Nov. 8, 2024
The Protective Power of the Mantra
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A devotee reported the following
incident.
2
00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,080
He had visited a researcher at
Jipmer Hospital in Pondicherry,
3
00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,280
India, who was using Curlean
photography in his research.
4
00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,640
The researcher showed him
several stones.
5
00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:19,280
One of them was an ordinary
stone.
6
00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:23,720
The other one had been in an
active temple for a considerable
7
00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,600
period of time.
He showed the Curlean aura
8
00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:32,320
photographs of the two and it
was clear that the temple stone
9
00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,680
had a strong radiation coming
off of it.
10
00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,880
The researcher then suggested
that this devotee become himself
11
00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:44,000
part of the experiment.
First he took a photograph of
12
00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,080
his extended hand.
He then had the devotee chants
13
00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,040
of mantras for a couple of
minutes.
14
00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:55,520
The post mantra photograph had a
strong radiating aura coming off
15
00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,160
the fingers.
One of the powers of an active
16
00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,600
mantra is to energize the vital
being and strengthen the aura.
17
00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,760
The aura provides a protective
vital field around each
18
00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,240
individual.
So the power of the mantra is a
19
00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,600
boost to the ability of the
individual to ward off negative
20
00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:20,040
forces, including potentially
forces that can create illness
21
00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:22,840
if they succeed in penetrating
the aura.
22
00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,920
The mantra must be a living 1,
not an intellectual pursuit that
23
00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,880
someone picks up out of a book.
It also must be honoured,
24
00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,720
supported and encouraged in its
action.
25
00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:40,080
Through repetition with focus
and intent, it then gains its
26
00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,960
utmost power.
The deeper it is ingrained, the
27
00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:47,960
more it is able to respond
instantly to situations and
28
00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,680
provide added protection for the
individual.
29
00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,720
Frequent repetition of the
chosen mantra, particularly in
30
00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:01,240
situations of danger or stress,
makes it easier for it to appear
31
00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,480
at the moment of need in the
consciousness.
32
00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,800
It is something like classical
condition in in Western
33
00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,680
psychology, which practices
repetition of a specific
34
00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,880
conditioning event and elicits a
specific conditioned response
35
00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,600
such that whenever that event
occurs, the response occurs
36
00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,040
automatically and
instantaneously.
37
00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,320
In the case of a mantra that is
remembered at times of
38
00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,160
difficulty or danger, the being
is conditioned to bring it
39
00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:36,240
forward whenever such stress
arises, and the action of the
40
00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,080
mantra conditions the aura and
other elements of the body,
41
00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,800
life, mind, complex to respond
with a protective response, the
42
00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,040
mother observes.
Quote And then you may also take
43
00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,120
another attitude when you are
playing and suddenly become
44
00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,200
aware that something is going
wrong, you are making mistakes,
45
00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,000
are inattentive.
Sometimes opposing currents come
46
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,080
across what you are doing.
If you develop the habit
47
00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,640
automatically at this moment of
calling, as by a mantra, of
48
00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:17,680
repeating a word that has an
extraordinary effect, you choose
49
00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,760
your mantra.
Or rather one day it comes to
50
00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,760
you spontaneously in a moment of
difficulty, at a time when
51
00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,440
things are very difficult, when
you have a sort of anguish,
52
00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,240
anxiety, when you don't know
what is going to happen,
53
00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,120
suddenly this springs up in you,
the words brings up in you.
54
00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,040
For each one it may be
different, but if you mark this
55
00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,360
and each time you face a
difficulty you repeat it, it
56
00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,960
becomes irresistible.
For instance, if you feel you
57
00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,920
are about to fall, I'll, if you
feel you are doing badly what
58
00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,400
you are doing, if you feel
something evil is going to
59
00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,760
attack you, then.
But it must be a spontaneity in
60
00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,040
the being.
It must spring up from you
61
00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,160
without your needing to think
about it.
62
00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,480
You choose your mantra because
it is a spontaneous expression
63
00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,000
of your aspiration.
