Mantras are words with a powerful charge. They can bring real help to those who chant them, on both the material and spiritual planes. To understand fully the importance and power of the Mantra, you must remember that the Mantra itself (in other words the sound) is a manifestation of the original vibration, and therefore of absolute divinity – like matter, which is a manifestation of energy.
It follows from this that the power of the Mantra is infinite. You will have a better understanding of these notions if you remember that the words that we humans speak are the expression of our feelings, our experiences, and therefore of our whole, private being.
Just as a word is one with the person who utters it, so the Mantra is one with its source, in other words the Divine. The decidedly hermetic words that constitute the Mantras are often accompanied by unusually-shaped symbols, known as Yantras.
Later on we shall consider the meaning of the term Yantra and why practicing the contemplation of the Yantra reinforces and complements the power of the Mantra. By taking advantage of all these aids, and even more by knowing how to combine them, you will become able to concentrate, to control your mental processes and acquire the power that stems from identification with the Ultimate Reality or Universal Principle.
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