When you chant "Aum" or any mantra, do so softly and gently. Extend the sound. Focus your awareness on the sound of the mantra and become absorbed in it.
Frederick LenzIt is more important to repeat a mantra several times with total absorption than to parrot it for hours on end.
Frederick LenzSometimes people start to meditate and they get a headache. It's because they're trying too hard. You're pulling in too much energy.
Frederick LenzWisdom isn't to know these words. Wisdom isn't to have ideas or philosophies - those are just thoughts. Wisdom is to be that perfect consciousness.
Frederick Lenz