I love chanting mantras and I have been doing it since childhood. Mantras have a peculiar way of coming into my life at appropriate times and then I take them up seriously. My nephew asked for a Shakti mantra in February 2021. After I gave him the mantra, I also started chanting it daily.
Effect of chanting mantra
Mantras are repetitive sounds, having influence over the mind and body. Many neuroscientists have proved that sound and language of mantras influence various aspects of our life. Mantras can infuse positive energy in you. It can create the sense of armour around your body. Whether chanting aloud or in mind, it carries energy and exerts power. Even after the chanting is stopped, the mantra will be ringing in one’s ears. Vibrations from the mantra can affect every cell, every atom of our body, nourishing and healing us.
It has been found that the sounds of specific mantra chanting will cause the left and right hemispheres of the brain to synchronize. Such chanting will also help oxygenate the brain, reduce our heart rate, blood pressure and assist in creating calm brainwave activity.
Universe provides signs
When a mantra has become a part of me and starts manifesting its effects, I always get some sign from the Universe. On May 20th when I was chanting Shakti mantra, I could feel a distinct vibration affecting my body. I told my husband that I feel different and there was a cloud of happiness floating inside the mind. The interesting aspect was, apart from feeling the strong effect of this mantra, I could sense it was making all other mantras that I chant, more powerful!
Later when we were collecting flowers, to my pleasant surprise, I saw three dark red hibiscus flowers on a plant. This plant has been there in our house for many years and keeps giving one or two flowers at a time. It has never given three flowers in a day. And this is the flower I offer to Shakti.
And the effects follow...
After I learned Reiki in 1997, my life took a major turn towards better, taking me to another plane of existence. Chanting this mantra gives me similar feeling. May be it is due after almost twenty five years of serious sadhana!
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