The five steps assume storms are where the training happens, rehearse the mantra in an imagined crisis, wait for a real one to arrive and test it. But storms are rare and never scheduled. Life triggers you in the one situation nobody rehearsed, and a reflex trained for a specific imagined scenario has nothing to hold onto there.
Children never use a mantra, and they still have real, natural awareness available to them. Nothing had to be built through repetition first. Storms are too rare and unpredictable to be the training ground for anything. Awareness cultivated directly, in ordinary daily life, all the time, is what's actually there when the storm comes, no mantra required to reach it.
Funny thing is, every lineage eventually figures out the same move: it’s not the emotion that wrecks you, it’s the moment you forget you have a choice.
A mantra is basically a handrail for the mind, the thing you grab before you go full street-vendor-machete on someone’s soul. Not mystical, just practical.
Call it breath, call it presence, call it Viktor Frankl whispering “maybe don’t nuke your whole evening.”
Truly a great read, Muse! Unchecked emotional storms don’t just shake us in the moment. They shape who we think we are.
Every time we let anger speak for us, or sadness define us, or fear guide us, it’s not just a reaction. It’s really a rehearsal, for a version of ourselves we’re becoming.
And those mantras? Beautifully crafted. As you rightly said, we should rehearse them, not just during the storm, but especially in its absence.
Because every mindful response is more than damage control.
A good read
Thank you 🙏
The five steps assume storms are where the training happens, rehearse the mantra in an imagined crisis, wait for a real one to arrive and test it. But storms are rare and never scheduled. Life triggers you in the one situation nobody rehearsed, and a reflex trained for a specific imagined scenario has nothing to hold onto there.
Children never use a mantra, and they still have real, natural awareness available to them. Nothing had to be built through repetition first. Storms are too rare and unpredictable to be the training ground for anything. Awareness cultivated directly, in ordinary daily life, all the time, is what's actually there when the storm comes, no mantra required to reach it.
Funny thing is, every lineage eventually figures out the same move: it’s not the emotion that wrecks you, it’s the moment you forget you have a choice.
A mantra is basically a handrail for the mind, the thing you grab before you go full street-vendor-machete on someone’s soul. Not mystical, just practical.
Call it breath, call it presence, call it Viktor Frankl whispering “maybe don’t nuke your whole evening.”
The space it opens is where sanity lives.
Mantras are like magic to diffuse strong emotions.
It’s another tool given by the Divine, why not use it
Truly a great read, Muse! Unchecked emotional storms don’t just shake us in the moment. They shape who we think we are.
Every time we let anger speak for us, or sadness define us, or fear guide us, it’s not just a reaction. It’s really a rehearsal, for a version of ourselves we’re becoming.
And those mantras? Beautifully crafted. As you rightly said, we should rehearse them, not just during the storm, but especially in its absence.
Because every mindful response is more than damage control.
It’s an act of intentional identity design.
Indeed, using mantra can be an aid to shape a new identity