Yoga Of Inner Light And Sound

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

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Bindu (absolute point) is the seed of alphabet (akshara) and the nada or the Divine Sound keeps naturally ringing over there (the bindu). Therefore before the Meditation on the Divine Sound (nāda dhyan) through which the mind can be tamed completely, practice of Meditation on Inner Divine Light (bindu dhyan) is highly desirable. Through bindu dhyan the mind gets completely collected or concentrated in bindu. Concentration or collection leads to vertical ascension as a consequence of which the soul, along with the mind, enters into the astral sphere transcending the gross sphere, that is, reaches into the sphere of light having transcended the sphere of darkness and experiences supernatural bliss by beholding the Divine Dazzle there. It is why the (authors of) Upanishads and sants have extensively extolled the glory of bindu dhyān.
Vision gets collected or focussed by bindu dhyan. Ascension which is a direct corollary of collection enables the practitioner to pierce the cover of darkness and behold divine radiance. The practitioner arrives, thus, at the centre or the point of origin of the gross realm. He comes to wield total control over the entire gross universe. He acquires supernatural powers called riddhis and siddhis. However, in order to be able to attain to this state of bindu dhyan, it is highly desirable to practise meditation on the form of the Guru or the desired deity (mänas dhyan) first. Having stilled one's sight at the form of the desired deity, bindu dhyan becomes very easy to perform. Our most adorable Guru, Maharshi Mehi Paramhans Ji Maharaj, has written in one of his verses:
"First, meditate on the form of Guru.
This will purify the (fettered) soul and prepare for the bindu dhyan."
How would this awareness of bindu (Absolute Point) come about? The very next line of Guru Maharaj's above poem says it all: by focussing the currents of both the eyes in a point.
"Gaze in your front in the centre of both the eyes.
The Absolute Point appears where the two lines of sight intersect each other."
Where is this bindu obtained? Gurudev Maharshi Mehi says,
"(Through bindu dhyān) access in Sushumna is had where a dazzling point and a star are seen.
So, keep gazing at the Tenth Door."
It is precisely through the bindu dhyan that one enters into the Central Yogic or psychic nerve or the Sushumna and the Tenth Door comes into sight to its practitioner. He moves into the Realm of Light, where wondrous, spectacular dazzles are visualised following which the practitioner enters into the World of Sounds:
"Spectacular lights are seen in the Realm of Light. (Subsequently) Countless varieties of sounds are heard in the Realm of Sound."
Anahad shabd/nāda (inner divine sounds) are of numerous varieties. Subsequently with rigorous practice of anahad nada, by the grace of the Guru, the practitioner gets wholly absorbed in the True Sound (vibration), the 'Sat Shabd', or the Quintessential Word. This is the only way to swim across the ocean of existence, to get liberated:
"Amidst countless (anahad) sounds (the practitioner's) attention gets intently fixed on the True or Quintessential Sound.
This alone is the way to swim across the ocean of transmigration."
This alone is the true way of meditation and is extremely simple & convenient to practise.