Sankalpa Hullabaloo- to Debra and Chris and everyone

[Guest guest]

Namaste all

 

This mantra is so powerful, it is bringing confusion and fear to the

surface every before we have begun using it. What a great gift AMaa

has given us. Already She is showing us Her great love and faith in

us. She gives us a challanging mantra, but one so powerful that just

thinking about it, we start to change, for the positive.

Now, we only have to get started, and what do you think will happen?

It will be a tremendous process for us. Have faith in Maa. She has

never steered us wrong. As times get tough, hang onto Her lotus fee

and take Her advice.

She is the boat to carry us all across the ocean of misery and fear.

No matter how big the waves get, She is steady and composed. Always

She will protect us and help us grow. that is why She is on this Earth

So, take heart and let's start. I will be starting

 

jai Maa

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

.., "Chris Kirner"

<chriskirner1956 wrote:

>

> Some great comments, Michael.

>

> You know, I haven't begun the practice yet, but I've been looking at

> this mantra thinking, "That sure is a long mantra...", but I just

> counted up the syllables and it has thirty-two (if I counted right),

> which is only three more than Gayatri has. My very first sankalpa was

> a lakh of Gayatri mantra and I did ten a day. It was really kind of

> scary at first, but I had confidence in myself, and in the guru, and

> somehow I made it. It was a real step forward for me, and though it

> was a struggle, it was more than worth the effort it required.

>

> Jai Maa!

> Chris

>

>

> , "fouracrefarm" <fouracrefarm@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Namaste Everyone

> >

> > With regard to the 2007 sankalpa I would like to humbly offer some

> > thoughts on the subject. In this case, should I take this sankalpa

> > of 100 000 mantras over the course of the year? In reading the

> > postings on this issue it is apparent that there is a wide range of

> > opinion as to what is TOO MUCH AND TOO LITTLE. What we have is a

> > failure to have balanced equilibrium.

> >

> > If I'm struggling with the rigor of this sankalpa and Iam looking for

> > balance I can imagine myself standing before Maa and Swamiji seeking

> > their guidance. I think they might say things like:

> >

> > To each according to his or her own capacity.

> >

> > Worship is a privilege, something we want to do, not something we

> > half-to do.

> >

> > It is the effort that is important

> >

> > I think they would say, Yes it is rigorous, but you can try.

> >

> > Swamiji might tell the story of how his guru asked him to increase

> > his asan by five minutes per month. Hardly a spiritually rigorous

> > goal, but not spiritually apathetic either.

> >

> > Both Maa and Swamiji would probably stress that the goal is to become

> > a lover not the beloved. Lovers reach out and seek to serve. Our

> > capacity to worship and love is not denigrated by our lack of

> > capacity to speedily chant a samkrt mantra. (But we can try!)

> >

> > In the end there can be no peace in the universe until there is peace

> > in the three worlds and all hostility is removed. The sankalpa is

> > for us, and according to our own capacity we can try!

> >

> > Hullabaloo Definition: confusion

> >

> > love

> >

> > Michael

> >

>