Chanting outloud & silently

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Sat Nam,

 

Chanting outloud, wispering and silent have different effects. They are all

effects that we wish to cultivate so do what you can. Obviously if you feel

uncomfortable or have others bothering you because you chant outloud this

should be avoided.

 

Divine sounds or mantras are how we join earth and ether, the physical and

the etheric vibrations. Chanting allows us to incorporate or create divine

imprints in our human expression.

 

I find that chanting outloud works on the emotional body.

The vibration of the chanted mantras is more substantive and is able to

effect the vibration of the emotional body which is even more substantive

than sound itself. The trick is to get the sound to impact the emotional

body and chanting out loud merges the divine vibration with the frequency of

the emotions. This calms down the emotions and helps us achieve emotional

healing and balance.

 

Silent chanting or repetition of mantras allows us to focus inside our inner

space. We can consciously replace the thoughts of our rational mind with

other messages. Inner chanting can be a disciplined practice to train the

mind to tune into something else than our wondering thoughts. Overtime we

will respond with mantras instead of our past programming.

 

I remember how thrilled I was the winter morning early 80's in Millis MA

ashram when my alarm went off at 3:45 am and my mind reacted with Sat Nam

instead of ###XXX. :+)

 

Sometimes when we chant outloud we miss the inner focus and do not hear the

inner vibration. Inner chanting is more subtle and will facilitate inner

hearing. We definitely want to cultivate inner hearing as this is how we

listen to the divine sound, Aum, the Nam and the Word.

 

It is important to simply listen to the inner sound after we have chanted,

whether outloud or silently. Sometimes we will hear the mantra repeat itself

inside our head. Sometimes we will simple hear the sound of silence.

 

In either case focusing on the sound and the vibration in our body and mind

is very important.

 

>Maybe if you listened to headphones you could sort of move your tongue

inside your mouth along with the words to feel some of the vibration.

 

This is a good idea. There are so many ways we can be with the sounds and

integrate them into our being. Experiment and indulge in the pleasure of

the inner experience that you are able to create with your practice.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur