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ggilmer1@nc.rr.com said:My first Camino will begin in a few weeks. I am looking for a simple mantra to recite each day for 20-30 minutes as I walk. I have an idea that this might provide a deeper spiritual element to this experience. Have any of you done this? What has been your experience? Is there a mantra you would share with me?
Thank You.
Caminando said:Interesting to read a little of what's going on inside.....
There's a clear division between East and West, I think.
In the East, in Hindu India anyway, a mantra is not a word but a sound, which seeks to eliminate or sidestep thought; it has no intrinsic semantic value. It is intended to invite the unconscious, or the absence of thinking.
In the West, what some now call a mantra, is really a prayer- it has words and thoughts and is something to think about. Therefore, it isn't a mantra; it's a contemplation on the conscious level, and goes no further.
nellpilgrim said:Caminando said:Interesting to read a little of what's going on inside.....
There's a clear division between East and West, I think.
In the East, in Hindu India anyway, a mantra is not a word but a sound, which seeks to eliminate or sidestep thought; it has no intrinsic semantic value. It is intended to invite the unconscious, or the absence of thinking.
In the West, what some now call a mantra, is really a prayer- it has words and thoughts and is something to think about. Therefore, it isn't a mantra; it's a contemplation on the conscious level, and goes no further.
.... with prayer morphing into mantra and back again.
pilgrimyogi said:"Breathing in, I arrive. Breathing out, I arrive." (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Looking forward to trying this one, and some others, on my walk in a few weeks!
michaelwalker said:The Divine Mercy found me years ago and transformed my way of thinking, being and loving. Even the most hardened sinner, if he recites this Chaplet even once, will receive grace from God's Infinite Mercy. Read more: http://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/d ... z1W9Y8hN3g!
There is a chaplet using the rosary beads, but I am pretty slow, so usually said:-
For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and the whole world
If any person came to mind, from my past, family, a local, fellow pilgrim etc I would insert their name where "us" is.
It's hard to explain but by mid afternoon your breathing as you say the prayer, your walking steps and your heart are all in synch. You become at one and at peace, your physical body, psyche and spirit are united in saying it. The intensity and depth of prayer was profound.
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