mantra

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Dear Carol

 

<<Thank you for your thoughtful remarks. It's good to have you back on our list

again. I have a book that teaches Sanskrit. Maybe in time I will go from

baby-speech to something a bit better! Happy days to you and all on our

list.>>

 

Welcome and thank you. I think that i have also a baby-speech. I have seen

guys chanting mantras by following the "metrics" or intonation of them in a

perfect sound.

 

I have seen guys as well that chant a mantra for many years but after a while

they give up due to their distractions, offenses or inner intentions. In a way

we are all learning and problems do not matter because the same mantra will give

the corrections in time according to our intentions and sincerity.

 

I heard the story of a boy that his guru gave him a mantra. By chanting that

mantra, the mantra itself took the boy to different stages of realization to

meet different people chanting that mantra.

 

In the beginning the boy thought that any person feeding people for free was

very advanced spiritually, so the mantra took the boy to a rich person giving

food to the poor. But this person said that if that was his realization then

he should go to visit a great king that with his wealth was feeding more people

than him. The mantra then took the boy to see that king whom in time sent him

to see Indra (the celestial king) and so forth until the boy reached the last

stages of liberation.

 

In this way the mantra showed to the boy the stages which he needed to experience.

 

I was thinking that even if an astrologer is perfect on stage 10. That

astrologer cannot take a person from level 5 to 10, because that person has to

learn stages 6,7,8,9 until is ready for level 10. Otherwise, accidents may

happen and the person may "fall" back.

 

Ther astrologer has to see the intentions and capability of a person and advise accordingly.

 

In 1974 we heard the prediction or trend of a 3rd world war. When the predictor

or person that heard that prediction was asked, when that conflict would come?

He said, SOON. For the next 2-3 years i was flooded with people asking where i

should go to live to escape the bombs? My answer was according to their

intentions but in general i said that only God knew.

 

To those that want to serve God, God is like a general that send us to the front

line to fight for Him. In this case we should not be afraid to be sent even to

hell to preach in His Holy name.

 

To others that have not reach that fearless stage, i heard that to live in the

country is the solution. Live in a farm that is at least 30 miles from a

nearby city. Live simple and high think is the motto.

 

We do not need to be an astrologer to see that this petrol civilization is

coming to an end. This civilization has been giving a direction of madness.

 

Some people drive 1 or 2 hours a day to go to work. The source of petrol

usually pollutes the near environment with spills or accidents, The same we

can say when that petrol is transported. Sea accidents polluts or kill the

environment. Nations make wars to other nations to grab that petrol, inciting

greed and anger, friction and wars.

 

Any way, the aim of this email is to give a method to chantt mantras.

 

The best was to chant mantras is by using 108 beads. The "rosary" can have

beads made out of wood or stone. Budhists, Christians, Hindus, Shivaists and

Vaisnavas have a "rosary" of 108 beads to chant their mantras.

 

Each bead is a mantra or each mantra is chanted either mentally, wishpering or

loudly (please have a concern on your neighbours) while touching the bead with

the point of your thumb and the point of your middle finger.

 

If you do not have that then you can chant the mantra with your fingers.

 

Look at your right hand and see that the little finger (for Mercury) is on your

left. Next you have the 2nd finger (for the Sun), next is the 3rd or middle

finger (for Saturn), and next is the 4th (for Jupiter).

 

You can see that each finger has 3 divisions. When chanting a mantra, put the

point of your thumb on the middle space of the sun finger, next you touch with

the point of your thumb, the middle space of the saturn finger, next you touch

the base espace of the Saturn's finger, next go to the base espace of the sun's

finger, next is the base of the mercury's finger, then on the same finger go to

the middle espace and then to the top espace, next go to the top espace of the

sun's finger, then the top of saturn's, top of jupiter's and on the same finger

go down to the middle and end on the base of the Jupiter's finger.

 

In all you have 12 espaces. Once you finish chanting one hand you can count one

by sticking one of your fingers of the left hand out. Then 2 fingers up to 5.

After this you start again 6 with one finger again until you reach 9 fingers.

 

So, you have 9x12= 108 mantras.

 

I hope this is a good guide otherwise i will try to explain again.

 

Best wishes

natabara