I'm often asked about "seed sounds" vs OM, or the correct pronunciation of OM, or variations of OM. What to do? Let's get into it. ;) www.meditative... / forrestknutson Thank you to Doug Gemmell for the amazing music!
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@JerryDechant Жыл бұрын
If you pay attention to the vibration(s) within your body, particularly when you make certain sounds with your voice, you can feel where the primary focus of the vibration resides. When you chant "OM", at least in my experience, the vibration feels different than when you chant "AUM". (aaa uuu mmm) In my experience the AUM chant feels like the vibration going from the root chakra up to the crown chakra, so when I chant AUM repeatedly in a rhythmic cadence, it is like pulsing the energy flow from the root to the crown repeatedly. I suggest trying it for yourself. Feel which feels better to you, OM or AUM. I listen to OM and AUM regularly, but I prefer AUM as a chant I vocalize.
@soaringcrow5077 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative Forest my teacher gave me a seed mantra practice but I find doing the Om japa into the chakras way more effective for me to go inwards, also I find slowing the Om japa down more beneficial at stopping your practice becoming mechanical rather than just getting through volumes of Om but just to slow it down and really feel each Om. Thanks for your great videos you always bring an added perspective.
@olimpiagarcia3980 Жыл бұрын
I thank God for your life and your ability to transmit knowledge.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 🤩🤩🙏🌹
@user-zx1ww1mr1v Жыл бұрын
The clearest exposition on Om I’ve ever encountered. Thank you!!
@victorsaitta3910 Жыл бұрын
Hola guruji! Thank you for explaining OM so thoughtfully. You gave us a great deal of information and brought it back to the basics. OM!
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Yay! Thank you Victor! 🤩🙏
@nancyswanson1362 Жыл бұрын
It's the sound of the universe! The primordial sound reverberating throughout the cosmos!
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Exactly Nancy 🤩🙏
@OlgaJimenez-mv6iv4 ай бұрын
beautiful
@rebeccaaldrich33968 ай бұрын
Such a plethora of knowledge. I really enjoy all of his videos.
@pavneetkaur4545 Жыл бұрын
This is a very clear and helpful understanding of the difference between bija mantras and OM. Thanks for making it understandable clearly. 🙏🙏🌹🌹
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much I'm so glad to hear that I love making things clear and easy!🌹🌹🙏🙏🤩🤩
@subhaarthanari9323 Жыл бұрын
What a superb detailed explanation Forrestji it was amazing and so clear to understand. Om is holding this whole creation!!! Thanks so much Guruji🙏🙏
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Exactly Subha! Exactly right, you got it! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@flowerpt Жыл бұрын
OK, wow, that helps me put a few things together. I was 'given' four words in a flash when I was ten, O...m being the first in the sequence, and told they were only for me in this lifetime. Given my childhood culture I didn't know what to do with that and wouldn't encounter Om until I was perhaps fifteen (and was quite surprised). Later I encountered the idea of Mantra. Still later I learned to observe the creation of this Universe and the sound of that 'spark of creation' is forever etched in my mind (the substrate on which the Big Bang would immediately occur). Today I learned that's how Yogis perceive Om's true sound. The shower analogy is quite good. Also if you've been underwater in the ocean and can hear the waves receding that's a bit closer. The sound through air isn't quite right for me. Much appreciated!
@sureshshankarakrishnan9713 Жыл бұрын
The way you bring it together !! Brilliant Forrest Ji !!
@The_Pivotal_Trader3 ай бұрын
I'm lucky enough to live in Idyllwild and can hike 10mins to a crashing waterfall. I love doing Om japa there.
@SB-iz8sz Жыл бұрын
Thank you. An excellent explanation and easy to understand 🙏
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Excellent! 🤩🙏
@freds4814 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful description of Om and a way to experience Om! Clarity on Father, Son and Holy Spirit! Love how you brought in Om Namah Shivaya! Horripilations! Pranams Forrest 🙏
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Beautiful Fred! 🌹 🤩🙏
@freds4814 Жыл бұрын
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@saiswarupmishra5707 Жыл бұрын
Beautifully explained Sir.....Thanks 🌹🙏
@saiswarupmishra5707 Жыл бұрын
Recently applied the Om Japa and found something extraordinarily healing in my own body.....
