Have you ever listened to the song of a bird carrying on in the tree near by? Some bird songs are moving. They can cause healing in your aura if listened to mindfully. Mantras like Om Mani Padme Hum are soul songs which release healing, purifying, energy and enriching energy. I encourage you to listen to the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra often, even daily if you can. Healing and happiness begin within your own mind. And, as a natural side effect ripple into the lives of anyone near or far.

The educational video linked below is a how to chant this mantra. I created it for your benefit to illustrates some ways to successfully use the prayer Om Mani Padme Hum, or aka, Om Mani Pema Hung, as it is pronounced in Tibetan. For those who wish to know more of the conceptual meaning of this healing mantra, I’ve included additional information as well.

Do you need to understand the meaning to use the mantra? Not necessarily, it doesn’t affect the benefit of using the mantra whether you understand the various conceptual meanings. However, many of you have a well developed concrete mind which seeks to know the meaning of new words and phrases. If so, then listening to my instructional video will create a conceptual connection. Remember though, that whatever you understand is just one view point at this moment in time, thus keep an open mind. I’ve created a YouTube video to help walk you through a reciting of the prayer as well as give a few ideas of how the prayer has affected myself over the many decades I’ve used it.

Om Mani Padme Hum has been popularized by the expansion of Tibetan Buddhism throughout Europe, the Americas and other parts of Asia since the invasion of Tibet by the Chinese in 1959. Buddhist music has been available in many audio formats, making listening and learning more common place.

Tibetan Buddhists believe, and experience the power awakened when reciting the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum in group or individual mediation. You can recite it out loud, in a whisper or silently to yourself if in public place. It will gradually purify all negative karmas through replacing the harmful intentions built up within the mind with constructive, loving and kinder intentions. This mantra invokes the powerful benevolent intention of your own deepest Self from the heart of love and compassion.

It is believed the blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion, are revealed through chanting this mantra daily. His energy is the purest expression of compassionate energy which can be accessed through reciting this mantra. Tibetan Buddhist’s believe the Dalai Lama is one emanation of this great being. His Holiness is viewed as the living, human expression of these wonderful energies which help remove suffering from human beings.

This popular and powerful prayer can release loving-kindness and compassionate energy into your life with daily use!

If you’d like a copy of the Om Mani Padme Hum mantra to chant along with at home, or to play in the background, click here now. We have plenty in stock.

I hope you enjoy my YouTube video Om Mani Padme Hum which will assist you in using and enjoying the benefits of this wonderful mantra. May all beings benefit.

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With love, generosity and compassion,

Christopher Lee May

I sometimes see people cramp their mala into a pants pocket like it was bunch of loose change. This will cause damage to the mala because crumpling a set of prayer beads up forces the cording at sharp angles against the beads. If your mala is made with semi-precious stone beads, such as, lapis mala, crystal mala, coral mala, turquoise prayer beads and other stone prayer rosaries, their are sharp edges where the drill holes are made through the stone. These edges will cut the cording, quickly causing the mala to break.

Always fold your prayer beads up in a loose coil no more than three coils. If you wrap it around your wrist, then wrap it gently, neither pulling or forcing them around.

The prayer rosary can be looked at part of yourself, an expression of mindful awareness regarding how you treat them. They are alive with your prayers, good intentions and joy, thus treat them with respect according to the level of your commitment to perform mantra recitation for the betterment of yourself and others. Doing this small ritual reflects your attitude towards mantra meditation practice. If you value this life enriching mantra practice let it show when investing time in proper care.

Also, I urge people to store or transport prayer beads in a bag just for this purpose. FourGates.com offers a good selection of mala bags for this very purpose.

If you wish to learn more regarding this subject visit my YouTube video titled How To Choose, Use And Care For Prayer Beads, Or Mala remember you always get what you pay for. This YouTube video discusses all aspect of a mala including quality of materials and well crafted construction are important. A cheap mala is not worth owning. Invest in this essential tool because it sends a message to yourself about the importance of what you’re doing. Mantra practice is a worthwhile activity IF done correctly and with good motivation.

I have other tips on How To Choose, Use And Care For Prayer Beads, Or Mala which watching will help you learn a great deal about the high points of proper attitude of mind. Mantra meditation is profoundly effective IF you invest the time to cultivate correct motivation, self-discipline to engage in daily practice and receive proper training. Training is the foundation of developing all good qualities within yourself.

