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tremendously; it is called the frontal being. I had been thinking about it for some time, but without the knowledge which I have acquired here, I do not think that I would have grasped what he really meant. Then, I made use of that idea in my own meditation. The frontal being, I believe, is the being in front. It is all the emotions, all the impulses, coming and going through the chakras. It is also the tensions, and the mask that you put on your face. When you become aware of these things, you can do something about them. For example, if you have tension, let us say you are sitting with your fists clenched and you are not aware of it, the moment you become aware of it you may be able to release that tension just through awareness. But if you are not aware of it, if you are holding it, then you cannot release it. The same thing applies to the tension in the face, the mask that you put on, the attitude that you have towards yourself and towards the world. It is extremely important to simply be aware of this, but not to change it right away. In fact, when this meditation starts, you will become aware of many things about yourself.
Maybe I should mention one more source before I reveal the name of this meditation, which some of you may have already guessed. In Tibet, they have a tradition, which they consider the highest, most advanced tradition. They call it maha mudra. It is not that maha mudra of hatha yoga and it is not the maha mudra of kriya yoga, but it is the greatest attitude you can have to life. Now this can be misunderstood, because it is not necessary to go around in your daily life and remember this practice all the time. Yes, you could do that, but I would advise you not to. I would advise you to first do it in your meditation, so that you do not become a slave of false ideals. I have seen that when people build up so many demands upon themselves, they forget to meditate.
The meditation I am talking about is called antar mouna, inner silence. I have been teaching three month courses since 1974 and I have seen changes in the European understanding of meditation. You know, a three month course is a very intense period and people go through a lot of things. We have a long silence of 35 days or so during these courses and we learn kriya yoga and many other things. In the early 70's, I saw that there was a fashion, a mode, an attitude that the culture was passing through, where everything was confrontation. In the
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