Petals of Living

 

Question & Answer

In Sanskrit ‘Sath’ means the essence which exists behind or beneath one’s persona or the one seated centrally at the bottom of all the layers developed for one’s material existence or physical form of existence. When the mind is connected or unified with the higher mind, this unification is called Dhyana, the heart of yoga. The definition of yoga in Sanskrit is “Yogaha chitta vrithi nirodhaha” - to overcome the built-in-nature of the mind or to educate the mind to adapt to the beautiful nature of heart-consciousness. That is yoga. One cannot just quieten the mind, as it is the nature of the mind to be capricious and wavering. We have to increase the depth of the mind to reach or get connected to the nucleus of the soul through the heart consciousness - to become realized through experiencing the mind’s origination from the heart-consciousness. Then the real yoga is achieved; that is ‘chitta vrithi nirodhaha’.

The mind can never be silenced fully, as long as it exists. It would be like trying to silence the sound of the ocean waves. That is its very nature; to make noise. To overcome this nature of the mind one needs to delve into the depths of the same mind and reach the inner (higher) consciousness through the spiritual experience of our heart-consciousness. It begins first from the physical, then mystical, then spiritual and eventually universal and even cosmic. Then the same mind becomes more like an iron transformed into a magnet.

So, becoming a ‘skilful surfer of the mind’ means not fighting vainly to control the mind or to still the mind, but surfing gracefully to make the mind work for you and not against you. Becoming a skilful surfer means harnessing the nature of the mind to our advantage by becoming tuned in with its nature and then taming it and blending it to our dancing rhythm. Then we can by-pass the mind; not by resistance but by surfing safely to the shore of higher consciousness.

You minimize your mind as you journey through into your inner-most consciousness with your touch, sound and by involving conscious breath, which is a Dhyana process. With constant practice you will be able to bring the bubble of the mind into the lake of heart-consciousness at your own will and then bring it back to the surface of the ego-individual-mind whenever there is the need to communicate with the outside world. In advanced stages of Arka Dhyana one will have reduced the distinction between the mind and inner-awareness and merge into oneness in the deep silence of Dhyana.

 

Goal of Arka Dhyana is to get your “I” conscious–awareness–mind connected with your inner-self with which one finds clarity, inner-peace and awaken intuitive wisdom, giving control over their healing energies, feel totally content, ability to understand and experience beyond physical nature with the expansion of conscious awareness and becoming enlightened of the significance of your presence in the world and celebrate by giving more with empathy and configuration with gratitude.

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