'Om' in the Garden
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Om symbol in garden - Jan Johnsen We need to balance the pace and intensity of modern life with periods of what poet May Sarton has called " open time , with no obligations except toward the inner world and what is going on there." ~ Thomas Moore So how to touch the inner world in a garden ?.. I suggest chanting 'OM.' (really it is 'AUM'), long and sustained, several times... “Om” is the oldest and most widely known one-syllable mantra or chant. It is said very, very slowly. Mantras are believed to contain a vibrational power that can lift us to higher states. Scientists recently discovered that rhythmic recitations of a mantra can slow breathing and regulate heart rhythms, this in turn oxygenates the blood, lowers blood pressure and induces a feeling of calmness and well-being. The Sanskrit symbol above represents “OM”. It does not say '30' as some might assume. The Om symbol (in photo above) consists of three l