- Some Mantras are ‘locked’ and some are ‘unlocked’. This means that some Mantras require formal initiation and others do not.
- Mantras hold Shakti, or power. This is why the Sages did not want everyone to access them, because power in the wrong hands is dangerous.
- Most mantras are locked, however there are 5 ‘open’, or ‘unlocked’ Mantras that everyone can use for Mantra Japa Meditation.
- OM is the sacredness and interconnectedness between all things. It is the intelligence of the universe.
- SO HUM is the higher recognition that we are simultaneously an individual Soul and also a part of the collective. It means ‘I AM THAT’ and ‘THAT IS ME’.
- RAMA is the essence of righteousness, courage and integrity. It speaks to always doing the ‘right’, or Dharmic thing, no matter what the consequences.
- GAYATRI is a purification Mantra designed to dissolve all internal and external obstacles that stop the mind from shining.
- MAHA MRITYUNJAYA is the essence of Tantra. It is the voice of the Fire and offers clarity of mind, universal compassion and intense determination.