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these techniques represent the authentic path of the Divine yoga of sound.
With regard to Sound yoga the Yogshikhopanishad says:
When one focuses on a finest point and becomes established in this focus. then the divine sound automatically becomes manifest and one is able to perform sound yoga.
At that point of focus our ten senses (cognitive senses and active expressions) are left behind, and we enter in a state of total absorption. When our eleventh sense, the mind, enters into the ajna- charka (the third eye) the practitioner is hears the celestial sounds. Vedic seers refer to this ajna-chakra as sushumna and fakirs of Sufi tradition call it shahrag.
Sant Tulsi Sahib says:
The path to reach our Beloved lies in shahrag. Why are you wandering in the outer world to find your beloved (God)?
The path leading to God is within your heart. Enter into ajnachakra and you will find your beloved. God is not found not in a manmade Ka'ba (Muslim pilgrimage place), but in natural Ka'ba (holy place), within your own heart or self. Turn your attention within. You should listen attentively to the reverberating divine sound. The celestial sound is coming to take you back to the source. Remember you cannot hear this
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