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
@@saiswarupmishra5707 that's so fantastic 🙏
@vimaladominic Жыл бұрын
Atma namaste sir heartfelt gratitude God bless much love for this wonderful video 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Atma namaste Vimala! Great to see you! Blessings and blissings! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌹
@vimaladominic Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson Thank you so much sir for your kind reply got busy with my exams..
@oneconsc3333 Жыл бұрын
The split occurred by design, Einstein was a Frermason and the brilliance of Tesla's inventions and knowledge was squashed when Einstein came on to the scene. True story; Einstein was asked " How does it feel to be the smartest man on earth" .... Einstein replied, " I don't know, why don't you ask Tesla". 🙏🏻🇨🇦💜
@phasematerialsresearch93195 ай бұрын
Bohm is another way to spell Aum for anyone studying physics 😂 That’s the best pun I’ve got.
@ericsonhazeltine5064 Жыл бұрын
Very informative!
@Vanderful_life Жыл бұрын
time to re watch your course, maybe few times more, as always when I hear you I got inspired - but it dissapearing with time on my own practice
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Perfect Mike! There's so much in that one I was actually worried it would be overwhelming 😅🙏
@kowoh Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video Forrest 👍
@robbentvelzen6807 Жыл бұрын
Crashing waves, running water, wind in the trees. These sounds seem to have been calling me all my life. And I would say: I hear you but I am too stupid to understand. Not aware enough anyway. Now a path has opened that has always been there. Grazi. There is a song guided by a basic tone. It has some air in it, and earth, and spirit. Perhaps you already know it. If not I think it is worth while to listen to it. It is called Krigskaldr performed by Heilung. Enchanting to say the least.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Isn't it amazing how Spirit calls to us through every window! Blissings! 🤩🙏🌹
@robinriches7798 Жыл бұрын
Top banana. Love the teachings.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Haha! The highest compliment! 🤗🙏😅
@Drstephenstokes Жыл бұрын
Wanting to hear this, thank you!
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@HMALDANA Жыл бұрын
What an interesting description, Forrest! I guess I am going to give the mystical tongue twister a try! I have been using Om exclusively so far. A little experiment wouldn't hurt, eh? Thanks for sharing! Blessings and blissings!
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Haha yes go for it! Om na ma shi va ya! 🌟🙏🤩
@IndianFromMountVindhya Жыл бұрын
Bible (John 1:1 ) “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” that word is OM/AMEN when we here internal sounds always (any type) it is not required to chant OM at centers as we are merged with god we have to feel that sound ~ Swami Hariharananda
@seane.9937 Жыл бұрын
Dear Forrest, I am practicing Navi Yoga as you recently recommended and several times an irrational fear has bubbled to the top for me to deal with. For example I was buying a quart of oil in an auto parts store and as I'm standing there this pretty strong fear came from my solar chakra area and all I could do was stand there until it was gone. This happened about 3X that I can remember and each episode lasted between 5 to 10 seconds. It's a bit different of an experience to know your yoga practices were causing the revelations of these irrational fears that reside in the 3rd center. God's love and goodness always
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Ashokji once told me that as you begin a practice, as you begin a cleaning, the room can get a little more dirty as you begin, but very quickly you overcome that dirt and the room gets progressively cleaner. You are experiencing a little bit of that. Well done! 🤩 🙏
@BrigittePatrice4750 Жыл бұрын
Your just the best , 😍😊
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Awe! Thank you! Right back at you!
@aliad.4848 Жыл бұрын
Super! That is what i needed! Thanks!
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Excellent 🌹
@sannybermunkiat2122 Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Forrestji! Needed something to balance and prevent sleeping, I'll try the Om Namah Shivayah on the chakras. ~Enrique
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Beautiful! It's one of my favorites! 🙏🤩
@sannybermunkiat2122 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson I've been practicing it, works great!
@kimsylvia5341 Жыл бұрын
And I heard omm for days and weeks ,once I heard it.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Amazing Kim!
@siROAni-69-taru Жыл бұрын
I must say that Forest really explains everything in such a clear ,wonderful way, also the Christian trinity . One needs to understand what things really mean in order to be able to really take them in and not just repeat words like empty shells.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 🤩🙏
@rebeccaaldrich33968 ай бұрын
The sounds he describes sound like the Gateway Experience tapes. They are the sound of ocean waves.