It may be one word, two or three
64
00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,079
words, a sentence that depends
on each one, but it must be a
65
00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:24,960
sound which awakens in you a
certain condition.
66
00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:30,520
Then when you have that, I
assure you that you can pass
67
00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,920
through everything without
difficulty, even in the face of
68
00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,600
a real, veritable danger, an
attack, for instance, by someone
69
00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,600
who wants to kill you.
If without getting excited,
70
00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,200
without being perturbed, you
quietly repeat your mantra.
71
00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:52,120
One can do nothing to you
naturally.
72
00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,240
You must be truly master of
yourself.
73
00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,280
One part of the being must not
be trembling there like a leaf.
74
00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:03,000
No, you must do it entirely
sincerely.
75
00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:08,320
Then it is all powerful.
The best is when the word comes
76
00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,080
to you spontaneously.
You call in a moment of great
77
00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:17,120
difficulty, mental, vital,
physical, emotional, whatever it
78
00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,440
might be, and suddenly that
springs up in you two or three
79
00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,400
words, like magical words.
You must remember these and form
80
00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,920
the habit of repeating them in
moments when difficulties come.
81
00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:34,320
If you form the habit, one day
it will come to you
82
00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,360
spontaneously.
When the difficulty comes, at
83
00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,480
the same time the mantra will
come.
84
00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,960
Then you will see that the
results are wonderful.
85
00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:47,600
But it must not be an artificial
thing or something you
86
00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,240
arbitrarily decide.
I shall use these words.
87
00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,720
Nor should somebody else tell
you.
88
00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:59,160
Oh, you know, this is very good.
It is perhaps very good for him,
89
00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,920
but not for everyone.
End Quote.
90
00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,200
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
Mother Powers within, Chapter 7
91
00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,200
Attitude, pages 76 to 77.
00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:04,120
A devotee reported the following
incident.
2
00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:09,080
He had visited a researcher at
Jipmer Hospital in Pondicherry,
3
00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:13,280
India, who was using Curlean
photography in his research.
4
00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,640
The researcher showed him
several stones.
5
00:00:17,240 --> 00:00:19,280
One of them was an ordinary
stone.
6
00:00:20,080 --> 00:00:23,720
The other one had been in an
active temple for a considerable
7
00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:27,600
period of time.
He showed the Curlean aura
8
00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:32,320
photographs of the two and it
was clear that the temple stone
9
00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,680
had a strong radiation coming
off of it.
10
00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,880
The researcher then suggested
that this devotee become himself
11
00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:44,000
part of the experiment.
First he took a photograph of
12
00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,080
his extended hand.
He then had the devotee chants
13
00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:50,040
of mantras for a couple of
minutes.
14
00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:55,520
The post mantra photograph had a
strong radiating aura coming off
15
00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,160
the fingers.
One of the powers of an active
16
00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,600
mantra is to energize the vital
being and strengthen the aura.
17
00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,760
The aura provides a protective
vital field around each
18
00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,240
individual.
So the power of the mantra is a
19
00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:14,600
boost to the ability of the
individual to ward off negative
20
00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:20,040
forces, including potentially
forces that can create illness
21
00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:22,840
if they succeed in penetrating
the aura.
22
00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,920
The mantra must be a living 1,
not an intellectual pursuit that
23
00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,880
someone picks up out of a book.
It also must be honoured,
24
00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,720
supported and encouraged in its
action.
25
00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:40,080
Through repetition with focus
and intent, it then gains its
26
00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:43,960
utmost power.
The deeper it is ingrained, the
27
00:01:43,960 --> 00:01:47,960
more it is able to respond
instantly to situations and
28
00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,680
provide added protection for the
individual.
29
00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,720
Frequent repetition of the
chosen mantra, particularly in
30
00:01:55,720 --> 00:02:01,240
situations of danger or stress,
makes it easier for it to appear
31
00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,480
at the moment of need in the
consciousness.
