SESSION #6: OMmmmm
Or anodyne, just the start of that other strangeness that is the incantation at the beginning of class,
Or primordial sound, which speaks all words up to the sound of the universe, cosmic vibration.
What exactly are we doing when we sing these 2 or 3 sounds...?
I use this entry point to take a stroll through the "esoteric" part of yoga-gym. Like an origami that condenses the movement in which we are swept along.
Preparation
Research: Which "line"? Step 2...
You've chosen a yoga teacher who's caught your eye and you're trying to find out about his or her lineage: which masters, which teachers...
Then see if you land on one of the characters in our cartography.
If you haven't started yet, choose one from the list of 10 teachers here and enjoy :)
I "reassembled" one for a laugh: Dharma Mittra → Kailashananda Swami → "Swami Vivekananda/ joined the Ramakrishna Order in 1929 at Belur Math"
https://biographies.rkmm.org/m/monks/a/kailashananda-swami
"Definition
The easiest way, without using ChatGPT: wikipedia!
The French version, to be read as an amuse bouche: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om%CC%90
The English version, not to be read, but "scanned" for a traditionally heavier, more detailed version... : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om
First pass: wide version, so wide
In 19 minutes, a condensed version of some common interpretations...
With many points of reference... too many, no doubt.
This video will give you a counterpoint to the study provided by Finnian M. M. Gerety in fourth pass.
2nd pass: Ariane answers all your questions
Mantra OM or AUM: Its Meaning - Ariane Answers all your Questions... In 3 min. Take heart...
A French version, with a few doubts and variations.
3rd pass: a more Indian version?
In 10min, with a few spices. Find Turya, camme in version 1...
4th pass: the scholar
Gerety spends his whole life there... Heavy version... For the brave...
50 min all the same...
<Fin de préparation>