Reciting Mantras and affirmations are power and beautiful ways to ingrain a mindset into our psyche. Mantras can help create a sense of clarity/realization, peace, love, focus, determination, and desire.
When we recite mantras we are, essentially, brainwashing ourselves into a CHOSEN state of mind. We brainwash ourselves all the time when we focus on certain elements or thoughts. This is mostly subconscious and if we’re not careful, we can brainwash ourselves right into a crappy, unfulfilled, pessimistic, creepy, and miserable lives. Clinical Mental Health conditions aside, we are responsible for keeping our thoughts in check. This is the purpose of meditation and self reflection practices.
🤬🤯😰😭 Are you struggling to get through your day/week/month and need some help with turning your attitude around? Here are my favorite 6 Mantras for doing just that. 🙏
🌹Om Karuna Om
Karuna is a Buddhist word for Compassion. When reciting this mantra, I like to picture myself transforming into a being of pure compassion and love or channeling Quan Yin. I feel love flowing into me and beaming out of me on to everyone and everything. Even saying this mantra a few times now can help me flip my bad attitude switch. 💕BONUS: This mantra has helped me to be more patient and understanding with my kids too.
🌹 Lokah Samastha Sukinoh Bhavantu
Roughly translates to: “May all beings everywhere be happy and free and May the thoughts, words, and actions of my own life contribute in someway to that happiness and freedom for all”.
Kind of like the Golden Rule that we’re taught in primary school. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. We all want to limit our suffering and to be happy.
🌹 So Hum
Translates to: “I am that/them”. The premise is that we are the universe. We are the trees, the other people, the energy, and they are all us too. This mantra is excellent to feel connected and grounded. It brings you in communion with all and everything. I love echoing this mantra in my mind when I’m out in nature or awestruck by life. It’s also great for when we meet new people that might intimidate us.
🌹 Om Mani Padme Hum
Translates to: The jewel is in the Lotus
This translation was the one given by the 14th Dalai Lama:
“Thus the six syllables, om mani padme hum, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha.
It is said that you should not seek for Buddhahood outside of yourself; the substances for the achievement of Buddhahood are within.”
Essentially, you are the Lotus. The jewel dwells in you.
🌹 Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha
A salutation to the Hindu God, Lord Ganesh.
Lord Ganesh is the God of overcoming (or smashing through) obstacles.
This deity is a symbol of perseverance, resilience, inner power, and taking back your power. I, personally, recite this mantra when I’m having a hard time with deadlines or getting over professional “humps”. It can be used in any manner where you need to feel more empowered or when the ball isn’t really in your court and you’re at the mercy of your circumstances. 🙏Remembering too: Ganesh is within you. He is not some powerful entity outside of you. 💕Although, if it helps to see him as a force outside of yourself, then do so. If the weight feels too heavy on your shoulders, give some to Ganesh. He can handle an elephant sized head on his shoulders, he can handle your burdens too.
🌹Om Bhavam Namah
Translates to: I am absolute existence OR I am a field of absolute possibilities.
I recently came across this mantra through a Deepak Chopra meditation. The visualization of being a field of infinite possibilities is exciting and freeing. This mantra is a great mantra start a meditation journey with.
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These are my 6 all time favorite mantras. There are many more that have impacted my thoughts and perception but I’ll save those for another time.
Peace and Namaste
SUNYATA YOGA 