34. THE PERFECT WAY TO AUM IS AN 
EGG

     Take a deep breath in. AUM on the exhale. Visualize AUM in the center of a radiant, diamantine, lotus flower. Gazing upon AUM, written in ancient Sanskrit script, calms the brain waves! In the Vedas, AUM is the divine syllable for Absolute Totality, the sound of Light, and the sound of the Sun. It is the Christian Amen, the Islamic Amin, the Hebrew Shalom, and the Arabic Salaam. Sikhs signify Ongkar as the sound of the Kundalini Shakti, moving through the body, purifying the nervous system. Hindus describe AUM as the Unity of Oneness, in three equal parts; Creation, Preservation, and Dissolution (Birth, Life, and Death). In Jungian psychology, AUM integrates Waking Consciousness, Dream Consciousness, and the Unconscious.
     Chanting AUM quiets the mind and opens the Self to Pure Bliss. Practice the Science and Art of Relaxation! The following is a technique to fully intone AUM, as inspired by Yogini Nicola Venus :
     
     "Imagine you are placing a perfectly formed egg in your mouth (the Aura, the light energy which surrounds physical bodies, follows the dimensions of an egg). Begin by absorbing the compacted light of your auric mini-egg....condense....tone Ahhhhh....as the wider portion of the egg gets sucked in, the mouth U-forms....UUUUU.....lips smacking around the yummy de-Light, vibrating, swallowing the egg, resonating a contented Mmmmmmm........A-U-M!"