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#34 - Finding Peace in Hard Times with the Maha Mantra, Fasting, and Prayer
Episode 34 • 4th May 2025 • JuicyMagiK On the Daily • Juicy MagiK
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A quiet walk in a Welsh rainforest, a fast on day three, and a warm reminder to turn the heart toward the Name. This is a simple practice video for anyone feeling hungry in body or restless in mind. We talk about letting go of old stuff, near-miss moments that sharpen gratitude, and the mercy tucked inside a pop song’s chorus. Then we chant the Mahamantra together. Come sit with us, bead or no bead, and offer a little prayer for peace, forgiveness, and steady love on Easter weekend and every day.

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hey Mark hey Namaste

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peace be with you and upon you

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I'm struggling with my body a little bit

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we're on day three of a fast and it's at that time

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that 5 and six PM where you know

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I'm used to having a little bit of supper

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so I'm trying to keep my mind

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uh that's where chanting and on your beats

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and engaging the senses can be really helpful

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cause you know

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the truth is if we're all living in this material world

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we've got these meat puppet suits on

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they're very good ones cause they're human form

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which is meant to actually

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for cultivation of spiritual life

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love for God recognize who I am

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who others are who God is

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what's our relationship what's our function position

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you gotta make it easy

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my eyes go weird

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cause I've had bad eyesight since I was a kid

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got this pump on that itches

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my feet are cold

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I haven't been able to use a proper

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toilet in three days you know

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just on the road

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stuffed into a van

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it's very wet in the UK you go outside

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you get wet you come back inside

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you get cold

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but I was at this Maria wanted me to talk about this

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and she's been really struggling

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cause of letting go of a lot

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going through a lot of her past

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in association with some of the things that we've

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been letting go of and selling

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cause we can't keep them anymore

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we don't have anywhere to store them

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it's 200 pounds a month to store them

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they've been sitting there for two years

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getting dusty and old

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give another three years and they won't even be usable

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it's just dump for them so

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I'm proud of her for addressing this and letting it go

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it was no longer necessary

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certainly was an expense that wasn't needed

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I'm glad cause we can take that those

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that those pounds or euros or whatever

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and then put them into getting some nice

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wholesome foods to offer and then offer to others

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which we love to do for shalom

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the lord's mercy

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thank you of the lord's mercy

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we were in a pub or a this place that

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there's some pubs around where we can get warm

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go to a bathroom

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wash our face and all that second stuff

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probably having a cup of tea or something

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um the Cindy Lauper song came on time after time

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it's always one of my favourite songs

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material songs

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and I think the history is that

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you know her partner

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business partner

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boyfriend at the time was helping her with this song

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the lyrics are you know

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if you fall I will catch you

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I'll be waiting time after time

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I kind of

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in that is this transcendental knowledge

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that's kind of like God's position and functions

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he's there for us all the time

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he's in our hearts

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says the parama of the Lord in the heart

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the representatives of god and Scripture

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I've certainly confirmed this in my own experience

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inside

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we can turn to him

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he's always just waiting for us patiently there

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instead of turning to an outside source

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or some famous person or some money

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or some some semblance of safety and security

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which we struggle for in the material world

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he's just waiting for us to turn to him

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and he's always there

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he's just like no matter how far down you go

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God is waiting there for you to turn to him

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and so this Easter weekend

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if you're having a really hard time

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if you're struggling with your mind or your body

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or a family member or a friend

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or maybe you're in a war torn country

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it's so sad I'm so sorry for that

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just some small way

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just trying to encourage you to keep going

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if you have some beads pick them up

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whatever language you're familiar with

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just repeat any of God's names

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pray to him in your heart for strength

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for peace for security for shelter

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because you know

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we almost got hit by a truck the other day

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got some damage to the car

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a little bit here and there

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the windshield stone

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it could have gone through our eye

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if we were riding a motorcycle

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we're so marciocca this planet

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is known as the place where death takes place

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and it happens like a thief in the night

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like scripture says it always comes very quickly

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gradually then suddenly as they say

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that's bitcoin parlance but it's true

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you know

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your whole life you've been told that which born

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is born must must pass away

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and you still think this is our home

