LAS OSCILACIONES DE MIENOV

Verse 4.39

Raising the eyebrows a little, the aspirant should unite the pupil of the eye with the divine light; after that, if he makes the mind engrossed in it, in a moment he attains the beyond- mind state.

The writer mentioned two energy seals in the preceding verse: joy-bringer and moving-in- space. At that time, he chose to introduce us to the joy-bringer energy seal; now he introduces the moving-in-space energy seal. When the moving-in-space energy seal is accomplished, it gets the name of 'the beyond-mind energy seal'. In sun-moon yoga, the mind tends to descend because of the descent of the downtending life energy, and in royal yoga the mind tends to ascend because of the ascent of the downtending life energy.

The entrance of the tongue into the hollow in the flat bone is not what is meant by the accomplishment of the moving-in-space energy seal. The moving-in-space energy seal is only accomplished when the aspirant attains the fire-of-yoga pure body. When all the energy centers from the root-base energy center through the pure speech energy center have bloomed (opened, evolved), then, with the help of the technique of the earth, the moving-in-space energy seal is accomplished. In The Mandalabrahmana Upanishad of Great Seer Yajñavalkya, this beyond- mind [energy seal] is called 'the eastern (antecedent, preceding) star'. 'The star' means both the pupil of the eye and that which enables one to cross to the far shore (the means of deliverance) – the giver of liberation. Both meanings are full of significance. In the eighth chapter of The Holy

Bhagavad Gita, there is a description of this beyond-mind energy seal: 'That yogi who remembers

the all-knowing, beginningless ruler of all, the very subtlest of the subtle, the support and nourisher of all, the inconceivable-in-nature, energetic-like-the-sun and beyond-false-teaching God, that devoted yogi, at the end time (the time of death), well and truly establishing the life energies in the center of the eyebrows through the power of yoga, remembers with unmoving mind and reaches that divine ultimate person. I will briefly describe for you that ultimate realm (level) which knowers of the Vedas call the Imperishable, which is entered by unattached

(uninfatuated), vigorous (exertive, assiduous) renunciates, and which is the ultimate realm frequented by observers of chastity in order to become one who has elevated sexual seed.' (verses 8.9, 8.10 and 8.11.)

There is only one meditation. True, the instruments that help to accomplish it are ten in number: the five organs of sense/knowledge and the five organs of action. If the mind, the mental faculty, the judgement and the ego are classed with them, the number of instruments is fourteen. However, it is not appropriate to do this because they [these four] are already

included in the ten instruments. Meditation does not come about with the help of any instrument in the entire world other than these ten instruments. In yogic scripture, the

Upanishads, the [six] philosophies, the brahmanical tradition, the compendiums [the Puranas]

and in many other scriptures, there are ample descriptions of the end-of-the-nose meditation and the center-of-the-eyebrows meditation – these two meditations are widely accepted. They are very popular with aspirants. Not only that, these meditations are equally useful for travelers on the path of engagement and on the path of cessation. Of course, because they [the two paths] differ in class, there is necessarily a difference in method.

In the end-of-the-nose meditation and the center-of-the-eyebrows meditation, the science of yoga is involved.

Actually, these two meditations are easy. True, there is a center-of-the-eyebrows meditation in which the eyes are raised up a bit, which, because the fingers are not used,

appears ineffective; however, by using the fingers, it becomes effective. In India, there are a few yogic traditions in which meditation of the center of the eyebrows is done by pressing the eyes with fingers. Instead of the fingers, the palms of the hands may be used.