@cflowers20948 ай бұрын
Ive been practicing with those the last couple months. It definitely does.
@arobersonable Жыл бұрын
SUPERB EXPLANATION!
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Thank you Amy!! 🤩🤩🙏🙏
@rkatz0 Жыл бұрын
precious! Nothing else to say!
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
@varenyaaum Жыл бұрын
Namaste Forrest ji. Amazing video. If I ever get a chance to learn kriya yoga of Lahiri Mahasaya-Panchanan Bhattacharya lineage, should I get initiated into kriya yoga? Kindly guide🙏🙏🕉.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Yes! And take my first two trainings. Study with me HRV resonance, tranquil breath, freeze response, roll up of consciousness. These are the skills the yogi needs and this is what makes the Kriya path supremely successful. 🌹🙏
@fhoniemcphonsen8987 Жыл бұрын
Thanks as always, but can we stop blaming Einstein. I get it, Newton was an alchemist and invented the fig bar, but e=mc^2 is kinda cool too.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! And I tried to be super nice! But he is the historical figure when the split took place.
@fhoniemcphonsen8987 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson this has been at the back of my head for a while now and I'm not exactly sure which video it would be appropriate to post the comment/ question on so here goes... In terms of utilizing the breath to produce pressure on the dorsal vagal complex using heart rate variability breathing what are your thoughts in terms of using reverse breathing for that purpose.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
@@fhoniemcphonsen8987 it will work, but the HRV resonant breathing is easier, and so the success rate will be higher because it is easier.
@jannareindel6263 Жыл бұрын
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@raumshen9298 Жыл бұрын
Hello, I hear like a monotone frequency (pitch varies), like a continuous elongated beep of an ECG monitor. Does this sound has anything to do with OM? 🙏
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Yes, it's one of the early sounds I mentioned. I'm guessing the 2nd sound of the flute or maybe the 3rd like a harp.
@raumshen9298 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson 🙏🙏😁
@Vshamann336 Жыл бұрын
I was taught that it's simply making a sound from your throat while your mouth is in the positions of open, rest and closed.
@withluvdee1046 Жыл бұрын
So simple yet so powerful. Thank you for the beautiful explanation. I am purchasing your higher self teaching today and I can’t wait to dive into that. I have a question, when I go into meditation I get shivers. Like you do when your cold 🥶. Should I allow the energy to move thru my body like this or try to contain it? It can be really disruptive sometimes. Lol. Thank you again for all that you do 🙏🏻
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely let it flow through the body, and remind the subconscious mind to make it more and more easy and normal. As you get used to the shiver it will become less overt, more internal, and more Sublime. Then it will not be as disruptive and you want to encourage the subconscious in this direction by saying thank you when it's less disruptive. Blissings! 🤩🙏🌹
@withluvdee1046 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson thank you so very much 🙏🏻💕
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
@@withluvdee1046 my pleasure 🙏 🤩
@innerbliss1085 ай бұрын
Shiva said in scripture that Omkara contains all other mantras and is the supreme sound.
@aurelieriche8119 Жыл бұрын
💙💛🧡 _Thank You_ 💗🖤🤎🤍
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Astral8expl Жыл бұрын
I was always told “OM” as in, “Oh No” was left brain intellect stemming from the seat of personal power in the solar Center Manipura although seed syllable is Ram the sacred vowel sound is Oh. And the Aum, as in “Ah Ha! Catch ya!!” Is right brain intuitive, creative from Anahata which syllable is Yam the Sacred Vowel is “Ah” in that regard their both correct depending on your purpose intent if you wish to commune with the divine and recieve you chant the receptive feminine aspect of the right brain negative, if your wanting to project, effect, impress, assert your will then its the masculine left brain positive pole of the solar plexus as “OM” but in truth the master of masters are able as we all are with practice to balance the duality with sound alchemy sounding the full vowel tone of “AH-OH-OO-MM” but be forewarned you may levitate all the cars in the neighborhood constructing an auto pyramid aligned with the trinity stars if Orions belt🕉🕉🕉🕉🕉🕉
@naarad0911 Жыл бұрын
Going by Sanskrit phonetics, AUM is अ + ऊ + म् . अ + ऊ = ओ ( A + U = O) when you add म् (M) to it , it becomes ओ३म् (O3M) which is in fact ॐ। The No ३ और 3 depicts the fact that it has to pronounced three times the other syllables.