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and where we can find shelter and safety

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hello hi Bo

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hey Bob

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I was a little uh

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just checking you out just checking me out

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they've got

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there's some very particular bees here in this wetland

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forest

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temperate rainforest and Wales

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magical beyond belief full of light

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full of juiciness full of magic

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just feel the energy running through this place

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all this incredible energy

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and there's always a source of the energy

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a person always is behind that

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the architect

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so pray to the Supreme Architect

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the supreme friend of every living entity

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god is the natural owner

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controller and enjoyer of every living entity

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so give it give up the praises to him

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and offer up your life and breath to him

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and if you have any troubles or sorrows

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today in this moment please offer them up to him

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we we

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we are too

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yeah

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but what if you can't hear him or see him or feel him

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or

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what do you do well

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our process that which we've accepted

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which is known as Sadhana Abaka yoga

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it's the highest form of yoga

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according to scripture and spiritual masters

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and I've experienced that myself

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I've tried every form of yoga

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every path all the different you know the

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our help is in the name of the Lord

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so we god descends as his name

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one of my teachers bakyivladantswami

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always said don't try to see god

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just act in such a way that god sees you

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the quickest and easiest way to get all

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attention of someone is to call out their name

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I dude

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I bug the crap out of Maria all the time Maria

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Maria hey

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hey now she's like ah

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give me some peace

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you know husband and wife stuff

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you know we're regular folks

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we put our pants on one leg at a time

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you know we poop and pee and

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sometimes

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we argue or feel a bit irritated with each other

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it's natural it's just

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you know that's how it is

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but we keep coming back to

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in scripture

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this process we know that god descends us his name

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we're not saying any particular language

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or sect or group it's just

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every scripture I've ever studied in the world

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says the same thing often

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is that there's

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so much power and potency in the holy names of god

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and so we use the Mahamantra

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Mahamantra is the great mantra for deliverance

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in this age

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so should we chance you're welcome to try it

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repeat it if you have some beads you can take them out

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I was taught to offer my respects to my teachers

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on the head bead and to the Supreme Being

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and to this one of this you know one of the great

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promoters of this process

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Lord Chaitanya Uranga

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and his associates Ichinanda Triad Waver

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Garadar and Chuvas known as the Panchita Patta

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we offer our respects to them

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all the great teachers

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who encourage us to chant the holy names of God

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so we'll just do that haribol

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chant the names of God that's what haribol means

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it's like praise the Lord Haribol

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if you don't like the name Haribul

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then just say praise the Lord or Hallelujah

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you know pick something

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no hard and fast rules

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but we do know that the more senses engaged in a

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in a practice or process the more absorbed you become

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so if you're if you're hurting it

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if your body's hurting or your mind's driving you crazy

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just get absorbed in this sound

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give it a try try it for a year

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a month maybe do a certain number of names every day

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it's known as the Rosary or the sicker

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there's so many names for this process

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don't get caught up in the in the language

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just reach deep down into the essence

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God is with you in your heart

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and you can call out to him

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and obviously you know when I

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hey Maria

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the response you don't say that

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I know I know

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I don't I'm just saying that the response is

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generally speaking I try

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I'm not perfect and I always do this

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but I try to when I

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when I say people that

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are very intimate in my life like my mom

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my wife or my sometimes I step dog

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I had such sweet names for them call them hey mom

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hey Maria are you awake

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they're often I don't sleep a lot

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you know

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I'm often up in the middle of the night

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sometimes I want to know hey

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you want to meditate together

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that one's for Joe remember 1999

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Joe hey

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you want to meditate you want to learn how to meditate

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okay

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roughly went

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so yeah let's just chant a little bit

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I through thick and thin through up and down

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when I'm happy when I'm sad

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I I lean on this Maha mantra and I

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I find it helps me get through soul gets

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gets me through everything

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the recent passing of my father

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having a business and relationship fall apart

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I've lost so much in my life

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I'm not blaming anyone else

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you know it's our karma we have we're as we sow

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so must we reap as we're reaping

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so must we have sown this is just the law of karma

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good and bad

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so I'm responsible

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but the way out

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isn't through following the dictates of my mind

