Journey to Enlightenment Part 01

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Chetana Catherine Florida, Nirmala Hanke, Raksha Penni Helsene
Publisher: Create Space

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again until the scratch is removed. You create an electromagnetic field with the mantra. The mantra is a word that connects somewhere, it opens something. It is not an empty sound. The sound must have a deep meaning to transform.
One mantra may be fit for a person who is following a certain tradition, but what about another person who is not following that same tradition? Rama is a good mantra for a Hindu, but it will not be good for a Christian. And the name of Jesus may help a Christian, but it will not make a deep emotional connection for those who follow Judaism.
There is one mantra in the universe which is not associated with any particular form; instead it connects with energy itself. That mantra is Namo Arihantanum. Ari means inner weakness and hantanum means one who has overcome. Resounding this universal meaningful sound you take away all the limiting forms. One who follows Christianity can use this mantra and feel reverence for Jesus while also feeling a respect for all other masters. In the same way, those who follow Krishna may think of Krishna but not feel as though they are rejecting or excluding Mahavir or Moses or any other soul who has overcome his or her weakness. This is one mantra where no form is emphasized. The essence or energy of those masters who have overcome is experienced.
When you use Namo Arihantanum, you watch the aris - your troubles, shortcomings, and conditions. Hantanum means those who have overcome, who have brought an end to the fight, who have transformed all the enemies, who have created a state of no conflict. They are souls who have reached a no conflict state. They have no anger. Only when you feel anger can you fight or have conflict. The masters have no ego for they know who they are. Ego means you do not know yourself, so you need to tell others what you are. You need confirmation of your existence from outside. Most people are always busy trying to get someone to say "yes you are here.” They don't know that they are here. For such people who are always seeking outside confirmation, the day when no one is there for them is a very miserable one. That is why these people do not like silence. No one is there to confirm their existence and they feel a vacuum; they are lost. But a person who knows him or herself says, "Here I am, whether anyone tells me or not”.
Entering the State of No Conflict
Namo Arihantanum is a mantra that excludes no one and includes all. When you do not exclude, there is no fight. Fighting starts when you include some names and delete ot! But here, no specific name is given. You meet pure energy. The energy just is. It is like the sun. It just gives light. It excludes no one and it has nothing to hide.
When you are constantly meditating on that meaning, that feeling, that energy, that sound, you are creating a space around you. Electromagnetic energy surrounds you. You enter that state in which there is no conflict. In order to enter that space, you give up the conflict. Otherwise you cannot enter that space of positive energy.
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