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Precise pronunciation of the Sanskrit mantra is important because in time the body and mind become an instrument for that vibrational frequency. The teacher may communicate this importance simply by example rather than explanation ... by repeating the mantra many times and requiring the student to repeat it back, refining the sound to the student's ear until it match's the teacher's vibrational output.

A one-word mantra is called a seed mantra.

The one-word BLAH mantra, though not a Sanskrit word, addresses and illustrates something powerful ... the opening.

Every instant is the opening. The doorway. Every instant is this side of the door, and also the other side of the door ... the door is light and it opens to light.

For instance, you may feel like you have the blahs. The BLAH mantra is the 200 foot tall, 1000 watt road sign announcing This Is It.

It says, take whatever you are at this instant. If you are blah, dive into blah. Don't ignore it, don't wait for something better to come along, don't seek to change it so that you are no longer feeling blah, don't seek activities with the intent of changing blah to something else. Rather, bring awareness to blah by making blah the object of attention with the method of mantra. That awareness and that attention is the opening, the object of the attention is experience, it is working with whatever is available, which happens to be blah.

Notice that this does not emphasize Being Blah. Being Blah is already going on, so the BLAH mantra is simply not running away, not hiding your face, not being afraid. It emphasizes bringing awareness to Blah, and it is the awareness that opens the door. The awareness is a celebration of the moment, no matter what is available, and every moment in the world of experience requires working with whatever is available.

If you're Blah and you diligently practice the BLAH mantra, with great devotion and purpose, as if your life depends upon it (which in a sense it does) you will begin to smile, and smiling is an aspect of naturalness. The awareness, focused by the BLAH mantra, brings any arbitrary (changeable) experience in line with naturalness.

Another mantra could be the Boo Hoo mantra. If you're feeling sad, you could use Boo Hoo. Practiced with the same diligence, you will begin to smile.

But the BLAH mantra is particularly keen in this instance because it is actively working with what is available rather than a hypothetical situation, it's a doing rather than a telling, it is refining truth to be heard and repeated by a student's ear.