Mahesh Yogi says there is a natural cessation, not a concious
suppression, of thoughts, during yogic meditation. This is accomplished
with the use of a non-ideational, mnemonic device termed a bija-mantra,
experienced just like any other thought. The bija leads the mind
without any need for suppression. And why? You simply 'charm yourself
with yourself', which naturally leads to the Self or the Transcendent.

Sage Patanjali says: Otherwise you identify with the turning of
thoughts - 'vritti sarupyam itaratra'. I.1.4

In this subtle meditation, there is no need to suppress thoughts - they
just naturally fall away. And why? Because the mind finds the
bija-mantra so attractive, so charming, that the mind just naturally
goes to a field of greater happiness. The field of greater happiness is
the Buddha Field - a field of Pure Conciousness.

Otherwise, you identify with the thoughts, get overwhelmed by them, and
before you know it, you are thinking, 'this is my body, this is my
self', and forgetting that the Absolute Person is up in the spiritual
sky, looking over your Self.

Meditation is based on thinking - pure and simple, and hardly a person
would find that difficult - it's just natural to think. If thinking is
natural then it can't be difficult. Besides, how can I be difficult to
myself? But, the question is, who is doing the thinking?

The witness doesn't have to act or do anything - no effort, just sit.
All the observor has to do is observe, that's all. Just sit quietly,
close your eyes and Be. It's that simple!

The subject just watches the whole world of phenomenal experience with
detachment. The observor then is the Purusha, the Spirit of Yoga -
that's you, your Self, as you always have been, but like the Prodigal
Son, you lost your way and got hidden in the Maya, now you've seen the
Light and found your way on the Eightfold Path.

Now it's time to wake up and subsume the Amrit!

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news:1118381691.740368.161400@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com..> His sound is
the Pranava; repitition of it will reveal its meaning -
> 'taj japas tad artha bhavanam'. I.1.27-28
>
> That's a clear reference to the use of the bija-mantra in meditation.
> Ishvara is the Archetypal Yogi (yogesvara) identical to the Purusha,
> the primary principle of Samkhya. That indwelling Person is the
> Ultimate Reality, the Atma, verbally alluded to as the Pranava, the
> eternal cosmic sound, Paramatma, that is heard in all natural phenomena
> as the sound of silence.
>
> How to utilize the Pranava? By subtly repeating it, first as a sound,
> then as a thought, then as the subtlest of thoughts, and at the same
> time, contemplating and watching and feeling the body as a whole, the
> whole Being, like a witness to the doing, while yet not doing anything.
>
> When one repeats the Pranava in this manner, as the most subtle of
> thoughts, then the consciousness which is ordinarily scattered
> throughout the manifest diversity, is gathered, made coherent and
> turned inward.
>
> According to Swami Venkatesananda, "The Spirit of enquiry into the
> substance of the Pranva dispels all the obstacles or distractions
> without necessarily wrestling or struggling with them."
>
>
<willytex@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Mahesh Yogi says there is a natural cessation, not a concious
> suppression, of thoughts, during yogic meditation. This is accomplished
> with the use of a non-ideational, mnemonic device termed a bija-mantra,
> experienced just like any other thought. The bija leads the mind
> without any need for suppression. And why? You simply 'charm yourself
> with yourself', which naturally leads to the Self or the Transcendent.
>
> Sage Patanjali says: Otherwise you identify with the turning of
> thoughts - 'vritti sarupyam itaratra'. I.1.4
>
> In this subtle meditation, there is no need to suppress thoughts - they
> just naturally fall away. And why? Because the mind finds the
> bija-mantra so attractive, so charming, that the mind just naturally
> goes to a field of greater happiness. The field of greater happiness is
> the Buddha Field - a field of Pure Conciousness.
>
> Otherwise, you identify with the thoughts, get overwhelmed by them, and
> before you know it, you are thinking, 'this is my body, this is my
> self', and forgetting that the Absolute Person is up in the spiritual
> sky, looking over your Self.
>
> Meditation is based on thinking - pure and simple, and hardly a person
> would find that difficult - it's just natural to think. If thinking is
> natural then it can't be difficult. Besides, how can I be difficult to
> myself? But, the question is, who is doing the thinking?
>
> The witness doesn't have to act or do anything - no effort, just sit.
> All the observor has to do is observe, that's all. Just sit quietly,
> close your eyes and Be. It's that simple!
>
> The subject just watches the whole world of phenomenal experience with
> detachment. The observor then is the Purusha, the Spirit of Yoga -
> that's you, your Self, as you always have been, but like the Prodigal
> Son, you lost your way and got hidden in the Maya, now you've seen the
> Light and found your way on the Eightfold Path.
>
> Now it's time to wake up and subsume the Amrit!
>
>

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