Tony-Re: How to enhance your awareness sheath,

Hi Omkara and Tony

You are both 'right'.

'When there is no asking, there is prayer.
When there is no meditator, there is meditation.'

Jean Klein

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It's like Ramana and/or Nisargadatta chanting or - posting on
these lists ...Do 'I' expect to attain something that I don't already
have by posting here?


Thanks Tony, this is one of my favorite mantras - I chanted it
for years without knowing what it means - I found a translation about
5 years ago (maybe it was a blessing to not know).


Love to All,
james



--- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., "Omkara" wrote:
>
> Praying to a "divine mother" (or any other avatar or mythological
> Hindu god or goddess) is dualism. i don't see the difference
between
> that and praying to Jesus Christ in conventional Christianity.
>
> The "me" is strengthened... illuminate *my* intellect and dispel
*my*
> ignorance, make *my* intellect serene and bright. Utterly self-
> centered, and the word "enlightened" does not belong anywhere near
> such an egoic petitionary prayer.
>
> Vedanta means "End of the Veda." In other words, the end of
> Vedic 'knowledge' and the coming of the Upanishads -- also known as
> Advaita Vedanta or *nondualism*.
>
> If you want to preach dualism here Tony, i guess that's ok, but i
> don't see how it is on-topic or has anything to do with "truth."
>
> Namaste,
>
> Omkara
>
> --- In HarshaSatsangh@y..., "Tony O'Clery" wrote:
> > Namaste All,
> >
> > The Gayatri Mantra.
> >
> > Aum, mmm
> >
> > Bhur Bhuva Svah,
> >
> > Tat Savitur Varenyam, mmm
> >
> > Bhargo Devasya Dheemahi,
> >
> > Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat. tt
> >
> > A mantra is a vibration, that attracts the coresponding spiritual
> > subtle vibration. The Gayatri is the essence of all the Vedas, and
> > mother of the Vedas. It is a universal prayer, prayed three times
a
> > day and is the most important mantra. It also has the effect of
> > changing karmic patterns and vibrations, and enhancing the
> > vijnanmayakosa.
> >
> > " O Mother who subsists in all three kaalas, past, present and
> future,
> >
> > In all the three lokas, heaven , earth, and lower regions, and in
> all
> > gunas, sathwa, rajas, and tamas,
> >
> > I pray to thee to illumine my intellect and dispel my ignorance
> just
> > as the splendrous sunlight dispels all darkness,
> >
> > I pray to thee to make my intellect serene and bright and
> > enlightened."
> >
> > Om Namah Sivaya.....Tony.