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My kuldevi is Yogeshwari Devi, Ambejogai. I found her nama mantra, her Gayatri mantra and her mahamantra containing beejas. I found out all of this in Rudrayamal Tantra.

Do I have to take deeksha for Kuldevi beej mantra or can I chant that mantra?

Can I chant her Gayatri mantra?

Has anyone read devi kavach? What are your experiences about it?

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Being from a marathi family Ganapati is a deity I've been introduced to first spiritually. I've been told and taught Ganapati Atharvashirsha and I used to recite it when I was a kid. Now I've restarted it but I have one question:

Although I know it by heart and know its meaning too, do I have to chant it in Vedic Chanting only or is it ok to chant in another tune too? I can learn it from YT but just asked whether it will be effective otherwise too?

I would be talking about two things here and both of them are connected: first is my questions regarding Bhairava Sadhan and second about my experience so far in Bhairava Sadhana.

1. In the latest video of RN about avoiding self-pity he said a Sadhak must not have a weak mindset in Shakti Upasana like self-pity, etc and should have a positive attitude towards Sadhana and spirituality and everything else in life.

All of it resonated with me but I want to ask if that is the exact thing that is making a person is do sadhana so that he can overcome those weaknesses. What if I'm doing Bhairava Sadhana for protection, fearlessness attitude, positivity and courage?

2. I'm a student who is preparing for exams and I started Bhairava Sadhana few weeks ago. I've been facing few problems like negativity, excessive fear, lack of confidence and courage and other such problems and unable to overcome them on my own. That's why I was attracted to all such deities who can help me with that like Bhairava, Skanda, Hanuman, Narsimha, Ganesh, Ma Durga.

My experience: for a week I did one mala of the nama mantra japa of Bhairava and I felt like doing the japa more in the day so I took this as a good sign and increased it to 3 malas and for protection I added Tantrokta Bhairava Kavacham and Kaalbhairava Ashtakam 3 times each. Since a few days I feel really scared while doing japa especially, excessive fear, body shivering and I felt like stopping it because of this experience.

Q1: Is Bhairava the right deity of a person for such problems like negativity, fearfulness, anxiety?

Q2: Should a person chant Tantrokta Batuka Bhairava Kavacham or Batuka Brahma Kavach is what right for me?

Q3: If Bhairava Sadhana is not appropriate for me then which Sadhana would be appropriate?