Well, we made it. We're moved and in our beautiful new space. I love it here. There is so much space and the energy is amazing. As I write this I am sitting in my new office space on the 2nd floor of the condo, behind me are two glass doors and outside the door is a gorgeous, huge, old tree canopying its luscious green leaves over the back patio and roof of my new home. The light in here is incredible and I can truly hear the vibration of OM in the quiet of the night as I lay in bed with the spacious, vaulted celings above me. Of course OM is present everywhere. It's not just in this new place, but in the old space I lived in, as well. What I realize though, is our living environments are much like concert halls. You've heard it described that certain places have amazing acoustics. The space we're in, depending upon its design and the energy of that which fills it (meaning our stuff), creates the quality of resonance or vibration within it. This is what feng-shui is all about. If there is too much stuff in a place, the energy can not flow as easily through it. In my old place, there was not enough space for two people and too much stuff was in it. Ahhhhh...it feels good to be here. Although, we eventually outgrew our old place, it was also an incredible home for the time we were there. After we cleaned it on Monday to prepare it for the next owner, I walked through it one last time, burning incense and reflecting on all the positive moments and memories we had there. I actually began to cry because I realized what an amazing place it had been, how many gifts opened up in our life during the time we lived there.

Speaking of OM, I've been intrigued lately by the meaning of OM. A friend of mine who designs jewelry puts a little tag on her pieces and on the tag is the OM symbol. On the inside of the tag is written this:

The symbol of OM represents the 4 states of being: Dream, Deep Sleep, Awake and Absolute Consciousness.

As, I am writing this, I found this awesome website which better describes the symbol of OM and what each part of it represents:

"Just as the sound of Om represents the four states of Brahman (absolute reality), the symbol Om written in Sanskrit also represents everything. The material world of the waking state is symbolized by the large lower curve. The deep sleep state is represented by the upper left curve. The dream state, lying between the waking state below and the deep sleep state above, emanates from the confluence of the two. The point and semicircle are separate from the rest and rule the whole. The point represents the turiya state of absolute consciousness. The open semicircle is symbolic of the infinite and the fact that the meaning of the point can not be grasped if one limits oneself to finite thinking." - http://www.omsakthi.org/worship/mantra.html

Absolute consciousness is the intention of Yoga.

"The three sounds in Om (AUM) represent the waking, dream and deep sleep states and the silence which surrounds Om represents the "Turiya" state.

Because the first of the three states of consciousness is the waking state, it is represented by the sound "A" pronounced like "A" in accounting. Because the dream state of consciousness lies between the waking and the deep sleep states, it is represented by the letter "U" which lies between the "A" and "M". This "U" is pronounced like the "U" in would. The last state of consciousness is the deep sleep state and is represented by "M" pronounced as in "sum." This closes the pronunciation of Om just as deep sleep is the final stage of the mind at rest. Whenever Om is recited in succession there is an inevitable period of silence between two successive Oms. This silence represents the "fourth state" known as "Turiya" which is the state of perfect bliss when the individual self recognizes his identity with the supreme."- http://www.omsakthi.org/worship/mantra.html

I'm glad to be back and to be 'inter'connected through the True Yoga Blog again.

Have an amazing weekend!

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