--- title: "Matches for Mantra | Search" heading: "Site Search" subheading: "Seeking » Mantra « ..." updated: "2026-01-08T22:52:04+00:00" words: url: https://ananda.icu/q description: "" ... 🔎︎ query — **mantra***   ⁘   matches — **13** ### [Lawu Retreat Sessions: Retrospect Overview ▸](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/go001-lawu-retreat-sessions-retrospect-overview) - [**⊂ notes**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/notes) [⊆ recordings](https://ananda.icu/cat/notes/recordings) ⁘ created **2025-03-02** ⁘ updated **2025-06-21** ⁘ words **2798** ⁘ **25:37** min - Walkthrough of our sessions in a four-day retreat-workshop at Mt. Lawu. Covering the many modalities of meditation, the practice of mantra and the use of sound, and the philosophy and applications of the four primal elements. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/go001-lawu-retreat-sessions-retrospect-overview) ### [A Brief Meditation Guide — Breath, Soham and Reflection ▸](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb006-a-brief-meditation-guide-breath-soham-and-reflection) - [**⊂ notes**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/notes) [⊆ recordings](https://ananda.icu/cat/notes/recordings) ⁘ created **2025-09-22** ⁘ **2025-09-22** ⁘ words **916** ⁘ **07:30** min - A basic guide into simple meditative practice. We engage three distinct but mutually supporting modes of meditation. 1. Breath and the establishment of peaceful basic presence. 2. Mantra and the harnessing of directed attention and resonance. 3. Self-reflection and the cultivation of wisdom in witnessing awareness. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/notes/recordings/nb006-a-brief-meditation-guide-breath-soham-and-reflection) ### [Current Stream: Latest Content - Dive In and Explore! ▸](https://ananda.icu/current) - [**⊂ page**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/page) [⊆ root](https://ananda.icu/cat/page/root) ⁘ created **2025-06-06** ⁘ **2025-06-06** ⁘ words **3254** min - Recent content added to the site — here in this current feed. Take a dip or dive in deep — explore and engage the manifold streams of consciousness. Latest talks, latest writings, latest main pages. All here for your convenience! [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/current) ### [Pool of Videos → Into Direct Insight ▸](https://ananda.icu/video) - [**⊂ page**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/page) [⊆ root](https://ananda.icu/cat/page/root) ⁘ created **2024-12-12** ⁘ updated **2025-06-18** ⁘ words **30244** min - Dive into our growing catalogue of videos. Some of them short and to the point. Others dreadfully long but packed with essential musings. Browse the @Mr.Om.Ananda ▸ YouTube channel for the latest digs. Enjoy the show! [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/video) ### [Who Is This? - My Eloquent Egologue ▸](https://ananda.icu/who) - [**⊂ page**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/page) [⊆ root](https://ananda.icu/cat/page/root) ⁘ created **2025-05-18** ⁘ updated **2025-06-18** ⁘ words **2526** min - Well it is I of course, your favorite infinity in a nutshell. Embodied for your entertainment, in service to whatever that matters. Some call me Mr. Ananda. Others call me whatever else. Pleased to meet you. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/who) ### [Meditation Legend - Overview of Fields and Modalities ▸](https://ananda.icu/texts/practice/meditation-legend) - [**⊂ texts**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/texts) [⊆ practice](https://ananda.icu/cat/texts/practice) ⁘ created **2025-06-06** ⁘ **2025-06-06** ⁘ words **712** min - This meditation legend was written as a companion to a "custom meditation wizard" - a project still in development. We present it as-is for an overview of multi-modal meditation practice, with initial focus on eight base fields of consciousness. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/texts/practice/meditation-legend) ### [Mystory: Spiritual Madventures Across the Universe ▸](https://ananda.icu/texts/vintage/mystory-spiritual-madventures-across-the-universe) - [**⊂ texts**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/texts) [⊆ vintage](https://ananda.icu/cat/texts/vintage) ⁘ created **2010-11-10** ⁘ updated **2025-08-28** ⁘ words **6465** min - I gather I've inadvertently turned into something of an enigma with my colorful and transdimensional history. It may be hard to get an overall idea of what the heck exactly happened over the last 15 years. This is an attempt to syndicate the gist of the journey into one place. (2010) [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/texts/vintage/mystory-spiritual-madventures-across-the-universe) ### [Always Ready But Ever Later • Seize the Moment Right Now (BTW006) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/by-the-way/btw006-always-ready-but-later-seize-the-moment-right-now) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ by-the-way](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/by-the-way) ⁘ created **2025-12-11** ⁘ updated **2025-12-18** ⁘ words **576** ⁘ **02:59** min - If you're always ready — sort of basically, but a bit later — then you're always late. The bus of reality does not wait for you to snap out of the stupor and make up your mind maybe. Be present and vigilant to what each moment offers you. Be here right now. All assets integrated. All systems tuned. Engage. