| For thousands of years meditation gurus have been | | | | repeat the word joy in your mind during meditation |
| using "Mantras" to focus their meditative thoughts to | | | | and you will begin receiving more and more joyful |
| a singular purpose. Some of the most simple mantras | | | | events and feelings in your life. |
| are the "ommm" or "ahhh" sounds found commonly | | | | These mantras definitely do not need to be limited to |
| throughout Eastern religions. | | | | one or two words. They can be entire phrases! |
| The sound of ahhhh is commonly referred to the | | | | Let's say you have a desire to completely overhaul |
| sound of creation. If you analyze most names for | | | | your life. You're not happy with your job, you want |
| God, you'll find that they incorporate the sound of | | | | to receive more money, and your physical condition is |
| ahhh phonetically. For instance, God sounds like "G | | | | lacking. All change and action comes from thought, so |
| ahhhhhh D". | | | | spark that change with intention and create your |
| With this knowledge, you can activate the source of | | | | own mantra! |
| creation by repeating the sound of "ahhh". While using | | | | So let's examine: You want more happiness, more |
| this sound, focus your thoughts on what you desire | | | | money, and to be physically fit. Start the mantra off |
| to create. What you visualize while using the sound | | | | with a proclamation of the reality you desire, such as |
| of "ah" will send out focused signals to the universe | | | | "I am". Then add the results you wish to desire ... |
| to bring you what you desire. | | | | "I am happy, rich, and fit" or "I am joyful, wealthy, |
| Let's take this concept a step further. | | | | and healthy". |
| Creating your own personal mantra can be of | | | | There you have it, your own personal mantra tailored |
| tremendous benefit to you because it allows you to | | | | to your own desires and contrast in life. Now, to |
| create a focused message that you resonate with | | | | maximize the results of your mantra, use it beyond |
| during your meditation. You can start with a simple | | | | your meditation sessions. While working, commuting |
| term such as "love". While meditating, repeat the | | | | to work, doing the dishes, falling asleep, repeat the |
| word love in a steady and relaxed fashion in your | | | | mantra to yourself! Again, the signals of creation are |
| mind. This creates the vibrations of love in your | | | | sent out as you repeat the mantra. |
| energy, and consequentially brings more love energy | | | | One last thing, don't be afraid to adjust and change |
| into your life. | | | | your mantra. Your energy changes, and so do your |
| If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, or | | | | desires and goals. Change your inner mantra to fit |
| stress then you can use a mantra that is directly | | | | your present reality. |
| opposed to those emotions, such as "Joy". Again, | | | | Love and light. |