THE MECHANICS OF MEDITATION
Step by step in slow motion
The Reality of
my life cannot die, for I am Indestructible Consciousness. I am Infinite, Space
less, tireless & beyond Body, Thought, & Utterance, beyond all Matter
& Mind. I am Endless BLISS.
WHY MEDITATE?
To attain conscious awareness of the Creator & of our-Souls
eternal oneness with Him.
Concentration – consists
in freeing the attention from distractions & focusing it on any elevated THOUGHT.
Basically, it amounts to being a master of your five senses, total self-sovereignty.
Contemplation –
consists of holding that elevated THOUGHT for a long time. Looking at it
from all angles, exploring its subtle meanings by churning it over.
PREPARING TO MEDITATE?
Sit still with a straight spine, preferably on the floor
with legs locked in & palms facing upwards, resting comfortably on the
thighs. Take a few deep breaths & exhale the stagnant air out completely.
Settle down with normal breathing. Cover up your fidgety eyeballs with the
shutters of your eyelids. Lock the eyelid doors & shut out the wild dance
of tempting scenes. Hold them still too. Fix the gaze of restless eyes on the
spot between the eyebrows, very gently, loosely & effortlessly.
Try to be CALMLY ACTIVE & ACTIVELY CALM
inwards.
Now loosen your mind from the Consciousness of the Body Weight.
Leave behind the heavy bundle of bones tied in the thick cloth of flesh. Untie
the nerve strings, weighing down your soul. Drop your mind into the bottomless
well of your heart, that is bubbling with life giving blood. Keep your
attention tied to the heart till you feel its rhythmic beating. Meditate on
this mental freedom & new ability of the soul to fly & hover up to Infinity.
Imagine, dwell & dream. Transfer thy consciousness to the inner world.
KEEP BROADCASTING TO SELF
I am happy in the Happiness of dear ones, who are on
Earth or in the great beyond.
Divine Love is the Magnet that attracts all Blessings
& Blessedness.
MEDITATE ON GOING HOME
I stayed long reveling with all of you dancing with my
variously costumed thoughts, drinking the wine of my feelings & my mundane
will. I have now forsaken the intoxication of Delusion.
Goodbye muscles, bones & bodily motions.
Farewell breath. I cast thee away from my breast.
Adieu heart throbs, emotions, thoughts & memories.
Bye-bye blue house of heaven.
So long stars, celestial celebrities & your dramas on
the screen of space.
Ta-ta flowers with your traps of beauty & fragrance.
Salutations to the warm embrace of sunshine.
Leave taking from the cool soothing comforting breeze.
Cheerios entertaining music of man.
I am flying Home in a plane of Silence. I go to feel my
heart throb in Him. I have always been in the sacred presence of my Father.
I was lost, Father, in the wastelands of wrong beliefs, now
I can not find my way Home. Please rise on the darkness of my mental sky &
be the polestar of my groping mind. Lead me to thyself, who art my Home.
DISTRACTED – START AGAIN
I close my physical eyes & dismiss the temptations of
matter. I peer through the darkness of Silence until my eyes of relativity open
into one inner eye of Light. When my two eyes that behold good & evil become
single & behold in everything, only the divine goodness of the Creator.
GOING WITHIN
I was a prisoner carrying a heavy load of bones &
flesh, but now I have broken the chains of my muscle-bound body by the power of
RELAXATION. I am free now. I shall try to go within. I enter the dim corridor
through the door of the Spiritual Eye & speed on until at last the river of
my life flows into the Ocean of life & loses itself in Bliss.
SEEING THE PEACEFUL LIGHT WITHIN
Look at a light & close your eyes. Forget the
darkness around you & watch bright red color within your eyelids. Look more
intently into violet red color. Imagine it becoming bigger & bigger. You
are the wave of light, a ripple of Peace floating on the surface of the sea of
light. Now watch carefully the little wave tossing on the Ocean of light. A
little shallow wave going wide & deep into the Ocean of Peace. Peace is the
Ambrosial wine of Spirit flowing in a Drama of sad & happy dreams, on the
stage of experience. Once again fix your mind inwardly between the eyebrows on
the shore less lake of Peace. Watch the eternal circle of rippling peace around
you spreading outwardly to the forehead, to the heart & to every cell in
your body. This flood of Peace flows over the boundaries of your mind &
moves in infinite directions.
LISTENING TO THE VOICE OF THE CREATOR
Listen to the cosmic sound of AUM. A great hum of
countless atoms in the sensitive right side of your head. Hear its pounding
Roar spreading through the brain, spine, heart & every tissue. It holds all
matter in manifestation like the words of speech in your head. Matter &
bodies melt into the Universe & you melt into soundless voice & sound
melts into all shining light, which enters the bosom of Infinite Joy.
ENTERING THE WELL OF SILENCE
His laughter caught my heart. His Joy invaded my
sorrowful being as I swung in a hammock beneath the pines under the blue sky. I
felt the sky astir & His presence moving through me. My body became still,
my power of Silence dug into my bosom, until a bottomless well of Bliss sprang
up. All things in the Creation drank of me. Then satisfied they plunged into
the waters of my Immortality. All melted in the Ocean of my all dissolving
Silence.
EXPANDING TO INFINITY IN ETERNITY
Eternity yawns at me below, above, in the left & on
the right, in front & behind, within & without. With open eyes I behold
myself as the little body. With closed eyes I perceive myself as the cosmic
center around which revolves the sphere of eternity & bliss.
IN DEVOTION THEY BEG OF HIM TO TEACH
Teach me to open the gate of Meditation that alone leads
to Thy blessed presence.
Teach me the mystery of my Existence, O beloved Father.
Teach me to worship Thee in breathlessness &
deathlessness.
Teach me to reclaim my birth right & to live as an
Immortal.
Teach me to behold Thy face in the mirror of my stillness
within.
Teach me to think of Thee until Thou dost become my only
Thought.
Teach me to find Thy presence on the alter of my constant
Peace & in the Joy that springs from deep Meditation.
Teach me to drink the everlasting Nectar of Joy found in
the Fountain of MEDITATION.
IN KNOWLEDGE / GYAN HE ACTUALLY TEACHES US
& WE MAKE THE EFFORT TO IMBIBE
I am the irresistible Fire of Smiles. I will help weeping
ones to smile, by smiling myself, even when it is difficult.
I have buried / cremated dead disappointments in the cemeteries
of yesterday.
I will water them with Self confidence & faith &
wait for the Divine to give me the rightful harvest.
I will not become Lazy & mentally ossified.
I will not be overactive, able to earn money but unable
to enjoy life.
I will Meditate to maintain true Balance.
I will perform all duties serenely & saturated with
Peace.
I will light the match of Smiles so that my gloom veil
will disappear. The soul is hiding behind the accumulated darkness of ages.
I will admire the good qualities of all nationalities
& will not put my Attention on their Errors.
I will break the boundaries of Self Love.
I will drink Vitality from the Golden Fountain of
Sunshine.
I will drink Peace from the Silver Fountain of Mooned
Nights.
Today I open the door of my calmness & let the
footsteps of Silence gently enter the temple of all my activities.
Today I will sow the seeds of Wisdom, health, prosperity
& Happiness.
I saturate myself with the perfume of Thy presence &
I wait to Waft with the breeze, the Aroma of Thy Message of LOVE to all.
Rohit Khanna: IN-VINCIBLE
