The Most Common Meditation Tools

Free Meditation Tools- Mantras

One of the most commonly used meditation tools out there are mantras. Mantras are so commonly used around the world because they are free of cost and they are effective. They are also multi-purpose since they can be customized to whatever needs or goals you have.

Mantras are most commonly used by persons who practice Transcendental Meditation. Mantras are basically a repetition of a sound, word, sentence, or affirmation. The mantra becomes the object of focus for the person practicing meditation. The mantra can be spoken out loud or repeated silently in our minds.

Mantras are very efficient for quieting the chatter of our minds. In some meditation techniques, the ultimate goal is to become 100% focused on the mantra. In this way, the person becomes one with the object of the meditation; the mantra.

On this vein, according to Maharishi Yogi, the founder of Transcendental Meditation (“TM”), “TM means directing your attention inside at increasingly subtle levels of concentration until the thinking is surpassed and the mind reaches the source of thinking.”

In other meditation techniques, many people think of mantras as having a healing effect. They believe that mantras can heal through the specific vibrating energy that each word generates. This is very similar to music. Think of how you feel after listening to an upbeat song versus a soft melodic piece of music. Big difference, huh?

You can use mantras that have been derived from yoga and meditation. Or, you can create your own mantra yourself. The universal and most commonly known mantra is “aum.” Aum is the sound through which the universe was created. So, it is the most commonly used mantra and symbolizes all vibrations, mantras, and sounds together.

However, you can create a mantra just like a positive affirmation, for the need or goal that you are looking to achieve.

When creating your own mantra, choose one as short as possible. The mantra should have only one or two syllables at most. After some time meditating, you can lengthen your mantra to be a few words or even a sentence. This is more like a positive affirmation as used in psychology. Remember, however, the most important when choosing a longer mantra is to time it in the present.

For example, I love myself, I am loved, I am beautiful, I am healthy versus I want to be loved, I want to be beautiful, etc. Speak your mantra as already having occurred and you living it in the present, this way you will bring it to you and achieve your goal.

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Do you use mantras? Did you make it up yourself? How did you choose it?

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