Guest guest Posted September 25, 2004 Report Share Posted September 25, 2004 Namaste Linda, I would definitely agree with Ekta on the healing effects of the Mrityunjaya mantra. It would be of great benefit to play the mantra 24 hours a day if at all possible. Do you have the CD of Shree Maa chanting the Mrityunjaya mantra? Parvati , Eleathea Barraclough <eleathea> wrote: > Jai Maa! > > Dear Linda, > > I sincerely hope that you will explore *every* healing modality available to > you, whether that is Western medicine, alternative medicine, dietary > modification, prayer, inner work, or mantra chanting. I'm so sorry to hear that > you are having trouble maintaining hope these days. Steve was so kind recently > to suggest that you be included in the Mrityunjaya mantra (MM) chanting on > Saturdays. That will be a great blessing for you. > > I'm not sure how familiar you are with MM, but in case you or others aren't so > familiar, MM is extremely powerful for healing. The reason it's so powerful, in > my opinion, is that MM affects not just physical disease and suffering, but > emotional and spiritual suffering. Emotional problems include negative states > like anger, depression, anxiety, excessive desire, and despair. Spiritual > diseases include excessive egoism, delusion, and so on. MM goes right to the > root of all these problems, by working on an energetic level. > > MM is the essence of all the mantras contained in the Rudram, an extremely > powerful Vedic chant in honor of Lord Shiva. The purpose of the mantras in the > Rudram is to burn every kind of negativity in ourselves and in the world. By > burning the negativity, we make room for positivity to enter and we destroy the > seeds of future suffering. MM contains a very intelligent healing energy that > adds energy to any of our chakras that might be deficient. When the chakras > function properly, the physical and emotional bodies will come into a state of > health. > > MM is good not just for healing, but also for warding off accidents. Another > great benefit is that MM creates an energetic shield in our auras, such that > negativity from the environment or other people cannot harm us. In fact, the > first advice I received from my guru was to chant MM every day, so that > negativity from other people would not hurt my body or mind. > > In addition to being good for us, MM is important for world peace as it helps > to purify all negativity in the atmosphere. When people engage in violent > behavior or indulge in a lot of negative mind-states, it puts a lot of psychic > pollution into the atmosphere. Saints can see that very clearly. This psychic > pollution then makes it harder for positivity to manifest in that area. When MM > is chanted (or played on a tape), the vibrations spread throughout space and > help to purify all the negativity, which benefits many people, no matter what > their personal beliefs are. America is very lucky that Shree Maa and Swamiji > are living here and are conducting so many yajnas and pujas. This is a > tremendous boon for this land, and when we support them or do our own chanting > and puja, we participate in that blessing effort. So we're very lucky to have > access to these teachings and practices. > > Thousands of years ago, India's rishis meditated for hundreds of years together > in order to discover powerful mantras and teachings for humanity. They were not > ordinary people, and the mantras they discovered came directly from the cosmos. > MM was given to humanity specifically for healing every kind of disease or > negativity. > > There are 3 main ways to benefit from MM. One can chant it out loud. This can > be done 21, 54, or 108 times daily, as desired. It's very good to chant it > every day, as this keeps the energy vibrations strong in one's aura. It's good > to chant MM 21 times before traveling anywhere, to avoid or lessen the impact > of any accidents. When chanting, it's good to wear any kind of rudraksha beads, > or to count the mantras on a rudraksha mala. Rudraksha beads have special > energetic properties that combine with the healing vibrations of MM to magnify > the energetic effect. > > Another way to benefit is to listen to a tape/CD of MM or listen to it with > headphones. This is good if one feels too sick to sit up and chant, or if one > doesn't have confidence in one's pronunciation yet. As Swamiji said, the power > of MM comes from every aspect of the mantra, the sounds, the tones, and the > rhythm. So it's good to listen to it chanted by someone like Shree Maa over and > over again until one learns the pronunciation well. > > The last way to benefit is to play the MM for large periods of time in one's > home or puja room, whether one is listening or not. This will add MM's healing > vibrations to that space, and then just sitting in that area will aid one's > healing. Playing MM very softly during sleep would help in getting good rest, > especially since the body goes through a lot of healing processes during sleep. > > If one is very sick, one should listen to MM as much as possible to really > saturate oneself with the MM energy. You can't hear MM too much. > > In my personal experience, MM always makes me feel better. Sometimes, that > means that my physical situation is improved. Sometimes it means that I still > feel sick physically, but my inner attitude and experience is transformed to > one of calm acceptance and equanimity. Sometimes, MM may initiate a "healing > crisis", where symptoms seem to increase, before being released. Once when I > had nausea and was lying in bed, listening to MM made me start to feel kind of > agitated. It almost felt like the nausea was increasing, but then I started to > cry, and I felt like some painful energy was being released from my heart. > After "crying it out", I just rested with MM playing in my bedroom. I felt > tingly sensations in my body, and felt very calm and peaceful. > > In another situation, a devotee with some emotional issues was talking to me > intensely. As she talked, I could feel a headache starting. At some point, I > excused myself from the conversation to join with others in chanting MM. As I > chanted, the pain gradually reduced and then disappeared. But there was a break > in the chanting, the woman began talking to me again, and my headache was > coming back. So I politely ended the conversation and chanted MM some more, and > my headache once again disappeared. If we interact with people who have > disturbances in their energy fields, this can affect our own energy fields > adversely. My personal response to energy disturbances is to get a headache or > stomache, or become very depressed for no apparent reason. I seem to have very > weak defenses. MM helps to protect us from this effect. > > Linda, I know you live in a trailer right now, so I don't know what your > electricity situation is, or if you have a tape/CD player at the moment. If you > need anything, like a tape/CD of MM, or a walkman or player, I have extras of > all of these and I'd be happy to send you whatever you need, if you like. Just > let me know. > > I hope everyone will use MM to their benefit in order to perform excellent > sadhana with a strong, healthy body and a cheerful mind. > > Jai Maa! > Ekta > > --- nierika@a... wrote: > > > > > Eleathea wrote: > > > > I like to mention scientific studies on prayer and spiritual qualities like > > forgiveness when I'm talking to logic-based people (like most of my family). > > > > I > > find these kinds of articles very helpful when I'm trying to explain just > > exactly why spirituality is so important to me. Here's one quote that I > > found > > very touching... > > > > Apparently, love has "magical" healing effects! Spiritually-minded people > > may > > know this already, but it's nice to see that those in the health professions > > are starting to study this. > > > > > > Dear Eleathea, > > > > Thank you so much for sharing this with us and for giving the website > > address so we (I) could go and read it. I have known about this for years, > > yet I > > put all my hope in doctors and look for that "magic bullet" when the magic > > bullet is right inside of me. I have been feeling hopeless about my condition > > > > lately, and the more hopeless I feel, the sicker I seem to get .... so I need > > to > > get cracking and turn it around the other way. Dhanyavaada. Shanti ~ Linda > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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