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What is Om?

I had a friend ask me to do a painting for her and I happily said..sure. She said she wanted something with the Om symbol, I had to quickly look it it up, I had no idea what it was. Come to find out it is a symbol of something I did when I took Yoga (long before I had children). It is a beautiful symbol with a lot of meaning. Something worth looking up, here is what I have been able to research: 


Watercolor, Gouache and gold paint pen



The Meaning: Om is the all encompassing Cosmic vibration of the universe.

There are 5 states of Om:

  • The Unconscious State - Deep sleep
  • The Waking State 
  • The Dream state
  • The Absolute State
  • Illusion/Maya
I have also noticed there other variations of this symbol. 


I am not knowledgable enough on this subject to go into detail but when someone asks me to do a piece of art and I am not sure what it is or what its meaning is, I do the research. 
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