Mysteries of Mind

SR No.: 006756
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mahapragna Acharya
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Book Agency
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 278
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 11 MB

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SEARCH FOR TRUTH
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perceptive meditation : (1) Breath, (2) Body, (3) Mind (Citta), and the intellect and (4) pure consciousness or the soul. It is in all these areas that truth has to be perceived.
What is the importance of breath in the search for truth? It has a great importance. When we are breathing in, our breath draws into the body several substances. Those who have practised breathing for yogic purposes know that it draws in vital elements in several forms which constantly present themselves to the perception of the practitioner. These forms can be perceived by open as well as closed eyes.
I have been wondering for a long time as to why great value has been attached to aumkāra (the letters A, U and M combined together). Practitioners have taken this combination to be the symbol of God. Why? I read a number of works to understand the secret. We can understand the limitations of books. The information they provide is a limited information. Anyhow, I came to understand that aum is a powerful fundamental charm. It has infinite magical properties. The sound we produce while pronouncing it has several consequences. I could very well understand this. But I failed to understand that which I wanted to understand. Ultimately my exercises in meditation revealed to me the secret. It became clear in my experiences. When the practitioner tries to master prāņa or the vital force, he finds that innumerable vital particles which remain spread in the atmosphere around the human body begin to take various shapes and forms. These particles are so numerous that it is impossible to count them. Moreover, they go on continuously changing. The last form they assume is the replica of aum presented to the eyes of the practitioner. I did not read this in any book, but it came as an experience.
Aum is a specific form of the vital energy. When vital energy begins to gather force and enters into the body, it assumes the form of aum which is a specific form it takes. That is why so much importance has been attached to it.
The entire course of our life including our tendencies is governed by vital energy. Without it the human being will either be an emancipated soul or dead as a stone. Emancipated souls do not vibrate. They perceive vibrations of cons