#mantra practice

[compassionmattersmost]

Neti Neti #18: The Path Beyond Concepts and Spiritual Thought

Question: In my spiritual journey, I often find myself fascinated by various ideas and philosophies. While they seem to offer profound insights, I keep returning to the practice of ‘Neti Neti.’ How do I reconcile the richness of these teachings with the deeper truth that lies beyond concepts and ideas? How can ‘Neti Neti’ guide me to the silent awareness that transcends even the most profound…

[syn0vial]

i appreciate that in the boba fett expanded universe canon, we have multiple moments from multiple authors that boil down to "despite his reputation/appearance, boba fett is not fearless, and is in fact doing his level best right now to walk calmly away from this objectively terrifying situation rather than breaking into a fucking sprint in the opposite direction"

[willyhoos]

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[jonsnowunemploymentera]

Anyone else ever think about how the last hero’s legend is a story about a group of 13 companions who went out into the winter cold as an act of self sacrifice to save those they left behind? And how that is knowingly or unknowingly replicated in the northern tradition where old men venture out to die in the harsh winters so that those left behind have a higher chance of survival? It’s just me? Ok.

[saganssorcery]

It's the shadow moon, so today I thought I would share some more of my shadow healing techniques: 

Today I want to dive into the nature of negative self-talk and patterns of thinking, and how we can alter these patterns in our thinking. 

I used to suffer with awfully negative self-talk. I would often repeat things that were awful in regards to myself, saying every day things like "I hate myself" for example. 

I'm going to share with you a technique I created to alter these modes of thinking. It allows us, over time and with regular practice, to alter our thought patterns to better align with that which we wish to believe about ourselves. 

First of all I would like to explain how this works:

Our brains naturally go down the path of least resistance when it comes to our thoughts, when we have extremely deep rooted negative patterns of thinking the brain will naturally go down this channel before it can come to terms with anything else.

Think for a moment that thoughts are like a river flowing from a spring, the river will naturally go down the path of least resistance to reach the ocean. What the aim is with this technique is to carve a new pathway in the mind so that the metaphorical river will flow down the one we consciously create, instead of the negative pathway. Unfortunately the river has very likely lodged itself into a very deep crevice, and as such we have to create an equal to larger crevice with our will power and determination to begin digging out the positive pathway in order for our thoughts to divert down it automatically.

The technique is a form of positive brainwashing, the idea is to brainwash ourselves into healthier thoughts. While this technique is very effective at reprogramming any negative self-talk, no matter how deeply ingrained, it does require continuous practice until it has done its work.

I am now going to share with you a rough version of my ritual in the hopes that it gives you ideas on how to make your own personalised version. The more personalised your magick is the better in my opinion.

Okay let's begin.

Some of these steps are optional so do what you want with them:

-  Pick at least 3 nice things about yourself, it can be absolutely anything. It can be things that you don't even believe about yourself, but you wish you did, any idea at all that you wish to reprogram yourself with. At first though I wouldn't recommend picking loads as you don't want to overwhelm yourself as you are getting used to the practice. You can always make new versions or expand on it at any point once you've gotten into the habit. 

-  (Optional) Once chosen you can make a sigil to represent these ideas if you would like, but you don't have to. You can also add any other magickal tools into the mix like incense and/or candles. 

-  Once you have chosen and drawn your sigil (if you chose to make one), it's time to repeat those good things you wrote for yourself as if it were a mantra. Repeat them 108 times every day. This will take longer at first but ends up taking about 15 mins to complete once you've gotten the hang of it. 

(𝘞𝘩𝘺 108? 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 108 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 108 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 1 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 0 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 8 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 15 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.)

-  If you have meditation beads these will help with the counting but if not then counting on the fingers is completely okay, just remember to mark a tally on a piece of paper every ten chants so you don't forget where you are.

-  (Optional) If you created a sigil, once complete you can release this in any way you feel is best for you. The easiest is probably via lighting a candle and carefully burning it in the flame. 

Over time your mantra will seep into the subconscious so when the intrusive thoughts randomly pop up, you force yourself to combat it with the mantra, over time this becomes almost automatic.

Eventually that even stops, you won't have to sing the mantra anywhere near as much cause you will glow the very things you have been reprogramming yourself with. 

The idea is to keep at it for as long as it takes, it might take quite a while if the negative pathways are very deep, but it just takes practice and determination to carve out a deeper more beneficial path for the thoughts to go in. I think of it like doing workout reps but for your brain, it works in a similar way by building strength and creating big changes through a regular regime and repetition.

©️Sagans Sorcery 🔥🖋️

[enhanced-operatives-division]

Improvement :3

[satanfemme]

I'm keeping some specific pronouns in my bio as my main preferences, but ftr I'm an "any pronouns" girl now, a true clowngender dog as it were. it/they/etc are now on the table if ur ever feeling fun about it.

