The Guru mantra is: Om hreem Nithyanandaya namaha In Hindu thought, every simple act is imbued with multiple layers of understanding. This understanding happens depending on the level of awareness of the individual's consciousness. The word or sound Om means many things at many levels. Om is the elemental sound. The whole of Creation is believed to have stemmed from it. It comprises three utterances - A, U and M. The syllable A (aah) stands for Brahma, the Hindu god who creates the universe; U (ooo) stands for Vishnu, the Hindu god who sustains the universe, and M (mmm) for Shiva, the Hindu god who destroys to create the space for further creation to happen. The combined sound Om is therefore the manifestation of the entire universe.

At a deeper level, the gods are representations of the energies of creation, sustenance and rejuvenation that happen at a cellular level in our personal universe, our body-mind entity. The vibration of Om when chanted gives one the staying resolve of mother Earth. It dissolves anger, desire and psychosomatic illnesses in us. It fills us with the expansiveness and boundlessness of mother Earth. It frees the mind from negative thinking. It releases tremendous energy and rejuvenates the brain. It brings peace of mind and great power of concentration. It is a jumping board to quiet the mind and enter into the Self. Hreem is the bija mantra of Devi, the sacred feminine principle. The sages of ancient India practiced chanting these primordial sounds and experienced deeply at the levels of mind, body and being.

They presented the science and method of practicing them to humanity so that they might experience what the great sages experienced. Chants from the vedic times are all research reports of such sages whose love for the ultimate experience caused them to share it with humanity. Chanting of Om and Hreem together awakens the masculine and feminine energies residing in us. Nithyananda is chanted to invoke the name of the master as the expression of the ultimate Truth. It is the poorna moola mantra (the complete and Source of all chant) because it is the straight path to both Shakti or success in the material world, and to Shiva or success in the cosmic world or enlightenment. The word Nithyananda also means eternal bliss.

By chanting this, we give a clear intention to our being and the universe about our ultimate desire for eternal bliss or enlightenment. Namaha means I am not. By saying I am not, we surrender our ego to Existence or to the master who is the pure form of Existence. The word namaha when repeated strengthens the experience of surrender. It brings humility and obeisance into us. Meditation Chant the Guru mantra fifty-four times every day for eleven days or continuously whenever it is remembered. The chanting can be done either out loud or silently in the mind. The speed of chanting varies from person to person. The mantra has the property of energizing your inner space and preventing unwanted thoughts from rising. Thoughts arise as silent words from the navel region, the manipuraka chakra, which is the vital energy center at the navel region.

When you chant the Guru mantra, the manipuraka chakra gets completely cleansed. This automatically leads to the removal of all worries, negative thoughts and emotions. The Guru mantra purifies the energy behind speech, which is called vak energy. It causes continuous bubbling of energy and intense enthusiasm and excitement for life. The vibration of this mantra can change the vibration and frequency of the being. The important thing is to keep the awareness on the mantra. When you persistently bring your awareness back to the mantra, you move closer to your inner consciousness. Like in a water tank, if we keep blue powder at the base, the rising bubbles will also be blue, in the same way, when you keep this mantra at the center of your consciousness, your entire thinking system will be purified.

Slowly you will see, the mantra will begin happening effortlessly, on its own. And you will fall into a naturally meditative state. The mantra, when done with a particular affirmation, becomes an intense prayer. Medical research has proven that prayer has remarkable effects on the body, mind and spirit. Leading universities in the United States of America have found that prayer causes a forty percent lower death rate from heart disease and cancer, up to fourteen times higher survival rate after surgery for heart patients, decreases the stroke rate by half in the elderly, and reduces hospitalization time up to three weeks. There is a large database establishing the positive effects of prayer on the web.