Mantra

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Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha

 

This is the mantra which I have chosen to live with, or is it that the

mantra has chosen me? I can't tell which.

 

After living with it for many years I have come to wonder about our

relationship. When I allow it to be important, I say it carefully and

it seems to change me. When I am being neglectful or egotistical or

depressed, I forget it altogether and feel abandoned, though I am the

one who has abandoned.

 

I did not receive the mantra by Diksha from a Guru, does that make a difference?

 

I have come to forget whether the mantra is about Ganesh or the

formless Atman, or the Ganas or the Guru. I can't tell anymore. It

becomes formless and form at the same time.

 

What would I be like if I truly allowed myself to live in and with and

through this mantra? How could I survive without it at all?

 

Sometimes I like to say it slowly in my mind, letting the sounds and

vibrations roll through my soul. At other times it rushes by with no

concentration or focus at all.

 

What does Lord Ganesh wish of me? How can i ever know?

 

What are your experiences?

 

Henry

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Some day we will

all be one, JamesHenry Beck <henrywb > wrote:

Om Gam Ganapataye NamahaThis is the mantra which I have chosen to live with, or

is it that themantra has chosen me? I can't tell which.After living with it

for many years I have come to wonder about ourrelationship. When I allow it to

be important, I say it carefully andit seems to change me. When I am being

neglectful or egotistical ordepressed, I forget it altogether and feel

abandoned, though I am theone who has abandoned.I did not receive the mantra by

Diksha from a Guru, does that make a difference?I have come to forget whether

the mantra is about Ganesh or theformless Atman, or the Ganas or the Guru. I

can't tell anymore. Itbecomes formless and form at the same time.What would I

be like if I truly allowed myself to live in and with andthrough this mantra?

How could I

survive without it at all?Sometimes I like to say it slowly in my mind, letting

the sounds andvibrations roll through my soul. At other times it rushes by

with noconcentration or focus at all.What does Lord Ganesh wish of me? How can

i ever know?What are your experiences?Henryhttp://www.geocities.com/aumganesh/

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