November 18, 2015

SACRED CHANTS

I’m sure you heard a dozen times the value

of sacred chants - like “Om” - and to let that

sound resound down through the back of

your mouth - humming it  down deeper into

your body - feeling the om going - ‘Om!”

“Ommmmmmmmm.” “Ommmmmmmmm.”

Each day, pause, sit, be quiet, be calm

after rising or before going to sleep. Relax,

measure your breath and then chant, “Home!”

“Hommmmmmmmmm. Hommmmmmmmm!”

Be at home with yourself - where you are -

and then make your home a sacred place.

And at times - while sitting outdoors look at

the blue dome of sky during the day and the

star studded sky of dark, black night and chant

“Dome! Dommmmmmmm. Dommmmmmmm!”

“Om!” “Home.” Be at home under the dome

above us all, filling us all, resounding us all, God.

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2015