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Why am I so exasperated as a mum? It’s not what being a mom looks like in the films.

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The hills are alive with the timeless tunes of ‘The Sound of Music’! 🌄✨ Let the melodies echo through your heart.

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Let the power of music unite us, inspire us, and move our souls. Happy Music Day! 🎵

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Vedic Surya (Sun) Beej Mantra For Mental Clarity, Success, Health & Vitality

In Vedic astrology, Surya (the Sun) is the source of life, energy, and vitality. It is the center of the solar system and represents the soul, authority, leadership, self-expression, and overall health. The Sun governs the physical body, the heart, and the vital life force that sustains all living beings. It also influences confidence, intellect, and the ability to achieve success in life. When the Sun is strong in a person’s birth chart, it blesses them with robust health, a powerful sense of self, leadership qualities, mental clarity, and success.

One of the most potent tools to invoke the Sun's positive energies and strengthen its beneficial effects is the Beej Mantra (Seed Mantra) for Surya. This short yet powerful chant can enhance physical vitality, mental clarity, and bring overall success in life.

The Beej Mantra for Surya (Sun) is:

Om Hram Hreem Hroum Sah Suryaya Namah

This mantra is made up of specific sounds (bija syllables) that invoke the energies of Surya and are associated with vitality, strength, and success:

Om: The universal sound, representing the ultimate consciousness and divine energy that connects us all.

Hram: A bija sound that activates the Sun’s energy for health, vitality, and physical well-being.

Hreem: A powerful sound that amplifies the Sun's qualities of wisdom, mental clarity, and intellectual power.

Hroum: A bija syllable that strengthens the Sun's effects related to success, confidence, and leadership.

Sah: A sacred sound that invokes divine blessings and the presence of spiritual strength.

Suryaya Namah: A salutation to Surya, acknowledging and honoring the Sun's power and its role in granting health, vitality, and success.

Meaning of the Beej Mantra

"Om, I bow to Surya (the Sun), the source of all vitality, health, and success. May the Sun bless me with physical strength, mental clarity, leadership qualities, and overall success in my life."

Benefits of Chanting the Surya Beej Mantra

Chanting the Surya Beej Mantra regularly can have a profound effect on various aspects of your life, especially concerning physical health, mental clarity, vitality, and success. Here are the key benefits:

Boosts Health and Vitality: The Sun governs the physical body and energy levels. Chanting this mantra enhances vitality, strengthens the immune system, and promotes overall good health. It also helps alleviate health issues related to the heart and circulatory system.

Increases Mental Clarity: Surya is the planet of intellect and mental focus. By chanting this mantra, you can enhance your ability to think clearly, make better decisions, and improve your concentration and focus. It sharpens your mind and helps you achieve clarity in your thoughts.

Promotes Success and Recognition: The Sun is a natural indicator of success, leadership, and fame. Chanting the Surya Beej Mantra helps in gaining recognition in your career or personal life, promoting success in endeavors, and boosting your confidence.

Enhances Self-Confidence and Leadership: Surya represents your ego, self-expression, and willpower. By strengthening this connection, you can develop greater self-confidence, assertiveness, and leadership qualities, which are essential for achieving personal and professional goals.

Increases Willpower and Determination: Surya's energy helps strengthen your inner willpower, determination, and resilience. When faced with challenges, this mantra can empower you to push through obstacles and remain focused on your goals.

Brings Spiritual Enlightenment: The Sun is also a spiritual light. Regular chanting can help illuminate the path of wisdom and bring about spiritual growth and enlightenment.

How to Chant the Surya Beej Mantra

Timing: The best time to chant the Surya Beej Mantra is on Sundays, as this day is ruled by the Sun. Additionally, chanting during the early morning hours (especially at sunrise) is believed to be most auspicious, as it aligns with the energy of the rising Sun.

Procedure:

Find a quiet and peaceful place to sit. You can sit cross-legged on the floor or on a chair with a straight posture.

Focus on your breath and relax the mind.

Visualize the Sun in the sky, glowing brightly and radiating warmth and light. Imagine the Sun’s energy filling your body with vitality, strength, and positivity.

Begin chanting the mantra 108 times using a mala (prayer beads) to keep track of the repetitions.

Consistency: For the best results, chant the mantra regularly. Consistent chanting, ideally for 40 days, will amplify its effects, bringing long-lasting improvements in health, vitality, and success.

Additional Remedies for Enhancing the Sun’s Influence

Wear a Ruby or Red Coral: The ruby or red coral is the gemstone associated with the Sun. Wearing these stones can strengthen the Sun’s position in your birth chart and enhance its positive effects.

Offer Water to the Sun: On Sundays, offering water to the rising Sun can be a powerful ritual to honor Surya and receive his blessings. Simply fill a copper vessel with water, add a pinch of raw rice or sugar, and offer it to the Sun while chanting the mantra.

Perform Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation): Practicing Surya Namaskar (a series of yoga poses) every morning is a powerful way to align your energy with the Sun’s forces and promote health and vitality.

Donate on Sundays: Donating items like wheat, copper, or red clothes on Sundays is considered an effective way to strengthen the Sun's influence in your life.

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Music is in nature in so many ways. Through the sound of a river flowing or birds calling, there are many places that music can be found in nature. I love waking up in the summer with my window open to the sound of birds chirping. It’s like waking up to a personal alarm clock that gently wakes you up. I also love when I’m on vacation and can hear the calls from tropical birds and the crazy sounds the bugs make throughout the day, it’s a unique song that blends all the sounds together. They are sounds that you would think would clash together in your ears but somehow, they play in an almost harmony with one another presenting as music to my ears. Another great natural sound is that of whales calling. Their deep almost mournful cries echoing through the ocean plays a tune that reflects differently to everyone. Although I interpret their songs as a peaceful almost sad song, I know they have many calls for different purposes and someone else might interpret it in a more positive way than me. Sometimes when I can’t sleep I will listen to whale calls to calm myself and bring me to a place where my mind is resting, I find they have that capability for me.

Finding nature in music is a tougher one to tackle. As mentioned in some of the reading, sounds from nature can be used in songs as background noise and almost as an instrumental effect. But I think finding nature in music comes more from a personal memory. Like being out on a hike and getting this feeling of comfort, that you are safe and happy, then getting that same feeling through a song. Association is, in my opinion, a large part of finding nature in music. Whether it be through a memory or through a shared feeling. Many people might have certain songs that they really associate with nature whether it be a campfire song or simply a song they listened to on a picnic one day. 

A song that always reminds me of nature and of a beautiful landscape is the sound of music. As one of my favourite movies, I have always dreamed of visiting the rolling hills of Austria as Julie Andrews does in the beginning of the movie. There are some lines from the song in particular that really just bring nature and music together so beautifully. For example, ‘To laugh like a brook as it trips, and falls over stones on its way’ you can almost hear the sound of water tumbling over stones and when she is singing it in the movie it brings this piece to the song that just makes it that much better. The first line of the song ‘the hill are alive with the sound of music’ just carries this message that nature and music can be together in harmony.

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The church where the wedding scene of Maria and Baron Georg von Trapp was filmed in the movie “The Sound of Music” is the Basilika St Michael in the tourist town of Mondsee, Austria. Taken September 6, 2006. #architecture #SoundOfMusic #BasilikaStMichael #photography

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No idea why it took me 13 years to find this performance, which is kind of stunning and completely special.

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The Beat Goes On: Exploring the World of Music

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#SoundOfMusic #scienceolympiad (at Palo Alto, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CprUv3SOfJE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Me as in the Sound of Music #soundofmusic (at Sedona, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpeNrk6rZxg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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