SCIENCE & PSYCHOLOGY OF MANTRA

Mantra is a word , phrase ,syllable/s, group of words ;that is repeated again and again ; any time / all time while awake and at the time of prayer .
Mantra s are used in India in all schools of philosophies i. e. Vedanta, Sanatan dharm , Bauddhism , Janism ,Yoga and also in Islam and in China, Japan , Barma , Pak and all Muslim Countries and all Religions .
In English there is no equal word to Mantra and has been adopted by OALD .this means Europeans have no such system in their English /Period / History / Etymology .
Any Mantra is a sound . Sound is an Energy . Any kind of Energy can be converted into other. As -Sound ><>हिंसा तन्निरोधे वैर त्यागः ( पतंजलि-योगसूत्र ) , अर्थात जिसके मन से हिंसा का भाव हट गया है , उससे कोई वैर नही करता । इसके लिए भाव सहित ॐ का जप कर भाव सिद्धि की जा सकती है । ॐ ईश्वर का सबसे छोटा और वैज्ञानिक नाम है । इसमे एक स्वर ,एक मात्रा और एक ब्यंजन , तीनों को मिलाकर एक ध्वनि बनाई गई है , जो दुहराने से बार बार भाव के अनुसार शक्ति प्रवाहित होती है । सूत्र इस प्रकार है -- '' ईश्वरप्रनिधानात वा ॥ सः गुरुनाम गुरु ॥ तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः = ॐ ॥ सः निरतिशय सर्वग्य बीजं ।। ''
Indian Etymology goes like this - man = manas = thought(Mind ) tra = tool/ instrument . Mantra = An instrument of thought /mind (To tame / control it to right path .
When we reapet a Mantra with a thought/ concept / even a good intent it viverates and put its effect on the whole Creation and invite to favour you as your intent . it gives you all that is there in the world good and great . ( it is said whenever Tathagat /Lord Baudhaa visited any place / village /town the plants of flowers went in full bloom even out of season . and clouds put themselves over Lord Ram while roaming in the open . )
There are several methods of attaing God hood , Knowledge , Truth and Self Realization . Chanting of Mantras is one of them . i have given details of this method in my one / two posts on blogg . please also read for chanting of Gayatri Mantra , the BEST Mantra IN the World and Of Om in other post .see also the word Om in Baudhism ,Janism And Guru Granth Sahib and again compare in English words showing the same meanings - Omniscence ,Omnipotent and Omni present . In the same spirit Om has been used in our country as a Mantra
Now the Psychology of the Mantra - Mind is very very powerful and naughty and wondering after worldly objects , here and there and if left free commits mischiefs ।it is said , '' the human mind is like a grinder , if you put wheat under it , it will make / change it into flour and if you do not put wheat under it , it will grind itself । '' in this way chanting of Mantras is to keep the mind engaged with good thoughts and feelings and thus check the mind to think bad । it is our thinking that makes us act and in time good or bad . THINK GOOD >DO GOOD >and BE GOOD . the Brahmin of Vedas give a sutra / formula of Personality making , that is = '' यन मनसा ध्यायति , तद वाचा वदति , यत् वाचा वदति , तत् कर्मणा करोति , यद् कर्मणा करोति तदभि संपद्यते ''
Means , as you think like you speak and as you speak so you act and as you act so is the establishment of your Personality (your life like a book and published /honored acoording to its' content ) . thus Mantra Jap is to keep you always in good thought/thinking .It also work as Telepathy as very papular Science / Metaphysics . (Please see my other related posts for detail)