Article Highlights:

• AUM not OM
• Perfecting the sound
• Powerful uses of AUM

Dearest Infinite Light,

In English we tend to use the brief form, OM, of the Sanskrit mantra AUM. In fact there is no word or symbol “OM” and using it in this way loses much of the truth and power AUM conveys.

AUM is a mystical Sanskrit sound, a sacred sound and mantra and a spiritual symbol. It’s a visual and vocal vibration that conveys the essence of the ultimate reality, consciousness or Atma (Soul, or Self within.)

AUM is the symbol and sound used in Sanskrit and Hindi. Muslims use Amin, Christians, Amen. Some Tibetan chants use Hum, giving the ‘ah’ sound a breathier beginning. It is said by some that Sanskrit contains the purest form and esoteric knowledge of the ancient sound.

To know the true secret of AUM is to finally realize who you truly are. AUM denotes the cosmic power behind all creating, the vibration by which God makes manifest. AUM signifies the eternal that enlivens all things. Using AUM as a chant or mantra calls this power forward in you, magnifying it. (more…)

Article Highlights:

• Making your list
• Are you real?
• The truth of you

Dear You,

He didn’t like what she had done so the man leaned down into the face of the little girl and hollered in a very mean tone, “Who on earth do you think you are?”

She felt a response to the tone and volume of his voice and the message of his body language and words. She felt fear and confusion; she also felt offended. Yet at the same time she thought, “this is a very important question. I will think about it when I am alone.”

Who do you think you are? (more…)

Article Highlights:

• Do you trust others?
• Self-inquiry
• Self-trust = freedom

Dear One,

We waste a lot of energy wondering who we can trust, what we can trust them with, and recovering from being betrayed. But we are each the person we most need to trust. We can trust everyone much more if we can trust ourself. Can you trust yourself?

We lack self-trust because of the countless times we sold ourselves out, abandoned ourselves, ignored our intuition, refused to take appropriate action, forfeited our power. So, lacking self-trust, we are left to the hopeless device of trying to make everyone and everything conform to our need to feel safe. (more…)