Mind and Mantras are very closely connected. One of the easiest ways to manage your state of mind is through mantras in meditation. And that is why in Asia, they use to say every morning and evening, you sit sometimes Chanting Mantras. It is like a bath for the mind. To purify, they used to call Mantra Sanan, bathing in the Mantras, in the sound of the Mantras. So especially in today's world, where we see, there are so many impressions, so much information to digest.
How Chanting Mantra helps?
Chanting a Mantra in the morning is a healthy exercise. Earlier people used to live in a village or in the city town, you do your day-to-day work but the number of impressions was very limited now. But one small mobile phone is sufficient to bring you news, images, sounds, and things from all over the world. Your mind has to digest it, your consciousness has to digest it, and much of the information is not required, not useful but so many unnecessary things get stored in our mind and we don't know how to get rid of it.
You sleep for 7-8 hours, and you don't feel fresh in the morning physically. This is more than enough time for the body to rest but then the mind is not fresh. Many people say, okay I need a cup of tea, a cup of coffee. You wake up in the morning, you're not so fresh, ok yes new day let me get started. Because so many impressions on the mind such a load on the mind. Mantra is one of the easiest ways to purify the mind and like I said you don't have to do anything you just play the Mantras you listen to them.
Just being with that sound, you will find it has a strong effect on your mind when you make it a regular practice. They used to say that you chant some mantra every day or you listen to some Mantra every day, then, again and again, that vibration comes into the consciousness the mind starts aligning to it.
3 Powerful Mantras to Chant in Sanskrit
OM NAMAHA SHIVAYA
In Hindu Dharma, this Mantra is the most used Mantra, also known as Rudra Mantra. Chanting Shiva Mantra 108 times every day will help you to calm your mind and you will get blessings from Shiva.
2. The Ganesha Mantra
OM GAM GANAPATAYE NAMAHA
This is the Mantra of Lord Ganesha, son of Lord Shiva. Ganesha is known as the breaker of all obstacles, so chanting this Mantra helps you face the challenges of life.
3. The Gayatri Mantra
OM BHUR BHUVAH SWAH
TAT-SAVITUR VARENYAM
BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI
DIYO YONAH PRACHODAYAT
The Mantra looks complex yet more powerful. Chanting this Mantra every morning or before sleep helps in relaxation and shows you light and clarity. This Mantra has powers of wisdom.
Close your eyes and with full awareness, you listen to the Mantra, slowly it gets absorbed in the consciousness, and then, again and again, you listen to it. It's like your basic vibration becomes like that because the mind is nothing but energy. Our consciousness is nothing but energy and that energy has a vibration, so the more that vibration becomes harmonious the more you will find it. Anything which is not part of your nature, not harmonious, and not conducive to that state will not affect you so much. So your basic vibration becomes really positive, and you get less affected by the situations around you. You also start spreading it wherever you go.
