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The technique can be
practised individually or in a group. If group
meditation is possible, the results will be still more
powerful. It should always be done on an empty stomach.
The following are the steps for the practice of this wonderful
technique.
FIRST STAGE:
TEN
MINUTES OF FAST, DEEP BREATHING
Begin in a standing posture. The eyes should be closed
and if available a blindfold can be used. Very lightweight
minimum clothing should be worn. Let the body be as relaxed
as possible. Then begin with deep, fast chaotic breathing- as
deep and as fast as possible, through the nose. Go on
breathing intensely for ten minutes. Do not stop and be total
in it. If the body wants to move while you are breathing, let
it assume any postures it wishes. Co-operate with your body
completely. But in the first stage the emphasis is on deep,
fast chaotic breathing as it is this breathing that awakens
the inner Cosmic energy. Become just a dynamo of breathing-a
breathing machine. Be in a total let-go. Let the body
vibrate and react. Do not let the mind interfere with the
process.
SECOND
STAGE:
TEN MINUTES OF CATHARSIS AND TOTAL COOPERATION WITH REACTIONS
In the second stage the emphasis is on catharsis and
let-go. Cooperate completely with any reactions that come.
Let whatever happens just happen. Do not try to control or
suppress. If you feel like weeping, weep, if you feel like
dancing, dance. Or laugh, shout, scream, Jump, roll, shake,
as you feel. The body may go into spontaneous asanas or
mudras, it may shake or tremble or any sort of emotional
reactions may come. Just throw the inner accumulation into
the air. If you feel to continue the breathing in this stage
then do so, but if the reactions are strong then drop the
breathing and just cooperate with them. Be a witness to the
cathartic process. Now you are not the doer. Soon you will
feel that you are not the body but something apart. The body
has become just an automata.
THIRD
STAGE:
TEN MINUTES OF SHOUTING “HOO-HOO-HOO”
“Hoo” is
an old Sufi mantra. In the third stage begin shouting
“hoo-hoo-hoo” on the outbreath, loudly and forcefully. The
second stage arises naturally out of the first and third out
of the second. Let the repetition of “hoo” come as intensely
as possible. Do it with your totality. This forceful
repetition strikes at the root charka (Centre) at the base of
the spine, the sex center, where the storehouse of Cosmic
energy lies dormant. Do not worry about feeling exhausted.
If you practice with your totality, this latent reservoir of
energy will be awakened as you go on. You begin to feel very
light. Go on repeating “hoo” for ten minutes and let the body
continue to do whatsoever it likes. Cooperate completely with
it. If it falls down let it. Do not try to control. Just go
on shouting “hoo”
FOURTH
STAGE:
TEN MINUTES OF DEEP,TOTAL RELAXATION AND EMPTINESS
Now just let the body drop into a lying position of any
kind and relax completely. Let the inner energy work, and be
completely still. Now stillness, silence and thoughtlessness
come naturally. Just be aware of whatever happens. Let the
Divine enter you and the grace flow. Now you are totally
relaxed and it is easy. The tensions of body, emotions and
mind have been completely exhausted. They are no more; the
ego is no more. Only the Divine is. Experience the deep
bliss of it’ let this new transforming energy over flood you.
Just be a silent witness to the grace. Experience total
consciousness, pure awareness and the deep ecstatic bliss of
it.
Those who like can prolong the last stage, which is the stage
of deep meditation for a longer period, either continuing to
lie down or shifting to a sitting posture, as they prefer. If
practiced daily, a natural feeling to meditate quietly will
come at other times of the day. Then quiet meditation can be
done effortlessly and spontaneously. A transformation of
one’s entire life, for twenty four hours a day, will result.
B.Sharma
Pradhan Acharya, OEYR
E-mail :
pradhanacharya@excelyoga.com |