For the ordinary aspirants of the path of engagement, the above-mentioned ordinary center- of-the-eyebrows meditation [in which the eyes are pressed] is most appropriate, but this

meditation is inappropriate for the special aspirants of the path of cessation, because, this being a meditation of the highest type, in order to accomplish it, the purification of the lower energy centers is indispensable in the beginning, otherwise the rising of the downtending life energy cannot easily occur. In the path of engagement, the evolutionary force is awakened in the partial form; therefore, in it, the aspirant promises to observe a time limit. If some aspirant lacking good judgement exceeds that limit and begins doing more meditation, his evolutionary force awakens in the terrible (fierce, overwhelming) form and he becomes very bewildered (distracted, fearful, agitated) and serves as the sacrificial beast for various diseases. The center of the eyebrows is called the command energy center. It is the sixth energy center. At that place, royal yoga begins. The root-base is the first energy center. It is the place where sun- moon yoga begins. When there is complete purification of the root-base, self's standing-place, navel-filling jewel, unstruck, and pure speech energy centers, there is sun-moon

accomplishment; then royal yoga can begin.

Some aspirants of the path of engagement who are unaware of the science of yoga proudly declare, 'We consider the meditation of the command energy center alone to be eminent, we assign no importance to the lower energy centers.'

This statement is only of use for aspirants of the path of engagement. They are not aware that there is also another path, called cessation, and that the yogic aspirants of the very highest category are in it.

Here the aspirant of a purifying turn (tendency) may pose a question: 'Earlier you said that although there is only one meditation, there are ten instruments for accomplishing it. The help of some single instrument selected by the mind from among them may be accepted. In end-of- the-nose meditation and center-of-the-eyebrows meditation, only the single organ of the eye is used; it is an organ of sense/knowledge; then is meditation accomplished by means of any one organ?'

This question is very important. An ordinary aspirant, being totally unaware of the science of yoga, thinks that meditation is accomplished by means of one organ only, but in fact this belief is erroneous. Yes, meditation can be begun through any one helpful organ. But one

organ alone does not complete the entire realm of the body. 'The body' means the entire association (group, community) of organs. When proper meditation begins through any one initial organ, then, first of all, the root-base energy center is activated. Its realm is considered to be in the anus. It is an organ of action. Whatever the yoga, it must begin with this root-base energy center. It is the lower, central part of the body. This root-base energy center is the door to yoga. After entering it, the aspirant gradually becomes acquainted with the other energy centers. All the lower energy centers – the root-base, self's standing-place, navel-filling jewel, unstruck, and pure speech – are under the authority of the organs of action. The tongue [as the organ of speech], the hand, the foot, the sex organ and the anus are the five organs of action.

If some aspirant is going to do meditation using the tongue as the organ of speech, he can use the systematic practices of repeated prayer (repetition of a sacred text, of a name of God), remembering the Deliverer's name [aloud], devotional singing, etcetera – but this is external meditation. If he is going to do internal meditation, he can employ the systematic practices of observing silence, reflection on scripture, mental repeated prayer, etcetera. If someone is going to do the meditation of the hand, he must accept the validating support of various hand energy seals. If someone is going to do the meditation of the foot, he must perform the continued practice of various postures of stepping. If someone is going to do the meditation of the sex organ or of the anus, he must be devoted to the great energy seal and the other well-known ten energy seals of sun-moon yoga.

The ear, skin, eye, tongue [as the organ of taste], and nose are the five organs of

sense/knowledge. Their respective objects of sense perception are: sound, tactility, visibility, savor, and odor. If the organ of sense/knowledge of the ear seems to some aspirant to be the most helpful, then, he can use it to do 'sound meditation'. This meditation may be of two types: external and internal. Keeping the openings of the ears unrestricted, he should listen to the external sound produced from his own throat in the form of unstruck [spontaneous] divine sound, and, closing the openings of the ears with the fingers, he should listen to the internal sound, called inner divine sound, that is a special kind of unstruck divine sound. In natural meditation, 'tactility meditation' is touching any of his own limbs according to the impetus of the life energy. Making the eyes steady on the end of the nose, on the center of the eyebrows or on any energy center is called 'visibility meditation'. 'Savor meditation' in natural meditation is making the tongue stable in any part of the mouth according to the impetus of the life energy, and 'odor meditation' in natural meditation is doing the suspension of the life energy according to the impetus of the life energy. Thus, when all these meditations begin to occur in the proper sequence of their own accord (spontaneously), there is complete purity of body and mind. This shows that it is not only the mental faculty that meditates; each hair of the body meditates along with it.