Thursday, January 25, 2018

Reasons to chant to Sri Lord Ganesha.


Chanting or singing is one of the fundamental practices of yoga; it is a divine act and is one of the surest and easiest ways of yoga, which is to bring us to union.  What do we want to unite with; the whole of creation, the whole being, the whole spirit and the whole cosmos.  We want to unite the internal with the external and the external with the internal. 
Chanting is recommended for the holistic development of the individual, it can activate the right side of the brain – your creative side.  It can uplift and focus the mind an important act in today’s busy world to bring us back to clarity.  By chanting there is a part of our body that is being energized as well as our mind. 
When we chant in Sanskrit it is coming from within, it is activating and clearing your inner psychic energy centers known as chakras, each word activating a different chakra and awakening inner knowledge.

We chant to the one with the elephant head – Lord Ganesha to remove the obstacles and to clear the path that will lead us to that union; to bring us strength and wisdom.  Chanting the name Ganesha will activate the root chakra the Muladhara, which will provide us with a firm foundation.  When the foundation is strong then we don’t need to worry about the future.  Ganesha is the universal consciousness and bestower of bliss.  We worship him as the Lord of auspicious beginnings.  And we don’t need to be Hindu to chant to Ganesha, we can observe the symbolism and bring that into our minds and hearts as we chant.  Do we want a smooth journey, do we want peace and bliss, and do we want the ultimate reality of truth that lies within?  Then chant chant chant. 
Om Ganeshaya Namaha, Om Ganeshaya Namaha, Om Ganeshaya Namaha.

Jaya Ganesha Jaya Ganesha Jaya Ganesha Pahimam
Sri Ganesha Sri Ganesha Sri Ganesha Rakshamam

Have beautiful days full of joy and the sacred sounds that uplift, support and energize.

Om Ganeshaya Namaha
Om Namah Sivaya

Mangala / Nicky.

Friday, January 19, 2018

Great and Fundamental reasons to chant AUM

Today the oceans are full of islands of rubbish, plastic is suffocating the earth, the biggest contributor to our environmental issues is meat, raising animals and all this entails and killing them for food is killing our planet.  Are you feeling this?  Are you aware of this?  The responsibility lies in the ‘I.’ When will I learn, when will I take responsibility?  Chant AUM for the benefit of the earth, the waters, the fires, the airs and the space, chant AUM for life.  As well as being practically vegan and banning plastic from my life as much as possible, reducing water and electricity usage – when I chant OM it is for the earth, for that earth that supports and nurtures me and it is up to me to take care of It, to take responsibility for her.  The universe is made of love and it is full of love, if you can only chant Om with integrity then you can feel that love, fill yourself with that love and enjoy that love.

The chanting of AUM can bring you the most powerful boon.  When times are wonderful, when times are in turmoil, when times are easy and when times are difficult – chant AUM to bring yourself invigoration, support, a confidence and a relief.  The afflictions of the mind will start to weaken and the thoughts will become constant and a flow of positivity enabling you to live peacefully and in contentment.  The mind will gradually become quiet and will strengthen to ananda – bliss; mental pain will decrease and the heart will open.  Physical nervousness, depression, irregular breathing and distractions will become less and less.  Chanting of this beautiful Om brings a healing vibration not only to you but also to the whole universe.  Raise your energy levels, calm the mind and chant Om the oldest known word to man.  Raise your mental potential and work towards your liberation when all becomes one and the Universal consciousness merges with the individual; this is the yoga. 
Here is what Swami Bhoomananda has to say –
“Chant this holy AUMkara generating a lasting and benedictory note to enrich and purify the whole universe.  Only the human individual can produce a sound like this.  It represents the entire articulation, which means the entire thought process.  The whole ideation, the whole figuration, the whole imagination and the whole wisdom.  Combine A U M and make OM.
It represents the wakefulness, which we create – you wake up to the world, the world does not wake you up.  In wakefulness you have extended perceptions and then these perceptions are withdrawn as you go into your deepest inner chamber, the inner hemisphere that is the deep sleep.  And if you slip into a dream here you find an extensive world parallel to the waking world.  Who is the creator – you; your mind is the creator. 
An interaction between the objects of the creation and the creator takes place.  It is in the same manor that the whole universe is taking place.  We are the subject and the entire world an object for us, and the whole of our life is an interaction between the subject – us, and the object – the world.
This happens in the dream, this is very clear to you, now can you apply the same to the waking state interactions.  You are the subject, never the object; and as the subject of all of the universe and the world you stand superior and sovereign.
Not to be afflicted, not to be subdued, not to be overpowered by the world.  When are you going to have this beautiful grandeur of your own self, the great great supramental splendor?
When is it going to dawn in you?  AUM is the way for it; whenever you have difficulties, troubles and turmoil’s if only you can chant OM.  It will invigorate you; will give you redemption and a relief, a confidence, a support, strength and a security.  The sound is the very spirit in your body – it is such a great thing!  It is such a beautiful sound.  It is for the wellbeing of the whole world and Universe.”

So no delays – let us chant om om om – you can chant it with me here –

Wishing you the beauty that is within the magnificent sound of AUM.
Mangala / Nicky