Mantra

mantra (MAHN-trah) A word or phrase which is chanted in order to link up with Divine Spirit, the ECK.

Chanting a mantra produces a series of spiritual effects, mainly that of love. When one concentrates the mind on the mantra, a deep sense of peace and love arises. Mantra chanting focuses the mind to a sharp point that is capable of penetrating through the ordinary thoughts to the deeper layers of Soul which lie beneath.

To the ordinary man, the mantra would appear to be nonsensical. Nevertheless, it is a powerful instrument of love and detachment for that ECK chela who practices it regularly.

He reaches out to people whom he will never know and changes the course of their lives from the Kal forces which might be gripping them to follow the ECK, which will lead them to God.

Few, if any, will ever learn what has happened, but the mantra built up by the ECKists, either individually or collectively, will bring about a change in the worlds: first the world of man and then that of the spiritual heavens where necessary.

It is the Living ECK Master who brings the opportunity of love via the mantra to the chela. He gives the secret mantra to those who deserve it, and therefore the responsibility lies in the hands of the chela, who can make the best of it if he is at all spiritually observant and energetic.

The essential mantra in Eckankar is HU.