Remember, invest in yourself through investing in a good mala worth owning for decades to come. Watch How To Choose, Use And Care For Prayer Beads, Or Mala today. I created it with you in mind.

Buy a quality mala because you have value. You are worthy of quality meditation supplies.

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With wishes for success in mantra meditation practice. May all beings benefit.

Christopher Lee May

Regarding the YouTube comments about the cost of prayer beads or a mala remember you always get what you pay for. Quality of materials and well crafted construction are important. A cheap mala is not worth owning. Invest in this essential tool because it sends a message to yourself about the importance of what you’re doing. Mantra practice is a worthwhile activity IF done correctly.

Watch my video called, How To Choose, Use And Care For Prayer Beads, Or Mala to learn more about the high points of proper attitude of mind. Mantra meditation is effective IF you have the correct motivation, the self-discipline to engage in the practice regularly and proper training.

Remember, invest in yourself through investing in a good mala worth owning for decades to come. Watch How To Choose, Use And Care For Prayer Beads, Or Mala today. I created it with you in mind.

Buy a quality mala because you have value. You are worthy of quality meditation supplies.

Be sure to book mark our website and visit often. If you have articles you’d like to see about subjects of interest, please send us a note.

Sponsored by FourGates.com where malas worth owing are made with pride.

With wishes for success,

Christopher Lee May

The answer on how to selection the best support for your spiritual practice depends largely on the way you tend to sit on a chair. If you often place your body on the middle, the flat portion of the chair, select a full sized, round meditation cushion. If the zafu is full, you’ll want to force some of the stuffing down to make a small depression where the center of the spine rests on the top surface.

However, if you like to sit forward on the chair like a bird perched ready to take flight, then choose a half moon cushion, which is crescent shaped. The notched area allows you to rest your butt forward while tucking the legs in closer to your body. The legs closer creates more stability.

Finally, if your body is large, curvy and full sized, then go with an meditation cushion extra large size for added roominess. This selection is wider, taller and deeper giving you lots of space to stretch out.

The next question related to this discussion is the zabuton meditation mat.

Do you need one? Most definitely yes, unless suffering with sore knees and ankles is part of your spiritual practice, it is wise to have a zabuton mat to accompany your meditation cushion. Suffering might be encouraged in the US Marines, but a painful body does not burn off any bad karma in meditation. The purpose of the zabuton is to provide a surface beneath the zafu meditation cushion much like a placement under a dinner plate. The zabuton mat also offers a place to rest your prayer beads, place a book or other important spiritual objects.

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Our company FourGatescom has 17+ history assisting customers clients world wide at finding the right floor seating solutions. One of the most suitable selections is the Back Jack floor chair. They are an excellent solution for meditation centers, resort meditation classes and for yoga studios. The numerous benefits of this floor seating are the portability, affordability, they’re light weight while providing exceptional back support during classes. The Back Jack is simply the perfect chair for all meditation centers and retreat gatherings.

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More than two decades ago, Dr. Brian Weiss astonished the world of psychiatry with the theories of past-life regression therapy detailed in his best-selling books, Many Lives, Many Masters and Only Love Is Real. Since then, this approach has gained widespread recognition as a therapeutic model, and Dr. Weiss has become known as the foremost expert in the field, continually expanding the breadth and depth of this fascinating healing modality.

When we discuss what happens before we are born and after we die – and our possible future lives – we awaken from the constrictions and paralysis of our past conditioning to release anxieties and fears.

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In large and small group exercises, using experiential techniques including hypnotic regression exercises, healing visualizations, meditation, and intuitional and right-brain training, we harness the power of love and understanding to transform our lives. Dr. Weiss also demonstrates past-life regression techniques with several volunteers from the group. There is ample time for questions and answers and personal interaction with Dr. Weiss.

This workshop will help you uncover greater happiness, healing and your hidden potential. It will help you gain a dramatic new awareness of the world beyond your senses and discover the purpose of your life here on earth. Dr. Weiss shows you how to access childhood and past life memories to remove blocks and obstacles and to achieve greater happiness and peace. Past life regression also helps you to expand your mind and open your heart, to find your true soul mate and loved ones, unlock creativity and increase your powers of mind-body healing.

