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"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.
I promised you something last week. I promised you
that in my next episode, I will come back to you
with 3 things that we should do
to counter our feelings of guilt and shame
that we've been developing since we were 3 years
old. So let's dive right into it.
Welcome back to today's episode of the Mahakatha
Meditation Mantras podcast. I'm your host,
Preeti, and today we begin with a quick recap
of what we discussed in the previous episode. I shared
with you that by around the age of 3, we
develop the ability to experience guilt
and shame. We develop this awareness that
we are somehow being judged by those around
us. And since that time, since that time when we
were just toddlers, we've been
taking in guilt and shame. We've been dealing with
it in our own way, and that has turned out to
be either healthy or unhealthy for our emotional
well-being. In the previous episode,
we looked at 3 things that we shouldn't have
been doing to ourselves and to other people
to avoid creating guilt and shame. And
we ended the episode by asking ourselves some
really hard hitting questions and learning about
the Durge Smrita mantra, which I hope
you now have and you are enjoying. Now in
today's episode, let's look at 3 behaviors
we should start or practice more in
order to soothe the guilt and shame within us
and the others in our lives. Number
1, acknowledge their feelings.
This is the first step. And in fact, there's
a first step while dealing with any emotion is to
first acknowledge it. And I hope that in
the previous episode by the end of it, you are able to
acknowledge that you have been experiencing a
lot of guilt and shame that was hidden away for really
long. Whether you are 3 years old, whether
you are 30 years old, whether you're 60 years old.
By acknowledging the emotion itself, you take away some
of the power that that emotion holds over
you. And so the first step is to
acknowledge the guilt and shame that you've been
carrying. The second
thing we need to start doing more is to talk
openly about emotions. Now I know
it's funny to some of us to say, it's so boring to talk about
emotions. It's so soppy. It's so
soft and it's such a waste of time. And some of us
might actually even believe that we need to toughen up
instead of talk about our emotions. But
all we've been doing so far is trying to toughen up
and bury the emotion, to toughen up and bury the emotion,
and toughen up and bury the emotion. And it's not been
a very healthy way of dealing with these emotions.
Because even if we may seem confident and
successful on the outside,
The shame and guilt that we carry are
still deposited somewhere in our lives
and some part of our life is suffering because of it.
They just stay inside and they snowball and
snowball, and they get bigger and bigger and bigger, and they manifest
in different unexpected ways in our lives.
We become people pleasers. We become socially challenged.
We develop a low self esteem. We develop
jealousy or hatred towards others. We
become people with "anger problems"
or anxiety and so on. So
whatever stage of life we are in, I think it's safe to
say that we should try the approach of talking
openly about our emotions and encouraging others
to talk openly about their emotions. The
next thing we do is we ask questions about it.
We ask that person how they're really feeling.
What exactly triggered this emotion and
how exactly it affects them? By asking them
to elaborate on these emotions and elaborate on
the effect it's having on them, we are taking away
another big chunk
of power away from these emotions. And
the same applies to ourselves as well.
When you've acknowledged the guilt and shame you've been carrying
around for so long, the next thing you do is
ask yourself what triggered it,
how you feel, and how it has affected your
life so far in detail.
You must allow yourself the time and the
space and the non judgment to really dig
deep into these emotions and maybe
even write them down so that nothing
stays hidden anymore. And in your
social groups, be the person who
always encourages others to talk about how they're
doing, how they're feeling. And that is going to change
the way people see you and treat you as well.
Now the third thing that we need to start doing more is
setting boundaries with people.
This is my favorite one because this is something that even
I struggle with. Because we grew up with a
lot of guilt and shame, because we grew up feeling
judged, and because we grew up with this undying
need for validation and undying need for
approval. And this fear of not being
liked and being resented, being left
behind, we never really learned how to
set boundaries. And by that I mean, simply
how to say no. Now this is a
completely different episode in itself and I will dive deeper into
that topic on some other day. But for now, I
have learned from my own experience that you cannot
grow emotionally without learning how
to say no. Without learning how to say, that doesn't
feel right for me. Sorry, that won't be possible.
Sorry. I can't take on this extra commitment. Sorry. But I don't
think it's my fault. Sorry. But no.
By doing these things and by teaching these
things to either our children or anybody who looks up
to us, we learn and we teach to set boundaries,
and we take away that final chunk of power from
guilt and shame. With the help of these
three steps, my dear listener, we begin to
heal from all that burden we've been carrying around in
our minds and our hearts. The burden of being guilty
and the burden of feeling deep painful
shame. I want you to experience
this relief. I want you to try spending time with
yourself thinking about these three points that we discussed
today and to help put you into that mindset
of reflection, of calmness, of open thought,
I'm bringing you today's Mantra, which is the
Sarva Mangala Maangalye mantra.
Like the previous week's mantra, this chant is also
dedicated to mother goddess Durga
or goddess Narayani as she's referred to in this
mantra. We return to our mother
goddess and once again we seek
courage and strength and patience
as we try to heal the wounds of our past
and try to remove our limitations and
expand in our lives. The Sarvamangala Maangalye Mantra
is something you should definitely try
listening to before you start your work day,
before you start interacting with people on any
given day. And whenever you find the time, use
this mantra in the background to come back to this episode
and really reflect on how you can
practice the 3 steps I've shared here today. I
hope you enjoyed this episode, dear listener. I want
to thank you once again for joining in for being a
part of our discussions and discoveries, and for making
mantras a part of your life. Once again, dear listener,
thank you for joining in. I hope you have a
wonderful rest of the week. I hope you listen and
love and enjoy the Sarva Mangala Mangalye Mantra
and that you slowly start outgrowing the
shadows of your past. Until then, dear
listener, stay blessed.