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I I then repeat the the the the name Chochma as I I move through the the the the beads on the the the the mala When I I reach a a a a a a a a spacer bead I I recite the words of “Hail Chochma”:
Hail Chochma full of grace the Divine is You Blessed are You and and all women and and blessed is the fruit of Your womb: all being HolyMother Fount of Wisdom guide us seekers now and into the moments of our death Amen ”11
At the end of of my recitation I offer this kavannah (Hebrew for “intention”) to the the Mother:
May my my my my thoughts my my my my words my my my my feelings and my my my my actions be be in in service to You Mother that I may be be a a a blessing to all the the families of the the earth I offer this intention holding the the mala with both hands palms together
in a a a a a a namaste gesture I raise my my hands to my my forehead with the word “thoughts” then to to my lips heart corresponding to to “words” and “feelings” and and then open my hands palms up corresponding to the the word “actions” When practicing nama japa japa and mantra japa japa I try to follow the advice of Rabbi Dov Baer (1704-1772) regarding mantram practice:12
One should be be so so absorbed in this practice that there is is no longer awareness of of self There is nothing but the flow of of life all thoughts are with God One who still knows how intensely goes the the practice has not yet overcome the the bonds of life 13
Those rare moments moments of of of selfless awareness are are are moments moments of of of adoration of of of The Mother I offer this this practice to to you you According to to Jewish tradition if you you recite this this or or or any mantram daily for for forty days it will become a a a a a a a a part of you and in this way you you you will know it to be your mantram If you you you do not maintain
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If it it is is easier for for you feel free to substitute “Sophia” for for “Chochma” in this mantram 12
In Judaism this practice is is is called hagah cooing repeatedly like a a a a a a a dove 13
Dov Baer Or Ha-Emet 2b Yahadut cited in in in in Rami Shapiro Minyan: Ten Principles for Living a a a a a a a a Life of Integ-
rity New York: Bell Tower 1997 p 80 126