Thread: origin of "su"
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Old 06-05-2006, 06:53 PM   #14
Mike Sigman
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Re: origin of "su"

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Fred Little wrote:
I take it your answers were no and none.

You're asking about symbols and I'm talking about signs.
It's a beautiful image, Fred:

But let me suggest that "su" is the sound made when air passes through moisture, as when a new-born's first breath passes through the residual mucus in its mouth and throat. Once the theme presents itself, a lifetime of variations follows

Let me suggest that long ago during the development of this body technology, probably in India, it was felt that "Su" or "Shu" vibrated the body in a certain "primal" way. It resonated, so to speak. Just like the component sounds of "Om". It had a practical basis, not a metaphysical one... because a lot of the religious and cosmological explanations were attempts to reconcile and explain what was seen/felt to actually happen. Somehow, as piercingly sweet as the baby image is, I just can't feel any validity to it.

But that's just my guess. Everyone is entitled to one. "You tell me your dream, I'll tell you mine". One of my favorite songs.

Mike
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