Why do we have to suffer?
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Whatever you focus on starts focusing back on you. That’s just how the universe works...
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Transcendental Meditation
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Transcendental Meditation and chanting works... I practiced that way for three years. From my experience, it really helps you feel more fulfilled, calmer, and focused.
Using these specific mantras might help you connect with certain deities who could—but don't necessarily have to—grant you an experience.
What I'll say is that if you're aiming for total liberation or complete oneness with a single entity, chanting isn't going to get you there. It’s just one technique to quiet the brain, but it doesn't provide a direct experience. People who just sit there repeating "ding-ding-ding" are only working on expanding their consciousness to a certain level. But then you have to ask: what happens when you finally hit that moment of silence? What comes next? That’s where chanting falls short. You just "ding" away for an hour or two... and then what? Where do you direct your attention after that? The problem is people meditate on a mantra while being totally unconscious, and then for the other 23 hours of the day, they're back to being unconscious again. Where is the awareness during the day? Where is the mindfulness during those other 23 hours???
Nobody can hand you enlightenment; you have to find it yourself. People need to start exactly where they are right now. They should be looking for a direct experience or a direct connection with the rest of themselves. We just need to Be!
If you want to identify as just a human who needs to "evolve" or something like that, then that’s exactly what you will BE.
You have to seek it constantly, 24 hours a day. Where are you NOW? There shouldn't just be a "meditation time" in the evening! Where are you NOW? Yoga is about NOW, not just when you're meditating!
When will people actually start living their divine fullness? Instead of asking some deities to give them something. We already ARE those deities. We are everything already. And where is our planet in all this? Where are the Moon and the Sun? What are some random deities compared to that? We just need to connect with ourselves, with the rest of our being, which is everything around us. We are already everywhere in the universe. There is no need to go anywhere!
Using these specific mantras might help you connect with certain deities who could—but don't necessarily have to—grant you an experience.
What I'll say is that if you're aiming for total liberation or complete oneness with a single entity, chanting isn't going to get you there. It’s just one technique to quiet the brain, but it doesn't provide a direct experience. People who just sit there repeating "ding-ding-ding" are only working on expanding their consciousness to a certain level. But then you have to ask: what happens when you finally hit that moment of silence? What comes next? That’s where chanting falls short. You just "ding" away for an hour or two... and then what? Where do you direct your attention after that? The problem is people meditate on a mantra while being totally unconscious, and then for the other 23 hours of the day, they're back to being unconscious again. Where is the awareness during the day? Where is the mindfulness during those other 23 hours???
Nobody can hand you enlightenment; you have to find it yourself. People need to start exactly where they are right now. They should be looking for a direct experience or a direct connection with the rest of themselves. We just need to Be!
If you want to identify as just a human who needs to "evolve" or something like that, then that’s exactly what you will BE.
You have to seek it constantly, 24 hours a day. Where are you NOW? There shouldn't just be a "meditation time" in the evening! Where are you NOW? Yoga is about NOW, not just when you're meditating!
When will people actually start living their divine fullness? Instead of asking some deities to give them something. We already ARE those deities. We are everything already. And where is our planet in all this? Where are the Moon and the Sun? What are some random deities compared to that? We just need to connect with ourselves, with the rest of our being, which is everything around us. We are already everywhere in the universe. There is no need to go anywhere!