The Perfect Mantra for Abundance & Love
A mantra is a repeated word, phrase, or statement, used for inspiration or focus while meditating or chanting, but mantras can also be used to make magic. Very effective magic!
Mantra magic uses a repetitive phrase—like a spell, a prayer—to make things happen in your life. I’ve personally used this to help with everything from meeting my husband to building a business and soothing myself through a breast cancer scare.
To begin, craft your custom mantra and write it down on a beautiful piece of paper. I use thick, pearlized cards of varying shapes and sizes that I found at my favorite stationery shop.
Once you have your mantra in hand, read it out loud. Read it again and again and again. Let the energy of the words ripple through your body, and don’t stop reading until your body signals that it’s time to stop.
You will know this when you feel the fullness of the energy and the need for silence. But if you’re struggling to feel (or trust) the natural stop, then you can choose to simply read the mantra three or nine times (take your pick).
Afterwards, you can simply tuck the mantra away and forget all about it, trusting that it worked. Or, if you feel called, you can read it over and over again for days on end. As often as you need. As a daily ritual for to focus your heart and mind.
But first, you need to write your mantra. You need to find the right words.
How to Write Your Perfect Mantra
1) Don’t hold back. Ask for what you want.
Write down exactly what you want. Don’t hold yourself back by thinking that it’s not okay to want what you want or that you don’t deserve it. It’s okay to ask for money. It’s okay to ask for love. Go for gold.
I have a client who has her own business. She works with private clients, but for almost a year, she struggled to attract the clients she wanted. Together, we worked some mantra magic. We called in her abundance, and we got specific. That same week, clients started pouring through her phone line and Instagram feed. And these were her ideal clients—the ones she’d described in her mantra. And as all of this was happening, she kept seeing the same sign on the subway. The sign said: “Exactly what you ask for.”
So don’t hold back. Be specific in your request because you can and will get exactly what you ask for.
There is (I believe) a caveat to this: Mantra magic will not work against you. In other words, if what you ask for isn’t in service of the highest expression of your life or it simply isn’t the truth of what you really want, often nothing will happen. Or you will catch a glimpse of what you thought you wanted to help you see that actually, it’s not for you. This is why the next step is so important:
2) Be radically honest.
Be specific in your request, but whittle that request down to the truth of what you really want.
For example, if you think you want the new job you’re interviewing for, ask yourself if that specific job is really what you want. Do you want the job or do you want financial freedom? Do you want the job or do you simply want a job that will serve you best? Do you want the job or do you want the respect you believe it will grant you? Etc.
When writing your mantra, imagine a world where anything and everything is possible. A world in which you can achieve everything you want and there are no limits. In that world, what do you truly want? Don’t sell yourself short. Again, go for gold. And be honest. Ask for what you truly want. Desire is the emotion that fuels the mantra’s efficacy. So tap into your deepest desires, and then ask for those to be fulfilled!
I recommend meditating on what you truly want before writing any mantra.
3) Do no harm!
Don’t ask for anything that will harm yourself or anyone else, and don’t infringe upon the free will of others! Don’t write mantras naming names and asking people to do or feel certain things. Respect and honor individual freedom. Treat others how you would want to be treated. Let the golden rule guide your magic every day.
And when in doubt, feel free to add a catchall safety phrase to your mantra. Something like: “May this serve the highest purpose of all beings everywhere.”
4) Surrender to a higher power.
Don’t assume you know best. Surrender to a higher power. What you think you want and what you think is best for you isn’t necessarily what’s best. Be specific, but also allow room for the higher power to come in and fill in the blanks.
The best mantras are both specific yet general enough to manifest in many shapes.
For example, when I crafted my mantra to attract my soul partner (aka my husband), I couldn’t imagine being with someone who didn’t have tattoos (because I personally think tattoos are very interesting and sexy). But I didn’t ask for tattoos. I simply asked for someone sexy because ultimately that’s what mattered to me—not the tattoos. So be specific by getting to the heart of the matter. The heart of your desire (e.g., sexy v. tattoos). Don’t assume you know the shape this will take.
Trust the universe/God/Spirit (whatever you want to call it) to deliver what you want.
P.S. I had a first date with someone the day after I wrote my partner mantra. We are now married, and as luck or magic would have it, he happens to have many tattoos.
5) Use your own words.
Be true to your voice. Use the words that feel magical and powerful to you, and write about what you want as if it’s already written in stone.
You can say, “I want a fulfilling career that serves my highest purpose.”
But it’s more powerful to say, “I will have a career that serves my highest purpose.” Or better yet, say, “I have a career that serves my highest purpose.”
Your mantras can be as short or as long as they need to be. Include what you need to include. No restrictions.
Now: meditate on your deepest desire, craft your mantra, write it down, and read it out loud. And don’t forget that this stuff works! So use this magic (and all magic) with care, love, and kindness.
Godspeed!
