Yoga Of Inner Light And Sound

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

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point. The glitter or shine of pupil ('putli") is to be found only in the eyes of persons who are alive and not in those of the dead. Bindu dhyan calls for the highest order of concentration. In the initial phase of meditation, it is quite natural for our gaze to be unsteady and wavering However, as our most adorable Gurudev, Maharshi Mehi Paramhans, says diligent & devoted practice of bindu dhyan or drishTi-yoga reduces & ultimately removes the unsteadiness of sight and makes the mind mature. Then the passage through the point ('til-dwära", the Third Eye Centre on the Tenth Door) opens up. However, to accomplish this, one has to have firm faith and keep constantly & untiringly gazing at the point as directed by the Guru: "Through regular & rigorous practice of Yoga of Light or drishti yoga...
The trembling or shaking of attention would automatically go away as attention (surat) would mature slowly (and become absolutely fixed or stilled).
Tenth Door (Til dwära or the Third Eye) will break open under the piercing thrust of the focused gaze...
So go on gazing at it constantly with all the attention, says Maharshi Mehi Paramhans ji Maharaj."
Paltu Sahab expresses the same idea when he says that the way to look has to be unique. Whosoever stares correctly in the inner sky, would surely receive the love of the Lord: "No use applying collyrium or lamp black to the eyes, if the correct way to see has not been learnt.
The right way to see is not learnt...for unique is the way to look at.
Whosoever is able to gaze fixedly, becomes beloved of the Lord."
As the sight is stilled, the mind also becomes stilled or tranquil; for the mind permeates the sight like ghee (clarified butter) permeates the milk. The mind quite naturally becomes calm & steady when the ability to fix the gaze has been achieved. And as the vision gets focussed, the practitioner gets to see divine light within. Therefore, Sant Dadu Dayal Ji Maharaj says, "There is light or dazzle within, right in front.
There is the seat of God within, right in front."
Sant Surdas Ji Maharaj also testifies,
"In front of the eyes and nose, lives the God.