I was fortunate enough last weekend to hear the Gayatri mantra in Pen’s final set at Shaktivism. It is such a beautiful mantra, embodying the Mother as the Light in our lives as the Divine Sun and ultimate knowledge, and is one of the oldest and most powerful mantras. They say that there is nothing more purifying on earth than the Gayatri mantra and that it brings supreme good to the person reciting it, so recite it daily!

It goes as follows:

Om Bhur Bhuvah Svaha
Tat Savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dimahi
Dhiyo yo nah pracodayat

And it means the following:

“We contemplate the glory of Light illuminating the three worlds: gross, subtle, and causal.
I am that vivifying power, love, radiant illumination, and divine grace of universal intelligence.
We pray for the divine light to illumine our minds.”

I was also fortunate enough to be able to chant it many times later on in the evening with my friend Michael as the sun began to tickle the dark starry sky with its light.

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Om Shanti Shanti Shanti!