Picture: Indrawn Mood at Anandashram
Learning to draw your attention to the inner mind is a most wonderful and beneficial practice. It is only when we can turn within that we may contact God. At first it is difficult because the mind is unruly and is not used to being quiet, but with practice you will learn the wonders that are residing right inside of you.
It is the early morning hours today, and I am drawn to sit in a half lotus posture. I am sitting straight, a few micro-adjustments in the spine and neck occurs along with a few pops and cracks. Spontaneously the ajna, the point between the eyebrows acts as a magnet drawing to it my attention and life-energy. My body is set, my mind turned within.
An intense blissful feeling comes into my spine. It is not specific to the spine only, but radiates out through all the body cells. The voice of God, resounding as the holy Aum/Amen, is heard through the inner ear, bringing a feeling of pressure at the back of my head. Just as the blissful feeling is not distinct to my spine only, so does the Aum/Amen expand out and out. This is a quality of spirit, it can be specific to a location and it is also part of all-space; it can be as tiny as an atom or bigger than the universe–and it can be so simultaneously.
Then the light of God lights itself in the ajna. Initially I see it as a bright star, then it illuminates the cranial cavity in a luminescent glow. Again, it defies being in a defined space, rather as the attention expands so does the light. Awareness and light, awareness and sound, awareness and bliss merge and all are one–as awareness grows, so does the light, sound and feeling of bliss, and those qualities of God-consciousness focuses or expands my awareness in whatever way it wills; and in all of this I am surrendered to what experience He chooses for me.
This experience is vastly superior to all sensory stimulations. It feels like home, and it makes a home of wherever I find myself. The intelligence and wisdom of God plays through my mind. All consciousness is instantly accessible. The thought that Lahiri Mahasaya’s mahasamadhi and birthday are coming up at the end of this month flows through my awareness and with it a feeling of warmth and love sweeps over me.
Then I feel the master’s mind transfer a thought into my own, I should make a diary note of my inner experiences today and make it a post. I submit to his request knowing that he will express what he wants through my receptivity. Lahiri Baba wants us to know that even with the great gift of Kriya and all the writings about the spiritual journey, the inner conscious contact with the supreme Being is simplicity itself. We should practice faithfully, but not become overly focused on all the complexity of techniques and teachings–only go directly to the Source.
With this thought a blissful surge goes up my spine and I have a tremendous feeling of pervasive peace. God is here, God is now. You only need to keep with your practice, remain receptive and the yeast of the God-seed within you will find the right conditions to grow, flower, bear fruit and ripen into full God-experience. It is not far away or in some distant time, but within easy range of your inward mind.