AUG18.1

I notice many people love to chant mantras and also like to learn many mantras for different purposes, mainly for self-cultivation and benefits. They have forgotten to learn the essense and the way how to chant the mantras.
My master taught

 me to chant a basic sound 'OM', the universal sound and asked me to chant for at least a year. He told me that until and unless he could feel the vibration coming through all my pores, he would not teach me the second sound. But nowdays we can see mantras everywhere in articles and books. And most masters freely give away the mantras to anyone who approached them. It is really sad to notice this. Later in the day they discover that the mantras don't work at all.
My master told that the sound Om that I chanted must come up from the bottom of the ocean, the base chakra, all the way up to the crown chakra. The Om sound would help to open up the meridian lines, the passages for the chi to flow. This is a very basic way to stimulate and enhance our wind and fire element to clear all blockages in our body system, especially our crown, which has the thousand lotus openings. This will help to open and widen our space in the mind. My Toaist master also told me that it is important to open the four gates of the head in order to recieve the cosmic energy for cultivation of wisdom. Hence it is important to learn from a known master instead of following the blind one.