Mantra for Success

One of my favorite things to do is to pick some element of the Kundalini yoga tradition and test it. I’ll take one mantra, or one meditation, and purposefully not investigate its history and meaning. My intention with this is always to come to some sort of genuine experience of what that practice does without judgment of what it “should” do.

Time and time again, I am surprised and amazed at how closely my experience matches what was given as the purpose or benefit of that practice.

One such example was my experience with the mantra Chattr Chakkr Vartee. This mantra is said to bestow courage, and self-confidence, even in times of fear. As with any mantra of this type, you don’t need to know the meaning of it for it to work. Just having it playing quietly in the background as you go about your day is effectively saturating your energy field with this vibration, allowing you to receive the benefits.

Each mantra has its own “fingerprint”. Its own resonant signature goes out into the world to interact with the other frequencies it encounters on your behalf. It is said that listening to these divine mantras will make your own body vibrate and emit that elevated frequency, and that has been the case for me time and time again.

In 2019 I hosted my very first retreat. While it was very exciting to begin to put together the puzzle of how to make an event like this succeed, I was terrified. How could I not be? The stakes were very high and I had never even thought about doing something quite so big before. I was stretching the amount of success and confidence my aura could hold, so naturally, the universe came in to test my resolve on a number of occasions. It is funny how that happens, the moment you decide to grow, to live bigger and fuller and more radiantly than you previously had, the universe pops up just to make sure you really mean it.

I had been working on learning Chattr Chakkr Vartee, listening to it mostly in the car. I can’t remember why I decided to learn that particular mantra, it was likely because I didn’t know it yet. I’ll admit, it was a hard one for me. The nuances of the pronunciation, the cadence, and the rhythm of the verse made my head spin. It didn’t let me in right away. My teacher often shared that mantras have little “entrance fees”, they won’t necessarily give up their wonders right away, and this one was like that. But despite my difficulties, whenever I got in the car I played it on repeat.

I toiled over it for weeks as the day to leave for the retreat rapidly approached. One day, as I was getting ready to pick up my son from daycare, I was plagued with thoughts of unworthiness, imposter syndrome, and fear. “What if I don’t get enough people?”, “What if people come but don’t like it?”, I was spiraling into a deep pit of lack of trust and need to control everything around me so I could prove I was worth something. I put this mantra on the car stereo as I always did, not consciously thinking about it.

I had heard stories of people hearing “voices” at times of great change or crisis. Like a voice from beyond that whispers or in my case yells the truth you’ve been seeking. I had never experienced it though. All at once, like someone had a megaphone to my ear, I heard these words: “DONT BE AFRAID!” It was more of a command than a suggestion, and all at once my obsessive non-reality of fear was gone. It shocked me out of my pattern of self-doubt, it gave me the courage and the ability to stay the course through any doubts that would arise. From that point on, whenever I felt fear, I was able to take myself out of it, and not follow it down the rabbit hole of self-loathing. I felt powerful, capable, and fulfilled in my work. The retreat went off without a hitch and continues to be one of the highlights of my career.

Imagine my surprise when I later went back to learn the meaning and purpose of this mantra. Spiritvoyage.com describes it like this: “This is a mantra used to remove fear, anxiety, and phobias. It is a mantra to make one experience victory. The mantra bypasses fears and doubts and brings deep courage and strength forth from within. Tap into your personal power, your victory, and your inner strength. It is a warrior mantra.”

To this day, this mantra continues to bear fruit. I recently shared on Instagram with a friend who is leading mantra study groups that this mantra can pull me out of a negative cycle of fear within 3 repetitions. It’s true. Within seconds, I just can’t seem to hold on to the thing I was afraid of. If you are in a place where you are ready to unlock your own hold-ups around fear of success, I highly suggest working with this mantra.