"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.
Dear listener, and welcome yet again to another
episode of the Mahakatha meditation mantras
podcast. I'm your host, Preeti, and I know that we
usually begin with a scenario or a question
at the start of the episode. But today's scenario or
today's question might be a little scary
or a little too painful to hear out loud.
The thing I want to talk to you about today is something
that we all go through, that we all are afraid
of going through and yet it is such an
unavoidable, inevitable part of all our
lives. And that inseparable part of our
lives that we are all secretly so afraid
of - is grief. Too many of us
are grieving all around the world for too many
different reasons. Many of us are grieving for
people who left us, people we never really
got a chance to say goodbye to. Many of us are grieving
for who we couldn't become, for
the opportunities that we will perhaps never have again.
And I know that all of us are sometimes in
the quiet of the night trying to grieve
for things that we haven't lost yet. I know
that you often have these visuals in front of
you, these scenarios playing out in front of you,
either of your own passing or of the passing of
someone you deeply, deeply Love. You are
so afraid to lose them.
You are so horrified of the shock and the pain
that you might have to endure, that your mind and your
body are trying to prepare
you in any way possible.
I know that we are grieving for the things that we will
someday lose for the people we will
someday lose. I know we all have sleepless
nights. I know we all go through this.
And while there are a 1,000 ways to talk about grief
and a 1,000 more to deal with
grief. Today, I'm here to purely
bring a moment of awareness and
share it with you. Today, I'm here to
be aware with you of all the grief
within us and the grief around us.
The grief that we can feel in our own hearts and the
grief that we don't know people are going through. I
just want us to be aware of how
universal this grief is, how human this grief
is. And as my humble piece, as
my humble suggestion, in
the thousands of ways that one can deal with grief,
I'm here to read you a poem that I wrote a couple of
years ago. A poem called
love after life. I hope you
enjoy it.
"Everything around
you was once something else. It
belonged to something else. It was a part of another
existence completely unaware.
Some of these things miraculous, we
see changing their form.
Going from a seed to a cotton flower,
getting soaked and dried in rain
to then becoming a thread in someone's dress,
getting soaked and dried in fragrant soap,
then disintegrating into an old rag
that wipes the dew off the window. And yet
again getting soaked and dried. Then
to a thousand little shreds buried under the
waste into the soil. Soaked
and dried a million more times
until it becomes a part of the soil
and rests with a million other
anonymous becomings. And then
one day, some of those reincarnated
grains of soil wake up as the
bed for the same seed they once
were without ever knowing.
Where were we? Where was I?
Drenched in how many raindrops and touched by
how many sun rays was I before I
was even me? I will never know.
So listen, my dear. When I leave,
I'll become a 1,000 other things too.
You won't know where I am or what I've become.
You won't know which flower to kiss or which tree is my
new mother. And so,
if you find yourself wanting to show me your love
again, you will simply have to
love everything and everyone in your
path. Unconditionally
like you always loved me.
Unconditionally like you always
loved me." I wrote
this poem about 2 years ago as part of a writing
challenge, and at that time I didn't know
that These words were coming from a deeper place than
I knew. But I hope you enjoyed this
poem. I hope it spoke to you as well.
Sometimes the only way to keep loving someone.
The only place to put all that excess
overflowing love that we have for this person who no longer
exists, is to pour it all
around us, is to spread it all around us.
Sometimes the only way is to love everyone and
everything. And speaking of loving
someone beyond the cycle of life and death,
we turn our attention to a mantra that is dedicated
to a God who is seen as way above the
cycles of life and death. To God who is
seen as comforting in our times of
grief and loss, to a divine
power that protects us even through
the darkest days. I'm talking
about lord Shiva. And the mantra I bring to you this
week is the Shiva Yajur Mantra.
This is a beautiful mantra to meditate with when your
mind is feeling overwhelmed with fear,
any fear including the fear of grief that we just
discussed today. This mantra is traditionally
practiced so that the mind can stand
on firm ground even when
fears try to shake it. If you'd like to listen to
this mantra and try meditating with it, you can
avail this chant at a 30% discount by using the
link in the description. Use your
time with this mantra to gently become
aware of any grief that is
unprocessed, any grief that you have suppressed for really
long. And once you gently awaken
this awareness of your grief, start
surrendering to the sounds of this mantra
and allow it to soothe you.
That's it for today's episode. Thank you once again dear
listener for joining in and I hope you enjoyed today's
episode and the poem. Do let me know your thoughts on
it. I will be back again next week with a brand new
episode and mantra. Until then, stay
blessed.