To Puneet on Sadhana for Health

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Puneet wrote:

Since I dont have a guru the correct procedure of chanting the MMM is

not known to me.I chant it silently sometimes during the day. How

many times should I chant the MMM for it to be effective?Any specific

procedure to be followed?

Dear Puneet ~ you might wish to start by saying the MM Mantra as part

of the prayer group sadhana. In some ways, as you say the mantra for

all of those who requested prayer (and you can always request

yourself to be added to the list), the benefits go out with your

saying of the mantra for others, and in giving, the benefits also

come back to you. For the prayer group, we say 21 repetitions of the

MM Mantra. Now some of us are saying 42 repetitions, but 21 has been

the number suggested for the prayer seva.

 

Here is the MM Mantra as given by Swamiji and Maa:

 

tryambakam yajamahe sugandhim pustivarddhanam

urvvarukamiva bandhananmrtyormuksiyamamrtat

 

You can also say this mantra as a mala (108 repetitions), but as

someone who is ill myself, the 21 or 42 times that are part of the

prayer seva seem to have great meaning for me.

I cannot say any of this is healing me. My illness is not one that can

be cured (also, it is not fatal, just very painful a great deal of the

time), although, I do believe in miracles, so I am always open to

possibilities. But even though I cannot say this is healing me, I can

say it gives me a very good feeling, and that helps me feel better.

 

I will add, though, that as someone who has just recently accepted in

my heart the reality of Shree Maa and Swamiji as my gurus, my whole

feeling about saying mantras and everything else has completely

changed. Now I look forward with eagerness, something I had never

experienced before, to our sankalpas and to chanting mantra or doing

whatever I can manage. You don't need to worry about numbers ... even

if you can only recite it twice, that is meaningful.

 

I am only a little seed that has been buried in the ground for a very

long time. Then I poked my head out, saw the sun and dived back into

the earth. Then I peaked out again, and saw the sun (Swamiji and

Shree Maa) and became increasingly, inexorably drawn to them. Now

I am a little bud. (Of course, this is all metaphor, but the others in

the group will attest to my comings and goings ... now I am here to

stay.) It just makes me happy to think of Shree Maa and Swamiji, and

happiness can go a long way to making whatever is hurting feel

better. Jai Maa , Jai Swamiji ~ Linda