Linda and all:A beginning of chanting mantra during tasks

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Namaste Linda and all: So glad you are experiencing these moments of " being "

while in action. Chanting, or simply remembering the mantra whenever possible,

is very helpful to me. I feel more relaxed and settled when chanting. Sometimes

I begin a task with the intention of chanting, but the task requires 100% focus

and I have to stop the mantra. So I take each task and repeat the mantra as

much as possible, and when I discover it is too difficult, and I feel strained,

I just stop.

Then, when I get through with the task, the mantra will come of its own accord,

and I will stay with it as much as possible. Typically Om Namah Shiva comes and

goes, weaving through my activities.

When I awake early in the morning, but am not ready to arise, I begin the mantra

and repeat it while laying in bed. It is much better than just " thinking " about

" stuff " .

 

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

 

-- In , nierika wrote:

>

> Dear vish ~ please excuse me for chopping up your post; I wanted to use

> these things you quoted from " The Guru and the Goddess " to share what my

> experiences with adding mantra chanting to my daily tasks. It does (this

> insertion of chanting a mantra) help me not react to what is external, and

> already it has become a great gift.

>

> So far, when I have been doing my morning, what ramya described as,

> " routine " tasks not requiring too much thought of attention, it is there that

I

> have begun with the chanting of the mantra. Until the group comes up with a

> collective mantra for various times and tasks, I am using Om Namah Shivaya.

>

> What I have noticed is that, first of all, it has been easier to insert

> mantra to these early morning routine tasks than I expected, but likely

> because I was already doing that periodically. What I have noticed, secondly,

is

> a great gift.

>

> Who would have thought...

> I am making coffee, Om Namah Shivaya; I am feeding Pepper, my dog, Om

> Namah Shivaya; I am getting my daily ration of grapes together, Om Namah

> Shivaya.

> What happens is that sometimes, in the chanting of the mantra, the mantra

> and the chanter disappear, and there is only " making coffee. " Who is making

> the coffee? I can only compare this to the idea of mindfullness or to the

> experience of meditation.

>

> The mantra becomes a meditation, and then, " poof, " I am gone. This only

> happens for seconds because as soon as I realize I am no longer chanting the

> mantra, it brings me back to normal awareness (which is a good thing,

> because we don't want Linda scalding herself with the coffee or spilling the

dog

> food all over the floor). But for these brief seconds of " just beingness, "

> I am exquisitely thankful.

>

> So to ramya who proposed the idea and to all members of the digest who have

> responded with interest, I thank all of you with the utmost gratitude. I

> can't wait to begin inserting chanting mantra during other tasks. Jai

> Maa!!!! Jai Swamiji!!!!

> ~ Linda

>

>

> vish wrote:

>

> Namaste Kumari and all: this is the biggest problem for all of us. I have

> been thinking about these issues too, and was glad to read your post. To

> gain another perspective, I turned to the Kasyapa Sutra, P. 13-14, from the

> book: SHREE MAA THE GURU AND THE GODDESS, because I wanted to trace the

> cause of my errant behaviors...

> Every action has a reaction. As you sow so shall you reap.

> So how to get off the seemingly endless cycle of action and reaction?

>

> ...

> On P. 20, Swami says: " " I will think, before I respond. " As we cultivate

> this habit of discrimination, we find that anger, passion, greed, lust,

> avarice, and ignorance all dissolve into discrimination. "

>

> Shree Maa says: " Remove the ego and attachment from the performance of all

> activities for which you are responsible. Go to your places of work,

> etc., and carry yourselves as a great renunciate. Inspire people to act in

> truth..... "

>

>

>

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