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Jul 21, 2020
Sadhguru speaks about the science of mantras, and how a mantra can be a key to access deeper dimensions of
existence. He also speaks about “Vairagya”, a set of five sacred chants, and how one can benefit from them.
Sadhguru: Mantra means a sound, a certain utterance or a syllable. Today, modern science sees the whole
existence as reverberations of energy, different levels of vibrations. Where there is a vibration, there is bound
to be a sound. So, that means, the whole existence is a kind of sound, or a complex amalgamation of sounds –
the whole existence is an amalgamation of multiple mantras. Of these, a few mantras or a few sounds have
been identified, which could be like keys. If you use them in a certain way, they become a key to open up a
different dimension of life and experience within you.
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Vairagya
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So a mantra is not something that you utter. It is something that you strive to become because unless you
become the key, existence will not open up for you. Becoming the mantra means you are becoming the key.
Only if you are the key can you open the lock. Otherwise someone else has to open it for you and you have to
listen to him.
Mantras could be an extremely good preparatory step. Just one mantra can do such tremendous things to
people. They can be an effective force in creating something but only if they come from that kind of a source
where there is a complete understanding of all that is sound. When we say “all that is sound,” we are talking
about the creation itself. If a mantra comes from that kind of source, with that level of understanding and when
the transmission is pure, then mantras can be an effective force.
When you utter a sound, a form is being created. There is a whole science of using sounds in a particular way
so that it creates the right kind of form. We can create powerful forms by uttering sounds in certain
arrangements. This is known as the Nada Yoga, the yoga of sound. If you have mastery over the sound you
also have mastery over the form that is attached to it.
When Sanskrit is taught, it has to be learnt by rote. The sound is important, not the
meaning.
This happened to me as a child: I would be staring at someone who would be talking. Initially, I heard their
words. Then, just the sounds. After some time, I just saw some crazy patterns happening around them which so
engrossed, amazed and amused me that I could just sit staring at them forever, not understanding a single word
because I was not listening to the words at all.
Sanskrit is one language where form and sound are connected. In English for example, if you say “sun” or
“son,” in utterance it is the same, only in spelling it is different. What you write is not the criteria. The sound is
the criteria. When you realize what sound is attached to a particular form, you give this sound as the name for
that form. Now the sound and the form are connected. If you utter the sound, you are relating to the form – not
just psychologically, but existentially, you are connecting with the form. Sanskrit is like a blueprint of the
existence. What is in form, we converted into sound. A lot of distortions have happened. How to preserve it in
its right form has become a challenge even today since the necessary knowledge, understanding, and
awareness is largely missing.
After some time it will become so much a part of your system and it will set a certain ambience for you.
Mantra is not consciousness but mantra sets the right kind of ambience. Sound will set the right kind of
ambience within this physiological, psychological framework and also in the atmosphere. One can make use of
this.
If you just give yourself to that song, there is a kind of power to it. It has a power
to dissolve a person, if you really throw yourself into it.
There are many ways to look at this. Many years ago, I used to travel alone for a month or two every year in
the Himalayas, and I happened to go to Kedarnath. Kedar is a very powerful and wonderful place. Above
Kedar, there is a place called Kanti Sarovar, where people don’t generally go because it is a tricky climb. I
trekked up to Kanti Sarovar and sat on one of the rocks there.
It is very difficult to put this into words, but after some time, everything turned into sound in my experience.
My body, the mountain, the lake in front of me, everything had become sound. It had taken on sound form, and
was just going on in me in a completely different way. My mouth was closed – I am very clear about that – but
my own voice was going on loudly, as if it was on a microphone, singing a song, and it was in Sanskrit.
Translation: Sound is Brahman, the manifestation of the universe, sound manifests itself in the form of all life,
sound is bondage, sound is the means for liberation, sound is that which binds, sound is that which liberates,
sound is the bestower of all, sound is the power behind everything, sound is everything.
If you just give yourself to that song, there is a kind of power to it. It has a power to dissolve a person, if you
really throw yourself into it.
Ms. Aggarwal and Dr. Lal found that despite educating athletes on the need to drink adequate water during
play, most players still suffered from dehydration during the game, leading to reduced performance and
physical capabilities, as well as significant long-term health problems.
Dr. Lal says, “The players had already been educated on the body’s water needs. They had been given
information as well as experiential learning through demos. In fact, when we gave them a basic test on their
knowledge of body hydration, most of them scored 100%. They knew what they should do, but they were just
not doing it. There was some connection needed between knowledge and actual change in behaviour. A
conscious awareness of the body’s thirst level was needed.” Was AUMkar the answer?
Many of the participants came up to me and shared that apart from their game
performance, they were also experiencing other benefits.
During the experimental study, 30 players were divided randomly into two groups: a control group – who
received the already existing education module on adequate water consumption – and an experimental group –
who received the education module, and practiced a brief session of AUMkar meditation for 21 minutes every
day for 21 days. At the end of the 21-day period, tests showed that after the game, players practicing AUMkar
had significantly healthier water levels compared to the control group. This also translated into better
performance at tests measuring heart rate and physical agility. The players also reported feeling happier,
calmer and more focused.
“Many of the participants came up to me and shared that apart from their game performance, they were also
experiencing other benefits. One of the participants told me that he was getting along better with everyone at
home. They seem to have matured a lot during this study. This study has opened up a whole gamut of
possibilities. We have already got two more studies planned to find out more on the benefits of the meditations
that Isha offers,” says Dr. Lal