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Beneficial chants for mothers-to-be
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Here is a one-of-its-kind album of chants `For the expectant mother' brought out by Ojas Foundation and marketed by Music Today.
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IT IS believed that the power of the mantra is enormous. The oral traditions of recitation of the mantras from scriptures have ensured the continuity of the mantras. The Vedas are the fountainhead of knowledge and wisdom. Chanting of mantras is not just restricted to rituals and ceremonies. Within the precincts of homes select shlokas from the Vedas and epics have been taught and chanted everyday. In today's stressful world people are seeking recourse to the spiritual and numerous musical albums with chants are repeatedly released for the benefit of those who want to seek some solace and tranquillity.
The Ojas Foundation (located in Chennai) promotes the Vedic path to healthy living. Through extensive study and analysis, Sri Tatwamasi Dixit has identified several chants helpful in dealing with life's problems. The album of the Foundation Ojas Life Energy - For the Expectant Mother and marketed by Music Today contains chants identified to be heard by the mother-to-be.
Pregnancy is something most women look forward to. It is also a time for emotional upheaval. The expectant mother has to cope with physical and psychological turmoil. Through the decades the pregnant woman has been advised to read and think of good things as it is supposed to be beneficial to the growing foetus. She is asked to have a positive attitude to life and banish all bad thoughts, anger, depression and so on. The Ojas Foundation's album is valuable for the expectant mother.
In the introduction it is stated "the growing child in the womb is affected by chemicals released in the mother's brain in response to her moods. Maintaining a sense of peace, tranquillity and harmony transmits to the unborn child a message of love and comfort. You, as parents of your unborn child will find that listening to Vedic chanting will infuse you with energy. The energy of the mantras will be transmitted to your child and will empower it as it enters the world."
This album has select chants which seek to invoke blessings for a happy married life and children, of health, long life, safe delivery, the well-being of the child in the uterus and post-delivery and blessings for sakala sowbhagyam - faith, knowledge, fame, intelligence, prosperity and strength.
The flap of the album provides an explanatory note on the chants though the chants themselves are not printed. The forceful renditions makes one listen to them.
But one has to listen to them in a serene ambience as the guide to the album advises. One has heard stories of how Abhimanyu was `educated' in the womb. This album is like pre-natal lessons for your baby (it costs Rs. 75) and it is ultimately left to the individual to decide whether she wants to give it a try or not.
Ojas, For the Expectant Mother, Music Today, Rs 75
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