my current favourite song

yesterday after chanting 'aum' (or 'om') to begin the class, my yoga teacher played a mantra as soft background music for the class. i love to practise asanas to chants or music. that particular tune sounded really familiar, i realised that i also had the cd that she played. the mantra is sung to a tune which is written for it in modern times. i came back and googled it. it is call the gayatri mantra, 'a highly revered mantra in hinduism... which is seen as a Divine awakening of the mind and soul...'. i am totally captivated by the tune, then the chant. i kept singing it.

the mantra in sanskrit:
AUM BHOOR BHUWAH SWAHA,
TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM
BHARGO DEVASAYA DHEEMAHI
DHIYO YO NAHA PRACHODAYAT.

means:
Oh God! Thou art the Giver of Life,
Remover of pain and sorrow,
The Bestower of happiness,
Oh! Creator of the Universe,
May we receive thy supreme sin-destroying light,
May Thou guide our intellect in the right direction.

here is a link to see deva premal and miten perform gayatri mantra. quiet down, listen and feel what is inside you.

sound is power. different sounds have different effects on human psyche. the chanting of mantra is belived to lift the believer towards the higher self. hahaha everytime i talk such things to kym, he will yawn. i duno why i am so interested in these stuff (the buddhism/hindu philosophy, chakras, ayuveda, yoga) maybe i am some hindu yogini in my past life. but i am not going to question it. may the divine light guide each and every one of us to our highest good.