As the coronavirus pandemic raged in her native Sri Lanka, monk JayaShri Maathaa had a thought: two magical words that planted something beautiful in her mind and blossomed into a whole new way of being. She shares how this mantra transformed her life – and the surprising ways gratitude can invite bliss, joy and harmony between yourself and all that surrounds you.
A Magical Mantra for Nurturing a Blissful Life
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kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ll betcha the words weren’t actually Magical
imperious_melange@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Depends on one’s definition of magical I would imagine. For instance yesterday someone told me their meal was awesome, but was it awesome by definition? I have doubts.
kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The cynic in me would say that a word like “magical” in relation to eating a meal is metaphor; and no one will bat an eye at using it that way.
But the whole “self improvement” space is so full of grifts, cons, and empty promises that applying that same system of metaphors does a disservice. If you’re using it the same way as you would a delicious meal, saying that a mantra is “magical” can prove true for one person while another finds it a waste of time. But if you’re using it the way that a self-help grifter would, where the Mantra is implied to contain implicit properties in and of itself that are Magic, that’s where trouble starts.