Sadhguru English Speech--The Intriguing Repetition of 108 In Our Lives-BY-Sadhguru English
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Date: 2022-08-02

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Significance of Number 108

I would exasperate me, making me wait for the end to come. Because the last bead promised freedom. Let me explain: the number 108 is ubiquitous among many households, believed to be  auspicious, a protector, and a guarantor. Nothing wrong can happen if one follows this number. I, too, believed in this when I would be asked to finish the mala of 108 beads as a child. Mostly on festivals or very auspicious days. I’ve also been slow at chanting, making it a very long affair for me. My stomach would often rumble threateningly while my 8-year-old mind would anxiously try to finish 108, guiltily wondering if I had skipped any.   

Cut to the present day, now I enjoy the repetitive chanting of 108.  I’m still slow but in the current full throttle speed of everyday living, I find it a welcome break. A little cocoon for meditativeness for those few minutes.  The world fades away in the quiet of the mantra. Did our ancients know the time it would take for a mantra to bear fruit? Did they know the coming generations would have to practice taking a pause, instead of allowing a more natural and simpler flow to their days? Who knew the importance of 108 would continue thousands of years from the time it began?

If one were to take a time capsule and travel back to the ways of the ancients, we would find women and men sitting in the lotus posture, eyes closed, prayerfully chanting. Do I mimic their gestures when I sit in my living room or bed, assuming a similar stance? Would my 86-year-old grandmother, who is the epitome of discipline, find a soul sister with the same passion for chants thousands of years ago?

Bandaging our insides
Recently, a harsh word flew from my mouth before I could even comprehend what I said. I instantly kept quiet, surveying the damage that the spillage had done. My friend’s face was aghast at the exchange, I was ridden with guilt. Clearly, exhaustion and lack of patience were not excuses to behave inexplicably. When the echoes of those words stayed with me through the day, I clearly had let out energy which didn’t seem to be me. I realized the age-old wisdom: our words can cut sharper than a sword.

The energy of the harsh word rippled the tension between us, leaving its eddies uneasily around. Could I have said the same thing in a more refined way? Our speech carries energy: good, bad and the ugly. Physics has taught us that energy is neither destroyed nor created. So, those harsh eddies linger around. The manifestation of an expression of brokenness we may have carried inside of us. And that brokenness, the disconnect, can be repaired - if only we would.

The ways may be many, yet chanting is one of the paths to bandage our insides. Only if we allow love to unfold inside, can we share it with others. And just as the negative energy cannot be destroyed, so cannot the positive. It follows the more positive energy we create, the better it would be.

These cannot be measured or defined. How do you define the space positive energy creates or holds? It can only be felt. The impact and importance of 108 can only be felt by the practitioner. Though the old ancient sounds could be a prayer, it’s also a small vehicle for holding positive space. A space of calm, peace, and higher aspirations. I cannot explain how my speech feels ‘purified’ when I practice chanting. I’ve noticed an inner glow on the faces of others who chant and do some other practices. And if I look at my grandmother, an inner light seems to shine out of her. Though it could be termed as the veil of bias and familial love, it seems to be the culmination of a lifetime of prayer, surrender, and acceptance. The by-products of chanting, though one cannot hope to achieve this through chanting. It simply happens unconsciously, and the charm is in the not-knowing.  


Know your vibrations
Our world is not only made up of land and water. It holds energy. And if one would like to go deeper in physics, we are all waves that intersect and interact and respond to vibrations. Have there been occasions when you felt uneasy at visiting a place for an unexplainable reason? Or times when you feel wonderful, just like that? A place of prayer, a keeper of people’s devotion, is usually soothing and peaceful. While a hospital holds different energy. The vibrations of each place is different. When we chant a mantra or a prayer, we’re spreading the vibrations of peace and love around. And those vibrations have the power to change the space.  

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