Mahakatha's Meditation Mantras

We hear a lot that we shouldn't compare

someone who is on chapter ten of their lives

to the chapter one of our lives.

But I'm here to ask you if there

really is such a book at

all. This idea of success and

progress is what I'm here to talk with you about today.

And of course I'll be introducing a beautiful mantra

as well in the course of this episode. So hello and

welcome to yet another episode of the Mahakatha

Meditation Mantras podcast. I'm your host, Preeti,

and today we're talking about this

larger than life idea of success.

Now, I know that people mean well when they

say that you shouldn't compare somebody else's chapter ten

with your chapter one. What they mean to say is don't compare someone

who has reached a certain level of success

with where you are in comparison to that

level of success. Don't compare. But see,

that's the problem. As soon as you assign a value

and you say, oh, don't worry if you're not on chapter ten, you'll

get there. As soon as you say that you are

already establishing the grounds to feel

inadequate, to feel that you are not there yet, that you are not

successful, that you are only on

the way towards something. But the truth is, we're not always

just on the way towards something, on the way towards

success, on the way towards achieving something.

We are also present where

we are right now. Do you hear this? You're not

always on the way to somewhere, but you're

also present somewhere. At all times

in this phase of your life which may not be perfect,

you may have a lot of unfinished dreams and

ideas. You may be struggling in a couple of

aspects of your life. You may be on the

path towards realizing your dreams.

However, if you stop for a second and look

around, wherever you are in this phase of your life,

you will notice signs of

progress, signs of change,

signs of growth that have already taken place

and are still taking place right where you

are. Sure, you may have money problems or you

may have relationship issues, but right where you

are, you are constantly creating new

thoughts and new ideas to improve yourself.

You are constantly thinking,

creating with your thought. You are constantly

watering the fields of your mind and trying to

cultivate more discipline, more

wisdom, more confidence right

where you are. And perhaps even though other things

are failing at the moment, or not proceeding as you wish for them

to, your health, your body is supporting you, the

roof over your head is staying stable with

you, and the next meal always finds

itself in front of you just when you are

hungry. Those are all things to

be grateful for right where you are.

Those are things to realize and enjoy and

reap and relish right where you are.

It is important for you to see the success

that is taking place that is being achieved

even as you are here in this imperfect

place. I know this is probably

asking a lot, but if you can open your eyes to

these tiny but grand instances of

success taking place in the current

moment, whether it is the fact that you

are moderately healthy, whether it is the fact that

you have time for the people you love or you have

people who love you in your life, or the fact that there is a new

flower in your garden or the fact that you

have perfect vision or the ability

to think new ideas. Whether it is

any or all of these and more.

If you are able to see and

recognize and appreciate this

evidence of success, then you will stop

worrying about the so called chapter that you are

supposed to be on. If you start doing this, then the

distance between where you are right now and where you

want to be will stop bringing you down

so much because you realize that you are more

than just on the way to something. You are

here, aren't you? You are here and

there is success in you being here.

That is one of the most brilliant

transformative truths that you can realize about

yourself. And in order to help

you arrive at this realization and to

help you remove all the unwanted burden and

stress of getting somewhere in your

life, the best mantra I can think of

recommending for you is the Om

Puranamadha Mantras. This

chant captures the essence of today's

episode's message and it is a

wonderfully divine reminder that wherever

you are and however you are, there

is wholeness, there is success and

there is a perfection to it. So the next time

you feel overwhelmed about your goals or your

dreams and how far you really need to go to get

there and how things are feeling a little stuck where you

are, try listening to this

mantra. Try listening to the Om Purnamadaha Mantra

with the intention to remind yourself of

the success and the growth that is happening

at this moment in your life. This is one

of the chants I learned from my yoga teacher at my

yoga class years ago and it makes me

really happy that a lot of people across the

world have seen the value of the message of this

mantra and that this mantra still calms them when

they listen to it at moments when they're stressed. I'm

just going to read you two of the most beautiful comments that this

mantra has received on YouTube. One of them

says "I meditated using this mantra today. Felt

so light and yet uplifted felt the shift

from fear to faith". That is wonderfully

put feeling the shift from fear to

faith is something that you can expect when

you surrender to the Om Purnamadha Mantras.

Another comment says "I could see this

universe myself being in it when

I listen to this mantra". This is actually what makes

the Om Purnamadha Mantra perfect for

visualizations or yoga-nidras or deep relaxations.

Because the message of this mantra

is of expansion, is of

contentment, and it naturally allows

you to detach from your worries and pressures.

So I really hope that you give this mantra a try.

And as a listener of this podcast, you

can avail this mantra at the usual 30% discount

by using the discount code that you will find in the description of

this episode. Go ahead and try this mantra

and leave comments with your own experience

of meditating with this mantra. I would love to read

more about the effect of this mantra on the mind.

With that, I say thank you so much for tuning in

today. I hope you enjoyed today's episode and I hope

you will be kinder to yourself in everything

you do. Until the next episode, this is

Preeti, your host signing off and

saying Stay blessed.