Before understanding mantras and their relevance, we must understand the nature of sound and its effects.
How does the sound affect us? Try this…
Close your eyes and position yourself in the midst of main market place. Imagine screeching cars, blaring horns, shouting hawkers and screaming sound system relaying advertisement--- your pulse quickens and heart beat races.
Now gently change the scene-
Imagine the sound of gently flowing stream, chirping birds or distant bells of temple- At once the calm and serene feeling takes over.
This is the magic of sound of sound.
Sound is the vehicle for emotions- sing with joy, shout in anger, cry in sorrow or groan in pain. Intensified emotions usually demand stronger sound.
Some movements of sound always go on inside us. Like the rhythm of music, it determines the rhythm of our consciousness.
Mantras are sonic vehicles that encapsulate mystical energy and direct it towards specific aim.
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