Yoga Of Inner Light And Sound

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

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Those who yearn for the union with the Highest should meditate on the Divine Sound within."
Balayogi Shri Bala Swami Ji Maharaj has beautifully expressed his views regarding nāda dhyāna,
"This is such a means that enables us easily experience that supreme bliss that is our very own. Nāda has a unique power. All of us know of the joy we experience while listening to melodious music in the outer world, but so unique & unparallel is the bliss of this inner melody that the mind gets completely dissolved, and all its cravings get annihilated.
"Mind is the master of all the organs; praNavayu is the lord of the mind 'manolaya' (dissolution or absorption of mind) is the boss of praNavayu, and this dissolution is accomplished with the help of nada or the inner sound."
Perseverant practice of nādānusandhāna leads to the dissolution of the mind. By sitting in a proper posture and consistently practising to look within, with the eyes closed, one gets to listen to the nāda.'
[Kalyana Yogānka, p 325]
Shruti Bhagvati is eloquent on underscoring the significance of nāda dhyān:
"We conceive the meaning through word only, speak word only, and elaborate the meaning implicit in the word in word only. Through word alone is this world divided into numerous forms; we take out a part of that and enjoy (use). The world has grown out of word only; word alone is the elixir as well as death."
Sant Kabir sings prolific praise of shabda sādhanā or nāda dhyān:
"The word, says Kabir Sahab, keeps ringing in the body It is pervading within & without; this alone can destroy all the confusions. There are many words, each different from the other, the quintessential word is the crown of all. One word is explored through the previous, as one word is the Guru of (or leads to the other. Words are much different from each other; focus yourself on to the Quintessential Word. Grasp that Word that would take you to the Supreme Lord. Though everyone talks of the word, that Word is without a body. The tongue can't pronounce it; it has to be perceived within the body Word has been there before we came into being, remember (meditate on) it constantly.