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A saying
from the Vedas claims, "Speech is the essence of
humanity." All of what humanity thinks and ultimately
happens is determined by the expression of ideas and
actions through speech and its derivative, writing.
Everything, the Vedas maintain, comes into being through
speech. Ideas remain unactualized until they are created
through the power of speech.
In Vedic practices, most ancient techniques and
classical Hinduism, mantra symbolizes as a necessity for
spiritual advancement and high attainment. Here are some
important ideas about mantra, which will enable you to
begin a practical understanding of what mantra is and
what it can do.
Mantras are energy-based sounds. Saying any word
produces an actual physical vibration. Over time, if we
know what the effect of that vibration is, then the word
may come to have meaning associated with the effect of
saying that vibration or word. This is one level of
energy basis for words. Another level is intent. Actual
physical vibration when coupled with a mental intention,
the vibration then contains an additional mental
component, which influences the result of saying it. The
intent when overlaid upon the waveform of the sound as
the carrier wave. Although there is a general meaning,
which comes to be associated with mantras, the only
lasting definition is the result or effect of saying the
mantra. |
