Before you adopt any method, you must carefully study it. Especially if its effect is directed to health. The healing mantras have been used by mankind since ancient times, it is part of the innermost knowledge that we lost in the process of evolution. Today we return to what we have refused in the pursuit of a quick result. Usually we want to get rid of the symptoms urgently, and modern medicine fulfills this order. Ancient methods treat both the soul and the human body.
Sound vibrations
Any mantra, including therapeutic one, is a combination of sounds selected in accordance with their harmonious resonance with each other and with the object of influence. Any sound is a vibration in space, provided that the environment is not at rest. For example, sound does not propagate in a vacuum. Any sound wave has certain characteristics:
- vibration frequency;
- power or volume;
- rhythm.
The human ear perceives sound only in a certain range: we cannot recognize ultrasound or infrasound.
In order to get a clear idea of the effect of a sound wave on the quality of space, the German scientist Ernest Hladni conducted an experiment in the 18th century. Its essence is as follows: sand was poured onto thin metal plates, then the plates were connected to a device that broadcasts various melodies. The pattern on the plates was transformed, like a picture of a kaleidoscope.
Accordingly, it can be argued that any sound vibrations, including healing music and mantras, change the structure of matter that is affected.
Harmony and rhythm
Let's talk about music and its various effects on humans. Tonality and rhythm have amazing properties: they are able to harmonize all processes (including physiological) in the human body, but they can also unbalance it.
This was known to voodoo practitioners. Knowing that the heart tends to adapt to any rhythm, the vibrations of which reach the hearing of a person, sorcerers could quietly tap the deadly rhythm with their wands, causing the heart to beat in unison with it. And the object of influence, which did not suspect anything, returned from a walk and very quickly died of a heart attack. But in the same way, it was possible to set the heart to a healthy rhythm.
Pitch
Key also matters. Has everyone ever heard of the chakra system?
Each of them is associated with certain organs and triggers the physical or mental processes of the body. When you chant or listen to a mantra that sounds low or high, you can “turn on” the work of the corresponding chakra. On the low octaves are muladhara and svadhistana, the middle octaves are connected with manipura and anahata, the 2nd and 3rd octaves connect vishudha and the “third eye”.
Therefore, healing mantras are not just a collection of sounds. They should be sung or pronounced in a certain tonality, adhering to the necessary rhythm and volume.
World music
The world we live in is an incessant symphony of sounds. Some of them have a beneficial effect on us, while others can practically destroy. For example, classical music helps to pacify, calm the mind, which affects the adoption of balanced and reasonable decisions, the consequences of which lead to the well-being of our lives. We can say that certain classical works, such as playing the violin or cello, are a therapeutic mantra, since they have a healing effect on the heart muscle.
As for rock music, jazz, pop music, its regular listening, especially at a high level of volume, leads to violations of various body systems. It should be noted that an increased noise level (over 150 decibels) can lead to death. These styles have a rhythmic pattern, which is a dissonance with respect to natural biological rhythms. It is not surprising that the behavior of fans at concerts of rock stars can hardly be called adequate: at such events, the subject becomes part of the crowd.
Perhaps not everyone knows this, but every human organ has its own vibrations. It is easy to notice that after a stay in nature we feel rested, and having been in a club or at a rock concert, we return excited and broken.
Long-term memory
Have you ever encountered the problem of an “obsessive melody” that has arisen from the depths of your subconscious mind for unknown reason? Yes, you once listened to her, maybe she was even your favorite, but then you forgot about her for several years. The fact is that it only seems to you that you have thrown something out of your head, your brain never erases anything from your memory.
Now imagine that all the events of your life, all the knowledge, melodies, conversations, advertising and faces are stored in the depths of your subconscious. And then some element, for example, someone’s phrase or even the aroma of perfumes remembered once, includes a memory - the very melody. And she spins in your head for many days.
The question arises: what to do with this informational garbage? Especially if you cannot fall asleep because of him. Perhaps you need a healing, soothing mantra for sleeping. However, you can drink a handful of antidepressants - they say they also help ...
How to "reformat" the brain
Inventors of all countries and times have been struggling for thousands of years to discover the perpetual motion machine, not knowing that it has been working for a long time. Nature received a patent for this invention - it was she who created the brain. He works non-stop throughout our life: he has no vacation or days off. This structure only changes the mode from day to night, so that we can see dreams. The plots of our travels “on the other side” depend on the quantity and quality of the information loaded into our subconscious.
Consider what happens during a night's sleep. If you have completed all the work and went to bed before midnight, then not only your body is resting, but also your consciousness. It turns off, and the subconscious mind begins to process the information that you accumulated during the day.
That is, it enters the phase of activity, and therefore this period is perfect for a therapeutic soothing mantra for sleep. Its impact is multifaceted: firstly, it helps to relieve tension, and secondly, it is cleaning the subconscious of debris.
