Ayam and OM pronouncing

06. Discussions on AYP Deep Meditation and Samyama
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sorry for hijacking but my question is one the same subject and quite similar,
when using the mantra I AM, Is is supposed to be said similar to the way that one would say the OM mantra ie. fading in and fading out same pitch, like in this video 2 minuets into this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbEIsw78eBk ?? or should it generally speaking be shorter more similar to how you would say I am in normal conversation? Another way I’ve come across is saying I in slightly higher pitch followed by AM in a lower pitch, like a two tone melody over and over. How do most of you do it?
Thanks everyone

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Hi DAPA,
Same thing goes for speed or pitch… we let the mantra do what it wants to do during the session…
http://www.aypsite.org/106.html
The reason is we want the mantra to be free to change naturally in speed of repetition and degree of clarity so the mind is free to go to stillness easily
It will change a lot over time… so better to not get attached to any style of saying it… :slight_smile:

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Thanks alot for the helpful reply, It makes sense so I’ll just start every time with whatever type it comes up as.

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Hi Christi should I think the mantra I Am as in British or in American? Because in British It’s ends with an Aaam and as Yogani say in deep meditation audio book is in American and is like ha eeém.
Is there any difference? Between the way that British and Americans say it?
Many thanks

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Hi Jomano,
We have had issues in the past, trying to describe pronunciations of mantras using writing, because of different accents in different countries, and even different accents within individual countries. Luckily, there is an audio recording of the AYAM mantra, recorded by Yogani, so that makes things easy.
The audio of AYAM is here:
https://www.aypsite.com/plus/audio/mantra-base.mp3
The audio of the full AYP mantra is here:
https://www.aypsite.com/plus/audio/mantra-enhance3.mp3
The AYP mantra is not in any specific language. So, if you would pronounce these syllables differently in another language, then do not pronounce them that way. Pronounce them as they are spoken in the audio recordings.
Christi

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Thank you for your kindness in answer my question, but I have the audio book and is Yogani that is talking, and he says I Am as in American, Do you say that mantra as you say I Am in Uk?
I only have the audio book and I don’t have access to the AYP plus.

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Hi Jomano,
The pronunciation of the AYAM mantra in the audiobook is the same as the two audio files I linked to above. I use the mantra, the way Yogani teaches it. No two people will pronounce one word exactly the same way, so I would not get too hung up on it. And, it will refine in the mind anyway as you are using it.
Christi

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Thank you very much

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Thanks for the post

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jomano7, I recall walking down these halls a number of years ago. I used the Yogani recording. Either from him or from Christi, Sey, or one of the other experts, I took-away that I should mimic what I hear in that audio, ather than to try to analyze it phonetically, especially across the contexts of the variety of the dialects of speech in the English and English-based languages…