Yoga Of Inner Light And Sound

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

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Dive deep within, rein in the Sun (the Pingla nerve or the Yamuna) and the Moon (the Ida nerve or the Ganga) and train your attention at the doors of Trikuti.
In the centre of the Ganga (Ida) and the Yamuna (Pingla) lays the repertoire of elixir.
Merge the currents of Ida & Pingla in the Sushumna, and lo! The stream of elixir is down pouring from atop.
When the surat (Soul) rises above and gets lost in the inner sky, spontaneously resonating current of sound is heard."
As a matter of fact, the art of drishTi yoga or bindu- dhyan is confidential and has to be learnt from an adept Guru, without whom this is but an extremely arduous task. Sant Kabir Sahab has wonderfully carved this idea in verse form,
"O Guru, in the middle of the eyes lives the Prophet (of God). A star, that is the radiant visible form or symbol of the Allpervading and the Invisible God, is sighted between the black and white tils (points).
A bird (or refulgent point) dazzles in the mid of the eyes; and there is a door (opening or passage) in that point. Whoever trains and stills his sight at that opening, subsequently swims across the Ocean of existence."
Kabir Sahab also teaches how to accomplish that:
"Shut your eyes, ears and mouth (and lovingly keep gazing in the front).
You would hear myriads of sounds ricocheting there
Merge the currents flowing in both the eyes into one. And enjoy the mesmerising displays. "
He further states,
"Practice meditation (mAnasa japa or mental chanting, mAnasa dhyAna, mental visualisation etc.), uttering nothing from your mouth (i.e. keeping your mouth closed & tongue unmoving).
Lower the curtains of eyes down, and unfold the inner door."
Elaborating more, he says,
"Making the eyes into a room and the pupils into a cot... I dropped down the curtain of the eyelids (i.e. closed the eyes) and thus enamoured my Lord."
We find in the saying of even our most adorable Gurudev (Maharshi Mehi Paramhans):
"Focussing or joining the currents flowing through both the eyes results in an infinitesimal point which pierces the veil of darkness and produces a refulgent point."
We should learn the tact of this meditation on the Divine Point or Light, known as drishti-yoga or bindu dhyan from a true Guru; this skill cannot be learnt from study of books or Scriptures. To the contrary, self-learnt erroneous practice might rather result