MINDFULNESS VIDEO SERIES (19): MANTRA MEDITATION

Spiritual love is eternally established in our hearts, in our very being, and it is not something that we need to gain from an external source. Rather, just like we take a shower every day to clean our body, we can take a spiritual shower every day by practicing mantra meditation. These mantras have great spiritual potency, and they will cleanse and purify our hearts and minds so that we can actually experience who we really are. We are not these external labels that we place on each other in this world. But rather we are eternal spiritual beings.
The next type of mantra meditation that we would like to share with you is called kirtan or congregational chanting. This is typically done as a group, more than one person. But if you happen to be by yourself and you like to sing or play a musical instrument by yourself, that is also perfectly fine. But usually it’s done in a group. People will use some musical instrument. There are no hard and fast rules. We can use whatever type of musical instruments we like. There is one person who will typically be leading this kirtan, singing the mantras. At that time we just listen. And then when it comes to our turn, we respond while the person who is leading the kirtan is listening. This is not a type of musical performance. We don’t have to worry about what we sound like. Rather it is a spiritual discovery, an uncovering of who we really are. We don’t have to change and become somebody else. But rather we get to actually experience who we really are. I am not any of these temporary labels that are on this body, and that will stay with the body, when I, the spiritual being, leave this body at the time of death.