Yoga Of Inner Light And Sound

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

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no physical or mental risk is involved. On the other hand, there are many difficulties and troubles linked with the other two methods of keeping eyes half-open and fully open. In this regard words of caution uttered by the great sant Baba Devi Sahab are worthy of consideration:
"... the Yoga of Light (drishti sādhan or bindu dhyān) refers to that meditational practice which is carried out with the help of eyes. Hundreds of ways and methods of practising this (drishți sādhan) are in vogue in India and other countries, but many of these are such that they make the eyeballs crooked or distorted (squint eyes), while some others lead to the loss of eye sight, and there are yet others which damage the pupils of eyes (causing blurred vision) beyond redemption - even if these are treated by hakim (term used for doctors, generally Muslim, practising treatments based on the old Yunani or Greco-Persian System), vaidya (term generally used for Ayurvedic or traditional Indian doctors) and doctors (term generally used for modern-age Allopathic or Western doctors) lifelong. The right way to practise drishți sādhan or Yoga of Light has nothing to do with the gross or material) eyes and eyeballs, neither does drishti mean "eyes" or "eyeballs" - a confusion which leads to losses or difficulties as referred to above."
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-Satsang Yoga, Part II, Maharshi Mehi Paramhans