All creation is governed by certain shaktis. As you progress in yog sadhana, you are able to experience their forms. Each day of the year is governed by a specific shakti.
All creation is governed by certain shaktis. As you progress in yog sadhana, you are able to experience their forms. Each day of the year is governed by a specific shakti. This is why yog stresses the importance of niyam and daily practice. If one misses sadhana for even for a single day, the shakti of that day is left behind and the sadhana of an entire year goes waste because in brahmand, if a single thing goes missing then its effect is felt on everything—our body, the earth and other planets and stars. Every shakti has a day, but rituals are not needed to access them. Yog have no ritual, only sadhana of shakti.
It is important to understand the shakti of each day and its swaroop. Each form of shakti has a name, but at the present moment, we will only be discussing their forms. The names are taken only after generating power in the body, through specific sadhanas. At a basic level, when you do dhyan with your guru, you are able to see certain forms in him/her, like the sun or the moon. Wonder where these forms come from, and what they represent?
There are many sadhaks at Dhyan Ashram who have reported seeing the sun when they are in a state of dhyan. What is so special about it? If you look at the sun at sunrise and sunset, keeping the awareness of Manipoorak and chant the mantra ‘Ram’, a certain glow starts emanating from the body and within a month you will start looking very different. (A word of caution here, for any yogic practice it is important to have a Guru who guides you as per your capacity)
Just like the sun, moon too is an extremely significant form of energy. It merely reflects the light of the sun, but with that light it is able to attract the tides as well as the earth’s surface on a full moon night. Have you ever thought about what is so special about the moon? On a full moon night, animals exhibit violent behaviour and the condition of the mentally unstable gets aggravated and accidents and fights increase. What is so special about moon? I am only discussing the basic aspects, to give a hint that there is something different about these two celestial forms. That is a subject of experience, and you will get it only with the correct practice of Sanatan Kriya.
The moon is unique for looksing calm and peaceful, but it is more volatile than the sun. When you look at it under the guidance of a Guru, you will be able to see all the mantras in its form because it is difficult to see the sun, which channelises that shakti. There are certain shaktis which you cannot see while there are some through which you can see and feel their effect, forming a singular experience. Until you get that experience, yog is a waste for you, nothing can happen, and nothing is possible. Experience is the basis of yog.
Among all the things we see in the sky and the earth, there are innumerable flowers of so many different kinds and colours. If you simply look at them unblinking in Guru sanidhya, all the defects and imbalances of the body disappear. But note that niyam is compulsory. There should be no break in the practice, and if you do not have the capacity for a particular shakti or if you don’t have a Guru, a break will happen in the niyam. Nature and everything that you see around you have all the swaroops of shaktis hidden in them and these are easily accessible. If the practitioner of yog makes him/her focused on these shaktis and accesses them properly, then the powers start following that person.
Originally published in Indian Express.
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