Wednesday, April 30, 2014

26. Implications of the Mantras


As the practice of the mantra involves devoted meditation upon the devata along with the specified (according to the chanda) rhythmic enunciation or chanting, the risis had assigned visible forms to different devatas - representing different manifestations and subliminal expressions of the One, Eternal, Supreme Consciousness….. Some of the risis also recommended worshiping the idols - of these forms of the devatas - in sacred atmosphere before commencing the japa of the mantras.
Worshiping an idol of God often facilitates proper meditation and creation of the internal emotions to strike the intrinsic core of absolute faith that is necessary for confluence of the individual consciousness with the cosmic flow of divinity. This type of rituals (called sakara upasana) do help conditioning the minds of the disciples who find it difficult to meditate upon the subliminal forms of Sabda in the sunya - the absolute void, the ultimate, the 'non-existent' but eternal realms of thy conception.
The bija represents root of the mantra. It may be understood as a group of those syllables that contain, in compact coded form, the gist (tatva) of the mantra and thereby imply the latent existence of the specific power of Sabda in that mantra. The japa of the bija generates the 'energy' essential for initiating the activation of the 'power' of the associated mantra.
The understanding and expertise of the science of mantras had illuminated the minds of the risis with supernormal sagacity. they could therefore grasp the knowledge of the limitless expansion of the universe and completely 'visualize' the structure and function of the tiniest part of the over 72000 nerves and glands mysteriously folded inside the human body and could also accomplish remarkable spiritual realization. They also presented different streams of their intrinsic knowledge in the ancient Nepalese scriptures via prose consisting of the hymns of mantras.
Scientific significance of the sound produced by specific syllables has attracted many researchers to study the specil features of the sonic waveforms generated by the recitation of the mantras. The ultrasonometer developed by Dr. Fristlov is used for triggering different chemical reactions via the effect of ultrasound. the stirrer used in this device can be made to stir (by the obvious effect of ultrasound!) so fast that in no time it can make the steady water - contained around it - churn violently like that during boiling at maximum pace. As far as the sonic effects are concerned, the subtle power of the mantra, if focused, can be more 'explosive' than the nuclear power.
The yogis often use the vital kpower of the air-element (vayu-tatva) and gain supernatural physical powers. A mantirka works at the highest level (akasa) - in the hierarchy of the five basic elements and he can therefore be more powerful than other yogis

Apart from the physical power of Sabda, the mantras are also endowed with the 'magnetic' power of the conscious energy of Sabda. The emotional linkage -through absolute intrinsic faith (sraddha) - with the devata of the mantra attracts the subliminal energy of Sabda. The devotion and prayers of the devata of the mantra are performed to initiate this linkage. The rhythmic enunciation or chanting of mantras give rise to two types of subtle fields of influence - one, the 'sphere' of sonic effects, and the other, of emotional (conscious) effects. 

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