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We walked during a drizzle of rain - Jaya, Raymond and myself.  We made a commitment to keep our fingers on our japa beads and utter the mantras so well known to us Hare Krishna.  By the time we got to the crossroads of Bloor and Spadina, one of those companions confessed, "Maharaja, I've been doing terribly with my rounds.”  (meaning a lack of focus on the sacred sound)
 
This remark expresses a common enough concern by chanters of japa.  I indicated that he should make use of prayer, which can be an urgent call for help.  "Ask for empowerment and for the power to concentrate.  Distractions are always everywhere, and practically at all times.  Call for help.  Prayer is a divine communication that expresses gratitude, but is also a request to fulfill a need."

It is the mind that veers us away from the proper direction.  It is the culprit all of the time.  This is a situation where prayer, or vandanam (in Sanskrit), can really assist one in spiritual progression.  Praying addresses a person, the Supreme Person.  We may consider that the Lord of the Heart (Paramatma) is there sitting at the core of our heart.  He listens.  He watches.  He waits.

It would be very difficult to pray to God as energy sometimes referred to as Brahman.  To communicate impactfully, we require a personality with which we can exchange words and feelings.  This is devotion.  https://www.instagram.com/p/B5LFnEigeiV/?igshid=1pk0onlcnshbn

I wish you the best , dear chanter. 
 
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