Meditation for an Invincible Spirit: In the face of any great change, we confront three destructive impulses: to be alone and withdrawn, to deny or fantasize about the future that’s coming, and to live with greed or scarcity instead of prosperity. This mantra counters these three tendencies and instills the mind with courage and caliber. Focus on the movement of the tongue and the sensation of the sound as it creates a time and space.
Before you begin your practice, tune-in by chanting the mantra Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
How to chant the mantra Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo
Sit in Easy Pose with your spine straight. Press your palms together in Prayer Pose at the center of the chest, sides of the thumbs pressed against the sternum. With your eyes closed, focus your concentration at the Third Eye Point located between the eyebrows at the root of the nose, about a half inch under the skin. Inhale deeply and as you exhale chant Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo, on one breath. The sound Dev is chanted a minor third higher than the other sounds. If you cannot chant it all on one breath, take a short breath after Ong Namo. Repeat the mantra three times. The meaning of Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo is: I call on the creative infinite consciousness of the universe. I call on the divine wisdom within me.
Part One: Chant with Music
Posture: Sit in Easy Pose with a straight spine and apply Neck Lock.
Mudra: The left hand is in Gyan Mudra resting on the knee with the arm straight.
Raise the right hand to about 12 inches in front of the chest, holding the mantra sheet and concentrating on the written words as you chant. If you don’t have a mantra sheet, angle your hand as if you were reading a sheet of paper, with the palm open and the wrist straight. Ideally, write or print the mantra on a sheet of paper and read the mantra as you chant.
Eyes: Look down the nose to see the mantra sheet or the palm. Focus the eyes, pay attention, and don’t drift. If you do not have the page to read from, use the palm, but continue to focus.
Mantra: Choose a recording of the mantra and chant along with the music. Become a symphony.
Sat Siri Siri Akal: Truth, Projective Prosperity, Greatness, Great Undying One Who Knows No Death
Siri Akal Maha Akal: Great Undying One Who Knows No Death, Infinite Who is Deathless
Maha Akal Sat Nam: Infinite Who is Deathless, Truth as Identity, Identity of All That Is
Akal Murat Wahe Guru: Embodied Form, Image of the Infinite, Ecstatic Totality of God and Existence
Note the subtle difference in the meaning of the words “Siri” and “Maha.” “Great (Siri)” still has a touch of finiteness; “Infinite (Maha)” has no finiteness or form.
Time
Continue for 27 minutes.
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