Mantras for Change - Yogi Ashwini

Mantras for Change

Yogi Ashwini

In all the thousands of years of human existence, had pollution ever reached such a high level so as to make the environment unfit for living beings? In none of the previous Yugs have so many diseases manifested and plagued mankind. The mind is perhaps the most powerful tool, in all this. In fact, contamination first manifests in the mind as a selfish thought which, in turn, permeates into the whole society creating distrust and greed, making natural resources scarce and hazardous. Increasing greed and self-centeredness have caused deforestation and strain on our non-renewable resources. And when you add to this the gross misuse of ancient mantras and practices, it only increases environmental pollution. The entire creation emerged from just one sound - ‘OM’. Every sound in the creation effects a change in the physical body which might be positive (sur) or negative (asur). A mantra is a combination of sounds which is chanted by the siddh of the mantra to manifest a desired energy in the physical world. Every sound of the mantra should be shudh (lucid) and the crests and troughs in a mantra should be strictly adhered to with complete reverence. Even the simple chant of ‘OM’ essentially has three sounds, representing the trinity, Brahma Vishnu and Shiva, corresponding to the three forces -Creation, Preservation and Transformation. These three are active in the physical as, ‘aaaa’ (as in ahem), `oooo’, (as in ouch) and `mmmm’ as the sound of the male bee. Chanting these three sounds in succession maintaining awareness of the lower body during ‘aaa’, the middle body during ‘ooo’ and head during ‘mmm’ has the direct effect of balancing the vibrations of the individual cells in the body. There are several sub-sounds within these which range from a shrill to a whisper and even to silence - which is the most powerful when heard. Each sound signifies a certain energy and so one has to be extremely cautious while chanting mantras. Incorrect chanting can have disastrous effects while chanting of the right mantra has immediate positive results, not only changing our environment but also our body. Yogi Ashwini is an authority on the vedic sciences and the author of “Sanatan Kriya- The Ageless Dimension”. He can be reached on dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com