Originally, the mantra system one needed to identify with the vibration as much as possible. That is why mantras are always repeated, not chanted just once. If for half an hour, one keeps repeating Aum, Aum, Aum or Soham, Soham, Soham and nothing exists beyond this repetition. When the mantra is sustained over a period of time in this manner, for five minutes, ten minutes or fifteen minutes, then one merges one’s consciousness in the feeling, chanting and repetition of the mantra and one begins to identify with vibrations that one is creating while chanting the mantra. This is called Mantra Meditative Awareness.

Dear ones I want to share a lovely memory with you. I was teaching Meditation to kids, who were hearing impaired and some were non-verbal. Some of the kids were also mentally challenged. It was a boarding school and the parents had sent their children from all over India. Sometimes the children were not even taken home for the holidays. I used to teach them Chanting. I used the mantra Soham and they loved it. It was so beautiful to hear them chanting in their own way. I also taught them Engine Run. It is an exercise, which Dhirendra Brahmachari (famous Yogi, who taught the Russian astronauts Yoga. He walked the streets of Moscow in a thin muslin lungi in winter) recommended for flexibility and balance. It is on the spot jogging as fast as possible. The kids would chant and do engine run.

Have fun with Mantra chanting, dear ones.

Extracted from Mantra and Yantra by Swami Niranjananda Saraswati

Aim Hrim Klim

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