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Day 18 of the 30 Day Challenge. Aum/Om mantra, and why I didn't do it.

  I will preface this blog with this thought, I am not yet into the chanting meditations, but I tried this meditation and ended up stopping it part way through. I thought perhaps it was because I have an issue with chanting, but I still wanted to keep up on this blog, so I did some research.  According to one article from the Spiritual Research Foundation (Google is an amazing tool!), "chanting only Om, can have adverse effects if the person is of a lower spiritual level (ie. spiritual novice) as [they] may not have the capacity to tolerate the spiritual energy generated from the chant."   It is also believed that women should not just chant Om by itself as this energy creates a wave of heat that can have adverse reproductive effects.  They should only use the word 'Om' when coupled with other words.  I know this might sound crazy, but if chanting 'Om', creates a high amount of energy due to the vibrations created b...