MEDITATING WITH SOUNDS OR MANTRAS

As you proceed further in this method of Meditation, you can start using Sounds (spiritual) or Mantras. When you are concentrated on any point/chakra or organ, you can use a mental repetition of a particular 'Mantra' or Sound.

The difference between 'Mantra' and Sound (spiritual).

A 'Mantra' is a particular sound created by use of certain letters or words, or their combination.
There are different ways to choose the 'Mantra' you wish to use.

As for the sounds, I would like to mention that all Higher Regions of Spirituality are known by a particular sound (spiritual), not by their names. The names we tend to use are only man made, governed by our linguistics.

For example the sound 'OM' in fact represents a particular spiritual region. Likewise different Spiritual Regions are known by their sounds. These sounds can effectively be used as 'Mantras', in fact they are more powerful than 'Mantras' in certain aspects. An understanding of these sounds becomes all the more important if you are meditating for the Soul. You must know the region/deity you are trying to come into contact, and you must be aware of the Sound relating to that region.

Next, I will try to give a detail of the Higher Spiritual Regions and their Sounds

RELAXATION

Though mediation is a mean for relaxing ourselves. The reverse is also true; if you are relaxed you will meditate better. I have developed a 'Healing For Relaxation'. This Healing for Relaxation is a very effective technique developed as a part of Natural Healing at our centre. For details please spare time to visit www.relaxationunderstanding.blogspot.com.

FURTHER MEDITATION

When you have started gaining proficiency in the practice of Energy Meditation, you can proceed further with more advancements in this technique.

These advancements can be in the direction of visualizations and repetition of any mantra or similar sound. Of course, you are required to repeat them mentally only and you are not to make any sound.

A very helpful visualization can be to visualize the form of the organs, liver(green), kidney(blue), heart(red), spleen(yellow) and lungs(white).

Next we would discuss regarding the repetition of mantras in detail

MEDITATION

Our soul and mind in this body are subjected to various pulls into the external world, through different senses. The soul and the mind are all the time pulled into some feeling or the other, relating to worldly affairs; for this reason they are both under a great restless stress. An effort to get farther from the thinking mind (ever active) and to bring some relaxation to the mind, body or to the soul is the real and sole purpose of the process of MEDITATION.

I would like to share my experiences with regard to meditation, as a Natural Healer and also with regard to my experiences in Higher Spirituality.

One has to clearly understand that the purpose of meditation for the body or the mind, is very different from the purpose of meditating for the soul. I have often found people confused between the two.

1. Meditation for Body or Mind.

The purpose of meditating for the body or the mind is meant to energize/relax (or both) the body or the mind (or both) and is more of a physical or mental exercise. Howsoever advanced you may become in these technique it can never be a meditation for the soul. Meditation for the body/mind is a one way traffic, directed through your physical and mental ability. It's success can be judged by the amount of relaxation/energization you get for the body or the mind. It can never, in any real sense reach the soul. The highest advancement that you can get from this type of meditation in the spiritual direction is the betterment of the pineal gland, that may strengthen your spiritual bend, but nothing more than that.

A very effective method, named as Energy Meditation, used at our centre (www.dkhcunderstanding.blogspot.com) is being given here:

Hold the fingers of each hand, one by one, for two minutes with the other hand. You have only to cup the fingers lightly, not to apply any pressure. Fix the attention at the tip of the finger you are holding, transfer the energy you are inhaling with the breath, to the finger, gradually sliding your attention to the root of the finger, when you reach the root of the finger, direct your mind to leave the energy there and gradually shift your attention to the tip of the finger, again repeating the operation. You may have a feeling of relaxation and subtlety of breath, and you may not feel like following the rhythm; do not worry about the rhythm, relax for a while and start again.

When you are done with all the ten fingers. Start with five internal organs, liver, (green) heart(red), kidney(blue), lungs(white) and spleen(yellow). While concentrating on these organs visualize these organs to be of the color mentioned against each of these organs. When you are fairly comfortable with the practice, you can start mental repetition of sounds connected to these organs, liver (shhhh), heart(Hau), kidney(chew), lungs(ssss) and spleen(whhoo). While inhaling and transferring the energy to a particular organ visualize the organ in its respective color and while exhaling, mentally repeat the respective sound, you have not to produce any sound loud.

When you are done with all the five organs. Shift your attention to the crown chakra (on the top of your head). Stay here for two minutes, transferring energy from your breath and leaving the energy there while exhaling. Then one by one, very slowly shift to the third eye chakra (between your eyes), then to the throat chakra (throat), heart chakra (solar plexus), navel chakra (navel), private part, root chakra (almost the centre of the nerve between your private part and the rectum), base of the spine, top of the spine, then to the top of the head again. You may end at the third eye or the navel chakra, as the case may be. If you are meditating for some spiritual advancement it is better to end up at the third eye, otherwise end up at the navel chakra.

