of the sounds of

whales and dolphins. Then I discovered the pitches could be controlled with

practice. So you could pitch "Maa" at the same place you pitch "Om".

 

Aum Amriteshvaryai Namah