Edgar Cayce had what seemed to be a pretty neato meditation routine that I had tried awhile back. Really I didn’t know what I was doing and was sort of flopping around like a baby learning how to walk. I got this from a yahoo group I joined today:
\nJyoti (Inner Light) Meditation<\/p>\n
“Meditation is the process of withdrawing the attention
\nfrom the world outside, and focusing it at the seat of the soul
\nin the body, behind and between the eyebrows. This point is
\nknown as the inner eye, third eye, the single eye, shiv netra,
\ntisra til, or the divya chakshu. In order to withdraw our
\nattention and focus it on this point, mind must be controlled
\nand stilled.<\/p>\n
“Sit in one pose, and move not your head, limbs or eyes. Sit
\nstraight but relaxed with no tension in the body below. Sit
\nstill, please. To be still does not mean moving!”<\/p>\n
His arms sweep inward, hands contracting to the point between his eyes.<\/p>\n
“Close your eyes as in sleep, and look sweetly, lovingly,
\nintently into the middle of the darkness lying in front of
\nyou. You will see a dark veil. That which sees the dark veil
\nwithin, without the help of your physical eyes, is the inner eye.
\nDo not put any strain on your physical eyes, nor turn them upwards,
\nfor that will result in headache or heat. Pay no attention to the
\nbreathing process… let it go on naturally.<\/p>\n
“There are two currents working in the body; one of motor-currents
\nor prana or the vital-airs, and the other of surat, or attention,
\nwhich gives us the sense of feeling. The Saints do not touch the
\nprana currents which govern breathing, circulation of blood,
\ngrowing of hair and nails. The pranic system of breath-control is
\nthe way of yogis and not that of the Saints. The Saints’ way is
\nto concentrate surat or attention at the Single or third eye
\nwhile mentally repeating the mantra of five charged names which
\nact as an “open sesame” to the higher planes.<\/p>\n
“Those who are initiated, repeat the Five Charged Words**, one by
\none, very slowly, mentally, internally, at intervals, so that your
\ninner eye is not disturbed. Those who have not been initiated,
\njust sit in sweet remembrance of God… repeating with the tongue
\nof thought any name of God or Saint which you hold dear.”<\/p>\n
(Ram, HU {pronounced “HOOOOO”}, AUM {pronounced “OOOMMM”}, Allah,
\nYeshua, Radhaswami {Ra-da-SwaMMM-EEEE}, or some other sacred name)<\/p>\n
“As you look within, you will see a sky, or blue sky: If you look
\nminutely into it, you will find it studded with stars, or you may
\nsee pinpoints of Light. If so, try to locate the big star out of them,
\nand fix your whole attention on that. Then you may see the inner
\nsun or moon. If so, focus all your attention into the middle; it
\nwill break into pieces, and you will cross it. Beyond you will
\nsee the radiant form of the Master or his Master… ”<\/p>\n
He continues with the esoteric instructions, until everyone is absorbed.<\/p>\n
“…Become the eye itself. Go on looking constantly without a break…..
\nAny effort on your part stands in the way; let yours be an
\neffortless effort, and you will find that your soul will be
\nwithdrawn from the body…..” (Kirpal Singh)<\/p>\n
[**NOTE: The Five Charged Words given at the time of formal Initiation
\ninto Surat Shabd Yoga meditation by a Living Teacher]<\/p>\n
A UNIVERSAL PRAYER:<\/p>\n
Give us what no eye has seen,
\nWhat no ear has heard,
\nWhat has never occurred to the human mind.
\nLead us from the unreal to the real.
\nLead us from darkness to Light.
\nLead us from death to immortality.<\/p>\n
The weird thing is that I have seen\u00c2\u00a0 a sort of sky blue light while meditating, but I wasn’t sure what it was. I thought it was just my eyes opening wrong or something and the external light looking sort of masked into my eyes. What I mean, is I thought that the interface into this world (my body, brain, and then eyes) were just opened in a weird way making whatever light was out there look weird. I suppose a real test would be to try this at night, though I didn’ think of that until just now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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