You may be wondering which mantra to use for your mantra meditation practice. Because yes indeed, there are many many different types of mantra meditation practices.
There’s japa mantra meditation, there’s bija mantras and a whole range of other mantra meditation practices.
But which mantra to use if you want to do japa mantra meditation? This is a meditative mantra practice where you repeat the same mantra. Generally speaking, once you start with this practice, you stay with the same mantra and don’t change. How to know which mantra to use?
Obviously, I could talk a lot about the Vedic use of mantras here. However I don’t want to narrow the scope here to such a degree. Because mantras are more or less, a universal phenomenon.
You can even choose your own words if you want. Or you can choose to subscribe to a particular tradition outside of the Indian Vedic, Yogic and Tantric traditions.
That said, I prefer to take a universal approach.
If you are looking for your mantra, there are a number of questions you can ask yourself to help you find your mantra:
…Do I feel a resonance to any particular spiritual, philosophical or religious tradition
… Do I feel a resonance to any particular sounds and words? If so where do these sounds come from?
… Do I feel drawn to creating my own mantra?
… Do I feel guided in a particular direction to find my mantra?
The answers that arrive can be something of a guide for you to follow.
For it is your decision and your path to finding your mantra.
Research these questions and see what answers come to you.
You may well find the discovery of your mantra comes easily to you…
I’m not going to talk more about potential results from these questions as I would like to leave this with you.
In future postings I may. But you may well have found your mantra meditation practice by then…