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and uni-dimensional. It is bindu, a singular infinitesimal point. When an aspirant undertakes the practice of the Yoga of Vision (Dristi yoga) and gazes within on a point then he/she will behold the singular bindu of light within. This is the “one element” that Lord Rama was referring to.
The Yoga of Vision is known by different names in different scriptures. Some of these names are Bindu dhyāna, Shushumna dhyāna, Shunya (emptiness) dhyāna, Nasagra (front of the nose) dhyāna, Preksha (seeing) dhyāna, and Vipashyana (insight) dhyāna. The followers of the Sufi tradition call this Sagle Naseerah.
Dristi yoga can be explained through translation of the words: Dristi is the faculty of vision, and Yoga means union. Thus Dristi yoga refers to the concentration of the dispersed vision into a focus on a single point which is beheld with the mind's eye. The aspirant of Dristi yoga is instructed by the preceptor to bring both beams of vision to a unity by focusing and intense gazing on a single point.
Through this practice the aspirant pierces the realm of darkness within and enters the realm of divine light. The aspirant thus moves from the microcosm (body, the material realm) to the
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