| First of all chant the mantra silently,
forming the syllables of OM with your mouth and tongue but make no sound for ten minutes.
Then think the mantra silently in your mind for a further ten minutes. Finally be
absolutely still and silent, and allow the mantra to arise spontaneously. In this mantra the differences between your present state of
consciousness as distinct from pure Universal consciousness eventually dissipate, and
separation becomes meaningless once OM becomes established in your body and consciousness.
Once you feel this is well established, repeat the mantra only when you are aware that
thoughts and distractions have carried you away from meditation. Here the mantra works to
keep you in a deep and still meditative silence. Remain in the primordial silence of the
final stage, simply breathing in and out, for approximately twenty minutes, then reflect
on its significance for you.
2: Meditation on OM, AH, HUNG Mantra
Mantra can also be accompanied by color. The color
spectrum is an array of vibrational frequencies, as are the separate syllables of mantra.
When they are placed together in conjunction with particular chakras, an accelerated
impact on the body's energy centers and cells is effected. A classic Tibetan Buddhist form
of mantra associates the colours white, red and blue with the syllables OM, AH, HUNG,
placed respectively at the forehead, throat and heart centers.
This form is very much like a cascading benediction,
integrating the higher faculties of transcendence and expression with the heart center.
Sit comfortably with the spine erect and the hands either in your lap or lightly on the
knees with thumb and forefinger connected in a circle. Prepare the body for this mantra by
taking breath up to the crown through the heart center on the in-breath, then down to the
feet on the out-breath.
Relax into the calm of this meditative state for five
minutes, then take energy into the heart center and up to the crown with the in-breath. On
a slow out-breath place OM in brilliant white light at the brow center, AH in red light at
the throat center, and HUNG in blue light at the heart center. Then feel the stillness and
silence of the next slow in-breath and repeat the mantra out loud. Continue for at least
ten breaths, or until it feels stable, then progress to the next stages of experiencing it
silently within. Continue with the mantra for a while then abandon it and enter silence.
Note the changes in energy circulation in the body and return to the mantra only when
thoughts and distractions carry your attention away from the meditation. Note also the
deep calm and stillness and if you so wish, write down the first thoughts that arise from
this meditation.
This meditation invokes the power and presence of
Guru Rinpoche - the Indian saint who first brought Buddhism to Tibet. The white light at
the forehead that accompanies the OM, brings a corresponding light from the forehead of
Guru Rinpoche, and this aids in the purification of all physical defilements. The AH
syllable and the red light at the throat produce vibrations that purify all speech forms.
The final HUNG syllable and blue light integrates you with heart consciousness, and aids
in purifying mental blockages to the truth of being. OM always precedes the other
syllables in a mantra and symbolises the union of the infinite with the finite. This
particular mantra is designed to transform the ordinary, mundane aspects of expression
into Buddha like qualities. |
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