mantra mantra mantra

guru's name

ham sah

guru's name

GU RU

ham sah

sitting still

OMMMMMM

these are the guru's tools given us to defeat superficial mind!

--- In Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "manoj_menon" <ammasmon@s...>
wrote:
>
>
> --- In Devi_Mandir (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "Latha Nanda" <lathananda@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Maa sang some of her old songs today at the evening satsang.
> >
> > Prabhater Alo - was one of them ... As she sang, the assembled
> crowd
> > went still. Just the sound of her voice and her tanpura ...
> > When she finished , Swamiji gently whispered "Jai Maa"
> >
> > The rest of us couldnt rouse ourselves to say anything. Atleast ,
> > speaking for myself, the song and Maa singing never fail to move
me
> > and I love the silence that comes from just listening to her.
> >
> > Almost on cue Maa said this to the satsang and I
> paraphrase "Singing
> > is the highest sadhana. When your mind starts wandering ... start
> > singing ...anything..and a few minutes later you will have
> forgotten
> > the trouble. Dont worry whether you have a good or bad voice ...
> just
> > sing...anything that comes to you. Singing is the highest
sadhana.
> You
> > can go in quickly" and She asked us to try it out as a sadhana.
> >
> > I will Maa.
> >
> > Love
> > Latha
>
> This is a very beautiful piece of advice from Maa. Thank you for
> sharing this... I am going to try this today and check it out for
> myself.
>
> Jai Ma!
>
> P.S.: I too love the profound silence that ensues after a fantastic
> performance of a rousing bhajan.... it usually goes away after
10-15
> seconds... I wish there was a technique for prolonging the ecstatic
> state.... if anyone has any advice, I am all ears!