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Method of Meditation
Uddhava said:- “O Lord of lotus eyes! Please tell me how and in what aspect personal or impersonal, concrete or abstract, an aspirant after Moksha should meditate on Thee? Tell me what is the nature of that meditation, what it is, in what manner, and in what form?”
The Lord said: “Sitting on an even seat with his body erect in a comfortable posture, placing the two hands on his lap and fixing the eyes on the tip of his nose, one should cleanse the passage of Prana by means of inhalation [1], retention [2] and exhalation [3] of the breath and should also practise slowly in the inverse order, keeping the senses under control.
OM, with the sound of a bell, extends all over from Muladhara upwards. He should by Pranayama push upwards the sacred syllable OM which is uninterrupted like a lotus fibre, through the heart and make it ring like a bell and again add to it the vowel.
Thus one should practise the Pranayama accompanied by OM ten times, thrice daily. He should mentally repeat OM continuously during inhalation and exhalation. Within a month one shall be able to control the Prana. Within the body there is the lotus of the heart with its stalk above and the flower downwards, facing below, with eight petals and pericap. It is also closed. Meditate on it as facing upwards and full blown. On the pericap think of the sun, the moon and the fire one within the other. Meditate on the following form of Mine within the fire which is good and very auspicious for meditation.
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