To Jennifer: Patient Forgiveness

[Guest guest]

Namaste: Thanks for sharing your experience. My mind wanders too and

as soon as I realize it, I just bring it back. Over and over for the

2.5 hours we sit with Maa and Swami every Sunday. Patient Forgiveness

is a great virtue. I will practice forgiving my mind /ego next puja,

or, next time it happens in " real " life, i.e., when i am working.

A method Swami suggested for helping keep the mind focused while

chanting is to remember the story, or central theme of each chapter,

and " give up, or surrender " that particular fault.

In our practice of " real life " or " chanting " , the story is always the

same: keep focused, pay attention, and remember that we are not the

" doer " . And when we get distracted, or loose focus, bring our

attention back to the task at hand. And, Pray to Maa for Her Grace to

shine thru whatever is happening.

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

 

 

-- In , " jrholm1007 " <jrholm1007 wrote:

>

> Hello All, I noticed as I move on through Chandi that my ego mind has

> started to rebel by wandering. I will be focused on chanting, then

> all of the sudden my thoughts are drifting away to what I will do

> when I'm done chanting, or some other topic.

>

> On Sunday I did some reading from the Kasyapa Sutra for inspiration,

> and came upon this from Shree Maa, " When you lose attention to that

> prana, you lose the santi. The ego takes off in its own reverie, and

> you start watching the movies. Your mouth is chanting the syllables,

> while your mind is off somewhere else. As soon as you can submerge

> yourself completely into the chant and the text, you become the

> scripture, and automatically the balance comes. "

>

> Sunday's chanting went much easier, as I thought of that guidance and

> prayed for that capacity...Chapter Five brought comfort, with the

> repetition and rhythm. This praise stood out for me, " To the Divine

> Goddess who resides in all existence in the form of Patient

> Forgiveness, we bow to Her, we bow to Her, we bow to Her, continually

> we bow, we bow. "

>

> Grateful for Patient Forgiveness for my many mistakes, and for this

> opportunity to learn how to purify my mind through this beautiful

> scripture.

>

> Jennifer

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Vishweshwar: it's good to know I'm not the only one with a

wandering mind. : )

 

Thank you for the technique from Swami, I will try it tonight. Also

for the application in 'real life' (the testing grounds!)

 

At the end of chanting yesterday I read my notes from the chapter 8

class, and found this from Swami, " Pure Love loves itself in every

being " . Thank you Swami. That has been my practice today.

Practice, practice, practice...

 

Jennifer

 

 

, " inspectionconnection108 "

<inspectionconnection108 wrote:

>

> Namaste: Thanks for sharing your experience. My mind wanders too and

> as soon as I realize it, I just bring it back. Over and over for

the

> 2.5 hours we sit with Maa and Swami every Sunday. Patient

Forgiveness

> is a great virtue. I will practice forgiving my mind /ego next

puja,

> or, next time it happens in " real " life, i.e., when i am working.

> A method Swami suggested for helping keep the mind focused while

> chanting is to remember the story, or central theme of each chapter,

> and " give up, or surrender " that particular fault.

> In our practice of " real life " or " chanting " , the story is always

the

> same: keep focused, pay attention, and remember that we are not the

> " doer " . And when we get distracted, or loose focus, bring our

> attention back to the task at hand. And, Pray to Maa for Her Grace

to

> shine thru whatever is happening.

>

> Jai Maa Jai Swami

>

> vishweshwar

>

>

>

>

>

> -- In , " jrholm1007 " <jrholm1007@> wrote:

> >

> > Hello All, I noticed as I move on through Chandi that my ego mind

has

> > started to rebel by wandering. I will be focused on chanting,

then

> > all of the sudden my thoughts are drifting away to what I will do

> > when I'm done chanting, or some other topic.

> >

> > On Sunday I did some reading from the Kasyapa Sutra for

inspiration,

> > and came upon this from Shree Maa, " When you lose attention to

that

> > prana, you lose the santi. The ego takes off in its own reverie,

and

> > you start watching the movies. Your mouth is chanting the

syllables,

> > while your mind is off somewhere else. As soon as you can

submerge

> > yourself completely into the chant and the text, you become the

> > scripture, and automatically the balance comes. "

> >

> > Sunday's chanting went much easier, as I thought of that guidance

and

> > prayed for that capacity...Chapter Five brought comfort, with the

> > repetition and rhythm. This praise stood out for me, " To the

Divine

> > Goddess who resides in all existence in the form of Patient

> > Forgiveness, we bow to Her, we bow to Her, we bow to Her,

continually

> > we bow, we bow. "

> >

> > Grateful for Patient Forgiveness for my many mistakes, and for

this

> > opportunity to learn how to purify my mind through this beautiful

> > scripture.

> >

> > Jennifer

> >

>