Naad Nam Kriya
Meditationtime Forum Post
Date: Posted 3 years before Feb 01, 2017
MiBeloved 5 years ago
Using Naad as a mantra
A Buddha Deity inspired me with a method of using naad as a mantra. This is for situations in which a yogi finds himself mentally with a requirement for dependence and use of a mantra.
Traditionally in India, naad is not used as a mantra, but one can use the Om (A-U-M) sound for a time, and when that absorption gets deep, one should release oneself from the practice and listen to the naad sound.
However I was told by a Buddha Deity in Korea, that he used a naad nam kriya which is very effective. This is the first time I heard of this method.
Naad is the sound which resonates causelessly producing a high pitched frequency which is usually heard on the right side of the head near the ear.
Nam is a Sanskrit word. The complete form is namah (pronounced nuh-muh-hah). It is shortened in Hindi to nam. This word means name, nomenclature.
According to that Buddha deity, one can say the naad frequency mentally, after one hears it in the head. If in hearing it, one finds that one’s mind refuses to be fully absorbed in it, then one would split the mind into two parts, the part that is attracted to naad frequency and the part which wants to do something else. That part which wants to do something else, should be made to mentally create or express a sound which resembles the naad sound which is heard by the other part. This is totally mental and no sound is made by the physical vocal cords.
Amazingly this method actually works, since I tried it after the deity informed me of it. I do not like to recommend methods which I have not tested personally.
Let us say for instance, that only 20% of one’s attention remains attentive to naad without effort. And then let us say that another 20% remains focused on naad with effort. That would mean that 40% of one’s attention would be invested in naad focus and listening, while 60% of the attention would be making efforts to go forward to the front part of the subtle head, with intentions of becoming occupied with images and sounds from lower levels.
In that case instead of fighting with that 60% or instead of giving in to it and having it destroy the effort for absorption in naad, one could just use that 60% to make a holy name out of naad for repetition and focus. That 60% would keep repeating naad by mentally creating its sound and mentally making efforts to hear it and repeat what is heard.
This is a very effective reinforcing technique explained to me by the Buddha deity.
==============================
Email inquiry:
Michael, you speak of Naad Nam kriya vibrated mentally, but what is the Naad Nam Kriya frequency or mantra?
MiBeloved's Response:
Naad frequency is a sound heard in the head, it is usually a high pitched frequency or a blend of frequencies. Usually it is heard on the right side of the head, near the right ear. It might be heard on the left side or in the top back of the head. This sound is similar to what has become known as tinnitus and which is considered to be a nuisance.
Naad sound is also heard when one is in a very quiet place or by the ocean where there are little or no man-created sounds.
This sound is heard during meditation and is a focus for yogis.
Naad Nam means when that sound is considered to be a mantra or considered to be a holy name, where a person tries to make that sound mentally, not vocally, mentally only.
In India Om (A-U-M) sound is used as the vocalization with the vocal cord and it is used mentally alone as well. But naad sound itself is only used mentally and never vocally.
There is no need to make it vocally, because it is already being vocalized and one just needs to hear it.
Sometimes Om is considered as pranava (pronunciation pruh-naav or pruh-naa-vuh) but as pranava it is really the un-vocalized Om which is naad sound as described above.
The ancient procedure is that if you cannot hear naad, then you should chant Om until you can hear it, or chant Om for about 15 minutes and then get quiet and usually you will hear it, because chanting Om causes the sounds in your head, the distractions, to disappear and then the sound in the mind itself is heard.
Everything has vibration. For instance if we are in a building which has a generator, we can use the power from that machine to run a stereo system and if the stereo is loud, we will not be aware of the sound of the generator. But if we turn off the stereo, then we will hear the humming sound of the power supply.
Thus when all the mental sounds are shut down, one hears the natural vibrating sound of the existence of which one is merely a sub-atomic part.
==============================
Email inquiry:
What if one hasn't heard the Naad sound at anytime in their present life, should one first practice the procedures for which will eventually allow them to sooner or later here the Naad sound, and then after that experience begin to practice the repeating of the Naad Nam on behalf of that percentage which is still attached to the chanting of mantras.
MiBeloved's Response:
That is a great idea. Yes, it can be done in that way.
==============================
Email inquiry:
How can one chant the Naad sound mentally, if it is not a traditional Vedic mantra for chanting?
MiBeloved's Response:
Once you hear a sound you can try to repeat it. The repetition of it will not be exactly what you heard but it will do. In the case of any mantra, you get it from a teacher, and you repeat it. Now with naad, you do not get that from a teacher, you hear it and then you mentally repeat it. Just like when you hear a song on the radio or on an iPod and then you mentally hum it in your head and never say it externally. So you do the same with naad once you heard it.
==============================
Email inquiry:
Also, why can't it be chanted externally in a quiet place?
MiBeloved's Response:
The answer to this is that naad is not designed for that usage. That would be a digression of naad. If one desires to do this, then it means that one is not advanced enough to use naad and one should use some other mantra.
Another way to look at this is like if I say to you, “Let us work hard and acquire a million dollars and then buy a Lear jet to travel to our place of employment which is 5 blocks from where we live. How does that sound?
Naad cannot be used for loud chanting because you cannot resonate it like that and in addition, if you are on that level where you need that, you won’t be able to hear naad in the first place.
The other chants given by gurus are good for that, just as a car or bicycle is sufficient for going five city blocks.
balbiranhad 15 months ago
dear mibeloved, pl. do post method of using naad as mantra in details so that everybody in this forum can add this in their routine sadhana practices. om tat sat.
