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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:
So can also mean truth. We are meditating that “I am truth.” Truth is not something borrowed from outside. Truth comes from within us; it is our real nature.
So also means love. We are repeating “I am love" as we repeat the mantram sohum. We do not cultivate love from the outside, it is a wellspring, always flowing from within us.
In this way we use this mantram to bring harmony and oneness in life. We feel this unity and we do not put God in a temple or a church far away. George Bernard Shaw once said, “Beware of the man whose God is in heaven." When God is in the distance, then man can do anything without interference. But when we see and experience God inside ourselves, there is no separation, no duality. That animating divine spark is everywhere, vibrating in every cell of our body. Without it we could not live for one second. As you inhale feel so, and as you exhale feel hum. Your breath begins to flow in rhythm. The vibrations build and you feel oneness. Repeat the mantram silently. There is no need to articulate it. Feel it, experience it, and be in tune with yourself.
Reaching this stage of meditation, you begin to live with joy, creatively and adventurously. Each day you see how you can test yourself. Each morning you think that you will create a new day for yourself. Regardless of the weather, you will create and sustain an inner climate. If the day is properly used, you find real satisfaction when you again come to meditation in the evening. Then you observe and see how the day was invested. You will not pass a single day without awareness if you practice this meditation.