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@oneconsc3333 Жыл бұрын
Hi Forest. Do you do private sessions, almost like a private Satsang session? Also, how can we get in touch with you for a NLP or Timeline therapy session. Thank you🙏🏻💜
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Yes I do. You can email me at thatyogiguy@gmail.com 🙏🌹
@oneconsc3333 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson amazing, thank you 🙏🏼
@helenmadamrose306 Жыл бұрын
Forrest, I'd like to ask you another question regarding chakras, please: even though Yogis say that all chakras are always working, what does it mean when from one day to another you start feeling all the time the activity of one particular Chakra, whereas you don't feel the others? Does it mean a particular form of activation or what? That it opened for the first time?
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
It means you have subconscious access to the activity that is held inside of that particular chakra better than you have access to the subconscious workings in the other chakras. Over time you can learn to easily feel all of them.
@helenmadamrose306 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson And what does this "subconscious acces" mean?
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
@@helenmadamrose306 if you could go back and do a search of my name and Kundalini and go through all of my Kundalini videos you will hear about Kundalini and the chakras from a conscious, subconscious, super conscious perspective. Also watch my video on the animalistic nature of the chakras.
@helenmadamrose306 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson Okay, I will. But what does this subconscious acces means in terms of the Self?
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
@@helenmadamrose306 I really begin to go on in depth on this in the higher self training where I talk about how we begin to merge with the subconscious and this allows the higher self access.
@SeaweedHero Жыл бұрын
Ohm Ohm Ohm (The Electricians Mantra)
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Haha! Perfect! 🙏
@raamkumar1979 Жыл бұрын
Om SI VA YA NA MA YA NA MA SI VA MA SI VA YA NA VA YA NA MA SI NA MA SI VA YA
@Sassieone1 Жыл бұрын
Just Do It: Oooooooommmmm🕉
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Exactly 🤩🙏🌹
@SuperpowersUniversity Жыл бұрын
Mahalo again another good 1. also om = HomE H's and e's are silent Become a Super Hero
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
OM is home! Beautiful! 🤩🙏🌹
@aloksahu7208 Жыл бұрын
🙏
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
🙏🏻
@helenmadamrose306 Жыл бұрын
Hey Forrest I hope you're doing well. Could you please answer my questions left in your last video on "Progressing through the Third Eye Chakra", please?
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
I just went back and did so 🤩🙏
@helenmadamrose306 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson Thank you very much, Forrest. Keep doing such an amazing work🤗
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
@@helenmadamrose306 thank you 😊 🙏
@helenmadamrose306 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson I sent you other questions🙏🙏 Sorry for disturbing
@meditator3498 Жыл бұрын
Hey tell us about “nada”
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Nada means sound. So, I mention: Bumble-bee, flute, harp, gong, rushing water, crashing waves. Those are the six sounds of Nada. The last sounds support the first sounds.
@paulpells1864 Жыл бұрын
When we breath OM into a Chakra, can we breathe Om in and Om out into the same Chakra, thanks Forest :)
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely 🤩🙏
@paulpells1864 Жыл бұрын
@@ForrestKnutson I thank you ❤️
@maayang77775 ай бұрын
I once got very high off weed concentrate, and layed down near the ocean, the waves sang to me 🕉️. what about aoum, from the fire of god spirit, from spirit air, from air water, from water earth? the aaaa fire, o spirit, uu water, mmm heart.
@nrspinelli Жыл бұрын
what about a waterfall?
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
That's the Falling Water I mentioned 😉🙏
@andrevandenheever6740 Жыл бұрын
and now there is string theory - little vibrating bands that can be used to support all that is but cannot be proved to actually exist ... 😊
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Exactly! Amazing theories! 🙏🏻
@TheLindbergbill Жыл бұрын
Could I hear om in a sea shell 🙂
@ForrestKnutson Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@taijilou Жыл бұрын
Maa. Backwards. Ahhhm. 🎉
@FrankDeLalla Жыл бұрын
You seemed to talk a lot faster after saying a few with the “ng”. I guess it lit you up a little. 😂😂😂🙏🫵🔥🫶👌 Wonderful video!