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It takes a little time, some patience and regular effort to increase positive energy, even if only 10-15 minutes a day. Look at the benefits of relaxing meditation and using a properly designed Zen pillow:

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Be patient with yourself, and give the gift that keeps on giving over a lifetime. Take care of yourself, keep in touch with God, Higher Power, or whatever you choose to call the most loving Presence in life. Meditation is a natural process of quieting the mind, calming the emotions and just being, or listening inwardly.

The basic technology is a Zen meditation cushion. These are high quality, specially constructed Zafu Meditation Cushions, essential for meditating comfortably, encouraging proper posture and poise. The Four Gates product is perfect for sitting or kneeling, and also works well as seating for low tables when floor-sitting is desired.

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I always feel joyful when I wrap up in my meditation shawl. Maybe it’s because I’ve been wearing it for 16 years. All of the wonderful moments spent connecting to Source, God, the Divine, the angels, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are energetically embedded in each fiber of the shawl. Sacred clothing is like a talisman which absorbs the blessings from all of your prayers, meditations, chantings, mantra and visualizations. Meditation garments are akin to your inner spiritual bodies because they shine with the colors that are radiant like the light from within.

At FourGates.com our Meditation clothing is for both lay practitioners as well as ordained monks and nuns. It does not require ordination for you to purchase or wear it. Most meditation centers have this clothing for retreatants who are non-ordained.

The Tibetan Buddhist, lower half-garment or “skirt” is called shamtab which is worn by men and women for meditation retreats, practice periods or during drubchens. Usually, chuba means ‘coat’ and refers to a heavy, outer garment similar to our use of a heavy winter coat(with, or without the sleeves). Sometimes “half chuba” means the meditation skirt as well.

While the monks and nuns meditation shawl is called a “zen” but usually spelled ‘zhen”, so as not to be confused with the Japanese Buddhist Zen word. The zhen shawl is comfortable, versatile and easy to care for. They are popular because everyone needs one no matter what time of year you are meditating or on a retreat.

Regardless what spiritual tradition you practice, i.e., Zen Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Non-denominational inter-faith, Universal Life Church Monasteries, Christian or just a mystic kaleidoscope we offer many fourgates.com/category/meditation_robes.html" target = blank" >meditation garment selections suitable for your needs.

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With love and compassion,

Christopher Lee May

Next month Krishna Dasand his band will embark on his second kirtan bus tour across the country (last year he toured with Deva Premal and Miten). And, it was amazing.

Included on this tour of 16 cities are Krisha Das kirtans in theaters/clubs/churches, a workshop, and two music festivals (Harmony & Wanderlust). They start off in Seattle, go down the west coast, over to the southwest, up through the mid-west and ending in the northeast near Philadelphia. There will be two stops in Arizona, one in Phoenix and one in Tucson. This Samsara by Bus Tour promises to be a wonderful Summer, spiritual thing to do in Phoenix. Don’t miss it.

The Phoenix Arizona performance will take place on Thursday, June 16 at the 7:30pm, with 6:30pm doors opening.

The location is The Marquee, 730 North Mill Avenue, Tempe, AZ, 85281

Ticket Prices: $35/$45 in advance

To BUY TICKETS NOW, call (480) 829-1300.

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Remarks: Seated General admission in VIP and house sections. Children are welcome and require tickets as adults.

Along with KD’s much-loved CDs and Chants of a Lifetime which came out last year. Get Your advance copy for Krishna Das to sign.

One of the things that makes this tour so wonderful is that you can participate. Krishna Das uses the traditional Kirtans call-and-response format with your participation and some new songs and material never played before! The way it works is Krishna Das sings a phrase, and then the audience responds with the same phrase. It creates a back and forth chant which is rhythmic, energizing and uplifting. You’ll love it.

If you are new to Kirtan or Krishna Das, listen to Pilgrim Heart by clicking here to read more about his life, his Guru Neem Karoli Baba and pick up a copy of the amazing story of his journey on CD.

If you need a meditation shawl, meditation clothing or spiritual practice clothing to wear during the performance or for meditation, visit us at www.FourGates.com.

Mantra and chanting can create a sense of peace, relaxation and connection to your deep heart.

Ram, Ram, Sita Ram…

With love and compassion,

Christopher Lee May

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