Sunday, November 05, 2017

Meditation Sadhana

When in meditation, listen to music, preferably divine. Say a Carnatic song in praise of a Devi or Devatha, or a chant in praise of the Atman. This elevates the mood, the feeling of the beauty in life, and avoids the mind from getting distracted.
It is better if half-way through the meditation, the music ends and one can stay immersed in the silence.

While starting off meditation, I try to repeat the same sequence so the mind is prepared for going into the meditative waves:
- Repetition of Om when breathing in and out: Say 7 times
- Repetition of Ma when breathing in and Om when breathing out, visualizing Amma: Say 7 times
- Repetition of Om when breathing in and Namah Shivaay when breathing out, visualizing Sri Shiva: Say 7 times
- Repetition of Om when breathing in and Namo Narayana when breathing out, visualizing Sri Vishnu: Say 7 times
- Repetition of my Sahaj Samadhi Mantra once visualizing my Guru Sri Vidyaji
- Repetition of Om Dakshinamurthaye Namaha 3 times and chanting Guruve Sarva Lokanaam while visualizing Sri Dakshinamurthy appearing at the center of the eyebrows and settling on a Lotus in my heart region
- Invoking my Isha Devi Sri Saraswathi 3 times and chanting Saraswathi Namasthubhyam while visualizing Sri Saraswathi Devi appearing at the center of the eyebrows and settling on a Lotus in my heart region

Thereafter going through the regular sequence of (not everything in a single session of 20 minutes, but continuing across sessions):
- Invoking the 7 Devatas / Devi from top of the head to the base
- Going through the chakras from the Muladhaar to the Sahasraar praying to the residing Devi / Devatas
- Meditating on "Who Am I" as taught by Sri Ramana Maharishi
- Pancha Kosha Neti Neti meditation
- Asanghoham and Asangha, Sat-Chit-Ananda, Swaprabha, Dwaita Varjita sequence
- Meditating on the 4 Maha Mantras from the Upanishads
- Awareness of the Breath and "Hollow, Empty" feeling taught by Sri Sri Ravishankar
- Repetition of Om in a focused manner for the rest of the session
- Keeping the mind silent for the rest of the session

At any given point anytime during the above session, if the mind goes silent, that is given precedence. The steps all above are only the means to keep the mind away from distraction, and focus the mind towards reaching this silence.

Witnessing the mind, and then feeling as the witness to all around. As the one who is in the All...is the final realization..

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