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1. praveen
   comment by praveen | 2007/06/20 at 08:32:26

   My Favorite one is this :

   O son of Being

   My calamity is providence, Outwardly it is fire and vengeance
   but inwardly it is light and mercy , hasten there unto that thou
   mayest become eternal light and an immortal spirit.

   Baha’u'llah

2. Toby Doncaster
   comment by Toby Doncaster | 2007/06/26 at 13:33:51

   Mine is “Oh c**p, we’re all gonna die!”

   Repeat 9 times.

   Then breath.

   No, it’s more “Remover of Difficulties” than anything else, :)

3. dragfyre
   comment by dragfyre | 2007/06/26 at 14:25:22

   @Toby: oddly enough, I can actually see how that first option could work ;)
   “So this is it. We’re going to die.” —Arthur Dent

4. Toby Doncaster
   comment by Toby Doncaster | 2007/06/26 at 16:57:54

   Just fyi, you were highly recommended by Barney - that brit blogger with the odd latin title, during a blogging course he ran in Liverpool.

   So how’s it feel to be famous? :D

5. Leif
   comment by Leif | 2007/06/26 at 22:06:57

   Ya Bahá’u'l-Abhá

   or

   O Son of Man!
   Transgress not thy limit nor claim that which beseemeth thee not. Prostrate yourself before the countenance of the God, the Lord of might and power.

6. Andrew
   comment by Andrew | 2007/06/30 at 02:39:12

   “Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time” - Abdu’l-Baha

7. Pearl
   comment by Pearl | 2007/07/04 at 22:43:38

   This reminds me of a Jewish friend who named her daughter Daniella. Apparently, Daniella can be translated as ‘God alone is my judge,’ and whenever this little girl feels scared or threatened, her mamma encourages her to silently repeat her name to herself over and over. As you said, like a mantra. Gorgeous, huh?

8. prema
   comment by prema | 2007/12/23 at 15:39:11

   We taught that phrase to our children at children’s class when we taught them the Greatest Name, and one kid, we find out, said the Greatest Name at the dentist’s for protection :)

9. Darren
   comment by Darren | 2008/07/09 at 05:02:57

   lol Prema I’ve come across quite a number of children who do the same and it is amazing how much calmer and less anxious they become when saying it quietly. :)

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