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Greetings and Namaste!
The word mantra is bandied about on TV, in the news,
and the press as if it only meant someone's personal
motto or obsession or even a campaign slogan. It
was just reported that the campaign against Iran's
current president has "the mantra, death to potatoes"!
This is not mantra. This is not the correct
use of the word mantra and this degrades people's
understanding of what mantra truly is.
Mantra is sublime. Mantra is the very throb of
the Infinite moving from formlessness to form and
back
again. Mantra practiced with the highest
understanding and the grace of the Divine serves as
an unfailing vehicle for taking one to the unbroken
awareness of one's true nature. The silenced mind,
absorbed in Shakti, the true power of mantra which
dissolves the countless tendrils of the ego-mind, no
longer obstructs your experience of the Infinite
expanse of your pure being/awareness. Like a broken
gong, Buddha says, the silenced mind is
extinguished, nirvana is known.
Follow
mantra beyond the gross level of sound into the
mysteries of true knowing. Merely uttering Om Mani
Padme Hum or Om Namah Shivaya will not satisfy the
ardent seeker of wisdom.
Thank you all
for your notes of appreciation for our
newsletter.
Everyone has
the heart to be a true friend of the soul, an
Anam
Cara. By embodying that ideal ourselves we
may serve to help
another to find love and compassion within
themselves.
Our highest nature is always
manifest in
relationship - to all other beings, to the
environment, in relation to our own body and
mind. Becoming mindful of the quality of our
relationships
allows us to learn where the light shines and
where it
needs to shine more. The ideal of Anam
Cara is to
continuously endeaver to expand the depth
and the
inclusiveness of the loving kindness we bring
into
every relationship, every moment, every breath.
If
you have any
suggestions, comments or sharings, for our
newsletter please don't
hesitate to e-mail me and I'll do my best to
respond.
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With
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appreciation and love, I thank you all.
May all beings realize complete freedom from suffering and may all our actions reflect only wisdom, compassion, patience and loving kindness.
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