We,
The human race,
We are a combination of the mortal coil,
The body,
And the immortal self,
The soul.
The soul in Sanskrit known as jivatma or just atma.
This physical body,
It will perish.
It is so impermanent we do not know how long we will have this body.
And all the possessions that we accrue around us as we go about our worldly lives,
They are also impermanent.
Relationships,
Physical acquisition,
The human body,
All impermanent.
But the soul,
The atma,
It is an immortal power,
A divine power.
Nāsato vijjite bhāvo,
Nā bhavo vijjite satthā.
The Vedic verse explains the soul was never made,
It will never be unmade,
It is an eternal energy,
Before this body was born it existed.
As we live it continues to exist and as this physical body,
Its time ends,
The immortal soul,
The divine power will continue.
And so when it comes to meditation,
The great rasic masters,
The Mahapurush,
The saints,
I have expressed,
It is important to do a practice that ignites the spiritual power within you,
That strengthens your spiritual awareness,
Your life's focus and brings the experience of the divine to you.
Jagat Guru Tama Shri Kapalaji Maharaj,
Our guru,
Explains that of all the practices to ignite your spiritual energy,
The most profound and the most easiest is known as bhakti yoga,
The way of love,
Devotion and surrender.
And one of the main ways to practice bhakti is to do kīrten chanting,
Chanting of the divine names of the infinite divine power of love and this is manifest in the form of Sri Radha,
She and Sri Krishna,
He.
Together they are the divine manifestation of love,
The supreme form.
However Maharaji has explained Bhagavan,
God,
Has uncountable names and forms and you should not get stressed about this,
But Radha and Krishna by singing their names,
By meditating on their divine form,
This is the way that you build a relationship with them,
You draw them to you and you to them and by meditating on the infinite supreme form of love,
Sri Radha Krishna,
You awaken that divine energy within yourself,
Your love increases,
Your understanding of the world increases,
Your peace,
Your joy and your loving focus becomes who you are.
So the chanting for today is none other than the name of Radhe and Krishna,
Radhe Radhe Govinda,
Govinda is a name of Krishna,
Another name and Radhe,
She is also known as Radha.
So Kāman will lead the chanting,
Myself along with you,
Please give the response and do sing unless there is a reason that you can't participate in this chanting,
Feel the energy and meditate on their divine form and if you struggle with their divine form,
No matter,
Feel their presence within your heart and before you and if you wish occasionally just take a look at the images that's on the wall behind me and using that as a guidance,
Close your eyes and build the slowing connection.
Alright,
Again I remind you to keep your breathing rhythm going and keep your eyes closed for this session and we'll begin the chanting momentarily.
