Meditation Techniques

<p>57. In moods of extreme desire, be undisturbed. 58. This so-called universe appears as a juggling, a picture show. to be happy, look upon it so. 59. Oh beloved, put attention neither on pleasure nor on pain, but between these. 60. Objects and desires exist in me as in others. so accepting, let them be [&hellip;]</p>

<p>&#8220;Illusions deceive, colors circumscribe, even divisibles are indivisible.&#8221; This is a rare technique, one not much used, but one of the greatest teachers in India, Shankara, has used it, and Shankara has based his whole philosophy on this technique. You know his philosophy of MAYA &#8212; illusion. Shankara says everything is illusory. Whatsoever you are [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At the point of sleep, when the sleep has not yet come and external wakefulness vanishes, at this point being is revealed.&#8221; There are some turning points in your consciousness. At these turning points you are nearer to your center than at other times. You change gears, and whenever you change a gear you pass [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Wherever satisfaction is found, in whatever act, actualize this. You feel thirsty, so you drink water. A subtle satisfaction is attained. Forget the water, forget the thirst. Remain with the subtle satisfaction that you are feeling. Be filled with it; simply feel satisfied. But the human mind is mischievous. It only feels dissatisfactions, discontent. It [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Oh lotus-eyed one, sweet of touch, when singing, seeing, tasting, be aware you are and discover the everliving. We are living, but we are not aware that we are or that we are living. There is no self-remembering. You are eating or you are taking a bath or you are taking a walk: you are [&hellip;]</p>

<p>53. Oh lotus-eyed one, sweet of touch, when singing, seeing, tasting, be aware you are and discover the ever-living. 54. Wherever satisfaction is found, in whatever act, actualize this. 55. At the point of sleep, when the sleep has not yet come and the external wakefulness vanishes, at this point being is revealed. 56. Illusions [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When eating or drinking, become the taste of the food or drink, and be filled We go on eating things; we cannot live without them. But we eat them very unconsciously, automatically, robot-like. If the taste is not lived, you are just stuffing. Go slow, and be aware of the taste. And only when you [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On joyously seeing a long absent friend, permeate this joy Enter this joy and become one with it &#8212; any joy, any happiness. This is just an example: &#8220;On joyously seeing a long absent friend&#8230;&#8221; Suddenly you see a friend you have not seen for many, many days or many, many years. A sudden joy [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Even remembering union, without the embrace, the transformation! Once you know this, even the partner is not needed. You can simply remember the act and enter into it. But first you must have the feeling. If you know the feeling, you can enter into the act without the partner. This is a little difficult, but [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When in such embrace your senses are shaken as leaves, enter this shaking When in such embrace, in such deep communion with the beloved or the lover, your senses are shaken as leaves, enter this shaking. We have even become afraid: while making love you do not allow your bodies to move much, because if [&hellip;]</p>

<p>At the start of sexual union keep attentive on the fire in the beginning, and so continuing, avoid the embers in the end. Sex can be a very deep fulfillment, and sex can throw you back to your wholeness, to your natural, real being, for many reasons. Those reasons have to be understood. One, sex [&hellip;]</p>

<p>48. At the start of sexual union keep attentive on the fire in the beginning, and so continuing, avoid the embers in the end. 49. When in such embrace your senses are shaken as leaves, enter this shaking. 50.. Even remembering union, without the embrace, transformation. 51. On joyously seeing a long absent friend, permeate [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Enter the sound of your name and, through this sound, all sounds. Your own name can be used as a mantra very easily, and it is very helpful because your name has gone very deep into your unconscious. Nothing else has gone so deep. If we are all are sitting here, and we all fall [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Stopping ears by pressing and rectum by contracting, enter the sound. We are not aware of the body even or how the body functions and what is its tao, what is its way. But if you observe, then you can become very easily aware. If you stop your ears and pull your rectum up, contract [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Silently intone a word ending in &#8220;ah.&#8221; then in the &#8220;hh,&#8221; effortlessly, the spontaneity. SILENTLY INTONE A WORD ENDING IN &#8220;AH &#8221; Any word that ends in &#8220;AH&#8221; &#8212; intone it silently. Emphasis should be given to the ending &#8220;AH.&#8221; Why? Because the moment this sound &#8220;AH&#8221; is intoned, your breath goes out. You may [&hellip;]</p>

<p>45 Silently intone a word ending in &#8220;ah.&#8221; then in the &#8220;hh,&#8221; effortlessly, the spontaneity. 46. Stopping ears by pressing and the rectum by contracting, enter the sound. 47. Enter the sound of your name and, through this sound, all sounds. Tantra is not a philosophy. Rather, it is a science with one difference: science [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Center on the sound &#8220;aum&#8221; without any &#8220;a&#8221; or &#8220;m&#8221;. CENTER ON THE SOUND &#8220;AUM&#8221; &#8212; A-U-M, AUM &#8212; WITHOUT ANY &#8220;A&#8221; OR &#8220;M&#8221;. Just the &#8220;U&#8221; remains. This is a difficult technique, but for some it may be suitable, particularly for those who work with sound: musicians, poets, those who have a very sensitive [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With mouth slightly open, keep mind in the middle of the tongue. or, as breath comes silently in, feel the sound &#8220;hh.&#8221; Mind can be focused anywhere in the body. Ordinarily, we have focused it in the head, but it can be focused anywhere. And with a change of the focus, your qualities change. For [&hellip;]</p>

<p>18. Intone a sound audibly, then less and less audibly as feeling deepens into this silent harmony. 19. With mouth slightly open, keep mind in the middle of the tongue. or, as breath comes silently in, feel the sound &#8220;hh&#8221;. 20. Center on the sound &#8220;aum&#8221; without any &#8220;a&#8221; or &#8220;m&#8221;. Tantra divides life into [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While listening to stringed instruments, hear their composite central sound; thus omnipresence. The same! You are hearing an instrument &#8212; a sitar, or anything. Many notes are there. Be alert and listen to the central core, the backbone of it around which all the notes are flowing, the deepest current which holds all the notes [&hellip;]</p>