Long form Adi Mantra

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Dharam Singh

THE COMPLETE ADI MANTRA

FOR INDIVIDUAL MEDITATION

 

To center yourself before a set of Kundalini Yoga we chant the Adi Mantra 3 -

5 times. Adi means the first or primal; Mantra is the creative projection of

the mind through sound. This mantra is the first creative action. It centers

you into the higher self and reminds your

lower minds that it is not your ego that will practice or teach Kundalini

Yoga. Technically it is the linking mantra for the Golden Chain. The golden

chain

is the inner spark of Kundalini that is passed person to person; teacher to

student; guru to teacher; cosmos and God to

guru. By chanting this and linking, the exercises and meditations that you

practice are guided by your higher consciousness and all the teachers that have

brought this opportunity to you. It makes you very receptive and sensitive to

the messages of your body, mind, and

intuition. HOWEVER, it is only to be used as a link when you are to teach. It

is not like an individual mantra which is complete in itself. It is a hook

that creates a flow which you serve. If your need is spiritual linkage and

guidance then there is another form that is used:

the complete Adi Mantra.

 

The complete individual form of the mantra immerses you in awareness and

guidance for your personal situation. It establishes a guiding beam between you

in

your immediate state and your higher consciousness thatis true through all

states. It is very useful if you are entering Shakti Pad in Kundalini Yoga. It

is also excellent as a means to gain

perspective and direction. Yogi Bhajan explained this when he said, "Use this

mantra in its

complete form anytime you have a lack of faith or any similar thing: Many of

you will enter Shakti Pad, or you are in it, this mantra will help: With the

grace of Guru Ram Das, when this mantra is chanted five times on one breath,

the total spiritual knowledge of all teachers who have ever existed or who will

ever exist on this earth is beseated in that person."

 

HOW TO RECITE:

Sit in an easy pose with your spine erect. Bring both palms in front of the

heart center of the chest facing upward. Touch the sides of the palms along the

little fingers and sides of the hands, as if you will receive something in

them. Form Gian mudra in each hand by gently

touching the tip of the first finger to the tip of the thumb.Focus your eyes

on the tip of the nose. Inhale deeply and chant the words as you exhale. Chant

the entire mantra three to five times on one breath. Keep the number of

repetitions per breath constant. The sound Dev is chanted a minor third higher

than

the other sounds. The sound of devaa carries slightly on the 'aa' sound.

 

THE MANTRA:

ONG NAMO GURU DEV NAMO

GURU DEV NAMO GURU DEVAA

 

* to listen to an audio clip of it,

http://www.sahej.com/Adi-mantra_long-form.ram

 

Continue 11 to 31 minutes for a powerful meditation and guidance. Yogi Bhajan

did not restrict longer periods of practice if you desire it.

 

The sound of Ong is created in the inner chambers of the sinuses and upper

palate. It is the "ng" sound that is emphasized. The first part of Namo is short

and rhymes with "hum". The first' syllable of the word Guru is pronounced as

in the word, "good." The second syllable, "ru", has a sound that rhymes with

the word "true." The word Dev rhymes with "save." The aa in Devaa is chanted

with the mouth open and the sound vibrating as ah from an open throat.

 

THE MEANING:

Ong is the creative energy of the total cosmos and consciousness of the

creator as experienced in this creation. It has the connotation of energy and

activity. It creates involvement without attachment. It generates shakti, the

generative force of life. Note that the sound is not Om. That sound is for

withdrawal and relaxation.

 

Namo means to bow to or to call on. The connotation is one of respect and

receptivity. It is the type of bowing that grants dignity through acknowledging

a

higher consciousness and discipline.

Ong Namo calls on your consciousness to become subtle and receptive to its

own higher resources. It instructs the conscious and the subconscious to let go

of the normal restrictions to functioning that is imposed by our limited ego.

Guru means wisdom or teacher. It does not mean a personality. It refers to a

source of the knowledge. Not just any knowledge. It is the kind of knowledge

which transforms you, that alleviates pain and that increases your awareness.

Guru in the spiritual context is the embodiment of the

infinite. The word can be broken into parts: Gu means darkness or ignorance;

ru means light or knowledge; Gur means a formula to systematically attain a

goal; so a guru is something which can give you a gur to transform your gu to

ru!

Dev means subtle, etheric, divine or belonging to the realms of God. It

implies sophistication and wisdom.

 

Guru Dev Namo calls on the subtle wisdom that guides you in an impersonally

personal manner It is a wisdom that is stored and transmitted through the

subtle and radiant bodies of the aura. It is the realm and guidance of Guru Ram

Das.

 

If the limited individual ego in which we normally live is a small pond, then

Ong Namo release us into a vast and endless ocean. Guru Dev Namo gives us the

experience of the wisest seer and all of his charts to guide us to the many

ports we are to serve and experience.

Blessings!

Guru Ravi