UPS Sankalpa

[Guest guest]

Jai Jagadambe!

Something that came up during lunch at the Devi Mandir yesterday with

Nanda, Sonya, Sheila aunty, Prasana was why everyone in the family has

not taken up the sankalpa. As we were discussing, thoughts came into

my mind about some reasons why people may not want to do japa and some

potential solutions.

 

Thought: Sankalpa is serious business, I cannot do this

Solution: Consider a trial period. Without taking sankalpa, try

reciting the japa to a daily target for a day or couple of days or

even upto a week. If you think you can sustain it, jump right in,

without further ado leaving the rest to Maa!

 

Thought: 100,000 sounds initimidating

Solution: Yes it does, however, think of a more local target like how

much you have to accomplish in a day to get to 100,000 by the end of

the year. For example, Prasana and I calculated that if we started Jan

10 that we would have to do approximately 290 a day to get to the big

goal. That makes it a more manageable number.

 

Thought: Japa takes up too much time

Solution: Japa does not take up too much time, if you just do it

during the course of the day along with your worldly activities. If

you set aside a time for it, it might seem like its taking up time.

E.g., Prasana and I do it when we take a short break (5 minutes every

one hour), go to the rest room, take a longer break during lunch,

commuting etc. Its surprising how much we are able to cover in such

short intervals. One final word, you can always make up on the

weekends, if your week day count is not adequate:)

 

Hint for easy japa practice: Using a tally counter worked wonders for

Prasana and myself - thanks to Nanda! We were able to do more than 300

japa a day quite easily with this mechanical device since we did not

have to keep count but merely recite and click (hence our minds did

not get in the way with all the math and we made much more progress:).

 

Jai Ma!

[Guest guest]

Namaste,

 

Yes. The number 100,000 is intimidating. The mantra itself is difficult to pronounce. I decided, being rather intimidated by the whole thing, to say what I can every day.

 

It's not perfect, but at least I'm throwing in my two cents worth. It gives me a sense of discipline that I did not have before, and as I work through this sankalpa, I find that I can say more mantras and do more japa. I have to get started somewhere, and for me I have to take a few baby steps.

 

Shanti Om,

Shankari Kali

 

prats74 <prats74 > wrote: Jai Jagadambe!

Something that came up during lunch at the Devi Mandir yesterday with

Nanda, Sonya, Sheila aunty, Prasana was why everyone in the family has

not taken up the sankalpa. As we were discussing, thoughts came into

my mind about some reasons why people may not want to do japa and some

potential solutions.

 

Thought: Sankalpa is serious business, I cannot do this

Solution: Consider a trial period. Without taking sankalpa, try

reciting the japa to a daily target for a day or couple of days or

even upto a week. If you think you can sustain it, jump right in,

without further ado leaving the rest to Maa!

 

Thought: 100,000 sounds initimidating

Solution: Yes it does, however, think of a more local target like how

much you have to accomplish in a day to get to 100,000 by the end of

the year. For example, Prasana and I calculated that if we started Jan

10 that we would have to do approximately 290 a day to get to the big

goal. That makes it a more manageable number.

 

Thought: Japa takes up too much time

Solution: Japa does not take up too much time, if you just do it

during the course of the day along with your worldly activities. If

you set aside a time for it, it might seem like its taking up time.

E.g., Prasana and I do it when we take a short break (5 minutes every

one hour), go to the rest room, take a longer break during lunch,

commuting etc. Its surprising how much we are able to cover in such

short intervals. One final word, you can always make up on the

weekends, if your week day count is not adequate:)

 

Hint for easy japa practice: Using a tally counter worked wonders for

Prasana and myself - thanks to Nanda! We were able to do more than 300

japa a day quite easily with this mechanical device since we did not

have to keep count but merely recite and click (hence our minds did

not get in the way with all the math and we made much more progress:).

 

Jai Ma!

 

 

 

 

 

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