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REALIZE WHAT YOU ARE:
Continuing Practice: Meditation on Hrim and Breathing
Last week we meditated on the light of a candle flame seen in our third eye, directly at the center and slightly above the two brows. Now we shall meditate on “hrim," a word first used by Jain saints in 850 B.C., the time of Parshvanath, one of the twenty-four Prophets of the Jain teaching. Along with this word there is a technique which is used to raise energy along the spine to the top of the head. When we do this, we experience pleasant vibrations and good feelings in our nerves and in the cells of our brain. With this experience of vibrations, our mind becomes in tune with the higher energy, the energy of universal consciousness, which is the meaning of the word "hrim." Using this special method of repeating the ancient word “hrim," we begin to move into the realm of our Higher Self and expand our consciousness.
In our spine we have many blocks which have kept us from experiencing our full energy. Now we shall feel some vibrations which will activate our slumbering dormant energy. Everybody has energy but it is slumbering. The lion is asleep. If it is awake, then no one can oppose it, but when the lion is sleeping, a mouse can play on its belly. The people who did great things were just like us, but they awakened their energy. When the energy is awakened, then you become a master in your field. If you are an artist, then you paint beautifully. If you are a composer, then you compose beautiful harmonies and melodies. If you are a poet, beautiful verses will come. If you are a person with awareness, then human insight increases. All this energy lies dormant, waiting within us. So nowwe want to stir that energy and bring it to our use.
