Nithya Dhyaan🔗

Now I am going to talk about the exact technique through which you can go that fourth state. It is a very powerful technique. Let me introduce this technique.

At the age of three, I was handpicked by my yoga teacher and he started teaching me yoga techniques, Yoga Sutras etc. I remember only one thing, at the end of the session he would give me candy. Except that, I don't remember anything! In the first two to three years, I can't remember anything of what he taught. After the age of five or six, I can remember a few things.

He would make me do all kinds of things. In the temple in my hometown, there are stone pillars. I would have to climb them using one hand. I used to curse him, 'Why is he making me do this?' And he is very close to my family; so I can't say no either. My parents would insist I should learn. But now I really feel, because of his preparing this body, I am able to do so much work now.

From the age of three, he started teaching me techniques. Till the age of twelve, I worked with yoga, Tantra and a bit of Vedanta. At twelve, I myself had a strong experience, you may call it enlightenment or satori or turiya or nithyananda state. After that, I started experimenting with various techniques to find out whether they would lead to the same state.

First the master was teaching me till twelve years. After twelve, I started experimenting with myself. Till twenty two, I was experimenting with myself. I experimented with thousands of techniques during my nine years of wandering the length and breadth of the country. I used to go to different masters and learn different techniques and methods.

After twenty two when a deeper experience, opening happened, I started working with disciples and experimenting with them. I have been doing that for the last six or seven years. All these experiences: experimenting with me, experimenting on disciples, the whole experience if I put in a nutshell, it is 'Nithya Dhyaan'. This is what I stand for. This is what I prescribe, whatever may be your problem, whether physical health or wealth or mental peace or enlightenment.

This is like a master medicine. Please understand, I have designed hundreds of techniques and they are all published in books. But the essence is this technique. And if I have to say the essence of this technique in one word, it is 'unclutching'.

Let me give you the mahavaakya, means the words which lead you to wordlessness, the words which lead you to the higher consciousness. In Sanskrit we have a word mahavaakya means the ultimate truth, the word that puts you into the zone where there are no words.

In our tradition, we have many mahavaakyas like 'You are That,' 'I am That,' 'Consciousness is That'. Now I want to give you a mahavaakya which is my experience.

'Be unclutched' is the mahavaakya. It means this one word is a technique; it can lead you to the complete fulfillment. It is an individual, self-fulfilling technique. Nothing else needs to be done. Just with this one technique, any hurdle can be crossed; you can reach the Ultimate. You can reach the fourth state just by this one technique.

It is self-effulgent, self-illumined and self-guiding. It will lead you to itself and it will lead you to the Ultimate by itself, both.

Let me exactly describe what is unclutching. When you sit with closed eyes, naturally some thoughts will be coming up like 'When will I open my eyes?', 'What am I doing?' When a thought comes up, do not give any meaning to it. Do not connect with the next thoughts and give meaning to it. Just decide, 'Let me unclutch.'

Please understand, when a thought comes from inside, do not give meaning to it. Do not have greed or fear towards the thought. If you have greed, you will continue to be behind that thought. If you are afraid, you will try to suppress the thought. Neither giving meaning to it and running behind it nor trying to suppress it, just try to remember, 'Let me unclutch.' It means not supporting the thought with vital force, with your identity.

Just remember, 'let me unclutch'. The moment you use the word 'unclutch', the thought will disappear; it will not be there. In two seconds, again some other thought will come or the same thought will come. Again, say 'let me unclutch'. So there will be another two or three seconds gap. Then you may remember, 'I am unclutching.' Then unclutch from that idea.

Understand, when you start, the 'unclutching' will be like a word. After ten minutes, you will see it is not like a word, it will be just like an idea. First, you may have to move your tongue, then throat, then there will be no need to move anything. Just the idea will rise by itself.

Please understand, it will go to the subtler and subtler levels. Then there will be neither the need for a word nor will there be any movement in the tongue. It will be just like an idea. Suddenly you will see the gap between one thought and the other thought starts increasing.

You realize you are there. When you remember you are there silently, it becomes one more thought. Then unclutch from that. It is a very beautiful subtle process to bring you to the depth of your awareness.

Please understand, when something else comes up, say 'unclutch'. Slowly, slowly, you will settle down. The gap between one thought and the other thought will increase. The space will become more and more. The silence will become more and more. Just relax into that silence without even knowing that you are silent. You will experience the fourth state. Anything you become aware, unclutch from it. You will see you are relaxing into the silence without even the idea that you are in silence.

I will describe the Nithya Dhyaan technique itself now. But in Nithya Dhyaan also, unclutching is the essence. Nithya Dhyaan has five steps.

The first step is sitting in vajrasana, means sitting on your knees. The vajrasana posture tremendously helps digestion and helps the lungs and heart. Sitting on your knees, keep the hands on the hips. Do intense chaotic breathing. The navel has to go inside and up. The whole body should breathe. This is what is called hyperventilation. Please understand, breathe with the whole body.

Do chaotic breathing. It is better not to have any tight clothing. Feel your whole body is a single unit. When you have tight clothing, your body becomes two units. Try to wear a single piece of clothing if you can.

Sitting in vajrasana, keeping the hands on the hips, do intense chaotic breathing. Melt your whole body by breathing. If you are a blood pressure patient, if you have any heart conditions, if you recently went through any surgery or any other serious illness, if you are pregnant, please don't do the technique. You can do the last three parts which are related to visualization or you can do just unclutching. But don't do the first two parts which are related to physical activity.

The next step: sitting in the same vajrasana, keep your hands in chin mudra on the knees. Do intense humming, chanting the mahamantra. Mahamantra means creating the sound which leads you to the omkaara, the ultimate sound. No mantra is mahamantra. The sound which leads you to the ultimate sound is mahamantra.

People come and ask me, 'Is chanting 'Shiva' not mahamantra? Is chanting 'Krishna' not mahamantra?' They are all mantras, wonderful. But this sound which leads you to the ultimate sound, ultimate energy is mahamantra. Intensely chant this humming as loud as possible, as intensely as possible. This is the second step.

Third step: If you want, you can continue to sit in vajrasana or you can sit cross-legged. Bring your awareness to each chakra, each energy center. We have a guided meditation CD to guide you.

The energy center at the root of the spinal cord is muladhara chakra. Two inches above is the swadhishtana chakra. The energy center on the navel is the manipuraka chakra. The heart center is the anahata chakra. The throat center is the vishuddhi chakra. The brow center is the ajna chakra. The crown center is the sahasrara chakra.

You can concentrate your energy on each chakra. It will awaken the deeper inner potential energies. You will put your awareness for a minute on each chakra. When you come to an energy center, exclude everything else. When you are at the root center at the start, exclude everything else. Just remember that one part. When you come to the next chakra, forget the root center. When you come to the navel center, forget all other centers; just remember the navel. When you come to the heart center, exclude everything else. When you come to the throat center, exclude everything else. Raise your awareness thus step by step.

The fourth step is the main part, unclutching. Sit silently, completely unclutched, in the deep restful awareness.

Fifth step: just feel connected to the whole Existence. If you feel connected to the Master, feel connected to Him. If you feel connected to God, feel connected to Him. Or if you feel connected to Nature, just feel connected.

In this last part, there will be few mantras chanted. If you know, please chant. Otherwise you can just relax and listen; nothing else is needed. It is not a ritual; they are beautiful vibrations to suit your being.