Aham Prema #3

2/24/25

 I completed the Aham Prema practice on my own today, to ensure that it was done before my busy day started. I've been doing a five to ten minute guided meditation culled from YouTube each morning before work, so it was easy to swap in the mantra video instead. I may do that tomorrow, too.  I listened along with Dev Premal's YouTube video. I noticed today as well that I was chanting "Aham Prema" while taking a shower and getting ready for the day. It was school vacation last week and this morning, back to the typical daily hustle, so leaning on the mantra this morning and focusing my thoughts only on that for about five minutes was helpful. 

I held the mala beads in my hands and turned each one to keep count. It's something small but another thing to focus on while chanting. I noticed that one or two of the beads was slightly misshapen or dented. I noticed closely each time I completed a set of green beads and came to the white and red. 

My day was busy, and I felt a bit overwhelmed; however, maybe less overwhelmed or feeling less like things are hectic because of those moments when I meditated and chanted the mantra. 

I went looking for a book at the library yesterday, and I came upon Eat, Pray, Love, which I've never read. I know it's a movie, too but I do heart books! 

I began reading Eat, Pray, Love after writing about the mantra "Aham Prema." In the first few pages of the book, there was a mention of mala beads and how people wear them. Considering the borrowed mala beads were stashed in my purse, while I began reading this book in the library, it seemed ironic. 




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