Hari Aum.
Hope all readers are well and your sadhana is going to plan. In March 2017, I wrote a post in which I described the legend of Sri Rama and the squirrel who tried to help Him build a great bridge. The message of the story is that the tiny, minute efforts of each one of us matters-- there is a cumulative effect with regard to spiritual practice-- this is the view of our Gurus.
"Why bother chanting mantras for world peace?", one might ask. There is an endless appetite for war on our planet, and we are so small-- what can we really do? And, we may wonder, is God listening when we chant, and does He really care? The answer is that our prayers can bring peace, and yes, of course, God does listen and respond to us (even when we feel unsure).
We are each a small drop of water in this ocean of life on our planet. We jointly make up the consciousness on our planet. When there is a lot of thought of war, anger, fear and hatred (as unfortunately is the case currently), the entire collective consciousness on our planet is said to undergo a downward shift-- towards rajas and tamas, the negative aspect of Nature. This becomes a self-perpetuating cycle (as the saying goes, 'violence begets violence).
Let us, therefore, chant for peace, for an increase in sattva or positive, divine energy on our planet. Even if we are tired, unmotivated, uninterested and fed-up, let us chant a mantra (such as the ashtakshara Om Namo Narayanaya) daily, at least for a short while be it only 5 or 10 minutes, for peace.
The cumulative effect of our chanting will be positive-- this will help to counter some of the violence currently being unleashed on our planet. Whether we feel good, bad or indifferent, let us chant. Because chanting the name or mantra of God has an immensely purifying and positive effect (as the name and mantra of God is one with God). And let continue this, at least until the current escalation of violence in the Middle East settles down.
On that note, I am go off and do some mantra chanting.
Before I conclude, though, I want to say one thing to any twin souls out there who are reading this (including my own if they are here). Some people say that we have a capacity to work together spiritually to create some good on this planet. We are certainly not special in any way, however there is a view that (like many others), we have come here to this planet with a specific spiritual job, i.e. to perform a specific spiritual service as a form of worship of the Divine.
I feel my task, aside from working towards my own spiritual growth and performing my usual material duties, is to encourage mantra chanting for world peace (based upon the positive benefits that I have myself felt from reciting the ashtakshara mantra).
And, therefore, with regard to my own twin (if they are here), I want to say this:
Based upon events that have occurred in recent years, I believe that you are on a spiritual journey as I am. I also believe that my Guru supports our connection and that he would want us to chant/pray for world peace (based upon any spiritual tradition, not on the yoga one). (We do not have to be in the same place physically for this-- we can do this wherever we are).
I would really appreciate it, therefore if you could pray or recite a mantra or do some sort of spiritual practice of your liking every day (if you are not doing this already) specifically for peace on our planet. And, if you would be open to chanting the ashtakshara mantra daily for five minutes or more, that would be excellent (though any prayer from any spiritual tradition would be equally good).
I somehow believe that the effects of us both chanting will be greater than either one of us alone; there is usually a potentiating effect when twin souls both perform a spiritual practice and I feel this would be helpful in the current circumstances on our planet. I feel you have a spiritual task to perform here too. And, if you are my twin as you seem to be, then perhaps we have a similar task-- i.e. just doing some simple mantra chanting for peace. So, wherever you are, I'd be grateful if you could do this.
(By the way, I am going through a phase where I feel tired and drained spiritually-- though I do still keep up my daily mantra practice-- and for some reason, intuitively, I currently feel like handing over the baton of spiritual practice over to you. I feel that you need to power our joint spiritual growth now (as I've been at it for a while; you may very well have been too).
And also, I would like you to help us perform whatever spiritual task it is that we have been sent here to do, including mantra chanting for peace. It is said that, when one twin soul performs a spiritual practice, it has a direct beneficial effect on both themselves and their twin-- I, therefore, feel that I want your help in the manner described at this stage in spiritual life (no 3D contact is required for this; please just do a daily spiritual practice if not doing this already).
(This naturally is my higher mind, not the lower one, talking! The lower mind, being a sceptic, doesn't believe in any of this of course!).
May God bless all of us with spiritual growth and inner peace, and may all conflicts on this planet be calmed as soon as possible.
Om Namo Narayanaya. Om Namo Narayanaya. Om Namo Narayanaya.
Hari Aum Tat Sat.
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