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/by-the-way/btw006-always-ready-but-later-seize-the-moment-right-now) ### [Your Credible Roaster — With Background Egos (BZ007) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/brief-snaps/bz007-your-credible-roaster-with-background-egos) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ brief-snaps](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/brief-snaps) ⁘ created **2025-11-21** ⁘ updated **2025-11-22** ⁘ words **647** ⁘ **03:00** min - Wanted to let y'all know: I'm actually a credible roaster. Been in the toaster at full heat for three odd decades. Leaves some impressions in the system. So yes there's a lot of bull and I call it as I see it — with actually solid backings. It's not like I read a couple of books last year and woke up and became an Insta Messiah. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/brief-snaps/bz007-your-credible-roaster-with-background-egos) ### [Self-Inquiry — From Egg-Shells to Self-Realization (LA002) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/living-awareness/la002-self-inquiry-from-egg-shells-to-self-realization) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ living-awareness](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/living-awareness) ⁘ created **2025-10-23** ⁘ **2025-10-23** ⁘ words **631** ⁘ **03:54** min - What is real self-inquiry? Let's be very clear. It's not an affirmation repetition exercise. It's not a disconnected philosophical indulgence. It's a method of shifting attention to your source. In our quest for the source of raw prime consciousness, we discover and extract our attention from veiling shells. Go deeper, go further inward. Seek the ultimate inquirer. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/living-awareness/la002-self-inquiry-from-egg-shells-to-self-realization) ### [Before and After Meditation (P001) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p001-before-and-after-meditation) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ practice-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/practice-series) ⁘ created **2024-08-01** ⁘ updated **2025-07-02** ⁘ words **2839** ⁘ **26:43** min - Overview of supporting practices before and after a session of meditation. Including: Dedicating place and time. Seat and scene of practice. Basic purification. Meditation postures. Initial breathing. Invocation and declaration of intent. Practice of meditation proper. Post-meditation phase of reflection. Dedication and affirmation. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p001-before-and-after-meditation) ### [Dealing with Distractions in Meditation (P003) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p003-dealing-with-distractions-in-meditation) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ practice-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/practice-series) ⁘ created **2024-08-07** ⁘ updated **2025-11-14** ⁘ words **3671** ⁘ **34:05** min - We explore a range of methods and strategies for dealing with distracting thoughts and external disturbances during our practice of meditation. From non-reactivity to breathwork, to modulating mental spaces, objects of attention and modes of practice; into evaluation, deconstruction and termination when distractions still persist. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p003-dealing-with-distractions-in-meditation) ### [Introspective Reflection — Scanning the Body and Mind (P004) ▸](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p004-introspective-reflection-scanning-the-body-and-mind) - [**⊂ talks**](https://ananda.icu/cat_root/talks) [⊆ practice-series](https://ananda.icu/cat/talks/practice-series) ⁘ created **2024-08-11** ⁘ updated **2025-11-18** ⁘ words **3888** ⁘ **38:21** min - Self-knowledge is an essential fruit of our meditative practice. Through the practice of meditation, our sensitivity to observing physical and mental phenomena will increase. In today's training, we look at methodical techniques of introspective meditation, scanning through the various layers of the body and the mind, to deepen our self-awareness and meditative access. [Read more...](https://ananda.icu/talks/practice-series/p004-introspective-reflection-scanning-the-body-and-mind)