I need to thank the divine and my spiritual teacher to have bestowed upon me this wonderful science of mantra shastra. The topic I am going to blog isn't new. It was always been there - but the one who knew never shared the knowledge, and kept it as a community affair. Hope my blog helps and guides people who are in search of the ultimate truth - God!
There are many websites that talks about various mantras, and that explains what it does to your mind scientifically. Let me not get into the esoteric aspects about mantras. I am a user, I have experimented with mantras, and my work is to give it you in the most ready-to-use format.
People are bound to have desires, and these desires change with time and age. What made you happy yesterday need not make you happy today, and what makes you happy today need not make any sense in future. For instance ? if you give a 4-year-old kid a choice to select from a 100- rupee bundle and a dairy milk chocolate, it will surely select the dairy milk and the not the money. The result will be vice versa if you gave the same choice to the kid when it is 24 years old.
Indian saints have formulated various mantras to make life processes easier. Of course there is an argument about why should anyone try to change his/her destiny, why can?t he/she take life as it comes? The answer is - even chanting mantras to get desires manifested is part of individual?s destiny. Not all who know mantras are able to chant them, and not all who chant them get good results.
Mantras are chanted for basic purposes ? 1) to get enlightened and 2) to manifest material gains.
Enlightenment is a vague concept, and even Swami Parathasarthy could not answer my question in simple language. Let me get into manifestation of material desires first.
HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING MANTRAS
*Get a clear perspective about what exactly you want to acquire by doing mantra, and try using it for achieve BIGGER things. Don?t waste your mantras or prayers to get first day first show movie tickets of Munnabhai MBBS or Mein Hoon Na.
*Every individual has a favourite movie star likewise every individual has his own favourite God. Try finding him- and make him your deity. Find out his mul mantra and keep it ready ? like for Lord Shiva it is Om Namo Shivaya, for Vishnu it is Om Namo Narayana..it goes on.
*Get a picture of your favourite God, and all puja materials, and set up a small prayer room in your house. Write your desire in a small piece of paper and keep it behind the foto.
*Take a 48-days vow, and stop all those things you are addicted to like?
Smoking
Drinking
Watching TV
Lies
Cheating
Politics
Backbiting
Talking ill
Foul languages
Non-veg
Porn
Sex
*Freeze on the number of time you are going to chant the mantra on an everyday basis. It could be 108 times or 1008 times or 10008 times.
*Fix a time at which you are going to chant your mantra. It should be between 4 am and 7 am, which according to Hindu scriptures is called Brahma Muhurta ? the best time for prayers and meditation.
*Stick to one time frame. If it is 4-5 am the first let it remain the same for all the 48 days.
*Remember if you miss one day the next day becomes the first day again. Hence, try to plan it perfectly..so that you don?t have any ceremony to attend like a marriage or a birthday party.
Check out more about Mantra Shastra in my next blog soon!