A very casual search for Mantras on Youtube you will find a ton of videos related to “The most powerful mantra,” “Mantras for Healing,” Mantras to attract love,”  “Mantras for wealth,” etc.  There are so many different mantras that one does not know where to begin.  Every religion has its’ own version of a Mantra, prayer, or ritual speech.  Sure, these powerful mantras will attract the attention of higher spiritual beings who will lend support to you depending on your merit and affinity with them.  Sure, it’s possible that your circumstances will change and the mantra will be effective.  But don’t recite mantras till you’re blue in the face!  It’s not how many times you recite them that will change things for you.  It’s how, or the technique you use to do so.

Let me explain.  If you’re reciting, reciting, reciting, in hopes of some outcome that’s great, but a lot of times we quickly grow weary wondering if our efforts are actually bringing on fruition.  If you see and analyze these videos on Youtube, you just basically get people reciting mantras over and over again thinking this is how you get results.  It’s kind of like weight training for strength or physique, they go through the motions, rep after rep, thinking more is better all the time forgetting about form!

We all know form plays an important role in getting results and it’s no different when reciting mantras.

So How do we tap into a mantras power?  How do we get results?  First, and most important related to this article is that true mantra practice is a form of Energy work, sometimes called Nei-Gong.  In its’ true form it’s an internal energy practice meant to open up and prepare the body for deeper levels of health and wisdom.  

For example, Tibetan’s practice Om ah Hum while visualizing the Om at the head, neck, shoulders and arms being White in color.  Ah is visualized at the chest area as red in color.  And Hum is everything below including the legs and feet while visualizing it as blue.  Also they might include Tibetan symbols at each 3 locations while reciting.  The more you’re able to visualize while reciting whatever mantra you choose the better results.

While reciting, the sounds should be as if they are coming from that part of the body.  That’s why it’s effective at opening that part of the body, bringing health, vitality, and energy to awaken it.  The proper way to recite is as if these sounds are originating from the part of the body the sound is meant for.

There are all kinds of Mantras with associated body parts.  There’s mantras that divide the body into 2 parts also like Ram and Vam.  You can see a whole list of them in William Bodri’s books Nyasa Yoga and NeiJia Yoga which I highly recommend to get more details.  I just wanted to share this piece of info to give a taste of what’s inside those books while adding my own twist to it.

By the way if you sing Hymns in Church you can also do the same thing by feeling the words in your body.  Visualizing a Deity or Buddha is also a form of Nei-Gong because you’re supposed to visualize yourself as the diety with all their qualities, colors, attributes in order to change the energy in your body for the better.

You’re already way ahead if you understand all this.  

Remember, proper form in practice is what brings results.  And you can do all this while sitting, laying down, dancing, doing weight training, doing yoga, singing at church, or whenever you get a chance to.  

If you’re a Christian, looking for how all this makes sense in a Christian’s life, I recommend the book, “The Mystical Path of Christian Theosis,” by Elijah John.  There’s a lot of Nei-Gong talk in it as well as techniques that you might find more your taste.  

Easy does it.