Happy Monday Omyoga blog readers, followers, and subscribers. I wish you all a great week ahead. Today, I would like to share with you a very important reason who I chant OM, contemplate OM and meditate on OM. Tribalism. We are all born into local belief systems - it could be Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, … Continue reading Overcoming Tribalism →

Happy Tuesday Omyoga blog followers and readers - good to see you - I appreciate your visit! All true spiritual masters and teachers tell us a common truth - the simpler we live, the better life is. We then suffer less from stress and anxiety and have to endure fewer conflicts on many levels. Simplicity … Continue reading Simple Question, Simple Answer →

Happy Wednesday Omyoga blog readers and followers. I appreciate your visit greatly, so thanks! Today, I would like to touch on a simple yet profound statement of Adi Sankara: "This Universe is the Sacred Syllable OM." This statement and profound existential conclusion is directly in line with the teachings of countless yogis, rishis, Upanishads, and … Continue reading Centering in OM →

Happy Monday Omyoga blog visitors, followers, and subscribers. Today I would like to focus on one of Jesus' sayings in the Gospels. It is from Like 17:21 where Jesus is asked where one can find the Kingdom of Heaven. He tells those inquiring (and quite directly): "The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." This is … Continue reading Bible Passage: Luke 17:21 →

Happy July 2020, friends, colleagues, and blog visitors. I hope you are well and that you are doing what you can to stay healthy and positive during this worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. I am taking extra Vitamin C supplements because I personally believe that Vitamin C is nature's most powerful way of enhancing the human body … Continue reading This Entire Universe is OM →

Seasons Greetings Omyoga Blog followers, friends, subscribers, and visitors. I really appreciate your visit and hope the articles I write provide valuable spiritual content that perhaps you cannot find elsewhere. I write these from the heart and do my best to unify more than 50 years of living with years of practical experience in contemplation, … Continue reading Honoring the Universal Self →

Another great teaching by His Holiness Swami Sivananda... OM is Sat (Truth). OM is Chit (Knowledge). OM is Ananda (Bliss). OM is Atman (Soul). OM is Brahman (Spirit). OM is a fortress - it is a place to shut out hate and malice. OM is a fortress - it is a place to shut in … Continue reading What is OM? →

If you examine the OM prayer/mantra/chant/sound invocation, you will see that the actual sound embodies two complete concepts - nonduality and duality. The nondual aspect of the chant is the "O" sound. If you take two O letters, side-by-side, you produce the infinity symbol. The underside of this double-O creates the W sound and the … Continue reading The Totality of “OM” →

I am in my early 50s and have read many of the world's major religious and spiritual texts. I have traveled across the vast USA, to Latin America, and to Europe. I have worked for thirty years now since graduating from college in the late 80s and I have studied with and corresponded with numerous … Continue reading Why I Chant OM →