To Henny about question about japa- EMS - Many reasons to celebrate

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henny wrote:

 

So I would like to know how the more proficient members of the EMS group do

 

this; do you recite out loud or mentally, and how do you regulate your

breathing? And, what I also would like to know: do you stick to regular

hours in

the day or do you recite whenever you have a minute or two?

 

 

Dear henny ~ even though I'm not one of the more proficient members of the

EMS group (I am the plodding turtle), I wanted to answer your question. My

regular time for doing my EMS is in the evening. Sometimes, if I'm not too

tired, I will do some at mid-day, before I take my nap. I usually start reciting

outloud, but then get softer and softer vocally until the repetitions become

silent. The main reason for this is that after awhile my throat starts to hurt.

Whenever I have tried to regulate my breathing in some way related to the

mantra, I just seem to get stuck; my breath gets all out of kilter, and then I

have to kind of stop and get a new start. If I focus on the mantra, my breath

seems to follow naturally.

 

I pray I will complete all the recitations by the end of the year. I find

that I seem to be adding more malas each week, and this too seems to be a

natural thing, not something I am forcing.

 

And as I have said before, the EMS has become the focal point of my practice

as well as my anchor in difficult times like now. Jai Bhu Devi ~ Linda