Mahakatha's Meditation Mantras

You. Hi. I want you to

try something with me right now. I want you to clench

your jaw tightly, and

as you do, I want you to think of two

things that make you extremely happy.

Think of those two things and try

to bring that sense of happiness us as you

keep your jaw clenched.

What's happening now? If you're doing it right,

something weird is happening. Let's talk about

that. Namaste and welcome to another

episode of Mahakatha's Meditation Mantras. I'm your

host, Preeti, and today I asked you to do something very

unusual. At the beginning of the episode, I asked you

to clench your jaw and try to feel

happy. That didn't work out so well, did

it? And there's a very good reason for that.

You see, when you clench your jaw, either

consciously or subconsciously, when you're angry or you're

stressed, even without being aware of it, when

you clench your jaw, which you have done

a number of times in your life until now,

your brain has learned to interpret it in a certain

way. Your brain will always

interpret it as something is not

right, it does not feel safe,

and there might be a threat somewhere.

Now, when I say threat, it doesn't necessarily mean

a physical, literal threat. It means a

threat that could destroy your peace of mind or hurt you

emotionally. So this is how your brain perceives

things like having a clenched jaw, having

your fists balled up, or breathing in a

very rushed and shallow manner.

And because your brain has associated it

in such a way, it is difficult for you to

think happy thoughts or do things that are

creative, productive, or wise.

That is why it is so important to practice

emotional and physical relaxation.

By doing this, we are trying to let go of those

old emotional and physical habits

and gestures and thought patterns and

trying to keep our minds and bodies as

receptive, as open, as moldable

and flexible as possible. Because it is only

in this state that we can make the best

of our choices. You will make better

choices for yourself when you are breathing deeply

and normally rather than when you are breathing heavy and

rushed. You will make better choices for yourself

when your muscles are relaxed and any

tension, any pain throughout your body has been

relieved. You will make better choices for yourself

when you feel comfortable in your own

body and nothing about it distracts

you. So you know all those extremely

simple and basic exercises that are given to us at the

beginning of a workout or a yoga class where we have to

rotate the wrists and rotate the neck and

circle our shoulders? We may

mindlessly pass through these exercises,

but their purpose is extremely important.

They are helping your body unlearn the

rigid, old stress based body language

and learn flexibility and

ease and balance and clarity as

you go forward. And besides these

physical acts of release. Try and think of

meditation as one of these acts too.

Try and think of meditation as something you do

to forget the old and rigid thoughts

and beliefs, a way to be

flexible and open to new ways of

thinking and experiencing and learning.

This is the simplest explanation

of what meditation is. So if you've been

overwhelmed by the practice of meditation, if you've

been feeling that it asks too much, if it feels like too much of a

task, then try this approach to meditation

just as easily as you do

those basic rotations and flexes at the

beginning of any exercise. Do your five to

ten to 15 minutes of meditation at the beginning of your

day. It's not important to do it perfectly.

That's never the goal. The goal is

always to get into that practice and

your conscious and subconscious mind will

do the job. And if you still need an

anchor for your meditation, if you still need

something to keep you from getting distracted or

feeling bored initially, you can always use

mantras to aid your meditation practice. A lot of

our listeners have found this to be a very

useful tool to help them extend

their meditation practice or experience it on a deeper

level. A lot of people who don't meditate have

found these mantras to be meditative as

well. And if you want to give this a try, the best

mantra I can suggest for you is the Shiva

Dhyana Mantra. The Shiva Dhyana

Mantras is an ancient Sanskrit chant that is

dedicated to Lord Shiva, who is the

God of meditation, who we all seek to

be like when it comes to meditation. His

focus, his sincerity, his profound

commitment to meditate is an

example for all his devotees. So the Shiva

Dihana Mantra is a chant that allows

you to channel your inner

Shiva and open yourself up to all

the experiences that lie ahead of you throughout the

day. That is the essence of this

mantras. Now, people have used this

mantra in different ways and benefited from it in different

ways. Just to give you a few examples, I'm going

to read two comments from the YouTube thread of this

mantras. The first one reads tears

just started flowing and I have goosebumps minutes

after listening to this, I feel Lord Shiva,

thank you. Wonderful. As you can see,

this listener actually connected to the essence of this

mantras, which as I mentioned, is channeling your

inner Shiva. And the second one

reads, I do 50 minutes of meditation

by listening to this and automatically my past

memories came in my mind. I experienced my

mind body as relaxed and I

fell to Lord Shiva. Wonderful. Thank you so

much dear listener, for sharing your experience. And

it's amazing that you are committing 50 minutes of

your time every day. I presume to this

mantras now. Of course, not all of us can

start off by committing so much time to a

meditation practice. Or listening to or chanting Mantras. But

we can all start small, start somewhere.

And now that you know about the Shiva Dhyana Mantra,

if you are keen on starting this practice, on experimenting,

how it feels to use Mantras to initiate

your meditation practice, I have a special

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episode. Go ahead and avail this special

offer and give it a try. With an open, receptive

mind, you will connect to this Mantra in your own

unique way. So go ahead and give it a try.

Well, that's it for this episode. I hope you enjoyed this

episode. I hope you enjoyed a new understanding of

how simple meditation can be. How it can help you

be more productive, more creative, how it can help you

ease out your subconscious resistance.

I hope you think of this the next time you're feeling anxious

or stressed. Now, I'm going to be back with

a brand new episode soon. And until then,

keep chanting, keep listening, keep sharing the love

and stay blessed.