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Meditation Time:
Then (after Mind) is into the Silence:
- Next, after systematically examining and letting go
of the world, senses, body, breath, and mind, you gradually come to a place of
deep Stillness and Silence.
- As meditation
deepens, either watch into
the space for the invisible source of all light, or listen into the
space for the silent source of all sound.
- Gradually, experience the
convergence of practices of meditation, contemplation, prayer and
mantra. (more on convergence)
- Allow the inner
peace or spiritual truth to come forward, experiencing the heights
of Samadhi and Turiya, the fourth state, beyond waking, dreaming,
and deep sleep. (more on Samadhi;
more on Turiya)
- At some point, experience the
awakening of Kundalini, and its rising to Sahasrara, the crown
chakra. (more on Kundalini
rising to the crown)
- Eventually, allow the meditations to
converge on that innermost point (Bindu) out of which mind, time,
space and causation have emerged. (more on Bindu)
- When finished with your meditation,
bring outward, into your external world and daily life whatever
depth of stillness and silence you have touched. Allow that to guide
and balance daily life, being ever mindful of the higher realities
within.
- Resolve to often return to that
place of Stillness and Silence in meditation.
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Preparation, Daily
Life, Meditation in Action:
Silence: Yoga meditation deals systematically with
all the levels of our being, including a direct effort to go to
the silence, while systematically working with our
relationship with the world and senses, body, breath,
and mind. (See Yoga Sutras, including
sutras 3.4-3.6 on
Samadhi and Samyama, and 4.18-4.21
on Purusha, or consciousness.)
Everybody can find joy in Stillness
and Silence: When one has a stable relationship with
the external world, when the senses are turned inward, when the body is
healthy and still, when the breath is smooth, calm and serene, and when
the mind begins to settle down, there comes a stillness and silence
from where one can
truly begin to practice meditation. This silence rests on the
foundation of balancing, coordinating, and integrating our relationships
with the world, as well as with our own senses, body, breath, and
mind.
Following your own spiritual
inclinations: Yoga meditation as an art and science
of self-awareness does not tell a person what God to believe in, nor
what religion to follow. All people of all faiths can practice yoga
meditation. While yoga science encompasses the breadth of the means of
going beyond, the specific choice of where and how to focus one's
attention after dealing with the world, senses, body, breath, and mind,
are personal matters relating to each aspirant as an individual, in the
context of their own spiritual training and preferences or
predispositions.
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This site is devoted
to presenting the ancient Self-Realization path of the Tradition of
the Himalayan masters in simple, understandable and beneficial ways,
while not compromising quality or depth. The goal of our sadhana or
practices is the highest Joy that comes from the Realization in
direct experience of the center of consciousness, the Self, the
Atman or Purusha, which is one and the same with the Absolute
Reality. This Self-Realization comes through Yoga meditation of the
Yoga Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the
intense devotion of Samaya Sri Vidya Tantra, the three of which
complement one another like fingers on a hand. We employ the
classical approaches of Raja, Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti Yoga, as well
as Hatha, Kriya, Kundalini, Laya, Mantra, Nada, Siddha, and Tantra
Yoga. Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer finally converge
into a unified force directed towards the final stage, piercing the
pearl of wisdom called bindu, leading to the Absolute.
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