2012 Enigma 11-11-11 The Spiritual Awakening and the Dawn of a New Era For All Mankind to Experience Spiritually part 3

“We are store houses of immense energy. We can tap into this energy and hidden sources of information through the power of chanting. Some cultures – the Melanesians, Mbuti Pygmies, Cibique Apaches – promote successful hunting and fishing through chanting. Chanting is an important part of many Shamanic cultures, Shamanic chants are often invocations of spirit helpers, animals, and nature deities, and help prepare a shaman to be fully in their power when a ritual takes place. These chants are not “texts” in the same way that contemporary religious writings are texts. They may have occasionally been written down, but for the most part they were oral texts. When ‘tripping’ apparently, chanting helps towards an intensely spiritual experience. These methods and many others have been used successfully for centuries. Even though Buddha initially taught that mantras are not needed, he did eventually teach Mantra practices to various groups. Buddhist sects from Sri Lanka, for example, have chanted the Gayatri Mantra for hundreds of years. The great Kalachakra Mantra discipline was Buddha’s final teaching. It is now taught by Tibetans. In his book, ‘The Kalachakra Tantra’, the Dalai Lama writes, ‘Without depending upon Mantras……..Buddhahood cannot be attained’.

Many meditative traditions use Mantras. The words Amen, Shalom, Aum and Omkar are all mantras. Not just any word can be a Mantra. Mantras are special sounds that have particular characteristics and effects. Sounds vibrating in themselves have no literal meaning and are known only as vibrations. When they effect material substances, these vibrations create forms and their forms have names. The mantras are beneficial in their effect on the entire human being. It is said that in ancient times, sages, who devoted their lives to meditation, heard these sounds within.

A Mantra works through its resonance. Mantra’s have their own vibration. Each word within a mantra has its own vibration. A Mantra is a collection of words that have been knitted together in such a way that while reading them, the vibration produced generates energy.

This energy can be focused into a direction so that it can reach the Deity for whom the mantra is being chanted. Mantras can be used for both negative and positive energies. The vibration energy of the mantra does not die but stays in the atmosphere.

Chanting a mantra produces an actual physical vibration. This is one level of energy. Another level is intent. If the actual physical vibration is coupled with a mental intention, the vibration then contains an additional mental component which influences the result of saying it.

The sound is the carrier wave and the intent is overlaid upon this wave form. The mantra wave or energy can be compared with radio waves, for example, which can generated at one location and can be picked up in another location. The requirements for this to work are the generation of the waves, and an instrument that can pick up or receive these waves.

In the case of mantra chanting, the generator of the waves is the disciple chanting the mantra with intent and the receiving ‘instrument’ is the deity of the mantra.

In the modern world, the science of Mantra is difficult to understand because we have come to believe that only words, not meaningless sounds (Mantras), have truth or value. Mantras operate at a deeper level. A Mantra has an effect because of its qualities of vibration and sound rather than because of its literal meaning. Meaningfulness is a property of words, yet the goal in meditation is not to deal with meanings, using the analytical part of the mind, but instead to experience ourselves at a deeper level. All sounds have certain qualities. Some are soothing, others are energising. Some create abundance, some protect. One of the purposes of the sounds we call Mantras is to help us to focus the mind so we can attain a deeper experience than that created by thought alone. Group members who come from different religious backgrounds may worry that ‘Mantra practice’ comes from a foreign religion. It is important to realise that mantra meditation is not a religious process and is used by many traditions.

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