Mantras, Prayers and Affirmations
There are the physical tools of meditation, such as: zafu cushions, Yoga mats, meditation timers, gongs, music, candles, incense, pictures, mandalas, mala beads, etc. There are also the more spiritual tools of meditation, those such as: mantras, prayers, affirmations, visualizations, imagination, and so on. To follow, the reader will be introduced to the spiritual tools of meditative practice. A mantra is a religious syllable, word or phrase that is uttered by one, most often in religious and non-religious meditative practice, of significant meaning to the individual uttering the syllable, word or phrase. Having origins in the ancient religion of Hinduism as well as having been further developed as a meditative tool in certain schools of Buddhism, a mantra is used to help one achieve a particular meditative state. For example, there is the classic “OM” of classic Indian religion (i.e., Hinduism). There is also the “OM MANI PADME HUM” of Tibetan Buddhism.
Though these particular syllables and phrases have meaning within the religious context one finds them, one can utilize a mantra individually crafted such that the syllable, word or phrase has meaning to one personally. The key is that the mantra is a tool of channeling consciousness upon the goal of the meditation such that this particular goal is more readily achieved by utilizing the mantra. Prayer is often a utilized as a tool of meditation, especially in the Western theistic tradition (Judaism, Christianity and Islam). Prayer is typically referred to as the act of communicating with deity, however prayer need not be between an individual and a deity. Prayer can also be viewed more broadly as a form of verbal meditation. For example, though not praying to any deity per se, certain of the traditions of Buddhism often recite “May I become able to help all beings today” during their meditation sessions. They are not asking any god or God to grant this but stating this as a request such that their minds become conditioned to receive that which they are asking for in their daily lives. Affirmations are often utilized in meditative practice as well to help one achieve, not only a particular state of meditation or consciousness, but also behaviors which are resultant of the practice. An affirmation is a positive statement of fact about a facet of one’s life such that he or she desires it to come to pass. Such affirmations are often utilized in meditative practice as: “I will become enabled to be kind to all people,” “I will love my spouse more today,” “I will become more focused and productive,” etc. Such statements of one’s desire as fact can be a catalyst for achieving the desired result in one’s life. Meditation can be as simple or as complex as one would have it be. Though keeping it relatively simple is often best, the addition of one or more of the spiritual tools of meditation can help one to achieve new states of mental fitness only previously imagined.
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