Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
Meditation ordinarily consists of the meditator, the state of meditation and the object of meditation. O Son of Pandu, one has to meditate until the object of meditation, the act of meditation and the meditation all become one. Therefore the seeker who is intent upon attaining the knowledge of Self, takes recourse to the Yoga of meditation (1031-1035). Then, pressing the heel of his right foot against the perineum between the genital organs and the rectum and contracting the lower region, he practices the three bandhas (physico-psychic postures) and he unites the life-breaths. With the control of breath, the Serpent Power wakes up and when the passage of Sushumna opens up, she ascends, by piercing all the six centers from the Muladhara to the Ajna. Then, the cloud in the form of thousand petalled lotus, in the brahmarandhra sends showers of nectar, which flows through the sushumna passages, until it reaches the Muladhara center. Then the Kundalini places in a broken piece of a pitcher, a hotch-potch of cooked rice and pulses, in the form of the mind and the breaths before the terrible deity (Bhairava) dancing on the mountain of Brahmurandhra (1036-1040). In this way, he practices the yogic discipline steadily for the attainment of Self-knowledge and in order to ward off obstacles in the way, he makes friends with non-attachment. This nonattachment keeps him company, in all the yogic states. If one has a lamp in hand, why should there by any delay in seeing the desired thing? So long as the seeker has the company of non-attachment, how can he meet with obstacles in his yogic practice (1041-1045)? Therefore, that fortunate person who practices Yoga combined with non-attachment, becomes qualified for the attainment of Brahman. Such a one, who wears the armour of non-attachment and rides on the horse of rajayoga, arms himself with the sword of meditation, in order to slash any obstacles, big or small, which come in the way. In this way, as the sun enters darkness, he enters the battlefield in the form of worldly existence, in order to gain victory in the form of deliverance. |
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