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Menage a Cinq Kirtan
If a married couple is leaning toward divorce, they might well save their marriage with this technique. It overcomes the obstacle, which is the big fat ego
Menage-A-Cinq Kirtan is a 5-minute chant by two people. It is called menage-a-cinq, which means “fivesome” in french, because it involves 5 entities: person A, person B, person A’s eternal Buddha-self, person B’s eternal Buddha-self, and the Eternal Godhead.
The technique may be used whether you are exclusively Theistic, exclusively Buddhist, or both Buddhist and Theistic.
It is a good thing to do in any important 2-person relationship, such as marriage. If a problem arises in the marriage -- a disharmony -- the two can approach it with the kirtan and simply chant, making themselves submissive to both Godhead and Buddha-self, resolving to be the good children of both, and opening themselves to guidance, that problems be resolved and harmony restored.
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An intimate, behavior-shaping relationship involving spanking should always use it, to avoid mistakes and misassumptions.
You should keep an open mind in the kirtan -- not push for a specific solution. Remember that you have given the problem to Godhead and Buddha-selves, and be open to a solution from a higher perspective.
People will vary. Some will prefer a straight theistic approach to the Godhead, some a straight Buddhist way to the Buddha-selves, and some a way that uses both Buddha-self and Godhead. Using both is better if you can sincerely believe in the existence of both, but if you cannot -- not to worry.
The subjective interpretation that I recommend for Om Myoho Renge Kyo is as follows:
“O” is the sign, sound, and symbol of the Eternal Godhead, the only God that ever was or will be. “Mmm” is a sound we make while we are experiencing something that we love. For example, when eating ice cream, you might say, “Mmmm. This is good.” So that to chant Om properly can be to love the Lord your God with your whole heart, your whole mind, and your whole soul, as Christ recommended.
The “m” sound then blends into the ‘m’ of Myoho. ‘Myo’ is a name that you can call your own Buddha-self in Nirvana, which is your Buddha-self and no one else’s, eternally. ‘Ho’ should be thought of as representing the hologram which is the physical universe in which we apparently exist. So that ‘Myoho’ is the articulation by your Buddha-self, of the apparent existence in the universe -- in your case, the human being.
Buddha-selves cannot actually enter the universe, since they are real, and everything in the universe is imaginary.
‘Renge’ should suggest the word ‘reign’, as a monarch or other ruler reigns. At the same time it is the lotus flower, which, because it exists in at least three vibrational levels, the earth, the water, and the air, is a symbol of transcendence. And so, as we are inflecting the meaning, ‘renge’ will be transcendental rulership, the higher levels of the individual being ruling the lower ones.
‘Kyo’ we will use as a sign of assent to this rulership, an obeisance to the very highest level of your individual identity as well as to the Godhead.. You might say it is like the American “OK”, only backwards.
And the ‘o’ of ‘Kyo’ blends into the ‘O‘ of the next “Om”.
For the approach to Godhead only, I would suggest the Hare Krishna Mantra. Instead of Godhead and Buddha-selves, the appeal is to Krishna, the yang aspect of Godhead, and Rama, the Divine Mother, the yin aspect. (Listen to the chant here.)
The straight Buddhist approach would be the mantra Nam Myoho Renge Kyo. (Listen to the chant here.) This leaves open the question of whether the Godhead actually exists. Other than that, the explanation given above for Om Myoho Renge Kyo pertains.
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