There this ancient beautfull mantra about Change, ”Asatoma sad gamaya”…where we can talk about two important things about CHANGE:
Number one is that we have NO Resposibility whatsoever to change Others. It is simply not other peoples job.
And that Change is a totaly individual thing.
Step number one in a changing process is to discover a pattern by being quiet, alert and observant enough. We usualy meet our old patterns when challenged. So face your challenge and your feelings. And alertness is the key and to be exersised in everyday ”down to earth” life
This is where the ancient mantra comes in..”Asatoma sad gamaya” –” lead me from Ignorance to knowledge” .Thats what we do when we become aware of our patterns, thinking or behavourial
”Masatoma jotyr gamaya”: lead me from darkness to light . By darkness the egoic thinking patterns are implied. Those closed circles we repeat and relive in the darkness of our ignorance. So by bringing these patterns to light i.e discovering them gives us a power- a new knowledge.
On our way to light we meet resistense. Resistense is simply reluctance to change our patterns. A fear of change inherent in all humans. Ego tends to overdramatise the situation whatever it might be. Since it is unpleasant for Ego, the temptation is to avoid or pretend the feeling even doesnt exist or belittle it as unimportant.
These stratagies are ”default settings” for most people. But those who are eager and ready must win over this innefectiveness.
In the face of a challenge we face our patterns. And the single thought of changing anything feels like stepping out of the comfort zone. Big time. It is unpleasant and even scary. But now is the best time to do it!
Althought it seems scary and unpleasant stay there. Stay for Gods sake, allow the feeling, exauste it with your sharp presence. Breath through the Resistence and every time you notice you Hold your breath Breeeeath even deeper. There is also no room to think about anything else or even to THINK at all at this moment as all of your Focus is consumed in the Present.
Then see what comes your way. Act upon your new Insight when a new Challenge arrives.
The promise of the mantra is Immortality: ”mritjomaramritam gamaya” – move from death to immortality. By Imortality the enlightened, non- egoic thinking and behaviour is implied.
Therefore by exersising alertness and acting upon your new wisdom we expand beyond our limits and arrive at a more balanced and happy place within ourselves.
On the path of self transformation 