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THE MIND ... and ... MEDITATION

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 themind. 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 personswho 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.

What happens to us 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 beconstantly being 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 in warding 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 andgreater 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!

Deep Meditators 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 AstralMasters!

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 asEnlightenment.

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. Oneusually 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 inactive etheric energy essence... that

is locked in the etheric body.



Kundalini is the potential and inactivated 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 isactivated... 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

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