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Clients and friends tell me that they find it difficult to sleep at night between Christmas and New Year and even into January. Part of the reason may be that the Sun is still low in the sky and the days are shorter than we would like. Part of the reason may be too that as we move into the next year, we are unsettled. Meditation and chanting can help improve sleep.
Most people think that chanting is part of meditating and that it needs to be done in an upright, lotus position as shown in the picture above. That is simply not true.
Yes, chants are used in meditation. Fact, chants are meditation and can be done anywhere. That is why, when I am having trouble sleeping, and say one, two or all of the chants below until I fall deeply into sleep.
My favorite chant is "The Loving Kindness" chant. The version that I learned goes like this...
May I be filled with loving kindness. May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease. May I be happy.
May you be filled with loving kindness. May you be well.
May you be peaceful and at ease. May you be happy.
May we be filled with loving kindness. May we be well.
May we be peaceful and at ease. May we be happy.
The chant that I learned back in the nineties is the OM chant. "Om Mani Padme Hum". I can say this chant for about twenty minutes before I am asleep. You can look up the meaning of this chant. However, the Dalai Lama says that this chant will...
“transform your impure body, speech and mind into the pure body, speech and mind of a Buddha.”
The third chant or mantra that I use is the...Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Say So Hung chant. Again, you can look up the meaning. This is a very sacred healing chant that I learned in 2003 and that I use to help heal aches and pains that keep me from sleeping.
Please try these mantras when you can not sleep and please post what happened when you used them.
Many blessings,
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