The Power of MM! Wow!!!

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Namaste ALL esp Ekta,

Your discussion of MM is amazing! It made me aware of the full

benefit of MM and just how powerful it really is. Since reading your

words, MM is playing constantly in my home. In fact, right now it is

playing both in my temple room and my office (on this computer as I

write). And the rudraksha beads around my neck are amplifying MM's

effects as you suggested! "Thank you" is a small response to the

immensity of knowledge in your posting.

All love,

Karen

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Eleathea Barraclough

Friday, September 24, 2004 3:00 PM

Re: Re:To Eleathea on healing effects of spirituality

MM is extremely powerful for healing. The reason it's so powerful,

inmy opinion, is that MM affects not just physical disease and

suffering, butemotional and spiritual suffering. Emotional problems

include negative stateslike anger, depression, anxiety, excessive

desire, and despair. Spiritualdiseases include excessive egoism,

delusion, and so on. MM goes right to theroot of all these problems,

by working on an energetic level.MM is the essence of all the mantras

contained in the Rudram, an extremelypowerful Vedic chant in honor of

Lord Shiva. The purpose of the mantras in theRudram is to burn every

kind of negativity in ourselves and in the world. Byburning the

negativity, we make room for positivity to enter and we destroy

theseeds of future suffering. MM contains a very intelligent healing

energy thatadds energy to any of our chakras that might be deficient.

When the chakrasfunction properly, the physical and emotional bodies

will come into a state ofhealth.MM is good not just for healing, but

also for warding off accidents. Anothergreat benefit is that MM

creates an energetic shield in our auras, such thatnegativity from

the environment or other people cannot harm us. In fact, thefirst

advice I received from my guru was to chant MM every day, so

thatnegativity 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

helpsto purify all negativity in the atmosphere. When people engage

in violentbehavior or indulge in a lot of negative mind-states, it

puts a lot of psychicpollution into the atmosphere. Saints can see

that very clearly. This psychicpollution then makes it harder for

positivity to manifest in that area. When MMis chanted (or played on

a tape), the vibrations spread throughout space andhelp to purify all

the negativity, which benefits many people, no matter whattheir

personal beliefs are. America is very lucky that Shree Maa and

Swamijiare living here and are conducting so many yajnas and pujas.

This is atremendous boon for this land, and when we support them or

do our own chantingand puja, we participate in that blessing effort.

So we're very lucky to haveaccess to these teachings and

practices.Thousands of years ago, India's rishis meditated for

hundreds of years togetherin order to discover powerful mantras and

teachings for humanity. They were notordinary people, and the mantras

they discovered came directly from the cosmos.MM was given to humanity

specifically for healing every kind of disease ornegativity.There are

3 main ways to benefit from MM. One can chant it out loud. This canbe

done 21, 54, or 108 times daily, as desired. It's very good to chant

itevery day, as this keeps the energy vibrations strong in one's

aura. It's goodto chant MM 21 times before traveling anywhere, to

avoid or lessen the impactof 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 specialenergetic properties that

combine with the healing vibrations of MM to magnifythe energetic

effect.Another way to benefit is to listen to a tape/CD of MM or

listen to it withheadphones. This is good if one feels too sick to

sit up and chant, or if onedoesn't have confidence in one's

pronunciation yet. As Swamiji said, the powerof MM comes from every

aspect of the mantra, the sounds, the tones, and therhythm. So it's

good to listen to it chanted by someone like Shree Maa over andover

again until one learns the pronunciation well.The last way to benefit

is to play the MM for large periods of time in one'shome or puja room,

whether one is listening or not. This will add MM's healingvibrations

to that space, and then just sitting in that area will aid

one'shealing. 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 reallysaturate oneself with the MM

energy. You can't hear MM too much.In my personal experience, MM

always makes me feel better. Sometimes, thatmeans that my physical

situation is improved. Sometimes it means that I stillfeel sick

physically, but my inner attitude and experience is transformed toone

of calm acceptance and equanimity. Sometimes, MM may initiate a

"healingcrisis", where symptoms seem to increase, before being

released. Once when Ihad nausea and was lying in bed, listening to MM

made me start to feel kind ofagitated. It almost felt like the nausea

was increasing, but then I started tocry, 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 felttingly

sensations in my body, and felt very calm and peaceful.In another

situation, a devotee with some emotional issues was talking to

meintensely. As she talked, I could feel a headache starting. At some

point, Iexcused myself from the conversation to join with others in

chanting MM. As Ichanted, the pain gradually reduced and then

disappeared. But there was a breakin the chanting, the woman began

talking to me again, and my headache wascoming back. So I politely

ended the conversation and chanted MM some more, andmy headache once

again disappeared. If we interact with people who havedisturbances in

their energy fields, this can affect our own energy fieldsadversely.

My personal response to energy disturbances is to get a headache

orstomache, or become very depressed for no apparent reason. I seem

to have veryweak defenses. MM helps to protect us from this effect.I

hope everyone will use MM to their benefit in order to perform

excellentsadhana with a strong, healthy body and a cheerful mind.Jai

Maa!Ekta