Spiritual Discovery: Sanskrit Language & Energy

We’ve all heard about chants, mantras and their power to create good vibes for our empowerment. But how do they actually work? This is an exploration of how mantras connected to the Sanskrit language actually work and the theory behind why they’re made the way they are.

Sanskrit Language & Energy

In the Sanskrit language, each letter has three aspects noted down.

1) When spoken, where does it physically form in the body?

2) When it resonates, where do we physically feel it?

3) When it reverberates, what energy do we feel?

Overall, one question is asked in the construction of words. If these letters are strung together into this word, what energy do we activate?

Mantras are formed as an answer to the question - what are the best words that circulate a desired energy? This concept is the basis of Mantra chanting.

Sound, in terms of pitches - Swara (note) and Sruti (frequency) - is also evaluated in this way. What is the physicality of the sound, where does it resonate in the body, and what energy is felt when it reverberates? This evolved into the diverse chanting practices of the East, and complex Raaga music systems designed as a form of Naad Yoga, or Yoga through pure sound.

To take this a step further, it is not just about energizing ourselves in isolation. The Mantra and Raaga systems also take one more factor into account. What is the energy of the day, season, and time around us - when does a Mantra or Raaga resonate best to synchronize energy of the human body with the nature around us? In addition, In this method, the ultimate goal is to synchronize the human body’s vibrations with the universal resonance so that we can access and channel pure universal energy through us.

There is one more aspect to this. Sanskrit is a representative language of energies of the universe. In other words, you can think of Sanskrit as the blueprint of all that exists. What exists in physical form, Sanskrit has converted the essence of the energy of that thing into sound form such that it can be energetically experienced and expressed through vibration we can experience. Mantras are not constructed solely with importance given to communicate meanings. Instead, they are also sonic representations of energy currents of reality and universal truths in sonic form.

In this way, this system is a comprehensive, subtle, deep subject that one can dive into and find a lifetime of secrets to be unearthed.

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