“Man is born out of Divine Energy or Divine Shakthi.”

# MAHAMANTRA - English

Man is born out of Divine Energy or Divine Shakthi. Man is made up of 5 major elements namely Earth – Prithvi, Water – Jala, Fire – Agni, Air – Vayu, Ether – Akasha. Man came out of these 5 elements, lives in these elements and will go back to them – the original source.

Existence or Cosmos or Prapanja is made up of these 5 elements. All the 5 elements are different forms of the same Energy called God or Self or Atman. Muslims call it Allah, Hindus call it Brahman, Christians call it God and so on…

As Thythreya Upanishad says “…from Existence came Ether, from ether came Air, from air came Fire, from fire came Water, from water came the Earth and from the Earth came Life….”

When Man is at ease or is in tune with these 5 elements, he is alright. When he is not at ease with them, he is dis-eased. All the meditation techniques that Masters have designed over the years are aimed at tuning man to these 5 elements.

The origin of all religions dwells in tuning Man to these 5 elements. The thirst to get in tune with the source of the all-pervading Energy has given rise to many religions. Idols are made up of clay (Earth). Idol worship is trying to realise the Cosmic Energy through the Earth element. Similarly, Bathing in holy rivers is trying to realise the Energy through the water element; 80% of our body constitutes water. Performing Yagnya or Homa is trying to realise this Energy through the Fire element. The fire outside, represents the fire inside us. Chanting or repeating mantras is trying to connect to this Energy through the Air element and finally Meditation or Dhyana is trying to connect to this Energy through the Ether element.

The Earth element (Idol worship) is the first plane of tuning. Ether or Akash (Meditation) is the subtlest form of Energy. Man should attempt to graduate from Idol worship to Meditation.

## Idol Worship

Idols are cartoons of positive ideas (contrary to cartoons of violence that we see today!). Goddess Saraswathi stands for Intellect or Knowledge or Vidya. Goddess Lakshmi stands for wealth, beauty, grace and other similar qualities. We should imbibe the qualities represented by the Idols. Idols are nothing but philosophical representations of great ideas. They are spiritual forms. Having Lakshmi as your idol and simply ringing the bell in the Puja room everyday without making effort to got out and make money is no good. Don’t just live and die with idols. As Swami Vivekananda says “It is good to be born in a church but not to die there”.

Tuning with Earth and Water are tuning at the physical level. Tuning with Fire and Air are tuning at a mental level. Tuning with Ether is tuning at the Spiritual level. Tuning with the Existential energy is ultimately through Ether.

Meditation is the only path or Master key to tune yourself with the subtlest Energy called Akash Energy. Here you directly merge with the Brahman and you become God. You will then understand the great sayings of Bharatn Seers such as ‘Aham Brahmasm’”, or of Sufi Saints such as ‘Anal Haq’ , or of the Bible such as “Be still and know that I am the Truth”.

“Inspired by these ideas on meditation, let you merge with the Parashakthi or Existence and become Enlightened. Let you all become awakened, let you all become Buddhas. My love and blessings to you.

## Mahamantra Meditation

Mahamantra makes your mind sthira. Sthira means firm. The mind is all the oscillating with thoughts. This meditation makes your mind still by making it enter into the zone of no-mind. It is like a jumping board to enter into Infinity. It is an ancient Tibetan – Buddhist technique.

This meditation should be done on an empty stomach, either alone or as a group. Total duration is 30 minutes. The audiocassette will guide you through the meditation.

First part:

Sit cross-legged in a comfortable position on the floor. Your head, neck and spine should be in a straight line. Those of you who are not able to sit on the floor may sit on a chair. Feel relaxed and close your eyes. Even after we close our eyes, we see forms and images from behind the eyelids. To tackle this, imagine that your eyes have become stones, then the images will die.

Keep your lips together and produce the sound ‘Mmmm…’ from inside. If you were to put your face inside an empty Aluminium vessel and make a humming sound, the sound generated will be like this. Note that this is not ‘Hum…’ or ‘Om…’, it is simply keeping your lips together and producing ‘Mmmm…’. The humming should be as lengthy as possible between breaths, it should be as deep as possible (from the navel centre) and as loud as possible. Don’t make an effort to take in deep breaths, the body itself will take breaths when needed. Don’t become tense, just do it in a playful mood. Put in your whole being and energy into creating this vibration. Try to minimize the gap between the humming sounds. After some time, you will feel that the humming continues without your effort and that you have become simply a listener!

At the end of 20 minutes, stop the humming (if you are playing the cassette, you will hear ‘Stop!’, and you stop as you are, abruptly).

Second part:

After stopping the humming, remain silent and inactive for 10 minutes with a smiling face and blissful mood. (The cassette will play music for these 10 minutes). During this time, the Energy created by the 20 minutes of humming will enter all the corners of your being and cleanse it in toto. If any thought comes let it come. Simply watch your mind and don’t resist any thought.