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Imagine you are standing on the threshold A sound just like a smell can induce an
of a door. It is an obstacle you wish to instant reaction

get through. On the other side is great
healing or knowledge you crave. In your As a very young yogi, I learned in study
hand is a ring of keys. One of these of the ancient Vedic text known as the

could potentially open up that mystical Upanishads, that each sound from the
door. The transcendence you hunger Sanskrit alphabet resonates and vibrates

for is on the other side of that door and with one of the corresponding fifty petals
the proper mantra can open it. When of the first six chakras. These profound
you mispronounce the mantra that you

think is correct or use it at the wrong
time, you will never be able to get it to

open. Instead, you stand there jiggling
the keys and cannot get it into the lock.
Mispronunciation can not only prevent

entry—it can cause harm.

Ancient cultures have known the healing
power of sound for centuries. In the

beginning there was sound. This is found
in all of the ancient scriptural books. Figure 2: Yellow Emperor’s depiction of the lungs
I have been taught the transcendent

nature that properly pronouncing
the word Samskrutham संस्कृतम् —

which is the way to say the name of the
language Sanskrit—activates the pineal
gland in such a way, that it can urge a

release of the sweet nectar known as
Ojas ओजस्. This mysterious essence

translates to splendor, vitality, power,
luster, appearance, and bodily strength.
You can think of Ojas as the container

that holds your happiness. It is the purest
essence of Kapha Dosha one of the

Ayurveda qualities of the body’s humors. Figure 1: A more modern Taoist depiction of all of the
In the physical body, Ojas is related internal organs
to the reproductive, hormonal, and

cerebrospinal fluids.
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