Akshara Laksham is the chanting of the Guru Mantra ‘Om Hreem Nithyanandaya Namaha’ nine
lakh times. The Guru Mantra has nine letters (navakshari). So, each syllable is chanted one
lakh times.
Actually, thoughts arise from the navel region, the manipuraka chakra. So, when you chant
the Guru Mantra, the manipuraka chakra or the source of thoughts and words gets completely
cleansed. This automatically leads to the removal of all worries, negative thoughts and
emotions. There is a profound increase in clarity of thinking and peace of mind by the
chanting of the energized mantra.
How to Chant the Mantra
Make the whole being as an ‘ear’ for the mantra. Sit down and observe the whole being
listening to the mantra. If you just repeat the mantra mentally, the mind repeats many things.
When the whole being is made an ear for the mantra, you can feel the mantra coming from
everywhere. This will happen naturally with practice. Then you don’t need to put effort to
chant the mantra.
Finally even the mantra does not exist. You become the mantra – the essence of the mantra
just becomes you. The mantra exists as an experience that just fills your whole being and it is
no longer separate from you.
The very vibration of the mantra changes the vibration and frequency of the being. The
increase in intelligence also results in the increase in the power of cognition.
Anything that you repeat continuously becomes a part of your very being. When you
constantly chant the Guru Mantra, your very inner chatter gets replaced with the powerful
mantra. So, instead of the unnecessary, random, meaningless thoughts that constantly arise
in our inner space, the mantra repeats itself and purifies and energizes your inner space. The
energy behind the action of speech, the vak, gets completely purified.
When you repeat the mantra, be aware of the mantra itself and the gap between two chants.
The awareness is very important in this technique. You start becoming more and more
aware, more and more conscious in everything you do in your daily life.
When you chant the mantra, witness it. Then it will become the center of your consciousness.
Any thought that comes will be like mantra. It is just like in a water tank, if you keep a blue
powder at the base, the arising bubbles will also be blue. Same way, as you continuously
witness the mantra, you will become the mantra.
You become more aware of the thoughts you think; so you can catch negative thoughts at
their very source itself. Witnessing your thoughts and emotions thus becomes a much easier
task and you fall into the natural state of meditation.
Constantly chant the mantra; your awareness and mind will thus be on the mantra. The speed
of chanting is not important; the awareness is key. As you continue chanting, the awareness
will start staying more and more and the chant will become effortless and the pace will
increase as well.
This is a very powerful meditation technique that can still the mind and effortlessly allow
only the thoughts that are needed for functioning. You become the master of your mind
rather than the mind being your master.
