Yoga Of Inner Light And Sound

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

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"The bull's eye (point) lies hidden in the sky.
The Sun is situated to the right and the Moon to the left; the target is concealed in between the two."
The life current flowing through the right eye, in the language of yogis, is called the Sun (also known as the Ida nerve or the Ganga River having negative or tamasic attribute), whereas the current in the left eye is known as the Moon (also the Pingla nerve or the Yamuna River imbued with mundane or rajasic attribute). Where these two currents meet within (in the Sushumna nerve, also Saraswati River, having virtuous or sattvic attributes), an effulgent point arises. This is the target that Kabir Sahab refers to in his above poem as being hidden in the inner void. Sant Gulal Sahab depicts it as: "Revert within and behold the stunning stretches of light within the body. All kinds of melodies play there without the aid of any instruments, flowers like lotus and Kachanar (Bauhinia Variegata) blossom there."
Sant Gulal Sahb says, "Look not without, look within." Now just think as to how do we look outside? Naturally, we do so by opening our eyes. To see within then, one has to do the opposite that is, to close one's eyes. On doing so, melodies without any instruments are heard. Alongside, numerous varieties of light are visualised as well. To set foot in the inner kingdom the two currents of sight i.e. the Sun and the Moon) have to be merged into a point. It is thus that entry through the Door to Trikuti (a region described by sants to be situated above the Zone of Thousand-petalled lotus or 'sahasrār' or 'sahastra dal kanwal') would be made. When the left and right currents of vision (or Ida & Pingla nrtves) would meet and be stilled in Sushumna (also called the Saraswati River having sattvic attributes), the realm of inner light would open up. When sight gets focussed into the conduit of Sushumna, the streams of light and sound flowing from above would be caught hold of. These streams of light and sound are, in fact, the true elixir of immortality. Sant Sahajo Bai, the worthy disciple of Sant Charan Das Ji, says, "I became intoxicated by drinking the juice of Divine love. I have offloaded all my burdens onto Him and keep swaying (under the spell of that divine intoxication) twenty hours a day in that ecstasy." That means that those who have perceived the afore-mentioned streams of light and sound within, they become intoxicated upon that elixir. They remain immersed in that bliss round