ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE
In the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, there is a very beautiful statement: Ātmanastu kāmāya sarvam priyam bhavati (For the sake of the Self alone are all things dear to us).
Understand, you are the greatest source of your own joy!
You always associate joy with external factors. You wait for people, situations, things to happen, to experience joy. Joy is not part of these things, it is part of you.
All the joy you experience in the outer world is simply a reflection of the bliss within.
This simple and powerful technique can awaken you to this truth.
Your name is your most intimate identity. The moment you hear your name spoken, naturally your attention turns upon yourself.
When chanted with deep awareness, the sound of your own name can take you so deep within, you fall directly into the source of the sound. You fall into pure consciousness, which is your true identity. The sound of your name can lead you to the space beyond all names and forms!
DURATION: 10 minutes
Close your eyes and sit in a relaxed manner. First, choose the name with which you are going to work. If you have a spiritual name (given by your Master), that is best, or choose the name of the deity or the Master with whom you feel deeply connected and identify with. If you wish to, you can just choose your regular name.
If you have a Sanskrit spiritual name, this technique can be really powerful. Understand, Sanskrit is not just a language of communication, its phonetics also have a vibrational value. This means that the actual sounds of the words have a purifying effect on both the speaker and the listener.
Your name is your unique mantra or chant. Chanting or just listening to the name given to you by an enlightened Master will simply create the effect in you of what the mantra stands for, what your name stands for.
The reason a spiritual name is recommended is because it will naturally elevate you to a different state of consciousness. When you work with the name you use at home or in office, there may be some negative associations also.
However, the most important thing is that you should feel totally connected to the name; you could feel that the name is you. Now, enter into the sound of the chosen name. Understand: do not repeat it out loud, just repeat it internally. The chanting should happen internally and you should just enter into that vibration. Your tongue should not move.
DURATION: 10 minutes (continuation)
Create the sound of the name like a vibration, and keep repeating that sound, that name, internally. Be filled with that sound. Let your whole inner space be filled with that sound.
Repeat the sound intensely and at a high frequency. No other thought should rise in your mind.
You will see, suddenly you are in soundless space. You are in wordlessness.
Just play with this technique for one month, practice it every morning for ten minutes and again, in the evening for ten minutes. Even while you are driving, this can be done with open eyes. Try it while you are driving, walking, or sitting and spending a few minutes with yourself.
You will understand the power of this special mantra for you, just this one sound. Suddenly you will see new doors opening in your consciousness, and you will enter into the soundlessness that we call enlightenment.
FROM SOUND TO FEELING