Mantras (or mantrams) are words, phrases, or syllables which are chanted thoughtfully and with growing attention!

Both the rhythm and the meaning of it are combined to guide the mind safely back to the point of meditation.

Generally mantram involves chanting out loud at first until the body is calm and the atmosphere around oneself is serene for meditation. Then whisper meditation almost automatically occurs and the life force begins to withdraw inward from "out-loud" chanting to whisper chanting. In whisper chanting the prana, the life force in the body, is balanced and harmonized, preparing the way for a deeper state of serenity - and of the balance of mind and emotions.

What happens next? If your mental chanting first becomes effortless and ventilates the subconscious pressures, it then moves into your superconscious self. The words of the mantram fall apart and fall away. Only the energy surge of the mantram remains as your awareness becomes blissful and full of light.

Ultimately a mantram meditator lives

in the ecstasy of the mantram,

always aglow with the meaning

and spiritual insight of the special syllables.

NOTE:
In order to be sure a mantram is right for you, seek a mantram only from a Guru or Master who is qualified to teach and initiate you into such.