I'm excited to share a little more footage from my Sacred Chant Concert at Bhakti Fest's 10th Anniversary.
This one is of a mantra that many of you will know very well: "Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo."
The translation I give in the video is the best one I've given so far.
Ong = I focus my consciousness
Namo = I acknowledge, I bow
Guru Dev = the divine teacher within
So all together, it translates to something like:
I now focus all of my awareness on the divine teacher within. I acknowledge this transformative energy that already exists within me. I bow to that POTENTIAL.
Within each living being (including every living cell) there is an innate intelligence. So often we ask other people to substitute that intelligence for us. This is called "seeking advice."
Quantum Physics tells us that our Universe is a hologram. We are all holograms. This means that the ENTIRE body of intelligence that is our Universe exists in exactly the same form in every single living thing on this planet.
The degree to which we are "enlightened" is the degree to which we put ourselves in a place of allowing that intelligence to flow through us... as us.
As you chant this mantra, make sure the ONG sound resounds through your forehead and nasal cavities. It will activate the frontal lobe, which is associated with learning, and our personality. Vibrate that area with awareness and you will make yourself available to all the intelligence that is already within you.
JOYfully,
Sirgun Kaur
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I learned how to make an intro for my videos the other day, and here is the product:
The video itself wasn't edited, just the intro. I had one last song from -8 that needed an official video on my YouTube channel, in order to represent the entire album.
So here it is: "Har Piaarai Jio" - mantra for understanding the nature of sound, and the awareness that our human body as a resonator of sound. This mantra is about vibration.
This mantra isn't really a mantra though. It is considered a shabad, because it's longer, and it is an entire section of a longer bani (Sikh hymn).
The full bani is called "Anand Sahib," which is also where I got the ending of my song "Bliss (I Am the Light of My Soul") that Sat Darshan Singh sings. Here is the LIVE version, which pre-dates the recording that has become so popular.
I'd like to highlight one feature of Spotify that is particularly revolutionary, and gets me really excited about the future of music.
It's called PLAYLISTS.
Playlists are a democratic system by which YOU the listener get to share the music you love with (potentially) millions of other listeners.
In effect, anyone who listens to music can become their own (digital) radio station...
Take this "Best Yoga Music of the Year" playlist that I was recently added to, which has 2,514 followers at the time I wrote this.
OR, this "TIBETAN BUDDHIST MANTRAS + ALL" playlist I was just added to that has 11,427 followers at the time I wrote this!
Every time someone listens to this playlist (that I did not create!), I get paid. And depending on how many playlists I am added to, and how often people play them, and how many people play them each time, that really adds up.
That means more people are getting exposed to my music, which is why I do this in the first place!
Also, the revenue generated from all these playlists means I get to create MORE RECORDINGS, which then go on Spotify and increase my chances of being added to even more playlists... which allows even more people to hear my music... and so on.
It's exponential greatness!
So by all means, playlist-me. By all means, "follow" me on Spotify. By all means, listen all day and all night!
The future of music is SHARING.
I'm so happy to share with you.
To see a huge collection of all the playlists I am on (that I am aware of), click here.
Have you made a successful playlist that I'm on? Let me know and I'll add it to my page!
I recorded a new(ish) version of "Ajai Alai" the other day. This mantra is for VICTORY, RADIANCE, and POWER.
Most of the longer mantras I do are from a hymn (called "bani") called Japji Sahib (Nirankaar, Bahuta Karam, Amul, etc...).
This one however, is from Jaap Sahib. It was written by the 10th Sikh Master, who was a SPIRITUAL WARRIOR. When I recite Jaap Sahib I feel carried by a very forceful and consistent rhythm... like being on horseback.
:: THE POWER OF NEGATIVE WORDS ::
The rhythm of this mantra, which is created from using couples of words that sound very similar to one another: ajai alai/ abai abhai/ abhoo ajoo, etc... These are all aspects of GOD, but because God and Me are One, these are aspects of all of us.
It's also worth noting that the sound "a" at the beginning of most of these words is a negation. Each word brings up its opposite. Alai--cannot be detroyed; abhai--beyond fear, etc. This is a bit confrontational. In order to qualify God, you are speaking all the things that God isn't. All these things that we think we are (full of fear, perishable, visible) because we often limit our sense of who we are to that which we see in physical form.
Guru Gobind Singh is saying God is NOT and we are NOT limited to these "human" weaknesses.
:: POWER IS INTERNAL ::
POWER is not something we can exert over anyone else. POWER comes from the eternal flow of our beingness. It is innate within us. It like an underground well, waiting to be tapped. It's just there. Ever-present. Ever-flowing.
We become very powerful when we realize that everything we need is always available to us. And that is radiance. It is a confidence rooted in spiritual knowing.
Ajai Alai brings this understanding to us because it vibrates within us at the frequency of our eternal power.
:: VICTORIOUS UPLIFTER ::
It may sound lofty or even esoteric, but I if you think of someone who can command a room when they walk into it--not by yelling or asserting their power, but by a subtle yet forceful presence--THAT is radiance. That is true power.
That power can be used to elevate others. That is a true victory in my book.
When you have that kind of power, it's easy to maintain it.
If you're looking to grow it, it just needs to become a habit.
Try reciting this mantra 11 times per day for 40 days and see what happens. (Let me know!)