How it works
During the day, the brain filters all the information that comes to it, it does not believe a word, compares, checks, analyzes and draws conclusions. That is, it works every second. Try closing your eyes and stopping the flow of thoughts. Note the time: how many minutes you can be in a state of absolute emptiness. If you have never practiced the method of meditation, then at best you will be enough for 10-15 seconds. Then the “chatter” of the brain will begin, you will find scraps of phrases, random images or melodies, etc.
During sleep, this waterfall of thoughts stops, the analytical process stops, and everything that comes into contact with your subconscious is assimilated without obstacles. Therefore, if you form the habit of listening to the therapeutic soothing mantra for sleep, you will have a good sleep. This will not happen immediately, but after some time, the duration of which is individual and depends on the observance of certain conditions.
Six steps
Your body is not a button on the computer through which you can enable or disable the programs you need. To change the wakefulness mode to a sleep mode some steps are necessary.
- Firstly, there should be a gap of at least three hours between going to bed and the last meal.
- Secondly, a plentiful dinner and listening to mantras are incompatible things.
- Thirdly, drinking alcohol reduces your efforts to zero.
- Fourth, the bright light in the bedroom will scatter your attention.
- Fifth, if you watched an action movie before going to bed, played "tanks" or "shooters," then soothing healing mantras will be powerless against such heavy artillery.
- Sixthly, it is better to start falling asleep an hour before midnight or earlier.
The process of going to bed can be compared with a switch operating in the mode of gradual reduction of voltage.
So, if you have fulfilled all the conditions, then you can turn on the mantra of your choice, and healing sleep will begin to take over. Perhaps the effect will not be as instant as after sedatives or sleeping pills.
However, this will be a natural process, thanks to which your subconscious mind will gradually be cleared of various implemented programs. To visualize how this happens, imagine a glass filled with muddy water, at the bottom of which sediment has collected. This is an analogue of your subconscious. Now mentally start pouring clean water into the container. After a while, you will see how the water in the glass cleansed and the sediment disappeared. Listening to the mantras leads to the fact that information garbage is crowded out, and in its place comes what you consider useful for yourself.
Mantra and Prayer
As mentioned above, mantras are a harmonious combination of sounds added into words or phrases. Each of them has its own purpose, and the spectrum of their focus is very wide. However, the concept of a mantra should not be confused with prayer. There are significant differences between them.
- The basis of the mantra is the concentration of attention on breathing, repetition and pronunciation in accordance with the phonetic features.
- The mantra is formed on the basis of ancient Sanskrit texts and never contains a request for anything.
- The meaning of repeated reading of the mantra is to develop certain qualities of consciousness.
- Prayer is an appeal to the Almighty with any request. The classic text is "Our Father." The word "prayer" is associated with prayer.
- Making a request to the Lord involves putting yourself and your destiny in His hands and giving up pride (“Thy will be done”).
About phonetic features
Let's touch on the pronunciation in more detail. Now you can find many texts of mantras written in Russian letters. However, if you do not know their phonetic features, then no matter how much you sing them, the result will be zero. Therefore, if you do not know how to read the mantra correctly, it is better to listen to it by experienced practitioners. The mantra for a quick retirement to sleep “OM AGASTI SHAYINAH” can be heard before going to bed with headphones, adjusting the sound in them so that it does not “cut” the ear, but every word is heard.
The only mantra that can be pronounced to everyone who takes the path of self-development is the universal sound "OM" (or "AOUM"). It is believed that the sound "OM" contains all the mantras, so its repetition has a very beneficial effect on health and spiritual development. You should sing this mantra while sitting in the classic yoga pose of Padmasana or simply with crossed legs. An important condition is that the back should be straight. The concentration of attention is on the point of the "third eye".
Tibetan healing mantras
The basis of Tibetan medicine is the philosophy of the universal connection of all elements, as well as the doctrine of causes and effects. According to him, not a single action or thought of a living creature disappears: it is fixed in the infinite memory of the Universe, and for all their actions all living beings must bear responsibility. Diseases are either a consequence of wrongdoing, or a warning.
The healing mantras of Tibetan monks are based on the unlimited potential of sound. Singing or bowl vibrations affect the root cause of the disease on the subtle plane. According to Buddhist philosophy, negative thoughts form the corresponding vibrations in the body, which after a while appear as body diseases. Depending on which energy center the person focused on, forming a negative message - at such a level ailment will appear.
That is, if a person regularly indulges in emotional experiences (anahata chakra), then for his treatment should choose a therapeutic mantra for the heart chakra. For example, the GATE GATE PORO GATE PORO SOM GATE BODHI SVAHA. However, pronouncing it yourself is not recommended.
Mantras are not just a collection of sounds. This is an ancient philosophy, and it should be touched with all possible respect and full awareness.