Experiences
During Meditation |
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the beginning of meditation, light of various colors, such
as red, white, blue, green, a mixture of red and green lights,
etc., appear in front of the forehead. They are elemental
lights. Sometimes a big sun or moon, or lightning-like flashes
appear in front of the forehead during meditation. |
Sometimes
Gods, Sages, Saints will appear in meditation. Receive them
with honor. Bow to them. Get advice from them. In the beginning
of meditation and concentration you will see in the center
of the forehead a resplendent, flashing light. This will last
for half o one minute and then disappear. The light will flash
either from above or sideways. Sometimes a sun of 6 inches
or 8 inches in diameter with or without rays will be seen. |
Are you able to keep up the same state of mind you have during
meditation in a closed room when you walk in the street also?
Introspect and closely watch your mind. If the mind is perturbed
when you walk in the streets, you are still weak, you have
not advanced in meditation, and you have not grown in spirituality.
Understand the power of silence. The language of silence is
the language of heart. When you sit for meditation in the
morning send out your love and peace to all living beings.
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During
meditation you will have no idea of time. You will not hear
any sounds. You will have no idea of environments. You will
forget your name and all sorts of relationship with others.
When you enter into deep meditation, you will have no consciousness
of your body or surroundings, you will have equanimity of
mind. |
You
will not here any sound. There will be stoppage of up-going
and down- going sensations. When you enter the silence through
deep meditation, the world outside and all your troubles will
drop away.You will enjoy supreme peace.When you practice rigorous
meditation, Kevala Kumbhaka or natural retention of breath
without Puraka and Rechaka will come by itself. That feeling
of rising up during meditation is a sign that indicates that
you are going above body-consciousness. In the beginning this
feeling of rising up will last for a minute only. You will
enjoy a sort of higher type of indescribable peace during
your meditation. But it will take a long time to get real
spiritual experiences or merge the mind in your Lakshya or
chosen object of meditation. |
Concentration
is fixing the mind on any point, external or internal. During
meditation the mind becomes calm, serene and steady. The various
rays of the mind are collected and focused in the object of
meditation. The mind is centered on the Lakshya. There will
be no tossing of the mind. The whole energy of the mind is
concentrated on that one idea. The senses become still. They
do not function. Where there is deep concentration, there
is no consciousness of the body and surroundings. |
Do
not try to drive away the unimportant thoughts. The more you
try, the more they will return, and the more they will gain
strength. You will tax your energy. When your meditation becomes
deep, you will lose consciousness of the body. You will feel
that there is no body. You will experience immense joy. There
will be mental consciousness. Some lose sensation in the legs,
then in the spinal column, the back, the trunk and the hands.
When the sensation is lost in these parts, they feel that
the head is suspended in the air. The mind may try to run
back in the body. |
Samadhi
or super conscious state is the highest goal, which one can
attain through meditation. It is not a thing that can be attained
through a little practice. To attain Samadhi one should observe
strict Brahmacharya, dietetic restrictions and must have purity
of heart. If these are not attained there is no possibility
of attaining that state. |
The
state of Samadhi is beyond description. There is no means
or language to give expression to it. Even in worldly experience,
you cannot express the taste of an apple to one who has nor
tasted it nor the nature of the color to a blind man. When
you practice meditation, worldly thoughts, cravings and Vasanas
are suppressed. If you are irregular in meditation and if
your dispassion wanes, they try to manifest again. They persist
and resist. Therefore, be regular in meditation and do more
vigorous Sadhana. |
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