"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.
We all know the hare and the tortoise story, and
we all know who the antihero of that story is.
Right? Well, in this episode, I want us
to take another look at the story because there is an antihero
here, but it is not the hare. Let's talk
about it a bit more before I introduce you to today's mantra.
So hello, welcome and wish you a very Happy
new year, dear listener. You are listening to the
1st ever episode of the year 2024,
and today we're revisiting a very
old story that we heard as children.
We all know the story and we all know that the tortoise
is respected for taking it slow and steady.
We all agree that it is wrong to shame him for his
speed which is a part of who he is and not a part
that he can change or control. We all
agree that going to a goal consistently
is the best way to reach the goal. Small
steps are still progress. And small
consistent steps are respectable, and they'll get you to
your goal or your finish line, sometimes faster than the usual
winners. We agree to all of this.
We all know that it's okay to be a tortoise,
but in our hearts, in our daily lives
with our big dreams and goals, our
desire to live life to the fullest, to be unique and
to be special. We all really want to
be as gifted As the hare, don't
we? We all want to be as gifted as the
hare. And what was the hare's approach in the story?
To run with all his energy and his focus
and his potential for as long as he could
and then enjoy some rest. He
used his full potential, used up all his energy,
Worked really hard for that long stretch of
road and then
took a break to curl up under a tree and recharge
himself. And of course, he knew that once
he woke up, He would get right back on his feet
and run and work hard and use his full potential again.
Now we all want to be as fast as the hare.
We all want to work 3 months of our lives and then
Vacation for the next 3 months, that sounds like a
dream. That sounds wonderful. We
all want to go places, we want to kill boredom,
we want to constantly try new things and move past our
own boundaries, But we also want to
rest. We also want to go on amazing
vacations and actually enjoy them beyond the
pictures we click. We want time
away from our phones and our screens and our
work. We crave that. We realize that.
We want time to go out and socialize a little more,
have actual friends rather than feel like a loner,
Or we want time away from all the people just to curl up and
read a book or sleep to our heart's content.
We don't like to stick to 1 pace or 1 routine or
1 path for too long, do we? No,
we like to change things up. We all want to
sprint like the hare and then we want to
rest like the hare too. Sure we realize
that in the story, he was unkind to the
tortoise and too competitive and arrogant.
But right until that point in the story, we all
want to be the hare. So
if he isn't the villain and the
tortoise isn't either, who is the
antihero of the story? The villain
here, the bad guy here is
the race. See, when the hare
and the tortoise who were perfectly happy
and confident in their ways of life, One
slow and steady, the other fast and fun. When they
decided to compare each other's abilities,
Not for the sake of fun or curiosity but to
satisfy their ego. When they did that,
in the process, The hare became arrogant
and insecure and the tortoise
perhaps lost respect for the hares amazing process,
Right? Think about it. We often compare each other's gifts
and journeys in this way. We think about the people of our
age and compare and we think about the people of our
age, people of our neighborhood, people who graduated with
us, Whom we knew at some point in our lives.
We constantly compare their journey and ours to see
who's doing best. And we decide to automatically
not like the person who gets successful
Easily or quickly, who enjoys vacation after vacation
while we are still waking up every day and going to work, giving
our best and keeping the dream alive.
We automatically think that that person
who looks like he's already at the finish line Must have
taken some sort of shortcut and is going to pay for it
later. And that's not a healthy
good feeling View to have.
Right? We go through life seeing
everything as a race. We want to be the 1st
at something. We want to be special. We want to be liked.
More special than anyone else, More liked than anyone
else. Well, here's the truth
and hopefully, I've put it in a way that's simple for you to remember
To chant even and store in the back of your mind at all
times. Nothing is a race
except a race. I love
this. Nothing is a race except a race.
Except for the time when you are Playing a
sport where you are racing against time to score a
score or cross a finish line or jump higher or
swim faster, Except for those instances
of sport and leisure, you are never
in a race. You are never in a
race. You are not in a race when you're going
to work. You are not in a race in your career. You are not in
a race in your personal and social life or relationships.
You are not in a race when it comes to money and financial
status. You are not in a race any
other time with anybody except
when you are On the ground in your sports gear
and you are wearing your sportsmanship spirit
And you're ready to win the race, ready to win that
game. Outside of that, you
are in a shared world. You are in
a world that exposes you to people who choose
different ways to live their lives. You look at some of
them and you wonder, how is that person doing this so
well? Maybe I wanna try to do things a little more like that
person. I want to see how that goes. I'm
gonna try to do what they're doing. I'm gonna read what they're reading.
I'm gonna Invest where they're investing. I'm gonna live how
they're living for a while because it sounds like a more
interesting way for me to try right now.
I know that they're not better than me. I know there's
much more to their story than what I can see, And I know
that they're not luckier than me or more worthy than me
because I know the universe doesn't have more for them and less
for me. And I'm perfectly capable of finding
happiness and joy in the way my life is going right
now. But I'd love to try this.
I'd love to set this new goal and chase it. I'd
love to Try this approach, I'd love to learn and
try and fail and try and succeed.
It is an exploration, it's
not a race. Make your choices
Based on what will fulfill you most
rather than what will get you ahead first.
And here's the best part, here's the best part!
A hare or a tortoise, fast or slow,
is not who we are. You're not born as someone who
will go fast or go slow. These are
approaches We humans can take. These
are preferences and choices we get to
make. And if we can learn to enjoy ourselves
and see others as an inspiration or a
hint from the universe rather than threat,
Then we can find happiness on the finish line
and throughout the way whether we sprint and rest
like the hare Or move slowly and steadily like the
tortoise. Nothing is a race my
dear listener, except a race.
Speaking of happiness and fulfillment and success, today I
bring you a powerful mantra That has helped a lot of
our listeners remove their inner blocks that get
in the way of their own path. And this, perhaps, was
the 1st mantra that I heard that wasn't dedicated to a
Hindu deity or perhaps any deity in particular.
But it was a true universal
Mantra that focused on
elevating and improving and exploring the
self. That Mantra is
the Ajai Alai mantra. Every word in this
mantra is an affirmation of strength and confidence
and self worth. Every word in this mantra
reinforces the qualities that we want to adopt and
the unstoppable force that we want to become.
Each word in this mantra reinstates
the dream, the big dream, that we have for
ourselves. So if you find
yourself feeling low on confidence or self worth or if you
feel that you're falling behind or struggling in life, I want
you to try this mantra. I want you to sit down and
listen with your heart for a few minutes every morning
and visualize your most powerful self
having the most powerful day. And
leading a powerful, happy, fulfilled
life without being threatened by the
success of others. If you don't
have the Ajai Alai mantra in your mantra collection yet,
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My wish for you in this brand new year is
for you to experience tremendous
Joy in the process of creating and the process
of moving towards your goal to experience
major leaps And small little joys and
successes before the earth and all
of us in it complete another
miraculous revolution around the
sun. I also would like to thank you and all my listeners
for making this podcast such a huge success
in the year 2023. This is the first
time I've tried something like a podcast, and I found
it deeply fulfilling to record a new message for
you Every week and my team and I are
humbled and overjoyed to see this podcast
Being loved so much and receiving such amazing feedback
in ratings in the last year. Thank you.
Please keep the love coming. With that thought, my dear
listener, we come to the end of this episode.
I'm gonna be back next week with a brand new theme and
mantra. Until then, keep writing to
me and stay blessed.