Walking With Peace, A Peace Mantra

This is another lovely Vessels of Peace practice. The Peace Mantra can be used in many situations or as a walking meditation.

Working with the Vessels of Peace practices will strengthen your ability to choose peace in all your thoughts, words, and actions and will act as a catalyst for the process of partnering with the Divine Feminine.

Peace Mantra
Peace, Om Shanti, Salaam, Shalom

The mantra comes from four languages - English, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Hebrew – and offer a multi-faith way of invoking peace, since they are commonly used by the Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu traditions.

Repeat the peace mantras, aloud or silently, as the focus of a sitting meditation or as a contemplative practice while walking (see below) or when in stressful situations.

Pronunciation:

Peace (pea-sss)
Om Shanti (oh-mmm shawn-tee)
Salaam (saw-lah-mmm)
Shalom (shaw-low-mmm)

Cadence:
There is a particular cadence or pace at which the mantras are repeated, and it's important to try to stay with that rhythm, for it creates a vibrational effect in your being and in the atmosphere around you. You are literally aligning with a peace frequency and building the strength of that frequency in yourself and on the planet.

To create the cadence, pause for about two seconds after the repetition of each mantra and before beginning the next round of repeating them: Peace (pause) Om Shanti (pause) Salaam (pause) Shalom (pause).

Walking With Peace Meditation
Walk at a pace that is comfortable for you, then begin repeating the peace mantras.  You will find the mantra cadence fitting with your walking pace in some way -- every other step, every third step, etc. Just let it evolve over the course of your walking. The main thing is to keep the mantra repetition slow no matter how fast or slow you are walking.

You can repeat the mantras silently or out loud. If walking with others, repeating them softly out loud together, and walking at the same pace, is one option, or letting each one walk and repeat silently as guided is fine too. Try to refrain from interrupting the meditation with other conversation -- the power of the meditation is in the continuous focus on the mantras, the rhythmic movement of your body and the intention you hold to presence peace within yourself and in the world.


(Source: Vessels of Peace and Lynda Terry, author of The 11 Intentions: Invoking the Sacred Feminine as a Pathway to Peace)