This next glimpse practice is called,
Aum Sweet Aum in your heart.
We're going to begin by making a sound and then feeling the vibration in the middle of your chest.
This can be a helpful way to invite awareness to unhook and move down from thinking into your open heart space.
From here we'll know the aliveness and awareness directly by using the aid of sound and vibration as support.
You can choose to use any sound.
You can hum,
You can say Aum,
Or Amen,
Or Home,
Or Shalom.
Any of these that resonates with you is a good word that makes your chest vibrate.
So let's begin by finding a comfortable way of sitting.
You can have your eyes open or closed.
And then place one of your hands on the middle of your chest,
Right on this heart space,
This heart door that opens behind and in front.
This sense of heart-mind where we'll draw local awareness down to rest at home.
Feel your chest expanding under your hand as your breath comes in.
And feel your hand relaxing as your breath goes out.
Now begin by making a sound,
Singing,
Toning,
Or chanting,
And feel the vibration under your hand.
So I'll use the word Aum.
Aum.
Focus on the feeling of vibration in the center of your heart space.
And now as you next breathe in,
Allow awareness to unhook from thought and come down to the center of your chest.
And as you breathe out,
Make the sound.
So aware of thinking,
And take your in-breath,
Unhook awareness,
Let it ride the breath down,
Remaining at home,
And then breathing out and toning.
Aum.
And you can repeat this a couple more times on your own.
Just being aware of the awareness,
Stillness,
Vibration,
That radiate out from here to create a feeling of boundlessness,
Of interconnectedness,
With everything alive around you.
Feel the awareness mingle with the movement of sound so there's no inside and outside.
Allow your awareness to remain at home in your heart space and to know itself.
And then open and connect to all else.
Continue to make the sound that feels like it vibrates and resonates as you hang out and marinate in this open-hearted awareness,
A continuous field of loving presence.
And when you decide to let go of making the sound,
Feel the continuous vibration which is always present within you and all around you.
Feel it from the awareness that's not separate.
Know it from the heart knowing that doesn't use thought to know.
Feel the sense of safety,
Support,
Unity,
Peace of mind,
Unconditional love,
Bubbling joy.
Take your time and as you finish,
Let a half-smile come to your face as you take a little deeper breath,
Opening your eyes if they were closed,
Remaining at home in your heart.
So you're receiving light with your eyes and connecting to everything through your heart.
Aum,
Sweet Aum in your heart.
You can remain at home in your heart while connecting to information in the office of your head using open-hearted awareness Wi-Fi.
Aum,
Sweet Aum in your heart.
