There are two types of secrets. 1) A benefic/ positive secret 2) A malefic/ shameful secret. We all have these types of secrets within us. There is a saying that when you share the shameful secret with the people who you trust, the shameful secret stops bothering you. And when you keep a positive secret within yourself, it will become more benevolent. A mantra is kept secret because the moment you keep it a secret, there is an element of sacredness attached to it. The sacredness grows and turns out to be more benevolent. A guru imparts a secret mantra to the disciple so he preserves and honors it with all sacredness. It also means that a Guru has full trust in his disciple which makes the relationship between the two more intimate and sacred. Psychologically the disciple feels that a unique and special attention has been given to him by the Guru. Secondly its the vibration that matters than the meaning of the mantra. Mantras are given in seed form(bijamantra). When a superficial meaning is attached it it, the mind and the intellect identifies itself with it. On the contrary, the purpose of the mantra is to go beyond the realms of mind, intellect and ego. Therefore meanings are not to be associated with mantra. We take the sound innocently ( without intellectual analysis) and enter into meditation.
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