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or my body the way out is through sacred yoga sounds

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transcendental mantras

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in the Maha mantra the great mantra for deliverance is

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for everybody

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Hari Krishna Hari Krishna Krishna Krishna Hari

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Hari Rama Hari Rama Rama Rama

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Hari Hari this means oh Lord

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Abba Abba Allah oh Lord Krishna

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all attract he who's all attractive

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who attracts everyone god attracts everybody

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that's why his name is Krishna also

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o Lord o energy of the Lord

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please engage me in loving service to you

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and obviously if we're serving him

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we also want to serve his children and others

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our neighbors our friends our communities

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it's thick and thin this is non sectarian

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it's for every it's universal

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this is a universal prayer

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that will help you get out of the morass of material

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nescience and ignorance pain and misery and suffering

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arguments chaos

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quarrel and confusion which we see everywhere

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and put you into harmony with the supreme person

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and with the Lord in your heart

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and then with others

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other living entities

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say Haribo little doggy Haribo Sheepy poo

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Haribo b

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Haribo Maria

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go to the next view

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you can hear the birds sweetly singing

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so why not be like that bird and so sweetly sing a hymn

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a praise to the one who loves us the most

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the Supreme person and on this Easter weekend

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it's one of the true great masters

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Rabbi Yishua

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we offer our respectful obeisances

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they seek your Grace and your mercy

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thank you for your being and your sacrifice

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and for your example

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mostly for your example of such perfect love

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that you can even forgive those who are so

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so so demonic towards you

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if you could forgive others

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certainly we can just forgive someone today

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or ask for forgiveness seek forgiveness from someone

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we can't change the past we've laid the tracks to here

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but we can change the future

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how we are today so

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that's why we chant that's why we fast

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that's why we pray

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we hope you will

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you will as well

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hi Bo

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hi Christian

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Namaste and peace be with you and upon you

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the beautiful whales in the temperate rainforest

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we say blessed be all on Easter

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may we all be humbled by this weekend

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and pray for peace in our hearts and on earth

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that's in the Mahamantra too

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the Mahamantra contains all mantras

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contains all prayers

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when you feed the root of the tree

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you feed the whole tree the leaves

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the branches the trunk everything

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so if you want to feed the root

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just chant the Mahamantra

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in a humble state of mind

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feeling oneself

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to be lower than the straw on the street

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one should be more tolerant than the tree

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devoid of all sense of false prestige

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and ready to offer all respects to others

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in such a state of mind

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one can chant the holy names of the Lord constantly

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I bow

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may peace be with you

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now swaying isn't part of the process

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but I always find sometimes when I get into this state

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I just feel like feel like I'm being held and cradled

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and it's such a gentle swaying

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I want that feeling certainly in my life

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in this moment regret anytime I wasn't

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really treating anyone like that

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so I certainly ask for your forgiveness

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for anyone that I may have offended

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or hurt or harmed in deeds of body

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speech or mind

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there's the Metta prayer from the Bhagavad Gita

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as well as very nice

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seek forgiveness

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and forgive others for any deeds of body

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speech or mind knowingly or unknowingly

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that they've done to me or that I've done to others

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knowingly or unknowingly consciously or unconsciously

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This Easter we fast and pray for that feeling

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feel lower than the straw on the street

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so that we can look up at life with admiration

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and magic awe and wonder

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get back into the primal authentic

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wild self

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the living entity in our true eternal identity

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position and function as God's loving servants happy

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joyful

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and at peace

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thanks for

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thanks for tuning in

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this is juicy magic and I'm Mark

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and we really appreciate your time and coming on board

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I want to thank Maria for doing all the great film work

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and editing

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and I'm just really grateful for this weekend

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I ball I must say

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peace be with you and upon you

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champion

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can you forgive me

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absolutely

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in a heartbeat for being so careless and agitated

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yes I forgive you

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and certainly please forgive me

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would you forgive me

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for anything I've done to contribute to that

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frazzleness

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I call sweet soul

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it's an Easter hug here coming in

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come bring it in for the real thing

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hmm

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wow that was nice

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thank you

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I feel very uh

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very humbled by that

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