What is your mantra?

[Jonjonsalinas_]

I always like to say:

I will not let you/this disturb my inner peace.

It really helps me whenever I'm in a situation that gets me particularly mad or makes me feel negative :p

[Klia]

Thanks guys! I like both of your mantras. Some people really suck all the life and energy from you.

Sorry for the delay!

[Shadow Riverlark]

I meditated to find my mantra; I'd have to say that my first real experience in meditation for an answer really worked out.

Goddess, hold me and help me to grow;
Allow me to change all the truths that I know.
Lend me your light and your darkness today
So in peace with our spirit forever I'll stay.

I'm thinking about writing an actual chant for it, perhaps even composing a full song. ^_^

[Firebird]

I am a Sweet Potato,
therefore I YAM

(hehe couldn't resist again)

[Echo_of_shadows]

I am a Sweet Potato,
therefore I YAM

(hehe couldn't resist again)

That ones reminds me of Popeye the Sailor's quote: "I yam what I yam, and that's all that I yam."

[Klia]

Haha... love lame jokes! No offense! Who doesn't like those types of puns?

[Firebird]

hehehe, sorry..but it seemed to figure within the I am, what I am...for I AM. Or something like that, eh...one of those bible words. I guess Popeye was a religious bloke!
But also, think of the idea of the WHOLE,... and that I am the God/dess. I am a part of them and they are a part of me.
therefor I AM.

another morning mantra I like came from the Gayatri, or at least it is a loose translation that. I believe Ralph Blum paraphrased ( so coming from him it could be way off ) but I like the message...

Face the Sun in the morning and channel the beams of light towards your heart and recite this:
You who are the source of all illumination,
Illuminate also my heart,
So it too can do your work.
I like to do this with some smudge, makes a real good eye opener!

Blessings, Firebird

[Klia]

Aria, I missed your post! I really like that quote you put up.

Don't you mean I Yam? haha. It's nice to know that we are just as close to the God and Goddess as they are with us. Makes it feel intimate. I don't know who Ralph Blum is but that's what google is for

[MOTHERofDRAGONS]

One I really like is:

She changes everything she touches,
And everything she touches changes.
Change is, touch is,
Touch us, change us.
We are changers, everything we touch can change.

You can find the chant on Youtube ("She Changes"); I find it very beautiful and empowering.

What a great thread, by the way - thanks for starting it!

I love this.. .
Mine is quite simple. And I blame Ellen for is.. Her character Dori on Finding Nemo.

"just keep swimming..just keep swimming"

This of course is not a magickal mantra.. However, it keeps me afloat!
)0(
Mama Dragon

[AnaisStar]

My mantras are usually in Sanskrit and to my deities. I use my mala and chant these 108 times during meditation. If you work with a deity I would find one that might be linked to them and chant that to invoke them during meditation.

Like I notice you have Ganesh as your avatar. There are some great ones to him. I use Om Gam Ganapataye Namah.