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What’s the power of “May I,” “May my,” etc. in mantras?
Like “May my life foster in the devotion of my wide awake and naked soul.” For example.
Please tell me in well thought out detail the power of “May.”
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I will start with with the dictionary says the word 'May' means so it will be easier to understand my examples.
May:
To be allowed or permitted to: May I take a swim? Yes, you may.
Used to indicate a certain measure of likelihood or possibility: It may rain this afternoon.
Used to express a desire or fervent wish: Long may he live!
Some parents wanting to teach their children good manners will teach them to use this word in asking questions, rather than the 'I want' version which sounds more demanding and their mind also is rigidly set on wanting that item, is not expecting a possibility of an answer of no. There is no such thing as a slight possibility it may not be possilbe or may not be granted.
The 'may' used in a mantra is more like that last example of expressing a desire or fervent wish for something. When a person says a Manta Starting with 'may I', they are repeating this to their selves in hopes that repeatedly speaking and hearing it, you will bring that quality into existence inside of you. I would have to agree that this works for many people and not for some. I can explain. I do believe our subconscious mind comes into play here. I have repeated things over and over out loud or in my mind for the benefit of my subconscious when thinking of someone who left me hurts and I couldn't stop thinking of the person. It's more of a process of retraining the subconscious which believes ones of its jobs is to make you happy. However its way of thinking isn't always logical to our awake mind. It is also responsible for the emotions we feel. A good example is watching a movie that makes you so sad that you cry or so angry that you feel your pulse rate pick up. The subconscious is alert 24/7 and picking up on what you show interest in. When it's a particular person, it will bring up thoughts of that person every couple of minds so it make it hard to move on after a breakup because it isn't registering that you want to move on and constantly thinking of that person keeps you held back. If you show an interest in wanting to acheieve something in personal growth, improvement and repeat a mantra, saying the May I shows that it is important to you but if there is something else that must happen first that you may as yet be unaware of, then like a polite request, Fate, God, your angels will do what they can to not allow it to happen yet. Sometimes, it isn't so much the word May that makes the difference but in case of retraining your sub conscious to know you want to add this quality of character to your life, its a matter of retraining your sub through constant repetition, much how we train young children to learn something, lots of repetition. So I wouldn't call it a power that the word has, rather it has more to do with your mind set, no distorted thinking and no self sabotaging behavior is more important, at least in my case it is.
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