The Costa Rican Shrim

So, you can read this kind of “stuff” such as this beautiful article from the American Institute for Vedic Studies, but listen to what I am saying and then read it.

Do you know what I mean by shamanic? If not, let me make the attempt to clarify. It is a deep connection with experiencing life as it is directly and unfiltered by concept. Consciousness altering substances can help. What is called ritual could help, but again, it would be more spontaneous communion vs. something prescribed. Prescription is post-shamanic. Religion often is codified spirituality but even spirituality can have layers of meaning that turn into a subtle cosmology that have a precedent in a direct experience we may be borrowing from because we don’t know how to allow ourselves into the surrender required by shamanic-type activities that would provide moment to moment experience and realization of well, whatever.

It’s common to say “my point is this” but really my point is to point only and have you contemplate something for yourself. WHY do you think these bija mantras symbolize (in meaning) Goddess Lakshmi, abundance, Nature? What are the implications IF it might be true that the bija mantras are a mimicry of the sounds of a thriving and active jungle?

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"Shrim" can refer to several things, including a sacred mantra in Hinduism, a multi-donor fund focused on security and human rights, and the word for "shrimp" in Spanish and other languages.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:

1. Shrim as a Mantra:

• Meaning:

  In Hinduism, "Shrim" (Śrīm) is a sacred mantra, a seed-syllable, associated with the goddess Lakshmi, the consort of Vishnu, and is believed to attract wealth, abundance, and prosperity.

• Significance:

  Chanting the Shreem mantra is believed to bring financial well-being, material abundance, and overall prosperity.

• Other names:

  It is also known as the seed of the goddess Īśā, also called Maṅgalā.

  Below are videos with the sounds of the cicadas. They don’t quite capture the high end of what I can perceive as it happens live and unrecorded. In listening back to the transmission, I can’t hear it at all. Somethings must be experienced first hand.

  What I can say by living where I do and thus being able to experience this phenomenon directly is that the word “shrill” comes to mind. Instead of Google I wanted to see what came up on Ecosia (let’s plant trees why don’t we?) - An entry on Ecosia was this dictionary source that pointed to Germanic. “Hmmm”, I thought. Let’s see what we find there. It says Shrim might be associated with “shrill-sounding”.