⁣Trying to redirect and control the mind is not an easy task. For example, a person who
tries to practice silent meditation to calm down the mind or empty the mind
will soon find out that the mind keeps wandering from one thought to another
thought. Even wanting to have an empty mind is still a thought.

The mind wants some engagement. The mind needs something to do and wants something to focus
on. Therefore, the most effective and easiest type of meditation is called
mantra meditation.

When adding a mantra to our meditation, the mind can now focus on this mantra. The word
mantra is made up of two parts. Man means mind and tra means to draw away or to
liberate. So the mantra is drawing the mind away from worldly concerns.

A genuine spiritual mantra comes from the spiritual realm and is not an ordinary material
sound of this world. When we listen to such a mantra there is a purifying
effect on the mind and on the heart.