'Aum Bhur Bhuva Swaha, Tat savitur varenyum,
Bhargo devasya dhi mahi, dhiyo yo na prachodayat'
It's the Gayathri mantra, which I had kind of crammed some weeks back. I was having trouble in sleeping and my mom had made me memorize these lines. I didn't fall asleep as soon as I said these sanskrit words whose meaning I was unware of. But the intensity of faith in which she told me had some how become communicable. Yaa, I too kind of got the same faith in these lines. And not soon after that, but yaa after few days I kind of slept really well. Morning, I went and kissed mom thank you. She told me if it had worked why don't you include it in your prayers every day. I told her,I will do. I went and googled about those lines. Yaa I could easily find out the translation of every word. But it wasn't like poetry which when read together made sense. But this much was apparent, it has something to do with mental strength. I went on to think, was it really because of these lines? Do these lines really play some sort of magic. If so people wouldn't go for tranquilizers, sleeping pills. One mantra, peaceful sleep, problem solved. America will no longer be called the prozac nation with all americans saying the Gayathri slogan. I thought of 3 idiots, the Aal Izz Well mania which has spread nation wide. After much cerebration, I suddenly realized my undisturbed slumber for the past few days actually had nothing to do with my recitation. Coz everytime I used to say these lines, my mind never used to translate the words so that I get a complete feel of it and pray with my heart in it, not to mention I was far from a religious person. But yaa, when telling these alien words I used to feel my mom's presence. I would remember the faith in which she taught me those lines. It wasn't faith. Was it? Wasn't it actually love? Or must be her faith, and my love. I also had an enlightenment that day, people aren't devoid of sleep, they are actually devoid of love or atleast they think they are. And love and fear can't co-exist. Well once that fear is gone, I can vouch on a lucid sleep. And yaa my Gayathri devi can be none other than my mom:)
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'Aum Bhur Bhuva Swaha, Tat savitur varenyum,
Bhargo devasya dhi mahi, dhiyo yo na prachodayat'
I still remember hearing it every day in my school prayer,remember the tune too. Words does have some meaning,cuz the world is spread through vibrations. Like for example when you utter the word 'aum'(it's actually Aa-uu-mm) ,it does several things in your body. When you say 'aa',the vibrations flow to the upper part of your body,'uu',the lower portions of the body and 'mm' to the central portion. When you say aa-uu-mm with high intensity and with equal intervals,your blood flow will be perfect so you tend to be in a meditative state that you have complete control over your body. All other words are the permutations and combinations of aa-uu-mm. These three are the base of all the sounds that evolves in this world. This very aa-uu-mm has become ohmm these days,but it's actually aa-uu-mm.The three syllables a,u and m symbolizes birth,life and death. Its exact pronunciation is flowing from h through a, u, oo to m.(h-a-u-oo-m).Every vibration in the body and in the universe emerges from AUM, sustains in AUM, and returns to AUM. Every humming emerges from AUM.Keep saying this word with full intensity and with equal interval for about 10 or 15 mins,you'll feel completely fresh. This is the very root of meditation. :-)
P.S: Even a number from RDB is very powerful,that 'ek onkar' song. Ek onkar-The aum is one. :-)
Ek onkar, satnam, karta purakh, nirbhau,
Nir vair, aakaal murat, ajooni se bhang,
Gur parsaad. Jap.
Aad sach jugaad sach,
Hai bhi sach naanak hosi bhi sach.
Soochey soch na hove je sochey laakh vaar,
Chupe chup na hove je lai raha liv taar,
Bhukyaa bhuk na tutri je banna purya bhaar,
Sehas sayaanpa lakh hoey ta ek na chale naal
Kiv sachyera hoiye kiv kurde tutey paal
Hukam rajai chalna naanak likhya naal. :-)
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