After mastering the basic technique, you can develop further into managing your internal and meditational energies.

2. Meditation for the Soul.

The Mediation for the soul is very different, and it's success totally depends on the amount of contact you develop with some higher power. The meditation for the soul is a two way traffic, you move in one direction and the response comes from there 'Yes, I am here', then the two of you are together. Degrees and ways of this togetherness can be different depending on many many other factors, but by all means, meditation for the soul has to be two way traffic.

It is very important for the meditation of the soul that you have some definite divine power whom you are trying to establish contact with. The success of your meditation will depend on the degree of contact you are able to build up with that divine power. May be one day, you will find yourself in a position when your contact with that particular divine power becomes an effortless exercise.

FASTING

The three main types of fasting promoted at the Centre (www.dkhcunderstanding.blogspot.com), by the Trust (www.trustunderstanding.blogspot.com) and at the Ashram (www.ashramunderstanding.blogspot.com) are:

Fasting Schedule No.1
Stop eating all cooked food. Stay on raw food, juice.

This fasting has a good cleansing effect. It will help detoxify your system. If you are attempting this fasting for the first time, it is advisable to shift on raw food gradually. Raw vegetables, fruits, juices, sprouted grains and lentils, dates, dry fruits etc. may be taken that can be taken raw.

You may experience nausea, headache, vomiting, burning urine, itch etc. as common cleansing symptoms. If you are not used to taking raw fruits and vegetables etc., and if you have much accumulated toxins, then these symptoms can be fairly severe also.

Fasting Schedule No.2 (In conjunction with Energy Healing)
Stop eating all vegetables, fruits, sugar, honey, dairy products and spices etc. Remain only on grains, and only use rock salt. Grains may be cooked and you can even mix grains. Sprouted grains and lentils can be used raw or they can be steamed. You can use barley, maize etc. You can also use popped-corns.

Using 'Energy Sample' RS Combination No.48 with this fasting improves the result of the fast. You can get this 'Energy Sample' free here.

The total amount of fluid intake every 24 hours is restricted, and you must follow this limitation very strictly. In cool weather do not take more than 300 m.l, in slight warm weather do not take more than 400 m.l and in warm weather do not take more than 450m.l.

You may plan three meals in a day, do not eat too much and chew the food well while eating. You can take a little butter with the meal. Your cooked grain with two table spoon sprouted suffices for a meal.

You can take black or lemon tea or lemon water, in between the meals; but keep check on the total amount of fluid intake.

You can plan your fast for any period from 1 to 30 days. Assess for yourself keeping in view your physicians advise, how many days you can stay on this fast. Fasting in this manner for 2-5 days also yields good results.

If you are continuing for more than ten days, you can add two table spoonful of vegetables to the meal (do not use tomato, potato and brinjal); these vegetables can be used raw or cooked with the grain.

If you are continuing for more than twenty days, you can further add four resins and a single fruit (banana, apple, pear, orange, guava) to the meal (try eating the fruit an hour before the meal).

Fasting Schedule No.3
Stop all food and fast on auto urine.

Those who are practicing auto urine therapy, can stay on this type of fasting. Stop intake of all food. Stay only on auto-urine and water.

Give your body a little rest and stop taking rich proteins and fats a day or two before the fast. During the fast ingest all the urine during the day (stop ingesting urine an hour before the bed time).

You can plan your fast for any period between 1 to 4 days, or even longer. Assess for yourself keeping in view your physicians advise, how many days you can stay on this fast. Fasting in this manner for 1-4 days also yields good results.

When staying on longer fasts with auto-urine, keep watch on acidosis. Discontinue the fast if acidosis is indicated.

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IMPORTANT

1. All fasts tend to cleanse the system. Nausea, headache, vomiting, burning urine, itch etc. are the common cleansing symptoms. If you are attempting any type of fast for the first time, and if you have much accumulated toxins, then these symptoms can be fairly severe also.

2. Assess and confirm for yourself the merits of a particular fast before attempting any particular type of fasting.

3. Keep in view your physicians advise. If you have serious health concerns like diabetes, blood pressure or heart problem etc. please talk to your physician about them in detail.

4. You can repeat a particular type of fast or alternate with different type of fasts. The more accumulation of toxins you have and the more toxin producing life style you are following the more fating will be required. You have to be your own judge. Gradually, your system will start telling you when you need to fast.

5. It has also been observed that the more the accumulated toxins in your body, more will be the weakness or debility you feel in the initial stages of cleansing. It is good to start gradually, if you find the weakness too severe to bear. Repeating after small intervals, that suit your condition. After two or three repetitions you will feel lesser amount of weakening effect.