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and a mixture of red and green, etc., will appear in the forehead. These are Tanmatric (elemental)
lights. Every element has got its own colour. Water has white colour. Fire has red colour. Air has
green colour. Ether has blue colour. So the colourful lights are due to these Tattvas (elements) only.
Some times you may see a big blazing sun or moon or lightning in front of the forehead. Do
not mind these. Shun them. Try to dive deep into the source of these lights.
Sometimes Devatas, Nitya Siddhas (eternally perfected Yogins) and Amarapurushas
(immortal beings) will appear in meditation. Receive them all with due honour. Bow down before
them. Get advice from them. Do not be frightened. They appear before you to give you all spiritual
help and encouragement.29
Having made Atman as the lower Arani (sacrificial wood) and the Pranava as the upper
Arani, one should see the God in secret through the practice of churning which is Dhyana
(meditation). Dhyanabindu-Upanishad.
29 For further particulars vide my book Practice of Yoga .
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PRACTICAL LESSONS IN YOGA
Exercises
I
Place a picture of Lord Jesus in front of you. Sit in your favourite meditative pose.
Concentrate gently with open eyes on the picture till tears trickle down your cheeks. Rotate the
mind on the cross, on the chest, long hairs, beautiful beard, round eyes, and the various other limbs
of his body; the fine spiritual aura emanating from his head, and so on. Think of his divine attributes
such as love, magnanimity, mercy and forbearance. Think of the various phases of his interesting
life and the miracles he performed and the various extraordinary powers he possessed. Then
close your eyes and try to visualise the picture. Repeat the same process again and again.
II
Place a picture of Lord Hari in front of you. Sit again in your meditative posture.
Concentrate gently on the picture till you shed tears. Rotate the mind on His feet, legs, yellow silken
robes, golden garland set with diamonds, Koustubha gem, etc., on the chest, the earrings, then the
face, the crown of the head, the disc oh the right upper hand, the conch on the left upper hand, the
mace on the right lower hand, and the lotus-flower on the left lower hand. Then close the eyes and
try to visualise the picture. Repeat the same process again and again.
III
Keep a picture of Lord Krishna with flute in hands in front of you. Sit in your meditative
pose and gently concentrate on the picture till you shed tears. Think of His feet adorned with
anklets, yellow garment, various ornaments round His neck, the necklace set with the Koustubha
gem, the long garland of beautiful flowers of various colours, ear-rings, crown set with precious
jewels of priceless value, dark and long hairs, sparkling eyes, the Tilaka30 on the forehead, the
magnetic aura round His head, long hands adorned with bracelets and armlets, and the flute in the
hands ready to be played upon. Then close your eyes and visualise the picture. Repeat the same
process again and again.
IV
This is one kind of meditation for beginners. Sit on Padmasana in your meditation room.
Close your eyes. Meditate on the effulgence in the sun, or the splendour in the moon or the glory in
the stars.
30 Mark or symbol made with sandalwood or ungent.
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MEDITATION
V
Meditate on the magnanimity of the ocean and its infinite nature. Then compare the ocean to
the Infinite Brahman, and the waves, foams and ice-bergs to the various names and forms. Identify
yourself with the ocean. Become silent. Expand. Expand.
VI
This is another kind of meditation. Meditate on the Himalayas. Imagine that the Ganga
takes its origin in the icy regions of Gangotri near Uttarakasi, flows through Rishikesh. Haridwar,
Benares, and then enters into the Bay of Bengal near Gangasagar. Himalayas, Ganga and the
sea these three thoughts only should occupy your mind. First take your mind to the icy regions of
Gangotri. Then along the Ganga and finally to the sea. Rotate the mind in this manner for 10
minutes.
VII
There is a living Universal Power that underlies all these names and forms. Meditate on this
Power which is formless. This will terminate in the realisation of the Absolute, Nirguna, Nirakara
(formless) Consciousness eventually.
VIII
Sit on Padmasana. Close your eyes. Gaze steadily on the formless air only. Concentrate on
the air. Meditate on the all-pervading nature of the air. This will lead to the realisation of the
nameless and formless Brahman, the One Living Truth.
IX
Sit on your meditative pose. Close your eyes. Imagine that there is a supreme, infinite
effulgence hidden behind all these names and forms which is tantamount to the effulgence of crores
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