9. Prayer Mantras

Stone "Celtic" Cross in Forest Near Kolbermoor, Germany. (Tomasito photo)

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Prayer "Mantras"

I have noticed that these different mantra-type prayers do not seem to have exactly the same effect on me, but they all seem righteous and good.

Of course, before they become a Prayer of the Heart I think they must be repeated many, many, many times since faithful, continuous practice seems necessary.

If the above seems foolish to you--well, it seemed foolish to me too. I had to experience the work myself—and that meant abandoning some prejudices and expending some effort.

“Nothing ventured, nothing gained” is more than a folk saying.

Perhaps a person should also have reached a particular state of need in their spiritual development when this sort of activity is right--though I am not sure about this.


When I have finished “pilgrimming” and have stopped reciting the mantras, their total effect has continued to be beneficial to me, I think, though in exactly WHAT way I really could not say.

Tomasito, 2009


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