This spring, winter and spring, we have been studying and talking about the Mandukya Upanishad,

the Mandukya Karika, which is based on that most sacred of all mantras, the most sacred of all sounds,

Ome. So this meditation now is a Vedantic meditation, non-dualistic meditation on Ome.

You have to listen and then follow and experience it within yourself.

The word Ome has three letters in it, three sounds in it.

Ah, and mm.

So when you combine these three, it becomes Ome.

What does it mean?

The letter A, it stands for our waking experience.

Here you are, here we are.

We have this body and we are in this world where other people are around us.

Outside is the city, Manhattan.

We have a life here, people, problems, prospects.

A story.

That is the waking life.

You are the waker. The waker and the waker's world. You, the waker and you're waking life. You are the waker.

The waker and the waker's world.

You, the waker, and your entire waking life.

This is the first letter of Ome.

And then we fall asleep every day, sometimes in a Vedanta class also.

And then we dream.

There are many dreams, some good, some bad, some pleasant, some unpleasant, a mixture.

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