Feeling Present: A New Experience with Mantra and Dharana
March 2025
These days, I’ve started chanting a Vedic mantra focused on wisdom and presence. Yesterday, while practicing Dharana (focused concentration), I experienced something unique—something I had never felt before.
For a moment, I felt deeply present. My thoughts were fewer, lighter, and less tense. It was as if my mind’s energy, which usually flows into scattered thoughts, had settled into the now.
To describe it simply:
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Before, my awareness was often caught up in endless thoughts, pulling me away from the present. I feel it most of the time in my daily life (except deep working).
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Yesterday, for the first time, I felt my mind resting in the moment—aware, focused, and fully engaged with whatever I was looking at.
It was an amazing experience, one that I hope to deepen with continued mantra practice and yoga.