"Meditation Mantras Podcast - Ancient Chants from India by Mahakatha" by Mahakatha is an immersive and enlightening journey through the ancient chants of India. The podcast delves into the rich history and origin story of these powerful mantras, which have been used for centuries to promote sound healing and personal transformation.
Each episode features a different mantra, such as Shiva mantras, Buddha mantras, Krishna mantras, and devi mantras, with an in-depth exploration of the lyrics and meaning behind each one.
The host, Mahakatha, is an expert in the field, and provides valuable insights and guidance on how to incorporate these mantras into your own meditation practice.
Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or new to the world of meditation and mantras, this podcast offers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration to deepen your understanding. Additionally, it will enhance your spiritual journey. Discover the ancient wisdom and transformative power of these sacred chants from India through the "Meditation Mantras Podcast" by Mahakatha.
You. There's a lot of talk about healing these
days. You must have heard the phrase healing
yourself. But I know from my own experience,
and probably you do as well, that we are not equipped
to heal every wound we carry.
Sometimes we need help. But here's the
thing. Even if you cannot heal something,
you can always soothe it.
Namaste and welcome to yet another episode of
Mahakatha's Meditation Mantras. I'm your podcast
host, Preeti, and today we're speaking about
healing and soothing. If you
remember, whenever you got hurt as a kid, if you
had a fall or you scraped your knee, you always ran to
your parent or your guardian or your sibling, right? You always
ran to them, and you showed them, look, I'm hurt
as a little kid. What exactly did you want from
that? From showing your
wound or explaining how you fell and got hurt
or maybe even crying a little bit? And in
return, what did that elder
person or that sibling do for
you? That you stopped crying and the pain
became a little bearable and you were consoled.
You didn't expect them to heal you,
right? And neither could they heal you.
Oftentimes, all they could do is blow a kiss over
where you've been bruised or wounded, say a few
kind things to you, cheer you up, wipe your
tears, and then offer you something else to pay
attention to. This entire offering
that that person gave you when you went to them wounded
is what is called soothing. They didn't
heal you. They soothed you. And for
that moment when the pain was
excruciating or when the shock was too
much, and when you were emotionally shaken
by that fall or that wound, this
soothing is the first and the
most basic thing you needed.
You needed to be calmed and
soothed before you could be healed.
And then, of course, you got your wound checked, and
you eventually got better. But the next time you are
wounded or the next time a friend of yours is wounded,
you will remember the soothing that was given
to you. Now, as we grow older, we
don't run to our elders or our siblings or
our friends with our wounds. And we don't openly
show it to them or explain to them how we got the
wound. Nor do we openly cry.
But the good news is, through our
life experience, through our
childhood and adulthood until
now, we have gathered a lot of memories
of words and actions that were
soothing to us, that someone did for us.
And we can use that same kindness,
those same words, and that
same gesture of love and patience to
soothe ourselves. Even if we are alone,
or even if we feel alone, we can still
soothe ourselves. In my
opinion, that is one of the most important things
for us to learn in today's day and age
how to self soothe. Now, each
one of us finds different things soothing right.
For some of us, it's reading. For some of us, it's listening to
music or being alone or spending time in
nature. But whatever that
action may be that calms you down, you also need to
talk to yourself and tell yourself those words
of kindness that you remember from your
childhood. What were those things?
You need to tell yourself that everything
is going to be okay.
I know this hurts. I know this is
painful, and I know you didn't
mean for it to feel this way. But it's all
right. It's going to pass.
And if you can be brave for just a little longer,
like you always have been, everything is going to
be okay. You will be back on your
feet in no time to say
it in the ancient language of Sanskrit,
Etadapi Gamishyati, which
means
this too shall pass. Remember this
chant the next time you feel the need to be
soothed. Another wonderful way of self
soothing is to simply sit back and listen
to a mantra and pay attention to
the sounds. And one of the best mantras you can
listen to for this purpose is the Buddhist mantras
Tayata Om. This is a perfect
example of how a mantra can calm and soothe
the soul, even in times when
it feels like everything's going wrong
or when the soul is going through tremendous
suffering. This is a mantra that has helped several
of our listeners through some of their darkest days.
And just to give you an example, I'm going to read two
comments from the YouTube thread for this mantras.
The first one says this is the most
healing, relaxing, nurturing and
loving thing I have ever heard. It calms
my anxiety and soothes my pain. It's like
being held in the protective arms of a strong and
caring being. I can't explain it really. I
just know that this is right for me. Thank you so
much, dear listener, for sharing how powerfully
connected you feel to this mantra. This is wonderful.
The second one says, this is actually
great. Tears were rolling from my eyes while relieving
me from all the pain of the past. Never has
anything worked so good in my healing journey.
This is a great beginning for me. Thank you so much
for such amazing content. Lots of love
and light to this listener, wherever you are. May
your healing journey continue now. I hope these
comments have inspired you to practice some
relaxed listening of the theatao mantra
yourself. And if you plan on doing that,
I have a special 30% discount that I'm
offering on the THEATA Om Mantra, which you will be able
to avail by using the coupon code that is in the
description. Please go ahead and try to
practice self soothing as often as you can,
because you can only soothe others as well
as you can soothe yourself. That's it for today's
episode. I hope you enjoyed this topic. I'm going to be back
soon with a brand new episode and topic that we all
live through and care about. Until then, keep
listening, keep chanting and stay
blessed.