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The Shift of the Mental Body by the Celestial White Beings | | The Shift of the Mental Body by the Celestial
White Beings
Channelled through Natalie Glasson- 9th April 2015- Sacred School of OmNa
Great magnificent and celestial
beings of light upon the Earth, we honour you for the pathway of beauty you are accepting at this time of ascension. Beauty
is your pathway, beauty is your embodiment, beauty is your experience, and this is your truth. Where there is the presence
of the Creator there is beauty, like love beauty is an essence of the Creator, an energy which describes and depicts the Creator.
One of the greatest gifts upon the Earth and within your ascension process is the ability to recognise and experience the
beauty of the Creator within your own being, within all and everything. If you can alter the perspective of your mind to allow
yourself to know and believe there is an energy of the Creator depicted as true beauty and this is present always, even in
the harshest of environments or situations, then you are allowing yourself to tap into the divine flow and essence of the
Creator. Such an experience is to recognise the Creator, to open yourself up to experience the Creator and to embody the Creator.
To acknowledge the beauty of the Creator in everyone and everything especially yourself is to access a pure experience of
the Creator. This is a very pure and true pathway to recognising that you are seamlessly joined as one with all that is the
Creator.
We wish to invite you to recognise the beauty of the Creator in simple actions, visions
and experiences within your reality as well as within the core of your being. Encourage yourself to recognise the beauty of
the Creator five times each day. When you do recognise the beauty of a flower or maybe a smile from a stranger for example,
take a moment even if it is after the experience in your own quiet space to truly be present with the beauty. Take a moment
to breathe the beauty of the Creator into your being as if it is a magical or fortifying light. Feel the presence of the beauty
which you know is not a tangible thing but is the essence of the Creator; let this truthful blessing of the Creator move throughout
your entire being permitting it to rest wherever it is required. Feel the beauty penetrating your being and know this is your
moment of experiencing the Creator and all the magnificent vibrations of the Creator. Every vibration of the universe is open
to you in this moment, available for you to explore, remember and resonate with. Such a simple act of recognising the beauty
of the Creator within your being and reality can expand your consciousness to access the entire universe of the Creator.
We encourage and remind you
to recognise how beautiful and magnificent you are as an energetic being and soul which exists eternally integrated and merged
with the universe of the Creator, a beautiful tapestry of life force energy. In allowing yourself to recognise beauty each
day you will engage the natural beauty of your own being, magnifying its presence and flow within your physical being, thus
projecting it into your entire reality. Your projections of beauty will fuel your greater experiences of the Era of Love upon
the Earth. The recognition of true beauty supports deep experiences of the Creator and love thus creating an enhanced manifestation
of love upon the Earth. In order to further manifest the Era of Love upon the Earth we ask you to engage with and experience
the beauty of the Creator in all its beautiful and magnificent forms.
Our greatest wish is for you
to recognise the beauty in all situation and experiences in your reality, whether they are originally deemed as negative or
positive, painful or joyous, challenging or routine. We wish to encourage you to move away from your limiting third dimensional
thinking, which still ties you to a narrow perspective of the Earth and yourself, so you may see the larger picture of your
being, reality and ascension journey. This is a very powerful experience because once you begin to detach from your narrow
and narrowing perspective of yourself and physical reality you access the consciousness of the Creator and truly allow your
mind and perceptive to move into the fifth dimension which allows soul embodiment to the point of ascension. When your mind,
mental body and perspectives move into the fifth dimension then the physical world can be seen on a completely different level,
no longer is your reality a series of challenges, disappointments or confusion. Everything is seen, welcomed and experienced
as a beautiful blessing of reunion with the Creator, thus security, love and inner knowingness is truly experienced and enjoyed.
Within the universe of the
Creator there are dimensions of consciousness which you can access and receive in order to accelerate your inner remembrance
and knowingness. Different aspect and bodies of your being can access different dimensions of consciousness. Since 2012 your
spiritual body has been accessing and embodying the fifth dimension of the Creator’s universe to experience tremendous
liberation, expansion and freedom which has been filtering into your entire being to create surges of illumination, enlightenment
and alignment with the divine. The mind, mental body and perceptives of many have been switching sometimes very aggressively
and unbalanced from the third dimension, the fourth dimension, the fifth dimension and even the sixth dimension. The
third dimension encourages the experience of physicality, observation and listening, resonating with the physical body, recognising
its limitations and powers. The fourth dimension encourages the resonance with the emotional body experiencing the divine
flow of the Creator. The fifth dimension which resonates with the mental body and the complete embodiment of the soul to support
the completion of ascension. As the mental body commits to align itself fully and embrace the fifth dimension it receives
tools and support from the fifth dimension to open more fully to acceptance of the soul’s embodiment. The mental body
and perspectives begin to alter to become aligned with the soul thus connecting with a more expansive understanding and recognition
of one’s true self. As the soul filters into the mental body through the fifth dimensional light acceptance and manifestation
of the Era of Love manifests with great volume and abundance of all to experience.
When the mental body flickers
to and from the fifth dimension moments of illumination and enlightenment are experienced. When the mental body merges more
fully with the fifth dimension then the moments of illumination and enlightenment can become eternal experiences of expanded
Creator consciousness. You may wish to call upon our support to support the greater fusion of your mental body and perspectives
with the fifth dimension.
‘Celestial White Beings, I call upon your support and assistance
to be of service to me now. Please surround me in your pure white celestial light, healing any resistance to the Creator held
within my being. Cleanse me completely so I may more fully experience the flow of the Creator and my soul moving freely and
easily throughout my being. Please prepare my entire being, especially my mental body for a deeper merge and embodiment of
the fifth dimensional energies, vibrations and light.
I recognise that through allowing my mental
body to resonate more fully with the fifth dimension I am allowing my soul and the Creator consciousness to flow over and
through my mental body bringing a deeper awareness, enlightenment and recognition of the Creator. With a deeper connection
and embodiment of the fifth dimension at a mental body level I allow for the narrow perceptive and earthly focus of the third
dimension to fall away. I allow myself to see, sense and acknowledge the larger picture and divine plan for my ascension journey,
processing wisdom and consciousness from my soul through my mental body which automatically shifts my perspectives and beliefs
on a deep and core level within my being.
I now invite the Celestial White Beings
to draw forth the fifth dimensional consciousness of the Creator to penetrate my mental body, mind, thinking process, beliefs
and perspectives. Create a peaceful and easy transition as my mental body settles within the fifth dimensional consciousness
of the Creator.
I now allow myself to recognise the divine flow, illumination and enlightenment of
my soul flowing more fully into my mind and mental body, thus accelerating my ascension and resonance with the Creator. Thank
you.’
Simply sit or lay peacefully as we, the Celestial White Beings, surround you in our
pure white light, drawing into our energy and your own the fifth dimensional consciousness of the Creator. Let yourself receive
as you imagine light pouring into your entire being, especially your mind and mental body. Say in your mind, ‘I accept
the fifth dimension, I accept my soul.’ The energies will intensify around and within your being, simply breathe deeply,
know we are guiding and assisting this key and influential shift within your being which will bring a deeper certainty to
your union and connection with your soul.
The greatest experience of the fifth dimension
is liberation through the downloading, acceptance and embodiment of the soul, connecting your mental body seamlessly with
the fifth dimension will allow for a truthful experience of the Era of Love. In love, liberation, truth and constant
connection,
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Tame Your Ego, April 11, 2015 God said: You do admit to having ego, don’t you? Yet
if I were to offer you help in removing your ego, you might choose not to have it removed. You might suspect that, if I helped,
this would mean extra pain for you. There is a tendency for you, My children, to focus on other people’s abundance of
ego rather than on your own. You might as well know that with or without your request, reduction of ego is going to
take place. The idea of seeing your twittery ego in front of you is painful. Beloveds, life on Earth seems to be about taming
your rampant ego. With or without your request for ego-reduction, ego will show itself to you and fight to the end. You
have an intention for a happier life. I respond to intention. One of the ways for you to be happier is for your ego to get
out of the way, yours and others’. See about accepting so-called others as they are without resentment. The same
as you are, they are trying to make their way in the world. All of you pass out of this world. Everyone is learning. Why resent
and fuss? How valuable really are your hurt feelings? Sometimes it is like you chew on a cud of your aggravation. Why
do you aggravate over what is temporary? Here’s the answer: You aggravate over what is temporary so you
will learn that it is pointless to do so, and so that you can stop fussing and fuming. If you really want to stop, why
don’t you? Why does anything offend you or put you off or make you unhappy or exhilarated even? You have heard
of equanimity, yet you are up and down and back and forth, up and down and back and forth. You have your work cut out for
you, beloveds. Why not just enjoy everything, even the aggravation? Your dependence upon aggravation keeps you entertained!
Else, why would stay aggravated? Ironically, perhaps because of your dependency upon being annoyed by not being valued enough. As
near and as dear as you are to Me, and I am to you, you nevertheless seem to like emotions all over the place. I know you
think anguish comes from outside, yet you must admit that you are party to it. When you react, you are party to it. If you
receive offense and hold it to you, you are receiving it and holding it to you. If you are outside on the grass and
under a tree, and bird droppings fall on you, do you take this personally? You don’t think the bird went out of its
way to target you, do you? The bird is just being a bird. Nor is it that you solicited the bird. You are aware that the bird
happened to be up in the tree, and you happened to be under the tree. You may have been offended ten times, let’s
say. When We add up all the times you’ve gone over the specific offenses in your mind about who snubbed you, who picked
on you, who didn’t like you - and you innocently don’t know why – the offenses may add up to a hundred or
more! Often, you are relentless in your reproach, silent or vocal. With the bird, you get over it and sit somewhere
else. When it comes to people who hurt your feelings, by sitting somewhere else, I don’t mean that you leave
your job or move out of your house. I mean you rise higher in your consciousness. What else can you do? It’s unlikely
you will change someone else. You are not responsible for someone else’s attitude, even when someone sees you
as offensive or bothersome. You can only be responsible for your own responses. As you change on the silent levels, however,
the change in you may be picked up by the other person, and the other person may no longer seem offensive or bothersome to
you. On the deepest subtle level, you are responsible for now. Certainly, you agree that you are responsible for yourself.
Whatever someone else does or does not do, you are certainly responsible for yourself. |
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12 April Posted:
11 Apr 2015 02:03 AM PDT All Work is Yoga Every bit of work is yoga for you when you are
sincere. Think that the Lord is working through your hands, eating through your mouth. In the beginning some of your actions
may be unselfish. But in the long run you can do all actions in an unselfish manner. Always scrutinise your motives. Every act can be spiritualised when the motive
is pure. Work is meditation. Serve everyone with intense love, without the idea of agency, without expectation of reward or
fruits. It is selfishness that
has deplorably contracted your heart. Selfishness is the bane of society. Selfishness clouds understanding. Selfishness is
petty-mindedness. Pursuit of pleasure increases selfishness. Selfishness is the root cause for human sufferings. Real spiritual
progress starts from selfless service. Serve the sadhus and sanyasins (holy ones), the bhaktas (devotees) and the poor and
sick. Serve them with bhava, prem and bhakti (inner feeling, love and devotion). The spirit of service must enter deeply into your very nerves and tissues. The
reward is invaluable. Practise and feel the cosmic expansion and infinite ananda (bliss). Tall talk and idle gossip will not
do, dear friends. Evince intense zeal and enthusiasm in work. Be fiery in the spirit of service! Have nishta (firm devotion) with God and cheshta (activity) with
hands. You will be able to do both these simultaneously - by practice. The manual work will become automatic, or intuitive.
You will have two minds. One portion will be at work and three quarters of the mind will be in the service of the Lord - in
kirtan, in meditation, in japa. A
raw, untrained aspirant feels, "My preceptor is treating me like a servant. He is using me for petty jobs." He who has understood
the right significance of karma yoga will take every work as yogic activity or worship of the Lord. In his vision there is
no menial work. In the light of karma yoga all work is sacred. Is there a greater karma yogi than Lord Buddha? He still lives in our hearts because of the spirit
of service ingrained in him. He spent his whole life serving others.  | Raja Yoga, Message 19 Posted:
10 Apr 2015 10:00 PM PDT (The
section ‘Hints on Meditation’ now resumes.) You will have to make the thought of God or the divine
presence flow like an inundation or flood. Renounce the thoughts of objects. Drive them away with the whip of discrimination
and enquiry into the nature of the Self. There is struggle in the beginning, it is trying indeed, but later on as you grow
stronger and stronger and as you grow in purity and contemplation of God, spiritual practice becomes easy. You rejoice in
the life of unity and get strength from the Atman. Inner strength grows when all the sensual ideas are thinned out and the
mind becomes one-pointed. Try to identify yourself with the eternal, immortal, ever-pure Atman that
resides in the chambers of your heart. Think and feel always: 'I am the ever pure Atman'. This one thought will remove all
troubles and fanciful thoughts. "One should perform his yogic meditation
and concentration on a level place, free from pebbles, fire, wind, dust, dampness and disturbing noises, where the scenery
is charming and pleasing to the eyes and where there are bowers, caves and good water-places which help the practice of concentration."
—Svetashvatara Upanishad (II-10) Solitude and intense meditation are two important requisites for Self-realisation.
The banks of rivers, mountain scenery, lovely flower gardens and sacred temples are the places which elevate the mind in concentration
and meditation. Have recourse to them. The world will not suit you for meditation when you advance in the spiritual
path. There are many disturbing causes. The environment is not elevating. Your friends are your worst enemies as they take
away all your time through vain talk. It is inevitable. You are puzzled and worried, and then you try to get out of that environment.
The
place you choose must have a temperate climate and must suit you during summer, rainy season and winter. You must stick to
one place for three years with firm determination. As all places combine some advantages and disadvantages, you will have
to select that place which has more advantages and less disadvantages. Everything is relative in this world.
Even if you wander from pole to pole you can hardly get an ideal place that can satisfy you from all view-points. You will
have to create your own spiritual atmosphere through japa, meditation and prayer. To get an ideal place is an impossibility.
You must not shift when you get some inconvenience. You must put up with it. There is no benefit in frequent wanderings. Do
not compare one place with another. The world tempts you in various ways. Use your discrimination and reason. Mussoorie will
appear to you most charming when you are at Simla. Simla will appear more delightful when you are at Mussoorie. Do not believe
the mind and senses any more. Enough, enough of their tricks. Be on the watch to guard yourself from sense deceptions and
temptations. Rishikesh and Muni-Ki-Reti are wonderful places for meditation. Their charm and spiritual influence
are simply marvellous. You can put up your cottage there. Uttarkashi, Brahmapuri, Garuda Chetty and Nilakanth near Rishikesh
are other nice places. Almora and Nainital are also good. Any village on the bank of a river, e.g., the Ganges, Narmada or
Jumuna, is beautiful. Kulu Valley, Champa Valley and Kashmir are quite suitable. Select any place that has
an even climate. Cool places are needed for meditation. The brain gets tired very soon in a hot place. In a cool place you
can meditate all the twenty-four hours. You will not feel exhaustion. Winter and the early part of spring are the best seasons
for beginners to commence meditation. In winter the mind is not tired at all. You can meditate for even twenty-four hours
without the least exhaustion. Important Places for Meditation 1. Rishikesh (Himalayas) 2. Hardwar
3.
Uttarkasi (via Tehri) 4. Kankhal (near Hardwar) 5. Badri Narayan (Himalayas) 6. Devaprayag
(Himalayas) 7. Gangotri (Himalayas) 8. Ayodhya 9. Mount Abu 10. Nasik
11.
Benares 12.
Brindavan 13. Srinagar (Kashmir) 14. Almora 15. Nainital 16. Bangalore
17.
Puri 18.
Dwaraka 19.
Phandarpur 20. Tiruvottiyur (Madras) 21. Alandi (near Poona) 22. Juhu (Bombay) 23. Tiruvengoi
Hills 24.
Tirupathi Hills 25. Papanasam (Tinnevelly Dt.) Of all the places, Rishikesh is the best
place in the world. The spiritual vibrations are soul-elevating. The scenery is highly charming. It is a beauty-spot.
Mussoorie,
Darjeeling, Simla, Ooty, Kodaikanal and all hill-stations are cool places. They have beautiful scenery also, but they are
worldly centres and have no elevating spiritual vibrations. Many people go there for enjoyment and taint the atmosphere, hence
they are not suitable for meditation. In the beginning you must have some conveniences also—such as a library,
medical aid and a railway station — and you must be able to get some fruits and milk, otherwise it is difficult to continue
your spiritual practice in one place for a long time. When you are advanced and you go above body-consciousness you can remain
in any place. An aspirant who meditates in a solitary upstairs room in a town will have as much quiet there
as in a forest, but he will not have congenial spiritual vibrations. Vibrations play a vital part in the elevation of the
mind and in producing one-pointedness of mind. In holy places the vibrations of saints are lodged in the ethereal space and
aspirants are highly benefited by these vibrations. Pure feelings, renunciation and the meditative mood come by themselves
without any effort or struggle whatsoever. Once some ladies got down from the train in the Rishikesh station. The moment they
saw the Himalayas, they uttered: "Who is a son? Who is a father? Everything is illusion. Everything is false!" Such is the
powerful influence of vibrations on the mind. It is only sages and yogis who can know at once the nature of vibrations of
a place for meditation. Cave life is extremely good. The ancient sages and seers of India lived in
the caves of the Himalayas and did rigorous tapas (austerity). The temperature is quite even in caves. The heat of scorching
summer cannot penetrate inside and they are quite warm in winter. As all external sounds are shut out in a cave you can have
very beautiful uninterrupted meditation. There is solitude in caves, the spiritual currents are elevating and there is no
mundane atmosphere because modern civilisation has not penetrated there. Such are the advantages of cave-life. However,
cave life is not suitable for aspirants who have modern education and a delicate constitution, and who are timid. It is meant
for aspirants who have a strong sturdy frame, who are fearless and who have intense power of endurance. Those who have some
divine psychic powers; who have a good knowledge of Himalayan herbs; who have strengthened the body by means of special tonic;
who have a body which is proof against bites of poisonous insects or creatures; who have psychic powers conferred by special
mantras; who have control over wild animals; who can bear heat and cold, hunger and thirst; who have lost all interest in
the attractions of the world, sense-objects and work of any kind; who can meditate for a long time and who have internal dispassion,
can remain in a cave. Some raw young aspirants with weak body and indifferent health, in whom a ray of discrimination
and dispassion has recently dawned through study of some religious books or some mishap or difficulties in life, run to the
Himalayan caves without any previous preparation or bodily and mental discipline. Just as the mercury in the thermometer runs
to one hundred and six degrees in high fevers, so also juvenile bubbling emotions run to one hundred and six degrees to the
crown of the head. It cools down quickly. They find it difficult to cope there, and leave the place in a few days. For some,
cave life is not suitable. They develop some son of skin diseases and pale-bloodedness owing to lack of ventilation.
There
is another disadvantage in cave life. He who lives in a cave for a long time becomes dull and lazy. He is unable to do any
kind of work. He cannot mix with people and is terribly afraid of a multitude of people. His mind soon gets distracted if
he is in the company of a few persons, or if he hears a little noise. This is not a balanced life, this is one-sided development.
He who dwells in a cave must be able to keep his balance even when he comes to a busy town. This is the sign of his spiritual
growth. Artificial caves with good ventilation can be built underneath the ground in any solitary place,
even in your own compound or village. Two walls with a hollow in the middle and pipes to bring in cool air and take away hot
air, will keep the cave quite cool. All real aspirants who remain in the world should build one for their meditation. They
will be immensely benefited. The real snug, well-furnished, marvellous, awe-inspiring cave is in the heart.
Even now, modern saints and sages abide there, withdrawing the outgoing senses and mind. They drink the nectar of immortality
there, and remain ever-blissful. May you all dwell in this mysterious, magnificent cave in the heart, alone
in communion with your inner Self — the secondless Brahman or the Absolute, the goal, the sole refuge of all!
Ekanath, Rajah Janaka and others realised
God by doing spiritual practices (sadhana) while remaining in the world. The central teaching of the Bhagavad Gita is to realise
in and through the world. This is plausible and sounds alright, but it is not feasible for the vast majority. It is easier
said than done. How many Janakas and Ekanaths have there been? These people had done their sadhana in their last birth —
it is absolutely impossible for the vast majority. Lord Jesus was missing for eighteen years. Buddha went
into seclusion for eight years in Uruvala forest. Swami Rama Tirtha was a recluse in Brahmapuri forest for two years. Sri
Aurobindo taught that one should realise amidst activity, but he shut himself up in a closed room for twenty years. Many have
taken up seclusion during their sadhana period. You can make a beginning in the world but when you have made some progress
you must shift yourself for advanced practices to a suitable place where you >will find spiritual vibrations and solitude.
As
the will-power in many persons has become very weak because they had no religious discipline or training in schools and colleges
when they were young, and because they are under the sway of materialistic influences, it is necessary for them to go in for
seclusion for some weeks, months or years to practise rigorous japa and undisturbed meditation. There is no magical pill more
efficacious than solitude to reduce the disease of tossing of mind caused by reactions of impure impressions. Those
who have fixed up their sons in life and who have retired from service, and those who have no ties or attachment in the world,
can remain in seclusion for four or five years and practise intense meditation and austerity for purification and Self-realisation.
This is like entering a university for higher studies or a post-graduate course. When the austerity (tapas) is over, when
they have attained Self-knowledge, they should come out and share their knowledge and bliss with others. They should disseminate
knowledge of the Self through lectures, conversations, discourses or heart-to-heart talks, according to their capacity and
disposition. A householder with yogic tendencies and spiritual inclinations can practise meditation in a solitary
and quiet room in his own house or in any solitary place on the banks of any holy river during holidays, or throughout the
year if he is a whole-time aspirant or if he is retired from service. If you want to retire into solitude for
the practice of meditation, if you are a householder with spiritual thirsting for intense sadhana, you cannot all of a sudden
sever your connection with your family-people. Sudden severance from worldly ties and possessions will give you intense mental
agony and induce shock to your family-people. You will have to break the ties gradually. Stay for a week or a month in seclusion
to begin with. Then gradually prolong the period. Then they will not feel the pangs of separation. The aspirant
should be free from hope, desire and greed, then only will he have a steady mind. Hope, desire and greed make the mind ever
restless and turbulent, they are the enemies of peace and Self-knowledge. He should not have many possessions either, and
can keep only those articles which are absolutely necessary for the maintenance of his body. If there are many possessions
the mind will be ever thinking of the articles and attempting to protect them. Those who want quick progress in meditation
during seclusion should not keep any connection with the world by way of correspondence, reading newspapers or thinking of
the family-members and possessions. He who has reduced his wants; to whom the world has no attraction; who has
discrimination, dispassion and burning yearning for liberation and who has observed mauna for months together will be able
to live in seclusion. The aspirant should possess serenity. The divine light can descend only in a serene mind. Serenity
is attained by the eradication of desires and cravings. He should be fearless also. This is the most important qualification.
A timid or cowardly aspirant is very far from Self-realisation. The aspirant need not bother about his
bodily wants. Everything is provided for by God. Everything is pre-arranged by Mother Nature. She looks after the bodily wants
of all very carefully in a more efficient manner than they themselves would do, and knows in a better manner what the requirements
are and provides them then and there. Understand the mysterious ways of Mother Nature and become wise. Be grateful to Her
for Her unique kindness, grace and mercy. How can sense-control be tested in a lonely forest where
there are no temptations? The yoga students of the caves (seclusion) should test themselves after growing sufficiently, by
entering the plains. But they should not test themselves every now and then like the man who removed the young plant daily
after watering to see if it had struck deep roots or not! If you are well established in the practice
of withdrawal of the senses, if you have the senses under your full control, you can find perfect solitude and peace even
in the most crowded and noisy places of a big city. If the senses are turbulent, if you have not got the power to withdraw
the senses, you will have no peace of mind even in a solitary cave in the Himalayas. A disciplined yogi who has controlled
his senses and the mind can enjoy peace of mind in a solitary cave. A passionate man who has not controlled the senses and
the mind will be only building castles in the air if he lives in a solitary cave in the mountains. Have a separate meditation room under
lock and key. This is essential. Convert a room into a forest. Do not allow anybody to enter the room. Keep it holy. If you
cannot afford to have a separate room, convert a small corner of the room as a meditation room with screens or curtains. Burn
incense or scented sticks and camphor, in the morning and evening. Keep a photo of Lord Krishna, Siva, Rama, Devi, Gayatri
or your guru or Lord Jesus or Lord Buddha. Place your seat in front of the picture. Keep some books such as Bhagavad Gita,
Ramayana, Bhagavatam, Upanishads, Vivekachudamani, Yogavasishtha, Brahmasutras, Bible, Zend Avesta, Koran, etc. in the room.
Decorate
the room with inspiring pictures of great saints, sages, prophets and world-teachers. Take a bath before you enter the room
— or wash your face, hands and legs. Sit in the asana in front of the deity. Sing devotional hymns or repeat guru stotras.
Then take to the practice of japa, concentration and meditation. When you repeat the mantra or the name
of the Lord the powerful vibrations will be lodged in the ether of the room. In six months' time you will feel peace and purity
in the atmosphere of the room. Whenever your mind is much disturbed by worldly influences, sit there and repeat the name of
the Lord for half an hour; you will find an entire change in the mind immediately. Practise and feel the soothing spiritual
influence yourself. Nothing is like spiritual sadhana. You will find a local Rishikesh in your own house. The meditation
room should be regarded as a temple of God. Talks of profane nature should never be indulged in there. No vicious thoughts
of rancorous jealousy or avarice are to be entertained there. Admittance should ever be sought in it with a pious and reverent
mind, for what we do, what we think and what we speak of leave their impressions on the ether of the room. If no care is taken
to avoid the negative ones they will exert their influence on the aspirant's mind and, rendering his mind perverse and restive,
make him incapable of attending to his devotion. The words uttered, the thoughts cherished, the deeds done are not lost; they
are always reflected on the subtle layers of ether encircling the room and invariably affect the mind. As much effort as possible
should be made to overcome them. This is to be done for a few months only. When the habit is changed, everything will be all
right. Brahmamuhurta is the morning period from 3.30 to 5.30.
It is very favourable for meditation. The mind is quite refreshed after good sleep and is quite calm and serene. There is
a preponderance of purity in the mind at this time. In the atmosphere also, purity predominates at this period. The mind
is like a blank sheet of paper or a clean tablet and comparatively free from worldly impressions at this period. The currents
of like and dislike have not yet deeply entered the mind. The mind can be moulded very easily at this period in any way you
like. You can change it easily with divine thoughts. All the yogis, paramahamsas, sannyasins, aspirants and
the sages of the Himalayas start their meditation at this period and send their vibrations throughout the world. You will
be immensely benefited by their spiritual currents. Meditation will come by itself without any effort. It is a terrible spiritual
loss for you if you do not utilise this period in divine contemplation and if you snore at this time. O man,
it is brahmamuhurta now! Do not snore or roll in the bed. Throw away the blanket. Get up, start your meditation vigorously,
and enjoy the eternal bliss of the inner Self! In the winter it is not necessary that you should take
a cold bath. A mental bath will suffice. Imagine and feel, "I am taking a bath now in the sacred Triveni at Prayag or Manikarnika
at Benares." Remember the pure Atman. Repeat the formula, 'I am the ever-pure soul'. This is the most powerful wisdom-bath.
This is highly purifying and it burns all sins. Answer the calls of nature quickly, clean the teeth quickly, do not waste
much time. Wash the face, hands and feet quickly. Dash cold water on the face and top of the head. This will cool the brain
and the eyes. Be quick. Hurry up. Get ready soon. The brahmamuhurta will pass away quickly. You must utilise this precious
time in japa and meditation. Sit in siddha, padma or sukha asana. Repeat some divine stotras or hymns,
chant OM twelve times or do kirtan for five minutes before you start your japa and meditation. This will quickly elevate your
mind and drive off laziness and sleepiness. Do sirshasana or sarvangasana or any asana for five minutes. Do pranayama for
five minutes. This also will make you quite fit for the practice of meditation and will remove laziness and sleepy condition.
You will have wonderful meditation. After finishing your japa and meditation you can take to the practice of asana, pranayama
and study of the Bhagavad Gita and other religious books. If you are not in the habit of getting
up early, have an alarm clock. Once the habit is established there will be no difficulty. The subconscious mind will become
your willing and obedient servant to wake you up at the particular time. If you are subject to chronic
constipation you can drink a tumblerful of cold water or luke-warm water as soon as you get up after cleansing the teeth.
This will give you a good motion. You can drink triphala water also. Soak two 'harad' (myrobalan), two 'amalaka' and two 'thandrikkai'
in a tumblerful of cold water at night. Drink the water in the morning after cleansing the teeth — or you can keep a
ready-made powder of these and put one or two teaspoonfuls in the water. Cultivate the habit of answering the calls
of nature as soon as you get up from bed. If you suffer from incurable constipation do meditation as soon as you get up. After
finishing your morning meditation you can answer the calls of nature with the help of a cup of hot milk. Dusk
is also favourable for meditation. During brahmamuhurta and dusk, sushumna nadi* flows readily. You will enter into deep meditation
and samadhi without much effort when sushumna-nadi flows. That is the reason why sages, yogis and scriptures speak very highly
of these two periods of time. When the breath flows evenly through both nostrils, know that the sushumna is working. Whenever
the sushumna functions, sit for meditation and enjoy the inner peace of the Atman or soul. * See
Volume II: Health and Hatha Yoga You can have good meditation on Sundays, because it is a holiday and the
mind is free. Do vigorous meditation on Sundays. Always choose that part of the day or night when your mind is clear and when
you are least likely to be disturbed. You can have a sitting just before retiring to bed. The mind will be calm at this time.
Meditation
for one hour in the morning and for one hour in the evening must be practised by all to start with. The hours of practice
must be gradually increased. After six months or one year, according to your mental calibre, you can have three sittings,
a third in the afternoon 4
to 5 p.m. You can increase the period of concentration little by little, to two hours at each sitting.
In summer, however, it is rather irksome and difficult owing to heat and perspiration, so have only two sittings during summer.
The loss can be made up in winter. Winter is very favourable for meditation. If you have not got sufficient leisure you can
meditate even for a few minutes — say ten or fifteen — at night. You will have no bad dreams at night. The divine
thoughts will be carried during sleep also. The good impressions will be there. Another important point
is that the Brahmic feeling must be kept up all the twenty-four hours. There must be an unceasing continuous flow of consciousness.
You must not forget the idea of 'I am Brahman' or the divine presence even for a single second. Forgetfulness of God is genuine
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