Restless Waves of The Mind : Ancient Seers of India gave the
term… ‘ Chitta ‘ …to the Restless Waves of the Mind. Thus, Rishi Patanjali
defined yoga as ‘chitta vritthi nirodhaha’.
In the beginning stages of meditation, the rather restless
waves of the mind…become more or less restful. When meditation is continued
with steadfastness and utter sincerity, a deep restful state of mind is
attained … and all the restless waves of the mind totally cease.
Meditation means total cessation of all the restless waves
of the mind.
Man is hampered basically by the restless nature of the
mind. The mind by nature is restless. The restless waves of the mind result in
unwanted dissipation of the energy of the soul. When the soul energy thus gets
dissipated, the physical body becomes depleted of essential energy and becomes
vulnerable and susceptible to attacks from various external sources such as
germs and parasites..etc., resulting in various diseases, early aging
..etc.,etc,..
Ability to focus effectively on the present and being able
to concentrate on the current issues is deeply hampered by the existence of the
restless waves of the mind. The power of memory becomes impaired. The more the
intensity of the restless waves of the mind, the more the ineffectiveness of
the person to attend to the work on hand.
The naturally restless mind is the common lot of all persons
who do not strive to cultivate the mind. An uncultivated land, of course,
becomes full of weeds. Similarly an uncultivated mind becomes full of more and
more weed-like unwanted thoughts. As we make the land weed-free, we must make
the mind free of irrelevant and unscientific thoughts.
Agriculture is cultivation of land. Meditation is
cultivation of mind.
Cultivation of The Restless Waves of The Mind : Cultivation
of the restless waves of the mind is always achieved when the mind is
concentrated on any given work.
The more a person concentrates on a given work, the more the
mind of the person becomes pointed and cultivated … and to that extent the
intensity of the restless nature of the mind becomes less. Less restlessness of
the mind means more energy in the physical body.
Energy in the physical body is indirectly proportional to
the restless waves of the mind.
Meditation is the most direct way of cultivation of the
restless waves of the mind.
In meditation the mind has to become concentrated and one
pointed making use of the natural breath. The mind has to become focused …
using the natural breath.
When we become one with our breath, we experience a
wonderful… deep… inner silence.
Meditation means closing the eyes and being with the breath
for a long, long time. Tremendous patience is required. Whatever may be the
turbulence in the mind, eyes should never be opened. Attention of the mind
should be constantly be brought back on to the breath. The mind wanders… but it
should be collected and brought back… to… the… breath.
Soon, we will find that the magnitude of breath becomes
shorter and shorter. We will also notice that the breath becomes concentrated
in the upper part of the nose.Finally, the breath becomes so small and so short
that it seems to be barely existing.
As we are earnest in the practice of this process, a
remarkable thing happens. The mind becomes rather serene and restful. The
intensity of the restless waves of the mind decreases significantly. A calm,
peaceful and tranquil mind is established. As more and more time is spent in
that calmness, in that tranquility … a most beautiful thing now happens. The
mind becomes absolutely empty… sans any thoughts.
Now, we are in a state of deep inner silence.
We enter into such a deep inner silence that we may not even
hear outer sounds; we go beyond them.
In this stage of deep inner silence, a total inwarding of
the outer senses happens. The outer senses in effect become … the inner senses.
When the mind is, thus, totally empty, huge amount of cosmic
energy floods into the body. More and more practice of meditation means,
establishment of greater and greater emptiness in the mind.
More the emptiness of the mind, more the inflow of cosmic
energy.
When the physical body gets saturated with cosmic energy,
the natural consequence is that great happening of seeing.
A deep meditator begins to see.
In the beginning of meditation … flashes of beautiful
nature… hitherto never seen or experienced … are seen. These flashes of nature
are all from several alternate frequency realities.
One may begin to hear new sounds, see new sights and smell
new scents. One may see absolutely brilliant lights and have visions of new
worlds. One may find oneself face to face with several Astral Masters.
It is natural that in the beginning one would be unable to
make head or tail of these new snapshots that one sees. However, as one
practices and practices, one becomes an adept.
Soon… a certain measure of control in seeing is achieved.
Interaction with the new reality systems… with a greater and greater degree of
will and purpose… begins to happen.
This is the stage of establishing contacts with Astral
Masters.
When Astral Masters are encountered… in deep meditation…
meaningful dialogues should be established. Pointed questions should be put and
answers received should be carefully remembered and noted. All the dialogues
and conversations happen through the means of Telepathy.
Alternate Frequency Realities are other realities of
existence … other than the reality we are presently, or currently, engaged in.
Each particular reality system exists with a different frequency. Each
frequency reality, indeed, is an infinite universe. The total cosmos consists
of an infinite number of frequency universes.
With the Inner Senses, we perceive the Inner Worlds.
At any given instant, a particular soul is tuned to only one
frequency universe, which is invariably mistaken… by that particular soul… to
be the only reality.
However, in meditation, a given soul breaks out of the
cocoon of the highly limited concept of reality. As other reality systems are
experienced … one by one … in meditation, a more catholic and unlimited view of
reality gets established. More and more meditation leads to gradual flowering
of true understanding. Through more and more personal experience we come to
grasp the tremendous outline reality of the cosmos. All this is called as
Enlightenment.
There are several frequencies of realities or there are
several Inner Worlds. The purpose of meditation is to activate the Inner
Senses, encounter the Inner Worlds and have contacts with Masters of the Inner
Worlds.
Spiritual Wisdom is obtained from the Masters of the Inner
Worlds.
More and more meditation leads to more and more spiritual
wisdom. More and more spiritual wisdom means more and more health, vigor and
energy in the physical body.
Astral Travel : In Sanskrit language, the word ‘ dhyana ‘
means…
‘dhi’ = ‘ totality of all subtle bodies ‘ ‘yana’ = ‘
travelling ‘
Thus, ‘ dhyana ‘ means ‘ traveling with the higher subtle
bodies ‘. There are three higher subtle bodies :
Astral Body
Causal Body
Supra-Causal Body
In states of deep meditation, we may suddenly find ourselves
outside our physical body… and we may find ourselves traveling at a fast pace
in one of our higher subtle bodies… sojourning into new frequency worlds. One
usually encounters the classic Tunnel Experience… as a compulsory precursor to
Astral Travel.
During the Tunnel Experience, one may see one’s own self
traveling in a deep, tunnel-like hole,… at the far end of which one will emerge
out into brilliant light and step into one of the alternate frequency reality
worlds.
In the beginning, it would be a rather random or spontaneous
or uncontrolled traveling. However, soon, with greater practice, one slowly
achieves willful and directed Astral Travel.
Kundalini : At deeper levels of meditation., one may also
encounter Kundalini Awakening.
‘ Kundalini ‘ is the name given by Ancient Seers of India
to… the potential and unactived etheric energy essence… that is locked in the
etheric body.
Kundalini is the potential and unactivated etheric energy
essence …
that is locked in the etheric body.
Etheric Body is the energy template body… on the framework
of which a particular physical body is formed in womb of the mother. The
Etheric Body is carved out of the energies and tendencies of the karmic
elements of the previous life times’ experiences of a particular soul.
When this etheric-energy-essence or kundalini is activated…
in deeper levels of meditation… the activated etheric energy essence spreads
throughout the Etheric Body in several jolts and serpent-like movements.
The whole process may extend from a few minutes… to a few
hours… to a few days… to a few months… depending upon the karmic balances of
the persons concerned.
The end result, finally, is the activation of one’s higher
bodies…
i.e., the Causal and the Supra-Causal bodies