bumping this thread to share reading material with other devotees here. and yes, if you are in service to others, youre a devotee!!
before reading, it is helpful to invoke the 'magical personality' say 3 times aloud "om namo bhagavate vasudevaya" this will aid in understanding
bhagavad gita
http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.info/pdf/..._It_Is.pdf
it is also very beneficial to attempt to speak the sanskrit vibrations, even though hearing them is the only true way to recite properly. there are pronunciation guides and plenty of information out there to help.
some good quotes id like to share for consideration
ra
"There is a great deal of subtlety invested in this sound vibration complex"
"There are sound vibratory complexes which act much like the
dialing of your telephone. When they are appropriately vibrated with
accompanying will and concentration it is as though many upon your
metaphysical or inner planes received a telephone call. This call they answer
by their attention to your working."
"We may only say that you correctly surmise the paramount import of the
magical personality. This is a study in itself. With the appropriate emotional
will, polarity, and purity, work may be done with or without proper sound
vibration complexes. However, there is no need for the blunt instrument
when the scalpel is available."
"You may consider the concept of sympathetic resonance.
When certain sounds are correctly vibrated, the creation sings."
also anyone who is interested, please check out this brief video on the maha mantra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYxOWgjhygM
before reading, it is helpful to invoke the 'magical personality' say 3 times aloud "om namo bhagavate vasudevaya" this will aid in understanding
bhagavad gita
http://ebooks.iskcondesiretree.info/pdf/..._It_Is.pdf
it is also very beneficial to attempt to speak the sanskrit vibrations, even though hearing them is the only true way to recite properly. there are pronunciation guides and plenty of information out there to help.
some good quotes id like to share for consideration
ra
"There is a great deal of subtlety invested in this sound vibration complex"
"There are sound vibratory complexes which act much like the
dialing of your telephone. When they are appropriately vibrated with
accompanying will and concentration it is as though many upon your
metaphysical or inner planes received a telephone call. This call they answer
by their attention to your working."
"We may only say that you correctly surmise the paramount import of the
magical personality. This is a study in itself. With the appropriate emotional
will, polarity, and purity, work may be done with or without proper sound
vibration complexes. However, there is no need for the blunt instrument
when the scalpel is available."
"You may consider the concept of sympathetic resonance.
When certain sounds are correctly vibrated, the creation sings."
also anyone who is interested, please check out this brief video on the maha mantra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYxOWgjhygM