Jul 26, 2022
Learning to rise above
body-consciousness, knowing yourself as a spiritual being, you are
free. As a soul, you experience spiritual freedom. From the early
archives of Spiritual Awakening Radio and now shared for the first
time with the podcast world, a program dedicated to one of the
great spiritual classics of Sant Mat spirituality called, The
Philosophy of Liberation (Moksha-Darshan), A Manuel of Sant Mat
Mysticism, by Maharishi Mehi , on the Goals and Practices of the
Sant Tradition of India , translated into English by Professor
Veena Howard .
There are several techniques
described, the specific details of which are taught to students at
the time of their deeksha (initiation) into the meditation
practice:
1) developing a daily routine, the
habit of meditating at the same time or times each day; 2) proper
posture so that one is truly focused at the Third Eye and remains
alert and awake; 3) Manas Japa (Simran), a mantra repetition of a
sacred word done mentally; 4) Manas Dhyan, the technique of
mentally visualizing a form of God or one's teacher; 5) Drshti
Yoga, the technique of focusing upon an Infinitesimal Point (Inner
Light Meditation). This Point will eventually blossom into inner
Light or visions of Light. One gazes into the middle of the
darkness or the Light one sees while in meditation. Think of the
Infinitesimal Point as being like a laser pointer or cursor keeping
one focused. One passes from scene to scene and vision to vision
always looking toward the center; 6) Nada Sadhana (Surat Shabd
Yoga, Inner Sound Meditation), the practice of inner spiritual
hearing; and, 7th) reaching the State of Kaivalya, Oneness with the
Supreme Being in the Pure Conscious Realm. The ultimate goal is to
merge into the upper level of Kaivalya known as Sabdatita
[Sabtatit] Pad – the State beyond the Sound, the Ultimate Reality
of God in the Nirguna or Formless State, also described with terms
such as Anami (Nameless), Anadi (Soundlessness), and Ocean of
Love.
God is the Ocean of Love.
Jai Guru, Sat Naam Saheb,
Radhasoami, Satya Raam, Bandagi Saheb, Peace Be to You, In Divine
Love, Light, and Sound,
James Bean
Spiritual Awakening Radio
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