Showing posts with label mantra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mantra. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 January 2014

Buddha - the middle way

One of the teachings of Buddha is the "middle way!"
This essential understanding of life is to find perfection in the All that Is. By believing in your life and the perfection of the soul, the world and everything you become focussed on the Now and the essence of the moment. This focus on being grounded in the now is essential to finding the Middle Way.
Some talk of good, some of evil, however to find the place inbetween the worlds where all is perfect is to find the Middle Way. The whole point is find your own personal viewpoint, the place where you see your world from, a personal thing is perception. This way of looking at things is to appreciate the inherent perception of life beyond duality, beyond war, beyond prejudice, beyond....
This place of peace is found in Our hearts and minds naturally and will always be there will always be so. Once you have found your own personal way of seeing the world, once you have appreciated your own heart for life you can see beyond into the world of Nirvana. This is to find the Middle Way.

How we venture through life is from a personal perspective and the more we become centred in our hearts and the more life gives us joy the greater the light of our world.
Give and receive in abundance.
As we do unto others so shall life be for us.
"What goes around comes around!"
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
All these help us to understand the Universal Law of Karma!
Karmic ties to our family, to the past all affect our present and our future. There are chants to break negative Karma such as;

Om Vajrasattva Samaya
Manu Palaya
Vajrasattva Deno Pa Tita
Dido May Bhava
Suto Kayo May Bhava
Supo Kayo May Bhava
Anu Rakto May Bhava
Sarva Siddhi May Prayatsa
Sarva Karma Su Tsa May
Tsittam Shriyam Kuru Hum
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ho Bhagavan
Sarva Tathagata Vajra Ma May Mun Tsa
Vajra Bhava Maha Samaya Sattva Ah Hum Pey

This mantra taken from a book by Lillian Too called "Mantras and mudras" is related to the Buddha of Purification Vajrasattva. Keep this Buddha in mind when you chant for your karma to be purified.  the chant should be made 28 mantras.

There is a shortened version which you should chant 108 times;
Om Vajrasattva Hum


Sunday, 6 October 2013

Hatred is such a painful thing...

Hatred is such a painful thing
What sorrow it can bring
To hurt or harm in any way
Is to do wrong to yourself in the end
After all Karma is always there
It really is so beware
"What goes around, comes around!"
"What you do unto others will come back unto you!"
Karma is mysterious
What seems right to you will always be right
Try to know wrong from right
On the one hand is good and just
All we need for everything 
To understand this takes some time
In a child's life if ever they know unkind
If anyone their mind disway
From the natural brighter day
May all parents sit up bold
For this story to be told!
Be careful, kind and ever true
Be beautiful in all you do
Thanks be to you!

Be caring of those precious angels
That We are blessed with for their future to be bright
To have and hold is future told
Of hope for that special day
When a child doth come your way
How it seems is all in woman
That special being we call "Mother"
With her guardian and her guide
The "Father"dear at her side
With such a heart the child will reside
In love and peace all their born days
Living in a happy haze
Let there be Praise!

Blessings from a mother's heart!

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

The music of Life!

Many of us have acknowledged our Chakras within our light body. the rainbow sheath created by the Chakras we know as the Aura. This essential aspect of the being protects our essence and helps us to heal. The healing of colour therapy is one way to energise the Chakras and heal the being, however have you ever thought of sound? Sound therapy is widely used to heal from shamanic drum to mantra. Shamanic drumming can act like a healing tool to the heart of the being and help you to feel the beat of the Earth. By becoming close to the Earth we are able to find healing and grounding. Both of these attributes of shamanic drumming help guide a human back to health. Mantra is an ancient way of energising the being through sound. By chanting a mantra the chakras are cleared and given new light energy that helps heal the being. Light is energy, energy is light! The body,mind and spirit is full of light energy that we call the "light being". 

Another interesting thing is each of the Chakras have a particular note to them that can be sounded in song or by an instrument for specific healing. The range of notes are similar to the song in "Sound of Music", that is DOH, RAI, ME, FAR, SO, LA, TI.

DOH is the sound of the Base Chakra and emits a colourful RED energy in the being. When sung as a note the chakra is energised and energy will be emitted that emanates into the being. The stronger you sound the note the stronger the energy emitted. You can heal illness' associated with the Base chakra by sound therapy using the note DOH. It vibrates to the same energy as the Chakra and you will be able to feel this as you sound the note. Try it!!
RAY is the sound of the Sacral Chakra and emits the colour ORANGE when sounded in the being. After all we are LIGHT so as we sound a note our being emits energy and light is created! This wonderful essence to Life is a great quality to study for how to heal the being. As we sing our souls fly and the very essence of the different notes emits light energy to the Aura. The Aura heals us naturally through stimulating the natural healing of the body, mind or spirit. All healing is natural and will be helped to work against disease by energy stimulated through different healing methods either from outside sources such as herbs or crystals or through direct action of chanting mantras or banging drums!
ME is the note of the Solar Plexus Chakra and emanates the colour YELLOW when sounded in the being. This is a wonderful way to help increase the life-force. May the Force be with You! Light filling this Chakra will help to protect the Whole Being as the energy of the Solar Plexus is protective! This is a vital aspect of the energy of the Aura!
FAR is the note of the Heart Chakra and fills the being with the colour GREEN when sounded. The Heart is the centre of the being and the stronger the centre the stronger the whole being. Nature is a powerful sourrce of the colour green and if you wish to fill your mind with the colour then sit meditating in a natural setting.
SO is the note of the Throat Chakra and emanates the colour TURQUOISE blue. To communicate effectively this note will help as a mantra to give strength to the throat chakra.
The more strongly you are able to sound the mantra SO the stronger your chakra will become. UM and AH are funny mantras that often come out when people are trying to communicate. This is actually vital to the health of the throat chakra!
LA a common sound we sing for scales in music is the sound of the mantra for the THIRD Eye Chakra and is the colour INDIGO. It symbolises the mind and helps us with our psychic awareness. By singing the note we intone a vibration to help energise the chakra. Visions, dreams and meditation are all able to be made stronger through working with this note. Vibration from the note sounded will affect specifically the Third Eye and enable an increase to the energy of this Chakra.
The seventh and final note is TI which is linked to the Crown Chakra which is the colour PURPLE. This Chakra is linked to prayer and it is during chanting such as that done in a Buddhist monastery that this Chakra will be energised. Sound is essential to the world of a Buddhist monk, the monks live by chanting and have very powerful Crown Chakras as a result. Anyone who practicises chanting the note TI or any other of the notes here will find the benefits of this exercise to their Chakric energy levels.

Blessings be upon you and please find the time to practice a quick exercise of chanting each note in turn as you see fit. Beginning at the base and working through the Chakras in turn will give you a balanced Aura. May you have fun with this and remember the song from "Sound of Music" to sing all in turn;

Doh a deer a female deer,
Rai a drop of golden sun,
Me a name I call myself
Far a long long way to run
So a needle pulling thread
La a note to follow So
Ti a drink with jam and bread and that brings us back to DOH, RAI, ME, FA, SO,LA,TI,DOH

Blessed Be