daily guru quotes

[padmapani56]

Feel your emotions "The key is to not resist or rebel against emotions or to try to get around them by devising all sorts of tricks; but to accept them directly, as they are." -- Takahisa Kora "Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance." -- Deepak Chopra "We have to

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[that_evening]

Lovely quotes and very much welcomed right now. Thanks for sharing!

[padmapani56]

No worries, sweetie. Giving thanks is also a mantra. Counting beads while chanting your personal mantra is a bit of a difficulty if you're not used to it. I always use the good old Om Mani Padma Hum, or Om Mani Prpl Hung. Not that long ago I saw in an interview (dutch paper) that the Dalai Lama made a funny remark about that mantra, he said it sometimes sounded like the monks were counting money instead of blessings, because of the way they pronounce Mani while "fast-chanting" It than sounds like this. Oom Money Pay me Hoom.
It's the intention that counts, not the quality.

[that_evening]

Very good to know! Thank you very much! Can you believe I've still got my mala inside it's bag because I worried i'd do something wrong and sort of "offend" it you might say.

[padmapani56]

Use some smudging or incense vefore wearing or using it. I once had a Rudhrak Mala from India, but I haven't found it back since I moved. A Rudhrak is a sacred seed that has more then one "face" and the more faces the seed-bead has the stronger it is. Mine had three faces. I still hope to find it back one day.

[that_evening]

Any particular incense? What should I do exactly? Aw, I remmeber you telling me about that mala, I hope you find it again! I lost my smudge sticks but I have lots of incense.

[padmapani56]

Which smell or taste is entirely un-important, it's not the quality but the intention. Just burn a piece of incense, even if it is for a few seconds and get the mala in a circle clock-wise three times through the smoke, whilst you say the mantra, also three times. With that both you and the mala are blessed.

[that_evening]

Sounds very easy and wonderful! Thank you!