“The function of a mantra is to create vibrations in the inner consciousness that will prepare it for the realisation of what the mantra symbolises and is supposed indeed to carry within itself.” Letters on Yoga , volume , SABCL |
Mantras come to many people in meditation. The Rishis say in the Veda that they heard the Truth by vision and inspiration, “truth-hearing seers”, kavayah satyaśrutah – Veda is śruti got by inner hearing. page 749 - Letters on Yoga , volume 23 , SABCL |
THE ONLY MANTRA USED IN THIS YOGA As a rule the only mantra used in this Sadhana is that of the Mother or of my name and the Mother's. The concentration in the heart and the concentration in the head can both be used — each has its own result. The first opens up the psychic being and brings Bhakti, love and union with the Mother, her presence within the heart and the action of her Force in the nature. The other opens the mind to self-realisation, to the consciousness of what is above mind, to the ascent of the consciousness out of the body and the descent of the higher consciousness into the body. 13-10-1934 page 511 , On Himself , volume 26 , SABCL |