The Biosound Story
My Name is Billy Smith, and I personally discovered the power of Mantra Meditation back in 1977.
At the time I was a sixteen year old suffering from the eating disorder Anorexia
Nervosa. After about 6 weeks of practicing a Mantra Meditation technique twice
daily, morning and evening, for 20 minutes each time, I woke up one morning
and my anorexia was gone, that awful mental obsession surrounding food, burning
calories by whatever means, and constantly thinking that I looked fat, no longer
had it’s grip on me!
I continued practicing meditation twice daily, and my inner contentment grew,
I was really happy and alive. My thirst for knowledge grew, and my life got
better and better.
Transcending became a regular feature of my meditation practice.
Transcending is where the mantra carries your mind beyond your consciousness
mind, through your subconscious mind, to the super conscious state - and beyond.
It takes you to your source of thought where your mind merges into boundless
Cosmic Consciousness soundless and still, the ocean of Bliss, creativity, intelligence,
and peace. Undisturbed by any vibration, it flows in an infinite straight line
through eternity.
The ancient yogis and Rishis developed a series of powerful seed sounds or seed
mantras which, when chanted internally, resonate with the individual's entitative
rhythm and gradually transform it into the infinite straight line of Supreme
Peace.
These sounds originated from inside their own bodies, and were systematized
into the oldest alphabet and language on earth - Sanskrit.
Sanskrit is a Divine language. Other Divine languages include Ancient Hebrew,
and Aramaic as spoken by Jesus Christ. Words in a Divine Language, unlike the
words of everyday speech, are experiences of energy in their own right. They're
like the smell of a flower or the taste of an apple. Words don't define those
experiences. The experiences define the words.
People have developed relaxation techniques, where one focuses on an ordinary
word like ‘One’ or ‘peace’ etc.Whilst these techniques
may be relaxing, they don’t facilitate transcending, and without Transcending
one misses out in the true great beauty of life!
Thanks to Mantra Meditation, I had my life back.
I became fascinated by the power of mantra, and started to study this subject
with pure enthusiasm as a labour of Love.
After lots of research I gained a deep knowledge of the use of these energy
sounds, and how mankind can derive huge benefits from them.
My initial interest was in bija mantras, also called root mantras, seed mantras,
seed-syllables, or seed sounds. These are very powerful monosyllabic and sometimes
polysyllabic words or more correctly sounds that contain pure energy related
to different aspects of the absolute. These bija mantras are ideal for silent
effortless meditation.
My investigations led me to discover that the Ancient Indian healing system
called Ayurveda uses bija mantras in a process called Mantra Therapy where an
imbalance of energy is neutralized by employing a mantra of opposite energy.
Everything in the manifest universe is, at its deepest level, sound or vibration.
The whole cosmos results from the original Primordial Sound, diversifying and
unfolding in an infinite number of sequences to manifest as the symphony of
creation we experience around us. Whenever there is a break, disharmony or distortion
in any of these sequences, the result is a challenge, disharmony or lack in
some area of our life. This can be remedied by reintroducing the correct vibration
into that area.
Mantras are sounds or vibrations with known effects. Therefore, by working with
a specific mantra we can create a resonance in our physiology to correct some
lack or disharmony in our life. Using a mantra associated with a particular
energy is therefore a way of enlivening that energy, lying dormant within us,
and invoking the particular attributes to create balance and wholeness.
I received tremendous help from several mantra experts on mantra pronunciation,
and on the positive life supporting effects each mantra produces.
And so twenty years of experimentation began…………. I
chose a Bija mantra for an energy that was missing in my life.
I started effortless Meditation using my chosen bija mantra– I meditated
silently and effortlessly with this Mantra twice daily for 20 minutes in the
morning and again 20 minutes in the evening.
Many very positive things happened for me in my outer life in all kinds of ways,
demonstrating a tangible ‘support of nature.’ I continued this process
day in and day out, and after a period of four months almost to the day, I experienced
transcending a number of times during a session of effortless meditation. That
was my cue from the Universe as it were that I had achieved a certain degree
of proficiency with my chosen mantra.
It is recommended that the bija Mantra, once chosen, should not be changed.
There are many paths up the mountain. Perseverance on one alone will bring the
aspirant to the top faster than if he were to spread his energies in exploring
all the alternative ones. To this day, I still practice effortless meditation
with my chosen mantra, I transcend on a regular basis, and I’m now a much
happier and calmer person living in the present moment.
Between 2001 and 2004, I took several Reiki courses, and became a Master Teacher
in Two traditions of Reiki, Usui and Tera Mai.
Reiki is a lovely gentle healing modality, and I must say that I prefer Traditional
Usui Reiki to Tera Mai Reiki, but I guess that’s a matter of choice.
Reiki dramatically increased my interest in all the diverse forms of energy
that ultimately come from that one source of energy contained in everything!
I consolidated all my knowledge into a system of meditation which I called the
Biosound Method. I selected 32‘tried and tested’ Prime Bija Mantras
each for a different energy, and each representing a different aspect of the
absolute in order that each individual can become self empowered by working
with an energy that is missing in their individual life.
This system works, all one has to do is make it a part
of ones life.
©2006 Billy Smith