Learn the Tact of Bindu Dhyān from a True Guru! While teaching how to do b indu d hy ā n Lord Shri Krishna instructs, in the Sixth Chapter of Shrimad Bhagvad Gita, to keep the trunk, neck and head i n one straight line and to look in front of the nose without looking in any of the directions. He also teaches Uddhava similarly, in Shrimad Bhagvat (Canto 11, Chapter 14), to sit straight, erect and comfortably on a level seat and still the sight in front of the nose. Shandilya Upanishad , Chapter 1, too, advises accordingly: “A wise person should keep his neck & head erect, look in front of the nose and the centre of the two eyebrows and sip the elixir, through his inner eyes, from the moon that is seen b y practising thus. ” Our most adorable Gurudev , Maharshi Mehi Paramhans Ji Paramhans , has also uttered: “ Sit on a pure ‘Asana’ (small piece of mat, carpet, cloth or woollen sheet etc.) with your back, neck and head held in a straight (vertical) line. Then keeping your mouth and eyes shut, internally chant the name of the deity you worship (or Guru), and internally visuali s e the form of your (Guru or) desired deity. By d oing so regularly, with loving devotion & perseverance, the mind gradually gets purified . ” That is, the practiser should sit in a comfortable posture holding his body, neck and head motionless in a straight line, shut his mouth and eyes, and first practise m ā nas japa (mentally reciting or chanting – without using or moving the lips or the ton gue – the sacred mantra, given by the Guru, repeatedly with the fullest attention & alertness) . This should be followed by m ā nasa dhy ā n (fixedly gazing at the imagined form of the Guru within us, keeping our eyes closed). Practising thus regularly & with s incere love, the mind gets purified. The mind is, by its very nature, fickle and prone to frequently straying from m ānasa japa and mā nasa dhy ā n. If that happens while meditating, it should be immediately brought back to focus on its due target. Thus perse veringly practising praty ā h ā ra (the process of applying the mind back, again and again, every time it drifts away, to the selected target), the mind slowly gains in strength and is able to hold or stick to its goal. With the mind getting focussed thus, t he inner current, the current of light, is subsequently easy to grasp , facilitating the journey ahead. This is why, Gurudev (Maharshi Mehi Paramhans Ji Maharaj) has said: “The mind ( while trying to focus it on a fixed target ) often strays to numerous other thoughts. In all such cases when the mind wanders away from the target ( as soon as its flight to objects or subjects other than the target is realised ), immediately... Bring it back, again and again, and focus it on your target. Thus practising the ‘praty ā h ā ra’ ( the process or practice of repeatedly bringing the mind back to focus on its target every time it strays ), acquire the state of ‘dh ā ra nā ’ (the state of mind staying focused on the target for a short duration
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