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Instead of talking about calmness let’s do one small experiment.
As breath comes silently in, feel the sound “HH.”
Open your mouth slightly, as if you are going to speak. Then inhale, and be aware of the sound which is created by inhaling. It is just “HH” – whether you are exhaling or inhaling. You are not to make the sound, you are just to feel the incoming breath on your tongue. It is very silent. You will feel “HH.” It will be very silent, very slightly audible. You have to be very alert to be aware of it. But do not try to create it. If you create it, you have missed the point. Your created sound will be of no help, it is the natural sound that happens when you inhale or exhale.
But the technique says while inhaling, not exhaling – because while exhaling you will go out, and with the sound YOU will go out, while the effort is to go in. So while inhaling, hear the sound “HH.” Go on inhaling and go on feeling the sound “HH.” Sooner or later you will feel that the sound is not being created only at the tongue, it is being created in the throat also. But then it is very, very inaudible. With very deep alertness you can become aware of it.
Start from the tongue, then by and by be alert; go on feeling it. You will hear it in the throat, then you will start hearing it in the heart. And when it reaches the heart, you have gone beyond mind. this technique is just to give you a bridge from where you can move from thought to no-thought, from mind to no-mind, from the surface to the center.
To relax is one of the most complex phenomena possible, a rich tapestry in which the threads of relaxation and let-go were deeply interwoven with trust, and then love came into it, and acceptance, going with the flow, union and ecstasy….
Yes, relaxation is one of the most complex phenomena – very rich, multidimensional. All these things are part of it: let-go, trust, surrender, love, acceptance, going with the flow, union with existence, egolessness, ecstasy. All these are part of it, and all these start happening if you learn the ways of relaxation.
Let Deepa share with you her experience:
A calm and cool mind help me to take care of my paralyzed mother in law, with my daily responsibility. Because of my meditation practice regularly I am able to keep my mind calm under the all emotional pressure. With my routine duty I decided to take care of my Mother In Law myself. It was easy for me to take care of her with the help with nurse and care taker, but I decided to take care of her myself. Her physical and emotional pain was such that it was really difficult to look after her. I took that challenge and without missing my daily meditation, which was keeping my mind calm helped me lot. As I was calm I was not only physically but emotionally also take care of her. The result is that with all her limitation she is more relaxed and as comfortable as possible.
With this I request all of you to practice the above meditation and see the result.
