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Re: On-line Gayatri Mantra [Re: GuruDas] #20064 - 09/12/02 07:22 AM Edit Reply Quote

I don't believe in Mantras being so powerful that they can turn against you when not being initiated or pronouncing it wrong. That is spiritistic thinking, which is far from Vedic philosophy. To utter Mantras rightly, is to be completely IN the sound or Shabda, the outer aspect of N�da-Brahman. But pronouncing Mantras without proper Ek�grat� or One-Pointedness and Samkalpa or Intention is like a soulmissing body. If someone utters the Mantras (onviously learned by someone or in imitation of someone), there's nothing wrong with it when the intention is okay. It's about someone who seeks to 'contact' Brahman. No God would punish his 'child' for trying to reach Him. That is against all kinds of spirituality or absolute love, evolved from that same God. Proper guidance by a experienced and learned outer Guru may lift the level and debth of committance in this process, if he's one the right track himself. Two can generate more Brahma-tva energy than one, but then they have to be on the same Shabda or soundlevel. It is thus absolutely positive to have a SadGuru, to generate SadBh�va in a SadSangha. But unfortunately, much has to be done solely.