2012 Enigma 11-11-11 The Spiritual Awakening and the Dawn of a New Era For All Mankind to Experience Spiritually part 5
2012 Enigma 11-11-11 The Spiritual Awakening and the Dawn of a New Era For All Mankind to Experience Spiritually part 5
Mantra is also considered a condensed form of spiritual energy. It can also be thought of as a compact prayer-a means of communicating with the absolute reality. The yogic scriptures often compare Mantra to a boat or a bridge that an aspirant can use to cross the mud of delusion created by the external world and to reach the center of consciousness within. According to some mystics and yogis, Mantra is an eternal friend who accompanies the meditator even after death, lighting the path in the realm where the light of the sun and the moon cannot penetrate.
I will discuss later how this happens.
Some consider that Mantra is itself the guru: Mantra, God, guru, and one’s Self are identical. This concept is difficult to grasp for those who are not familiar with the branch of metaphysics known as spanda, the science of eternal vibration. To explain briefly, spanda holds that all creation evolves from the Word. The Word referred to is not speech uttered by a human voice or the audible sound produced when two objects strike each other, but anahata nada, the unstruck sound which vibrates eternally in the realm of pure consciousness. This unstruck sound, the Word that existed before the beginning of creation, is called akshara, shabda Brahman, vak shakti, or spanda.
Although a full-fledged doctrine of the Word developed only in the East, this concept is found in all of the world’s great spiritual traditions, including Buddhism, Sufism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, as well as in the spiritual practices of many tribal societies. For example, the Karadjeri of Australia believe that objects came into manifestation only after the first two humans pronounced their names. According to Kabbala, the medieval tradition of Jewish mysticism, God himself is transcendent, but a series of ten emanations of light (sefirot) that are his “manifest and noble aspects” issue from him. Divine names and letters, the twenty-two consonants of the Hebrew alphabet, emerged parallel to these ten emanations. The texts of ancient Sumeria also speak of the creative power of the divine Word, stating that the universe begins to evolve as thought arises in the mind of the divine being. Objects spring into being as the divinity utters their names. This is similar to the Old Testament account of creation, in which God speaks the manifest world into existence: “And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.” In the New Testament, the Gospel of John elaborates on this concept, saying: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
In the spiritual realm, the ultimate revelation, which is also the ultimate initiation, comes in the form of a silent communication in the universal language and is communicable to very few. That is why, in the end, Moses laid his hand only on Joshua and Krishna only on Uddhava. Christ gave the key of the Word to Peter.
The wisdom that is mantra has its source in supreme truth. However, it flows down to seekers in various grades and degrees. It clothes itself in the garb of different languages, and seekers identify it as a Sanskrit mantra, a Tibetan mantra, or a Buddhist mantra. Such identifications are only partially true. The transforming power of mantras, even in their articulate form, are beyond ordinary perception because they still are connected with the source.
Whatever form they take, the purpose of all meditative mantras is to enable the practitioner to go beyond the mind and have a direct experience of his or her essential nature. It is not the meaning of the mantra but its subtle vibrations that lead or carry the meditator to the center of silence within. However, this process cannot really be understood until it is experienced personally.
Another unique group of mantras, called sabar mantras, are extremely puzzling to the rational mind. These mantras are expressed in Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Hindi, Urdu, and a number of Asian vernaculars and dialects. No interpretive rules can be drawn for this particular group of mantras. These sabar mantras can be in one language or a mixture of languages, and they may or may not have a specific meaning. Sabar Mantras never show the intended result unless one receives them directly from a master. It is important not to confuse a Sabar mantra with a Guru Mantra which is a part of the Guru – Disciple relationship. Sabar Mantras, are mostly for siddhis (spiritual powers) or immediate results and have no or very little spiritual value.
I like the Deep – Resonant Vibrations of some Sounds or Words in songs or language. As I was trying new things with my Voice training, I noticed some things had an Entire Spinal Benefit. From my male self all the way to the base of the Head and Throat. There was a healing and stimulating benefit. I am discovering new “Free Form Mantras” to Resonate my Body. I also agree with you Ravi in that a Focal Point is a Key also. I like a Single Small White Candle. It’s a “Fluid” Focal Point that is also Soothing to experience.”
Thanks Dr. Ravi for your contributions to this 11-11-11 Spiritual Awakening series.
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