Llundrub wrote: >Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: balancing techniques > > >on 6/20/05 10:05 AM, Llundrub at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Yes, just OM! > > >So I wonder whether meditating on OM by itself might make one a recluse while >meditating with a longer mantra that contains OM might not, as my friend >suggested in the comment I posted here yesterday. > >I have a basic problem with these generalizations based on heresay. > >For the basic reason that when I used to do TM at MIU I wanted to be a recluse >and escape from all the cares of the world, and that was using my non-OM >mantra. So I can only imagine if what Maharishi says about OM is true that I >would have probably wanted to run screaming from samsara. Moreover, my desires >had no support at MIU and I was miserable. > >So I ask, what is the real difference? > >My experience, which I consider to be the only important thing in the world, >confirms for me that the mantras which I have used since TM, most of which >contain OM as a part are extremely effective in very vaulable ways, and they >have only bettered my life. > >When I used to do Mahalakshmi Sadhana I used two main mantras which together >are: >Om shrim klim mahalakshmiyei namaha Om shrim hrim shrim kamala kamalalayei >praseed praseed shrim hrim shrim om mahalakshmiyei namaha. Many Oms, I had >much benefit from doing this 250,000 times. > > > <snip> If you have a "guru mantra" then the amount of repetitions required to attain mantra siddhi are significantly reduced. It's also interesting to note that the "secret" mantras are often much shorter. :)
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