During the age of Pathanjali, man was able to calm his
mind by meditating with mantras. At that time, man was simple with
no complex cerebral layers, hence these techniques worked. Today,
methods adopting silence will not help. Man has become neurotic
and complicated with the growth of Science and Consumerism.
What exactly are these cerebral layers? They are the complications
in the mind created by media that include - the television, the
radio, the newspapers and the billboards. Consumerist ideas are
continuously being injected into your Being. You are hypnotized
and mesmerized.
You need to unload these suppressions and desires in order to be
able to sit calmly. This meditation technique does not force sanity
into you but forces out the insanity in you. You are already Nithyananda
(Eternal Bliss). That is your natural state. I just need to cut
the layer of Dukkha (sorrow) that’s all. Dukkaharana
is a technique that will enable the flowering of bliss within you
by throwing out these cerebral layers. It works on cleansing the
Muladhara chakra. Many Masters
have employed this technique before. It takes totally 30 minutes.
Breathing is the bridge to the Universe. It is the system with
which you are living your mind. If your thinking is calm, your breath
will be relaxed. If your thinking is aggressive, your breathing
will also be aggressive. You first need to control your breathing
in order to control your mind. Presently, in our repressed state,
most of us are half-alive and half-dead. Let us go on to the meditation
technique. You may practice this technique on an empty stomach preferably
in the morning. Wear loose fitting (preferably white coloured) clothes
and keep to the music in the audiocassette.
First part:
In the first part of this meditation, with your eyes closed, chaotic
breathing should be carried out in order to create chaos in your
repressed system. In a standing position, breathe in and when you
breathe out, bend your knees a little and come back to the standing
position while breathing in again; a pumping action will be created.
The breathing should be aggressive. Your mental system will be made
fully alive by the increased intake of oxygen; it becomes more vital.
Your cells will get more energy and will create more bioelectricity
or bio-energy. This energy will melt all the repressed emotions
like melting ice. If you are playing the cassette, you will hear
'Stop!' at the end of 10 minutes.
Second part:
The next part is catharsis - expelling all the poison in you. With
your eyes closed, for 10 minutes, stretch out and clench every part
of your body as much as you can. At the end of these 10 minutes,
you will feel vacant inside and you will become cool, calm and composed.
If you are playing the cassette, when you hear me saying ‘Stop’,
just stop as you are. For a moment, you will experience the state
of ‘No Mind’.
Third part:
For the next 10 minutes, sit or lie down in silence. Simply witness
whatever happens inside or outside your Being. The first two parts
of this technique are actually a preparation for this third part
that is meditation. You will see that the mind becomes silent effortlessly
by itself. Silence cannot be forced upon anyone, it can only happen.
Remain in this relaxed state with a smiling face and blissful mood.
During this time, there may be many experiences, just watch them
as you would watch the television; watch your mind, thought by thought.
21 days of Dukkhaharana will transform your Being. This is like
having a psychological bath. You will be able to experience the
Silence in you. When you kill sorrow, bliss flowers and sends forth
beautiful vibrations from you.
