Meditation on Circumstance
"Circumstances are always neutral. They appear positive or negative according to the corresponding reactions of the heart."
-Paramhansa Yogananda
I have been meditating on this for the passed few weeks in order to try to get myself out the hole I dug for myself. It is a powerful realisation with the ability to change ones thinking. They only difficultly is rising above the heart daily, though I would say that the mind is just as much a culprit in in self sabotage and perceiving circumstances. One affects the other.
My favourite or most effective mantra to removing the obstacles in my path, whether they be in the mind or in real life has been the Ganesha mantra:
Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha.
(om gum guh-nuh-puh-tuh-yei nahm-ah-ha)
"Om and salutations to the remover of obstacles for which 'Gum' is the seed."
Is anyone interested in learning about mantra work to accompany meditation? I would be quite happy to write up a post on it.
Namaste.
-Paramhansa Yogananda
I have been meditating on this for the passed few weeks in order to try to get myself out the hole I dug for myself. It is a powerful realisation with the ability to change ones thinking. They only difficultly is rising above the heart daily, though I would say that the mind is just as much a culprit in in self sabotage and perceiving circumstances. One affects the other.
My favourite or most effective mantra to removing the obstacles in my path, whether they be in the mind or in real life has been the Ganesha mantra:
Om Gum Ganapatayei Namaha.
(om gum guh-nuh-puh-tuh-yei nahm-ah-ha)
"Om and salutations to the remover of obstacles for which 'Gum' is the seed."
Is anyone interested in learning about mantra work to accompany meditation? I would be quite happy to write up a post on it.
Namaste.