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Meditative Adoration Mantras
Sacred Sounds part 2
Eight meditative hymns to connect with ‘being’, the ‘eternal now’, the ‘real’, ‘wholeness’, ‘love’, ‘peace’ and ‘bliss’ as the deepest truth that you are, and your openness for these qualities bring you into a ‘deep spiritual peace’.
Mantras
1. Hamsa – meditative adoration mantra
2. Hari-Bhole – meditative adoration mantra
3. Guru Brahma – meditative adoration mantra
4. Radheshyam – meditative adoration mantra
5. Hare Krishna – meditative adoration mantra
6. Narayanaya – meditative adoration mantra
7. Sri Ananda – meditative adoration mantra
8. Shanti – meditative adoration mantra
How to use the meditative hymns
This album consists of eight meditative hymns of praise or invocations to the essential, called adoration mantras or aratis, which express a deeply felt and highly devotional atmosphere and bring you into a devotional sphere of touchability. They are devotional invocations to that which represents inner value and through which you express your devotion and love (adoration) for that value.
In the Indian tradition, mantras always begin with an invocation to the essential, and because of the respect for individual experience, it can be invoked in many ways. These hymns bring you home to the “Being,” the “Now,” the “Real,” the “Whole,” the “Loving,” the “Peaceful,” and the “Blissful” as the deepest truth that you are, and being open to these qualities brings you to a “deep Spiritual Peace.”
You can listen to the meditative hymns prior to a guided meditation to let go of the traces of what you have been doing and to connect with a more receptive and sensitive inner experience. You can also listen to the hymns individually or, because the album is structured, listen to the album as a whole. You can also sing along to the meditative adoration mantras themselves, but listening has the advantage that you don’t have to worry about singing and you can surrender to their peace and intention. In fact, listening makes you receptive and open, and these are qualities that will certainly benefit meditation. If you are listening to a hymn, choose the mantra that is most meaningful to you at that moment, and therefore contains words that already have a natural internalizing effect. When you sing along with a meditative adoration mantra, you also feel the vibration and resonance of your own voice in your body. Your devotion and commitment give your voice a refined resonance, which then has a liberating effect on your energetic openness. However, I recommend that you listen to the hymn a few times to absorb its intention before singing along.
Track 1: Hamsa adoration mantra
Undressing yourself to your true nature
Mantra Hamsa aum, hamsa aum, shivaham Free translation “Who am I? Who am I? I am the eternal Now!”
Hamsa means both a white swan as a symbol of purity, and “Who am I?” and shivaham means “I am the living Now.” The mantra hamsa aum, hamsa aum, shivaham freely translated means, “Oh all-encompassing reality, who am I? Oh, I feel it when I truly open myself, I am the living Now.” Shiva symbolizes the eternal Now, the source of change, the interplay of renewal and destruction. To rest in the now is to experience perfection in change. It is about letting things fall away to make room for the things to come, and realizing that although you experience that everything is constantly changing, the one who experiences is permanent, is present, is the blank canvas behind all change. The Hamsa adoration mantra thus invokes the healing value of Being. Being is the bearer of all our experiences, for without being here, we could experience nothing. The Hamsa adoration mantra sings wholeheartedly to Being with the words, “You are my true nature” and allows you to enter deeper into the truth and acceptance of “I am.”
Track 2: Hari-Bhole adoration mantra
The joy of renewal
Mantra Aum namo aum namaha (3x) Aum hari bhole ananda aum namaha (3x) Aum namaha aum namaha aum namaha aum namaha aum namaha Free translation “Oh be praised, Essence, who gives us everything without our having to ask and steals our hearts.”
The Sanskrit word hari is a name for krishna, for that which we inwardly long for and wish to evolve toward in one way or another. It stands for the essential, for which we feel the deepest love and which as intended steals our hearts, because we long for it so strongly. Krishna energy is the joyful energy that arises from gratitude for what you receive from life. It is the energy of the bliss of the heart, the love of the soul, the peace of the true that does not die and thus of the essence of life. The Sanskrit word bhole represents the energy of Shiva, which both destroys and thereby renews. So here it is about Krishna giving love and life and prompting you to renew: the living, ever continuous “Now.” It is an invocation to the power of the “Living Now,” because everything is constantly changing, things come and things go, but only in the now can authenticity, that which is, be tangibly experienced.
Track 3: Guru Brahma adoration mantra
Dissolving all boundaries
Mantra Guru brahma guru vishnu guru devo maheshvarah guru saakshaat parabrahma tasmi sri guruvey namaha Free translation “Oh creative power, bearer of all change and support of all that lives, I gladly let myself be guided by you as my absolute teacher, with respect and devotion, for you are eternal being.”
