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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.
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)
Track 3: Guru Brahma adoration mantra
Alle grenzen laten vervagen
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. In Hinduism, Lord Brahma is considered part of the Trimurti (the holy trinity): Brahma (creation), Shiva (transformation), and Vishnu (support). However, this mantra emphasizes that Brahma is actually the most important, because his power contains the powers of the other two. After all, inspiration also implies transformation (Shiva, here called Mahesh) and stability (Vishnu). The conclusion of the last sentence of the mantra is therefore, “I respectfully offer my devotion only to such a teacher in whom creation, transformation, and support go hand in hand.” The Guru Brahma adoration mantra, like the previous adoration mantra, is about the value of authenticity. The authenticity as the true inner teacher, the authenticity as the visionless and purposeless truth of existence. This arati helps you learn to trust more deeply that authenticity, that inner teacher within you.
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. If the previous hymns have given you the idea that in besides the “Real” there is also the unreal, then the Radheshyam adoration mantra is a hymn of praise dedicated to the universal truth in which there are no opposites, but where everything comes together as the real, as the completeness of everything, the “one.” From a tantric perspective, radheshyam means the equal union of everything as the deepest experience of wholeness. The “Real” is not the opposite of anything, but the fullness of everything together.
Track 5: Hare Krishna adoration mantra
The wholeness of life
Mantra Hare krishna, hare krishna
krishna krishna, krishna krishna
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. The Sanskrit word naara means “living quality” but also “refuge” or “resting place.” The most essential resting place for any living being is its essence or soul, and that is Vishnu. The influence of the soul or essence means that life is permeated by this essence everywhere (soulful life). Naara is also seen as the entire trinity: Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu together, the totality of life of creation (Brahma), transformation (Shiva), and the all-pervading and nourishing essence (Vishnu). The Sanskrit word Narayan means “the ultimate, beyond which nothing can go” and indicates the essence of the Vishnu energy. The Narayanaya adoration mantra again opens you to the power of existence. May everything that exists and is kept alive by existence be greeted so deeply with “yes” that it leads to deep acceptance and thus to inner peace? Chanting aum namo narayanaya is considered an energetic contribution to world peace. Saying “yes” deeply to the reality of your existence and the creation around you opens you to live your life in a more peaceful and balanced way.
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.