Yoga Of Inner Light And Sound

Author(s): Achyutanand Swami, Praveshkumar Singh
Publisher: Santmat Sangh Samiti Chandrapur

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the conscious sphere. The meeting plane between the causal and supra-causal spheres is the centre of the causal sphere, while the centres of the astral and gross spheres are similarly the meeting planes of astral & causal spheres and meeting plane of the astral & gross spheres respectively."
Each of the aforesaid five spheres has its own central sound or vibration that is responsible for its creation. These sound currents keep constantly flowing in a direction downwards (towards less subtle spheres) and, therefore, a given central sound always pervades its own sphere as well as all other spheres that are relatively less subtle. And herein lies the trick of the trade so to speak. As we have seen earlier, every sound possesses a natural property by virtue of which it pulls its perceiver towards its centre. Thus by grasping the sound that is central to the gross sphere, one gets drawn to its centre which is, as mentioned above, the junction of the gross sphere and astral sphere. Here the perceiver gets to catch hold of the central sound of the astral sphere which, in turn, escorts the perceiving soul to its own centre where the central sound of the causal plane is grasped. The process continues till one gets drawn to the centre of the primordial sound that is none else than the God Himself in His pure state. Thus bhakti or devotion becomes complete.
Thus, it would emerge that the inner divine sound is the surest means to self (God)realisation. Maharshi Mehi Paramhans says, "...of all the symbols or signs of God, word (sound) is the best symbol ... the current of the quintessential sound permeates, in an unbroken way, the whole of creation..." But this is a word made not of alphabets or words that can be written, that is a phonetic word. That word is a support or helping arm extended to us by God and we must clutch on to that support. Where this support is made available? That support (word/sound) is grasped in the Ajna Chakra. Ajna Chakra is kind of gateway to the inner or divine realms. We live in gross creation and the Ajna Chakra (variously termed as the Til Dwār, Tisrā Til, the Third Eye, the Tenth Door, Lord Shiva's Eye, Shahrag, the Lamp of the Body etc.) is the door that opens inwards and allows us to enter into the inner worlds. 'Ajna' is a Sanskrit word that means order or permission. When in meditation we are able to concentrate or fix our attention at this chakra, it is as if the God is pleased to grant us ajnā or permission to enter into inner divine realms, hence its name, the Ajna Chakra.
As the practiser can focus one's attention at the Ajna Chakra, he is about to make entry into the astral spheres. Thus the ājnă chakra can be said to be the transition point between the 'Pinda' (gross body, microcosm) and 'Brahmanda' (macrocosm). When attention is completely focused at the Ajna Chakra, initially a shining black point is sighted followed by the sighting of a refulgent white point. The practitioner also gets to see numerous other kinds of mesmerising lights, flashes of lightning and also hears countless varieties of sounds that are inaudible to the external ears. First, light is seen and then the sound is heard. Maharshi Mehi would explain this by a beautiful analogy. He says that God has left a clue of this in the outer world as well, "...first we see lightning during rainy days and then the thunder of clouds is heard. Similarly, within you there is light, there is lightning and there is sound..."
Practising, therefore, the yoga of light equips its practiser with a sound footing for practising the yoga of sound. However, in order to master the yoga of light, one's attention must be completely focussed, perfectly concentrated in a point within, a process known as bindu dhyān (meditation on a point or yoga of light). The bindu or a point, as we know, is formed by the intersection of two lines. It is impossible to form a point in the outer world, even if it is done so using the sharpest of tips available, even sharper than the tip of hair. Absolute point can be visualised in the inner sky only. In fact, the current of consciousness present in each of the eyes is a perfect straight line having no width or thickness whatsoever. If we can