The Guru Brahma adoration mantra indicates that brahma, the inspiring and creative force, is the true teacher. Brahma symbolizes the sacred, essential and omniscient origin, from which the creative energy emanates. Creative energy is the energy that enables creation, existence and growth. Brahma is the inspirer, the energy that makes life possible, that makes it possible to experience being and that gives that which is the space to expand in whatever way it wants.
Track 4: Radheshyam adoration mantra
Sing to your Love
Mantra Aum, aum, aum Aum radhe krishna Aum radhe govinda Aum radhe gopalaradhe radhe Free translation “Oh innermost love, you are the love I cherish most.”
The Radheshyam adoration mantra is a hymn to the longing for essence and the coming together of creation and Creator out of loving devotion, of that which is all attractive and that which is attracted to it. Radha (radhe) represents the woman most devoted to Krishna, His beloved. Therefore, the word radha means perfect, loving devotion. The word Krishna literally means dark, referring to his dark blue skin color, which evokes the immensity of the ocean and the universe. In addition, the word Krishna refers to the value of the essential, which attracts everything and everyone, because everything and everyone yearns incessantly, but often unconsciously, for the essential, and will ultimately be united with it. Govinda and Gopala are also names for Krishna, highlighting the Krishna aspect of joy and support.
Track 5: Hare Krishna adoration mantra
The wholeness of life
Mantra Hare krishna, hare krishna krishna krishna, krishna krishna hare hare, hare hare hare rama, hare rama, rama rama, rama rama hare hare, hare hare, bhaje bhaje, bhaje bhaje nandanam, nandanam Free translation “Oh be praised, divine essence that attracts all to itself, for you are our truly joyful source. Sing therefore full of joy.”
The Hare Krishna mantra (Maha mantra) continuously chants the name of Krishna and the joy of the heart that is connected with it, sung because of His all-attractive energy of love, peace and joy for all.
Track 6: Narayanaya adoration mantra
Honoring inner peace
Mantra Aum namo narayanaya Free translation “Come, come, blossoming life, come, come, come into me, come, come loving life, come and shine in me.”
The mantra aum namo narayanaya has been a mantra for world peace for thousands of years. Chanting it is meant to help you find peace within yourself by repeatedly allowing the energy of Vishnu, the essence of sacred (whole) life, into you, so that from there you can radiate peace into the world. The mantra invites you to connect with the essence of Vishnu energy: narayanaya. May you come to peace in this way and contribute to world peace by radiating it. So may narayanaya reach you, influence you and soften you. Its value is the essence that is present in everything, and that is what brings peace, because that which is everywhere knows no struggle and embraces the ultimate togetherness and oneness: true peace.
Track 7: Sri Ananda adoration mantra
Honoring inner happiness
Mantra Sri Ananda Free translation “Venerable and respected Bliss, you I wish to serve.”
The Sri Ananda adoration mantra invites you to be true and feeling in the here and now. Its meditative atmosphere invites you to leave all your ideas behind for a moment and come to the tangible reality of yourself. So you are invited to descend from your world of ideas, from your habits, from your prejudices, from your hopes and visions of the future, from the things you have come to believe or take for granted. You are invited to truly experience your humanity, that you are a living being with consciousness, that you may not yet fully know your essence, but you feel that you are here, that you are present, that you are sensitive and that you have a rich inner experience that you now wish to allow as an enrichment to all that you already experience. You want to add depth to the surface and substance to the form. The only thing you need and can do is to consciously allow all that is already here and all that you already are in receptivity. To support this, a single note on the Spanish guitar is regularly played briefly. The tone and its echo touches your sensitivity, gives you clarity for a moment, and helps you to let go of constrictions when you have been caught up in a thought, feeling or emotion. The Sri Ananda adoration mantra is dedicated to the peaceful, inner happiness, Ananda, present in everyone. The experience of Ananda does not appear to be equally accessible to everyone, but by opening to your longing for this quality and allowing the internalizing sounds and meaning of this adoration mantra within you, your ego will soften. Through this you will receive glimpses of Ananda and thereby sense how you wish to live your life, so that you can drink from this source of purity more often and allow it to inspire, nourish and guide you.
Track 8: Shanti adoration mantra
Loving peace
Mantra Shanti, shanti, shanti, shanti Free translation: “Peace is the true nature of everything.”
Shanti is the Sanskrit word for the peace that, once felt deep within you as your source, permeates all areas of your life, bringing peace and thus supporting your desire for peace in the world. This peace goes much deeper than a peace that exists only through the absence of conflict, nor is it the result of behaving or relating in a certain way, but comes from fully acknowledging your inner richness and the liberation that comes from accepting it. The values of all the preceding arati, the “Being,” the “Now,” the “Real,” the “Whole,” the “Loving,” the “Peaceful” and the “Blissful,” bring you to the experience that all of this is the deepest truth of who you are, and that being open to it brings you into a deep spiritual peace (shanti).