To Linda and all:about mantras

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Namaste Linda and all: Linda, choosing a mantra is a very personal

experience and I can only tell you how I choose, not what I choose. At

different times, different mantra speak to me. For example, sometimes

as I lie in bed at night, restless and uncomfortable, so I search my

heart and ask Maa for help. Who can sooth me Maa, who will remove the

darkness of this moment? An impulse comes, and I follow it and repeat

that mantra. Immediately, I know if it is the right one or not. It is

immediate and self corrective. If not Shiva, then Durga, or Chandi, etc.

In my daily practice, I have a sankalpa to worship Shiva and Durga and

Ganesh daily. While I worship, if I feel in tune with Shiva's bhava, I

will chant more mantras from the text. I will alwyas complete my daily

vow of worship, but I will add mantras of the Diety which connects me

to my soul at that moment.

I hope this helps, it is not a science, but an intuitive process.

 

Jai Ma Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

-- In , nierika wrote:

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> vish wrote:

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> ...Swami said: " Look for the mantras that say, " I belong to your, I am

> the echo of the vibration that is in your soul. " As you practice those

> particular sections, other parts will call to you as well. If you

> don't pronounce the mantras correctly, don't worry. Put yourself in

> the attitude of surrender to the will of God and try to come as close

> as possible. Cultivate the attitude of appreciation for all the

> bounteous gifts of God, especially for the privilege of being able to

> sit in the presence of God. Cultivate the attitude of gratitude, and

> carry it with you throughout you daily activities. Only then will

> worship pervade our lives.

> Worship does not mean memorization of the mantras, or even the proper

> placement of the flowers and other objects. Worship is an attitude of

> respect, of dedication, of devotion to the exclusion of selfishness,

> Dear vish ~ your post and Sundari's touched me deeply. Do you have any

> specific passages (which book; which verse?) that say, " I belong to

you " ? I would

> love to know even one or two because that is what my heart longs to

say. And

> then when one also cultivates appreciation, and, as Swamiji once

wrote to me,

> to say, " thank you for the privilege of being part of Your glorious

> creation. " Jai Maa !!! Jai Swamiji !!!

> Linda

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