Congratulations to Debi on completion of her sankalpa!!! She shared her exhilaration with us and says “Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!“
Donna from Florida admits that the sankalpa is not always smooth . “At times it got tough” she said and there were days she “just didnt want to do it” ! This reminds me of a Swamiji story – He once said that (and I paraphrase) regardless of what the mind tries to trick us into, we should “keep our knees down” ie we should keep our asana and continue our sadhana regardless !
Sitara from Toronto , Canada says “This mantra has been wonderful for me.” and said that will share the “details soon“. We look forward to hearing from you Sitara !
Sundari from Berkeley wrote in to share this
“The sankalpa has really helped me deepen my regular practice in beautiful ways. The UPS is such a huge goal to work toward – 100,000 repetitions just can’t be done in a day. Or maybe it can, if you recite really fast! (It would require 7 repetitions per minute for 24 hours straight.) With what I am able to do (anywhere between 3-10 malas a day), I just have to come back to it every day, whether I’m feeling like it or not. I feel a sense of accomplishment at every major milestone, but also humbled and challenged by the weight of what is left. And inspired, too! I believe that such a strong and sweet intention can and will transform world consciousness, eventually.
The support from the online community has been especially powerful, and the whole thing inspired me to deepen my sadhana.“
All the very best to you Sundari !
Here are the numbers for those of us that preferred to chant the mantra at the fire (Week ending March 18th 2007)
| Name |
Number of Mantras
|
| Swamiji & Mandir Residents |
Priceless
|
| Michael |
12,960
|
| Janitri |
6,048
|
| Mousumi |
10,908
|
| Parvati |
1,080
|
| Total |
30,996
|
And for those of us that chanted without the fire
| Name |
Number of Mantras
|
| Arati |
7,000
|
| Babu |
1,296
|
| Bharata |
60,000
|
| Bharati |
10,800
|
| Brendan |
3,711
|
| Carie |
1,920
|
| Chocatane |
24,408
|
| Chris K |
18,900
|
| Chris W |
26,294
|
| Debi |
111,111
|
| Donna |
25,490
|
| Durga |
5,616
|
| Egyirba |
9,180
|
| Eric |
71,928
|
| Gauri |
10,044
|
| Georgiann |
7,007
|
| Henny |
28,512
|
| Janitri |
14,296
|
| Jayadeva |
26,784
|
| Julia |
20,430
|
| Kalachandra |
20,736
|
| Kaliananda |
20,520
|
| Kamalaji |
30,049
|
| Kanda |
21,600
|
| Karen |
22,000
|
| Kathy |
20,116
|
| Marsha |
20,088
|
| Maruthi |
47,000
|
| Mausumi |
17,280
|
| Michael |
10,800
|
| Michele |
5,710
|
| Morningsong |
26,460
|
| Muktimaa |
13,176
|
| Nickolas |
1,500
|
| Nirmal |
5,184
|
| Nirmalananda |
12,900
|
| Nanda |
14,115
|
| Papia |
25,920
|
| Patty |
23,248
|
| Prasana |
10,840
|
| Prathibha |
20,422
|
| Raghu |
24,948
|
| Rebeca |
18,700
|
| Rick Veda |
82,620
|
| Robin |
18,600
|
| Rolf |
18,900
|
| Rukmani |
6,696
|
| Sadhu Maa |
10,044
|
| Shubal |
12,420
|
| Sitara |
5,004
|
| Sundari |
24,840
|
| Shankari |
11,880
|
| Surya |
111,111
|
| Susan |
31,536
|
| Usha |
74,736
|
| Vasantha |
90,000
|
| Wendel |
19,500
|
| Wendy |
27,972
|
| Vinay |
2,160
|
| Visveshwar |
34,236
|
| Yogini |
70,200
|
| Total |
1,563,494
|