Shabd Sadhana and Mind:

Mind is an instrument for sadhana. Isht is realized with it alone. Till one achieves utter refuge, mind is required. Karm, Gyan and Bhakti, in all three of them, mind is required. So one should not try to annihilate mind in the very first state, but even if one tries one will not succeed. Thus by trying artificial methods to drown our mind we will not succeed. Instead of annihilation, we should rather try to purify it, only then one would realize, what is the significance of mind in the spiritual life of a sahdak. Impure mind alone is the enemy of a sadhak and pure mind is the greatest friend alone. Mind is always moving, never still. This is because in the mind there is always some thing missing(abhav). That emptiness does not allow it to be tranquil. Mind seeks Aishwarya, Gyan and Anand. This is the food of mind. Once it gets its food only then it will leave its continuous movement(chanchalya) forever and become peaceful.

What our mind desire, where to find it? What exactly it is and how it is to be found? Single word answer for this continuous seeking or thirst is Atma. Mind desires atma. Atma alone is mind’s prabhu, greatest friend, aishwara, parmanand and everything. After loosing it, mind is continuously burning in the fire of this separation. Mind is seeking that alone. It tries it in the worldly things but is not successful. Still, that thing is extremely close to mind, even then it can not recognize it. This is because mind is in extrovert state but to reach atma it has to be introvert. Therefore the direction of movement is to be reversed.

Hence the main purpose of sadhana is to turn our mind inwards. The power by which mind has fallen from its blissful state in to the world is called Shakti and the power which will take it out of this worldly race and put it back in that bliss is also Shakti. This is called Shabd shakti. Due to the power of this shabd, mind has forgotten the lord and started moving outwards. It is that shabd shakti alone, by taking whose refuge it will be able to come back to the state of its paramanand and peace.

Question can be that Shabd being same, how can its power be of two kinds? Answer is, shabd is same but it is covered by a veil and appears in dual form. By akhand ninad (continuous sound) of it only, atam light spreads. In the purest of the space it is naturally present but when maya touches it and purity of space is spoiled then due to it agitation of air manifests. Air does not flow in straight line, due to its crooked flow the simple continuous sound( saral akhand ninad) breaks up and is divided in to no of varnas (letters/matrika shaktis). Thus this Vranmala is nothing but play of air(vayu). Because of this only various vritis (desires) take birth in the vishudh chaitanya flow. This all obstructs the flow of mind. Mind looses its original streak and becomes a slave to its new found vritis. But if it can be re-installed in the shudh chaitanya flow then its great sleep will be broken and it will again awaken to its true form or state of atma. Flow of pure naad is the light of pure chaitanya. This flow is eternal in vishudh vyom(space). Thus our mind should always follow that. At the back of the impure flow also that pure flow is present. Once our mind gets the refuge of that pure flow and establishes it then agitation of mind is removed. At that time, it is not disillusioned by the creation brought in by the web of matrikas or varnas and it starts flowing in the eternal vikalpshunya flow of chaitanya.

Thus mind should be taken from the present worldly state and put in that pure flow. Sound(Shabd), light(jyoti) and form(roop), this is the natural sequence. During continuous sadhana, it is felt that this shabd is not only limited to our heart but extends through whole of the creation. This is not only thought of but is actually felt during sadhana. After drowning in this naad one experiences a great light. Till the naad is established, experience if jyoti is not at all possible. Though whole of the cosmic creation is established in side that great light alone but our ignorance of knowing the procedure of doing this sadhna to pierce the shabd¹ and outward movement of our mind^2, we are unable to comprehend it. Actually these two are the fruits of focusing of dhyan alone. Shabd and jyoti are the forms of atma or brahm only. This jyoti is formless, no form is seen in it. This is experienced by one’s own self. Mind on its own limits that mahanaad or mahajyoti to a form. DIVYA FORM COMES FROM THAT LIGHT, WHILE ADIVYA FORM COMES FROM THAT SOUND.

Drowning in that shabd brahm is called Svikalp Samadhi, while drowning in that brahm jyoti is called Nirvikalp Samadhi. But there is a very special difference as compared to normally talked of samadhis in the world. If a sadhak is not able to keep his mind awake during this state, one can never have darshan of this form. This form is chinmaya. There is difference in divya and adivya.

Completing this sadhana one gets the right in this world. At that moment by following any one of the three and drowning completely in it, due to grace of the lord doors to the TRUTH slowly - slowly open. Naad sadhana itself is Bindu sadhana, Bindu itself is Jyoti/light and kala is chidrup shakti. Hence kala sidhi is roop sidhi. After it is Kalateet which is the real thing, that alone is without sound, without form, without vibration(nishkal) and which is seen everywhere…………..Om!......Om!......Om!.

(From letters of Gopinath Kaviraj ji)

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