Mahakatha's Meditation Mantras

I used to have this dream of traveling to Germany. I

just learned the German language, and I used to dream of the day when

I would be in Germany visiting all the places that I had in

my textbooks and holding wonderful conversations with

native speakers. And then once when I had the chance

to go to Germany, I came back with a lot of

pictures as you can imagine. Probably a 1,000 or so for just

a 3 week trip. And now

it's been 12 years to that trip. When I

look back at the pictures, how much of it do I

really remember, and what are the parts that

I remember the most? Today I wanna talk to you about

memories, making memories, and our innate

fear of losing our memories. And of

course, I have a beautiful mantra to bring to you today. So

let's dive in. And welcome to yet

another episode of the Mahakatha meditation mantras

podcast. I'm your host, Preeti. And I

was talking to you about that one trip to Germany that

I came back from with a 1,000 pictures.

But here's the thing, I don't have those 1,000

pictures anymore. Like I said, it's been 12 years and

we've moved houses a couple of times and we've

all had new laptops and new systems and everything.

Somewhere in the middle of that, my 1,000

photographs from Germany may have just been

lost. And still you can ask me a

1,000 questions about my trip to Germany that happened

12 years ago, and I will remember those

things and tell you. I can remember the smell of

freshly baked, warm, crispy bread

at the hotel where I was living during that trip. I

can tell you anecdotes of kind strangers who I

met on the bus or at the bus stop who helped

me move around the city. I can tell you the magical

tales I experienced in the city of Berlin where

I was almost lost for a little bit,

and I can describe them

detailed enough that you feel like you are a part of those

memories yourself. That wonderful

episode from my life that happened 12 years ago, I

still know like the back of my hand.

I did not write journals. I do not have a lot of

souvenirs from there. I do have a few. Most of them that I brought

are all given away at this point. But

still, everything beautiful and

magical about that dream trip that I had

is still alive in my memory.

And it makes me grateful. Grateful that even though

I clicked a lot of pictures standing in churches and steeples

and monuments and beautiful lanes,

I also took plenty of time to put my camera down

and actually be a part of that place.

Yes, I did click pictures of my wonderful breakfast

every morning and the view from my room,

but then I also put my camera down. I

snapped out of my making memories mode

and I dove right into that fresh loaf of bread,

the smile on the server's face,

and the vivid colors that I could see from the window.

Because that was the birthplace of my

memories. My experiences were

the birthplace of my memories. The pictures, the videos,

the journal entries, the poems.

Sure. All of them are wonderful ways,

wonderful pathways to connect to the past,

but they're not where the memories are. The

memories are in that part of your brain that

can relive those beautiful moments as if

it were happening now or as if it just happened yesterday.

I take this as one of the greatest lessons I've

learned from my dream trip to Germany. And

I shared this with you today because I want you to keep this in mind.

The next time you are doing something wonderful,

you are having a wonderful experience, you are having a dream

fulfilled, I want you to remember this.

Wherever you are, whatever moment you're trying to

capture, remember to be

there first. Remember to take in as

much as you can, to breathe as deeply as you

can, to observe as much as you can without

any agenda in your mind, without

that camera in front of your eye. Because

those are the parts that you're going to remember for a

very, very long time. I hope this

way of thinking about it helps you ease off

some of the fear that we all have about losing our

memories, about forgetting the things that we

most love about life right now. That is a deep

fear that is rooted within all of us. And

in my experience, the best way

to beat that fear is to be more present

wherever you are. Speaking of

memories and speaking of being present, the

mantra I bring you today is the Sri Saraswati

mantra. In the Hindu culture, Saraswati

is seen as the embodiment of

wisdom and knowledge and every aspect

of the mind. And memory is one of the most important

functions of the mind and one of Maa Saraswati's greatest

blessings. The Shree Saraswati mantra is a

very simple mantra even if you would like to learn to chant

along with it or you can also meditate to this mantra.

When you do sit down with this mantra, sit down with a heart

of gratitude and give thanks to

the wonderful things that you remember about your

life and even more for the wonderful

things that are no longer active in your memory.

Give gratitude for the things that you remember and the things that you

don't. Because when you do, you

are healing yourself of that fear of losing

your memories. You are healing yourself of that fear

of missing out and you are bound to experience more

happiness, more joy, more eagerness, more

satisfaction in every single experience

that comes into your life. If you would like to

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30% discount. And also recommend this

to friends and loved ones who you know are

either worried about their memory or have

people in their family who are experiencing memory loss.

Tell them about the mantra, the intention of the mantra

and help them experience this new perspective and

this new relief. With that, my dear

listener, we bring this episode to a close.

Thank you so much for tuning in today. And I'm sure I'm leaving

you somewhere down memory lane. I'm sure you're remembering

some specific event or person in your life right now.

And that is exactly where I want to leave you. So even after this

episode is over, allow yourself a few minutes

to continue walking down memory lane and feel

this pleasantness that you're experiencing right now.

I will be back next week with a brand new episode and a mantra.

Until then, keep listening and stay blessed.