Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 I have an odd question about the mantras. They are geared towards God. I am not a Christian so I guess my question stands if I don't believe in "God" will the Mantra work? Are there any non God related mantras? Is there another context I can put the name God into, would that also hinder the mantra? Blessings Keyleun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Sat Nam Keyleun, You need to define GOD for yourself. This should come to you via direct experience. The Rishis, saints, yogis and sages have taught that we can use special sounds repetitively, sounds that have the same power to enlighten and "connect" us as do negative sounds and thoughts have to bring us down and alienate us. As a matter of fact, you can think of how soap works to remove grime from our hands. The soap is made from oil or fat and a caustic substance. When the soap comes in contact with grime made of similar substance, it dis-solves it. Occasionally we need the heavy duty hand cleaner. You can leave a blank in the space where you might be asked to define GOD. What might work for you is to know that where there is Karma, there is no Dharma. And where there is Dharma, there is no Karma. Think of Karma as the dirt and Dharma as the lack of dirt. Use that much discrimination. These Mantric sounds are not random in their derivation. Sanskrit, Gurmukh and other ancient languages are not ordinary languages, which have evolved by trial and error over centuries of mass mispronunciation. These languages are a products of phonetic engineering. Each of its words has a vibratory meaning in addition to its overt meaning. This is why they are called Mantric lan-guages, languages in which each word is a Mantra. A Mantra is a group of sounds which when pronounced in a certain way creates a certain vi-bration both in the brain and body of the pronouncer, and on anything into which the pronouncer chooses to direct the vibration. Sat Nam, Dharam keyleun wrote: > I have an odd question about the mantras. They are geared towards > God. > I am not a Christian so I guess my question stands if I don't believe > in "God" will the Mantra work? > > Are there any non God related mantras? Is there another context I can > put the name God into, would that also hinder the mantra? > > Blessings > Keyleun > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Dear Keyleun, You don't have to believe anything for the mantras to work. They have a power of their own. Belief isn't going to get to an experience of the universal life force. So it doesn't matter if you believe or not. I didn't believe (experience) infinite reality before I did KY. The experience is gradually awakening in me. I was really surprised. Find another name for the force that exists everywhere, or just let the whole idea of a word for IT go and get into what you experience in the moment. Enjoy your experiences and your journey into the unknown. >Is there another context I can put the name God into, would that also hinder the mantra? Any context you like will be fine. The main thing is find something that helps you relax into the experience and does not create mental and emotional resistance. Sat nam, Gururattan Kaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 Sat Nam Keyluen, I don't consider myself to be a Christian either, although I've always had a strong sense of a Higher Power at work in my life. Albert Einstein once said that the one thing he knew for certain, based upon all his computations, the Universe did not happen by accident. "God" is by definition beyond comprehension and the way I was raised "God" was also "out there" somewhere. Relaxing into a meditation or mantra and just allowing the sounds to wash over you and carry you along is an amazing experience. Things like "God", "you", "me" all seem to go by the wayside. Remember that yoga is a technology, one based on sound and movement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 It really sort of depends on what your concept of things is. Do you perceive that there is anything beyond mind - as in consciousness or spirit or awareness or anything like that? One way of looking at mantras is that they are a way of using our energy (speech) to stimulate consciousness and thus bring us an awareness of consciousness, a perspective that is transcendent to mind and body, and is unlimited in its possibilities because all the universe is in the nature of consciousness. What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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