[blackpinkofficialupdates]

JENNIE - Mantra MV Rehearsal

[yourdreamysalamander]

"Monk walk" A blessing in disguise. I felt a need to start my road and ground my spiritual practices. At the time I felt my vibration was lost on the spiritual road. I felt I needed to engage in spiritual practices like a man dying of thirst and needing water. How was I too begin? I had no structure. No routine to solidify my inclining spirituality. Growing bird wings that are aching to learn how to spread and fly. I heard a man talk about his journey. His mount onto his spiritual road and reground of himself. He went on to join a monk monastery to find himself and his new path before reengaging society. That is a bit extreme for me. :) However, he pointed out a practice that he was taught and acted on. He would walk in meditation watching his thoughts. He would then focus on the mantra of "love, strength, and peace." And focus on that thought repeating it to himself the words. I thought to myself that is a great, simple, and easy starting place. And so I did, for a week straight walking around my building for a quick break. I started to shift and retune my vibration just by that. Then, I would have a snow ball effect of thinking about other things from that point of view. Gearing up my spiritual practices from that point of view. Low and behold I am on my grounded spiritual path and now expanding in many directions and practices. Causing lifestyle changes. Vibration changes. Relation changes. A lot of things shaking up and reorganizing itself. A blessing in disguise. Just with that one starting practice. Thanks, bud. Interesting to note on how the universe can appear to help when there's a block and we're not sure how to overcome it. Something simple and random. Totally worked to fulfill a change in direction of my life. I haven't done it since. I will do it tomorrow. :) Bright blessings. Sending positive vibes. :) ! Love, Strength, and Peace.

[srividyatantram]

Let Ganapati remove obstacles, Bala steady your lifestyle, Ashwarooda protect work and society, Sampatkari bring wealth, let Varahi remove enemies and steady senses, let Matangi steady mind and siddhis, then get to Sowbhagya Vidya of Lalitha so that family and overall prosperity. With all key areas covered and well protected, by supporting energy forces, then get to Shodashi, to dettach, without impacting anything attached. Every system of Mahavidya has a proper Krama.

[compassionmattersmost]

Neti Neti Series No. 12B: Reflecting the Pristine Mind Through Spiritual Practice

Question: Now that I’ve realized that the I-sense cannot directly experience the pristine mind, how can I use the spiritual practice of Neti Neti to help the ordinary mind and ego come closer to reflecting or mirroring the qualities of the pristine mind? Dear friend, There comes a time in our journey when a quiet realization emerges—a truth that feels as though it has always been with us, just…

[cuchillx]

I think growing up feeling a sense of identity felt important to survive so I focused on that; but a lot of the things i told myself i was are now hurting me as an adult, and what I need to focus the most right now is to feel safe. And these things that I told myself attempt against my sense of safety and peace, shedding them however, makes me feel temporarily lost and scared so both keeping these attributes and losing them feels unsafe, but the second one is better long term. But living in this state of anxiety feels like im setting myself on fire all the time and I cant take it anymore

[santmat]

How to Guard Your Mind — Teachings of Mastana Ji “Mastana Ji explained in his Satsang that the mind is the lawyer of Kal (the negative power.) The whole world is under the control of the mind. The farmers always do the simran at the time of sowing their seeds in their fields. When they cook their food they do the simran. When they start eating their food they do the simran. When they serve it to the children or the guests they do the simran. Simran is the power which makes the health and soul green forever. Simran is the medicine for when you are sick. It is the capsule which is used as a vitamin. Simran is the tablet which is taken when you are sick. So do simran and swallow it. It will make the blood fresh and improve the respiratory system. Test the power by doing the simran constantly and meditate for four hours at any time every day. So when everything is done with simran there would be no complaint of having ups and downs in life. Simran contents the mind and helps one face any type of negative power in life. Even an enemy at arm’s length will not be able to affect you. Doing simran makes you very bold.” (The Life of Mastana Ji, by R.K. Rajput)

SIMRAN DEFINED: Guru Mantras; Repetition of names or thoughts; in Sant Mat, the simran of worldly thoughts is controlled through the Simran of the Five Charged Names, repeated by an initiate throughout the day and when sitting for meditation as a means of collecting the thought currents at the Third Eye Center; also used as a password of sorts to higher planes and protection from Negative Power influences;

Mastana Ji

[fayeandknight]

Update

On Me:

My back is still stiff/painful in the morning but gets less so during the day. Coincidentally I have today and tomorrow off so I've been able to be gentle with myself. The pain is less each day and I'm mobile faster each day as well.

On Forte:

He's been working his fluffy butt off. We've been doing about 15 minutes in the dog park parking lot three times a week. I've added more structure to neighborhood walks and gone back to solo walks since there are a lot of dogs here.

I've stuck to pet friendly places with wider aisles and outdoor shopping complexes so that it's easier to create space as needed. He's not had any big reactions to dogs since witnessing the dog park fight. But I can tell he's still not entirely comfortable passing by dogs at close distances.

Here's a clip of us practicing proximity alerts for people.

At around the 5/6 second mark a dog came out of the store right behind us and he shows a bit of widening of his eyes/stress. I'm pretty sure the alert (nose touch to my hand) is for the person but it was very hesitant so I didn't reward it. Both to ensure he gives a stronger alert I'm less likely to miss and to make sure I'm not feeding a possible connection to the dog. Shortly after another person came up behind me and he alerted with a more distinct nose touch that I did reward him for.

His progress has been amazing and I'm so proud of him. Going to continue to hold off on non pet friendly places for now though. I want to make sure I'm not rushing him and that he's truly comfortable passing dogs with space before putting him in a situation where it may be harder to do so.

[aerial-jace]

30 minute guided meditation sessions absolutely kill me. I probably should have foreseen my failure coming from doing 15 minute very daydreamy sessions but in my defense I'm only following instructions from a course billing itself as aimed at absolute beginners.

[ididoktoday]

My ability to practice acceptance is larger than anything else in the universe.

My ability to practice acceptance is larger than anything else in the universe.

My ability to practice acceptance is larger than anything else in the universe.