Guest guest Posted November 24, 2008 Report Share Posted November 24, 2008 Dear Narsimhaji, I would like to know about Gayatri Mantra in your words. I had very good experiences in my young age when I was doing Gayatri Japam. The very important result of this Mantra was, I was able to know certain events well in advance that time. I had told one of my friends that he will be transferred in next month to so and so place and he was transferred. This is just one example. I was able to predict very correctly. Peace in my life with good growth of income I experienced. Much has been said for Gayatri Mantra but I have not read anything about this Mantra in this Forum hence this mail posted. One great saint had said in his lectures that everybody should recite at least 11 Malas (108 x 11) along with his routine worship Your write up and experiences if any will inspire us all. Dr. Ashwin Rawal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Namaste, Gayatri mantra is essentially a mantra for self-realization. It can awaken Kundalini and make Kundalini reach higher chakras. It can even put one in samadhi. It is too powerful a mantra. Veda mantras in general are powerful and Savitri Gayatri mantra is one of the most potent ones. However, pronunciation and intonation have to be perfect when meditating with a veda mantra. Very very very few people today are capable of pronouncing Veda mantras perfectly while maintaining a calm and detached mind at the same time. Thus, very few people actually *experience* Veda mantras. One may definitely get things like what you described. One may get income growth, intelligence, good predictions, good health etc. But those are not the real purpose of this mantra. * * * I will mention an allegory. If one has a small aeroplane, one can use it to drive around on a hillside country road and enjoy beautiful scenery of hills, valleys, villages, trees, green pastures, fields and lakes. But then, the true purpose of the aeroplane is to get away from all those things, soar high and fly in the sky. One not knowing it may only drive around on roads, enjoy the scenery and may even feel proud of what he is able to do with his aeroplane. One knowing what the aeroplane is really for may still be unable to fly because he does not know how to fly. * * * I will speak in terms of a metaphor. This life is a drama. We are actors in the drama. I am not suggesting that you should mess up your role in the drama. Do continue to play your role in the drama. But do so with a full understanding that this is just a drama, that it will end one day and that you may get a new role in a new drama. An actor who is supposed to do great deeds in a drama can do them without thinking foolishly that he is great because he is doing those great deeds. An actor who is praised by all in a drama can be praised by everybody without taking it personally and feeling great about it. An actor who is supposed to be faulted and hated by everybody in the drama can get faulted and hated by everyone without taking it personally and feeling bad about it. Whether something good or bad happens, it is just happening to a character in the drama. One should be able to detach oneself from the character one is playing and go through with the role without attaching oneself to the experiences - good or bad - of that character. A full understanding of this fact of life and imbibing that understanding fully in one's attitude, thoughts and actions is what one needs to progress spiritually. The rest - like being able to make your role in the drama do what you like and being able to make your role in the drama avoid things you do not like - are irrelevant. Any things that are only making you get caught further in the drama without realizing its fakeness are not helping you, but getting you entangled further. The true purpose of spiritual sadhana is to make you realize the fakeness of the drama and make you play your role in the drama without getting affected by it or getting carried away. The true purpose of Gayatri mantra is to unentangle one and make one fully realize this fact of life. As I said, it is the mantra of realizing the Self. Its true purpose is not to make this thing or that thing happen in the *drama* of life, but to make one *realize* that life is a drama and to give one the ability to *play* one's role in the drama without being *affected* by it. * * * Personally, Gayatri mantra is what brought most of the experiences, understanding and clarity that I could get in my spiritual life. It has been the vehicle of my spiritual evolution. I am grateful to that mantra, to Mother Savitri, Mother Gayatri and Maharshi Viswamitra. * * * I am never a believer in counts. I have seen a lot of evidence of how count requirements spoil the way people do mantras and render them totally ineffective. Doing a mantra for 5 malas with better pronunciation, focus and peace/calmness of mind is far better than doing a mantra for 11 malas with faster and inaccurate pronunciation, less focus and an agitated mind. We see so many people doing powerful mantras for lakhs of times without experiencing much. I have also seen people experiencing great things very quickly with some mantras, without meeting any significant count requirements. Surrender to your ishta devata, think of the mantra (Gayatri or whatever you do) as just a small tool to purify yourself and to remove traces of ego from your thoughts and actions and offer the mantra to your ishta devata. Best regards,NarasimhaDo a Short Homam Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/homamDo Pitri Tarpanas Yourself: http://www.VedicAstrologer.org/tarpanaSpirituality: Free Jyotish lessons (MP3): http://vedicastro.home.comcast.netFree Jyotish software (Windows): http://www.VedicAstrologer.orgSri Jagannath Centre (SJC) website: http://www.SriJagannath.org - ashwinrawal Monday, November 24, 2008 10:30 AM Gayatri Mantra Dear Narsimhaji, I would like to know about Gayatri Mantra in your words. I had very good experiences in my young age when I was doing Gayatri Japam. The very important result of this Mantra was, I was able to know certain events well in advance that time. I had told one of my friends that he will be transferred in next month to so and so place and he was transferred. This is just one example. I was able to predict very correctly. Peace in my life with good growth of income I experienced. Much has been said for Gayatri Mantra but I have not read anything about this Mantra in this Forum hence this mail posted. One great saint had said in his lectures that everybody should recite at least 11 Malas (108 x 11) along with his routine worship Your write up and experiences if any will inspire us all. Dr. Ashwin Rawal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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