Aum meditation

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The AUM Meditation (Awareness Understanding Meditation) is an active meditation.

Mantra "Aum"

origin

The AUM meditation was developed as a multi-day AUM marathon by the Indian master Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (now Osho ) in Poona. In 1975 he passed the method on to his student Veeresh. Veeresh developed the 2½-hour AUM meditation from this. Today he teaches AUM meditation at Humaniversity , his therapy and meditation center in Egmond, NL. There it is also offered as a multi-day marathon. The Devangari symbol ॐ ( Om ) is used as a symbol .

target

The AUM is a therapeutic-spiritual event that opens the heart chakra . It should purify and transform the emotional balance and bring clarity and self-confidence. It should help to transform stress into creativity and painful feelings into loving interaction with other people. The AUM is described by users as a kind of "alchemy for the transformation of emotions". This experience of being whole should make it possible to make friends: with oneself, with life and with other people.

course

The AUM is a social meditation technique that can only be performed in a group. It shows how people behave when dealing with others. During the meditation, the other participants have a kind of mirror effect. Through intensive, rapidly changing activities and contact with others, old, possibly destructive behavior patterns can be recognized and updated. The AUM can lovingly throw people out of old, well-worn tracks and offers a protected framework to try out new paths.

The 13 phases

The AUM meditation comprises 13 phases of 12 minutes each, each with different music.

1. Back to the Hell
Back to Hell: Two partners face each other in a firm, centered stance, look into each other's eyes, make an angry face and first of all scream: “I hate you!”. Then they start yelling any negative, aggressive phrases they can think of. This brings them into contact with their pain - anger - structures and expresses them with their voice. After a while, the partners change. Physical violence is excluded. This phase is very confrontational and upsetting. In addition to aggression, other feelings can also be activated, such as pain, helplessness, negative thinking about yourself, but also liveliness, a feeling of strength, healthy aggressiveness, dominance behavior. Many people can have the experience of being "bad" in a protected environment and thereby complete their spectrum of emotions.

2. Sorry
I'm sorry: The participants go to the people they yelled at and say, "I'm sorry if something I yelled hurt you. That was not my intention. Thank you for showing you my anger. "

3. Heaven
Himmel: As soon as the music changes, you stop screaming, close your eyes for a moment, look at your partner again and say: "I love you". Now you hug your partner and then switch to a next partner.

4. Second wind
Second wind: You run on the spot with your arms stretched upwards and yell what's on your mind. All available energy is put into movement and voice.

5. Kundalini Rising
Awakening of Kundalini (life energy): Here you close your eyes and shake your whole body.

6. Cuckoo's Nest Cuckoo's Nest
: Dancing, jumping, screaming - giving free rein to your energy. You use your whole body, voice and breath and show yourself to others in all your madness.

7. Free
freedom: Now you dance free and with your eyes closed for yourself.

8. Meltdown
Melting: Alone or sitting with a partner, your own sadness is expressed.

9. Laughing Buddhas
Laughing Buddhas: You start with a giggling "Ha, Ha, Ha" and have fun with the others laughing, joking and teasing.

10. Dance of the Lovers
Dance of the Lovers: Dance as if you want to charm your beloved one. Play with all your charm and all your eroticism.

11. Center of the Universe
Center of the Universe: The whole group stands hugging each other in a circle and chants the mantra " AUM ".

12. Wowing
realization: This is the actual meditation phase . Sitting down you observe your body, your feelings and your thoughts - and you become a “cognitive witness” and experience the silence.

13. Thanking Namaste
: At the end you will meet as many as possible. With “ Namaste ” (I greet the Buddha in you) and bow, you thank each other for the common meditation.

(14.) Sharing
sharing: It is often good to share with others the most important aspects of the past AUM in one round and to hear theirs from the others.

AUM marathon

The AUM marathon is an encounter method . It lasts for several days and is very demanding, both physically and emotionally. It leads to personal performance limits, including sleep deprivation, but at the same time releases new life forces.

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