Mantras for personal power and healing
Mantras, also known as chants, are short phrases or words. They are designed to create specific sounds that resonate internally with our energy centres and with the energetic forces that surround us. Mantras are packed with energy and intention that promote healing, insight, spiritual growth and creativity. Chanting mantras is used as a spiritual tool in virtually every culture and spiritual tradition.
Each mantra invokes a very specific power which can be used to heal and support different areas of our life such as; healing, protection, abundance, self empowerment, health, wealth, relationships and love. It is used as a tool for healing the challenges that we all face in life.
mantra is a sanskrit word that has no direct translation, it is said to be ‘tool od the mind’ ‘divine speech’ and ‘language of the human spiritual physiology’ to name a few of the meanings. They can help us on a subtle level but also on a physical level, by helping us to see a course of action, patience or perspective with whatever we are currently facing. Mantas, when practiced over a period of time, give us that direction, that gentle ‘push’, the intuitive knowing of the way we are meant to turn next.
sound is all around us, some can be annoying and irritating and other can be deeply relaxing, soothing and pleasant. Sound vibrations can form who we are from moment to moment, affecting our thoughts and feelings and how we perceive the world. for example, a quiet, blissful drive through the countryside where we are experiencing peace and tranquility can very quickly be turned around by the sound of a horn beeping loudly up your backside! yet the sound of birdsong in the exact same place can instantly transform feelings of sadness into joy and freedom. this all comes down to sound, and if you want to break that down even more, it comes down to vibrations. We experience sound all around us but often don’t think of its affects on us, unaware of the wisdom it offers up to us.
the worlds oldest musical instrument is the chanting of human voice. all ancient civilisations and cultures have used it’s magical power for rituals and sacred ceremonies. aborigines, the mbuti, native americans, buddhists, hindus and christians they all have their own form of chanting that is characterised by a deeply belief in the power of sacred sound to create change.
With mantras being energy based sounds, the pronunciation creates particular physical vibrations which then goes on to produce energetic effects in the subtle body. the more that you practice a mantra, the more the subtle body will be effected and with that, a shift in the physical. the physical realm always follows the subtle, energetic realm, so it’s a great place to start if you want to see shifts in your life.
HOW TO PRACTICE MANTRA
We must not only produce the sound of the mantra but to remember to combine it with intention. when we bring in that mental energy of intention we can really increase the energetic effect of mantra.
Listen closely to your own sound and the vibrations you create within you.
have a discipline of setting a practice for the same time each day. it’s best to set this time as you wake up and in the evening. at sunrise and sunset.
repeat the mantra as often as possible. it’s great to set a time to practice your mantra, in a meditative state as a ritual morning and evening. However, the practice doesn’t need to stop there. say it when you’re cooking, in the shower, on the loo, when you’re washing the dishes. saying the mantra as many times as you can increases the power of the mantra as it becomes part of you.
there’s no strict rule to how many times you say the mantra in your practice. work with your intuition and see what feels good for you. 5 mins, 10 mins, 30 mins - any amount of time is an improvement on nothing at all.
in ancient eastern texts, a discipline of 40 days is the time given to practice one mantra before moving on to another. you don’t have to be so rigid with the exact number of days, but try and stick with it for at least a couple of weeks.
you can use mala beads or rosary beads which are an ancient spiritual tool used for spiritual disciplines such as mantra. mala beads consist of 108 beads. in vedic teachings, the number 108 is used because it is thought that there are 108 principal astral channels that connect from the heart in the subtle body out to the rest of the subtle body. therefore saying a mantra 108 times sends energy to each one of these channels. don’t worry you don’t have to use these if you don’t have them, they’re just a tool to keep track of how many times you are repeating the mantra.
if you’re interested in working with mantras, join us on the last Monday of every month where we meet and experience a new mantra to practice and use for the whole month. read more …