Mantras - intermediate obstacles

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I had felt this lack of shraddha when confronted by obstacles until I also

started doing extroverted forms of sadhana besides my introverted mantra. In

other words, the addition of chanting, powerful rudrakshas, and listening to

hymns has removed more manifest obstacles from my enviroment. I expected use of

bija and silent meditation alone to acheive all my ends but I was wrong. I take

these two together now to equal tantra. I believe tantra to be the way to

snowplow obstacles from mind, body, and enviroment. It takes much work to make

life conform to our heavenly ideal. Therefore I prescribe the all out blitz

method. If one technique doesn't quite cut it then add more until you blow the

hell out of the situation. It's like sweetening a cup of tea, the addition of

sugar can't be noticed until enough has been added, then it is sweet. My thought

is that if the stress is all that's apparent when out of meditation then you are

ignoring appropriate techniques to relieve that enviromental avidya. Maybe many

scoff at vastu and feng shui but the home can either block or support sadhana.

Scriptures say meditation under bilva trees or near streams, etc makes

meditation more powerful, so plant bilva trees, etc. I just bough a new house

with good vastu and my meditations have improved 1000 percent.

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silentsoul_55

Monday, March 25, 2002 3:21 AM

Mantras - intermediate obstacles

 

 

Thanks sankkrukku jee,

 

You have brought up a very important aspect of Sadhna. But what

you said about Mantra and their effect on general life, is in fact

true for any sadhna...however with Mantra Sadhna the effects are

quick and powerful.

 

I have seen, with my own experiences and with the experiences of

those around that When ever one starts serious sadhna he is faced

with problems in life.... so much so sometimes it looks like a great

storm which seems to have weakened the very basis of our sadhana and

we are forced to think "AM I on the right path??" or "Does God

exist?" or "Does God listen to me?" etc.

 

Though theoretically we can present 100 explanations like

cleansing of chakra, or bringing up of old bad Karma for destruction

etc. to explain the reasons behind the state of depression coming

from this cleansing...yet on practical levels it is very very

difficult to cope up with the pressure specially for them who have no

guru or whose guru is not with them physically.

 

When we start our meditation, we always develop a sort of

relationship with God (though it may be one-sided love)....we start

thinking ourselves special in the eyes of God who will rush to our

rescue in the hour of need....and when we do not see thus, our very

basis of Shradhaa in God is in doldrums. We tend to forget that we

are expecting God to do something as per our logics and our beliefs

(and not as HIS logics and truths). Like each one of us have our

personal emotions, we have our personal logics too and being logical

is as much a weakness as being emotional.

 

We tend to forget God does not run the universe as per our logics

and He is not fighting our war of ego in this world. He is not

present to fight for us or take our revenges. In Mahabharata Krishan

chose not to use any arm, but chose to drive the chariot of

Arjuna....which symbolically tells us that God only guides us but do

not fight for us. This illogical duty of God to fight for us, which

we foolishly impose on him, is the root cause of our frustration when

we do not get desired results from Sadhna.

 

Now leaving aside, the theoretical reasons, what should one do

when one is stuck up in such a turmoil ? We may understand after the

storm is over, the very purpose behind it...but what to do when the

storm is blowing. The most common reaction is either blaming god or

others for our plight or leave sadhna altogether...but it is

certainly not the right thing. Then how to cope up with the

pressure ?

 

What your experience says in this regard ??

 

Hari Aum

 

PS: Crazy ? Most of us think, that a Sadhaka ought to be a perfect

man in society...but in fact he is the most unsuited person for the

day to day work....perhaps he is the only sane one among the crowd of

crazies..but is being called a crazy himself. nahin?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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