32
00:02:04,280 --> 00:02:07,800
It is something like classical
condition in in Western
33
00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,680
psychology, which practices
repetition of a specific
34
00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:16,880
conditioning event and elicits a
specific conditioned response
35
00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,600
such that whenever that event
occurs, the response occurs
36
00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,040
automatically and
instantaneously.
37
00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,320
In the case of a mantra that is
remembered at times of
38
00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:32,160
difficulty or danger, the being
is conditioned to bring it
39
00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:36,240
forward whenever such stress
arises, and the action of the
40
00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:40,080
mantra conditions the aura and
other elements of the body,
41
00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,800
life, mind, complex to respond
with a protective response, the
42
00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,040
mother observes.
Quote And then you may also take
43
00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,120
another attitude when you are
playing and suddenly become
44
00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:59,200
aware that something is going
wrong, you are making mistakes,
45
00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:03,000
are inattentive.
Sometimes opposing currents come
46
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,080
across what you are doing.
If you develop the habit
47
00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,640
automatically at this moment of
calling, as by a mantra, of
48
00:03:12,640 --> 00:03:17,680
repeating a word that has an
extraordinary effect, you choose
49
00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,760
your mantra.
Or rather one day it comes to
50
00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:25,760
you spontaneously in a moment of
difficulty, at a time when
51
00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,440
things are very difficult, when
you have a sort of anguish,
52
00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:33,240
anxiety, when you don't know
what is going to happen,
53
00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:38,120
suddenly this springs up in you,
the words brings up in you.
54
00:03:39,160 --> 00:03:43,040
For each one it may be
different, but if you mark this
55
00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:47,360
and each time you face a
difficulty you repeat it, it
56
00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,960
becomes irresistible.
For instance, if you feel you
57
00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,920
are about to fall, I'll, if you
feel you are doing badly what
58
00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,400
you are doing, if you feel
something evil is going to
59
00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,760
attack you, then.
But it must be a spontaneity in
60
00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,040
the being.
It must spring up from you
61
00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,160
without your needing to think
about it.
62
00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,480
You choose your mantra because
it is a spontaneous expression
63
00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,000
of your aspiration.
It may be one word, two or three
64
00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:22,079
words, a sentence that depends
on each one, but it must be a
65
00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:24,960
sound which awakens in you a
certain condition.
66
00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:30,520
Then when you have that, I
assure you that you can pass
67
00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:34,920
through everything without
difficulty, even in the face of
68
00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:39,600
a real, veritable danger, an
attack, for instance, by someone
69
00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,600
who wants to kill you.
If without getting excited,
70
00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:48,200
without being perturbed, you
quietly repeat your mantra.
71
00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:52,120
One can do nothing to you
naturally.
72
00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,240
You must be truly master of
yourself.
73
00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,280
One part of the being must not
be trembling there like a leaf.
74
00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:03,000
No, you must do it entirely
sincerely.
75
00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:08,320
Then it is all powerful.
The best is when the word comes
76
00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:12,080
to you spontaneously.
You call in a moment of great
77
00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:17,120
difficulty, mental, vital,
physical, emotional, whatever it
78
00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,440
might be, and suddenly that
springs up in you two or three
79
00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:26,400
words, like magical words.
You must remember these and form
80
00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,920
the habit of repeating them in
moments when difficulties come.
81
00:05:30,840 --> 00:05:34,320
If you form the habit, one day
it will come to you
82
00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:38,360
spontaneously.
When the difficulty comes, at
83
00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:40,480
the same time the mantra will
come.
84
00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,960
Then you will see that the
results are wonderful.
85
00:05:44,840 --> 00:05:47,600
But it must not be an artificial
thing or something you
86
00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,240
arbitrarily decide.
I shall use these words.
87
00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,720
Nor should somebody else tell
you.
88
00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:59,160
Oh, you know, this is very good.
It is perhaps very good for him,
89
00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:02,920
but not for everyone.
End Quote.
90
00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:09,200
Reference Srioro Bindu and the
Mother Powers within, Chapter 7
91
00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:13,200
Attitude, pages 76 to 77.