Dear people,
Based on the requests I received from various people to the blog I posted a week ago (Do you need energy to do smart, innovative work?), I felt it is good to write another detailed post on ‘No - thought’ techniques.
Based on the requests I received from various people to the blog I posted a week ago (Do you need energy to do smart, innovative work?), I felt it is good to write another detailed post on ‘No - thought’ techniques.
In recent months, I have learnt many techniques which I have mentioned below as detailed as I could. These are the techniques used by a few 19th century self-realized sages Vethathiri Maharishi, Osho, Bhagavan Ramanar, and Gurdijeff. In the olden centuries, Buddha used Vippasana and Jesus Christ used ‘Kundalini meditation’ techniques for their realization. Before I explain the techniques, I’d like you to learn a few things which are crucial to understand the spirituality. May this blog sow a seed of spirituality in your very core of being?
Human sees everything around him as a separate entity. People are different, plants are different, planets are different, and finally nature is different. But in reality all the existence in the vast universe is made from one energy (the word ‘made’ is not correct, ‘transformation of same energy into multiple existences’ should be correct). Scientists are calling this energy as ‘God particles / Black energy’. Enlightened people are calling this ‘Brammam’.
This energy initially has been transformed to ‘fundamental particle’ (tiny particle than an atom) then atom formed. All these atoms transformed into 5 elements or Panjabhuthas (Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Space) based on the combination of atoms / molecules. As evolution theory says, the one sense living being were created from water, then two, three, four, five senses and finally 6 senses human being were came to exist as result of transformation of same energy.
Brammam -> Fundamental particles -> 5 elements -> 5 senses creatures-> 6 senses (Human)
Human is certainly the highest peak of the evolution. In all living being creatures, only human is capable of thinking (‘thinking’ is 6th sense). Ok, Let us STOP here, close our eyes and ask a simple question. What is the need for this tremendous, incomparable, beautiful creation (expression) of nature? The realized people are telling that when the nature was at its initial stage as ‘Black energy’, it could not taste the blissfulness of its own; it cannot see the beauty of its own. To obtain this, it took millions and millions of years, a huge evolution and finally ended with human being who is capable of see its beauty, capable of taste its own ecstasy. This impeccable final expression of nature into a human is mostly wasted in mundane things; we are separating each others in the name of country, language, money, caste, color etc. This whole universe is full of ecstasy, blissfulness; sadness is human made. It exists only in his mind. No flower, no tree feels sad. They are simply obeying what nature has coded. They are in 24 hours ecstasy.
As I mentioned, all the duality, sadness everything arise only in human mind. Let us look at this thought and how it functions. Thoughts are nothing but accumulation of all the experiences through 5 senses. Only two things are there in all thoughts coming to human. One is ‘I’ and second is ‘Mine’ (You can experiment this just by closing your eyes and see your thoughts). When these 5 senses are gathering experiences, something subtle in our body which stores everything. It is not brain which stores, it is called ‘soul’ which is located 2 inches right to our heart. Ramana Maharishi calls it “Idhaya kamalam”. Have you seen Sadhguru Jakki vasudev points his finger just close to his heart whenever he says soul / inner being / Athma / Uyir? Per realized sages, this very very tiny but fraction of the same black energy is said to be ‘Soul’. As it stores all the experiences gathered through 5 senses, it continuously transforming experiences into thoughts. That is why all the thoughts coming to us are experiences of the past and somehow applying the same into future. Vethathiri Maharishi says ‘conversion and consumption of soul’s energy is mind’.
When thoughts are stopped, the same black energy is not get transformed into thoughts and it remain the same as it is where one can enter into silence zone which is not yet experienced by him. One can never imagine ‘complete silence’ It is something to be experienced, not to be shared by words. A seed of ecstasy is sown very deep into human being. When you look inward (in the state of no thoughts), this silence starts to develop. As you continue to remain in the same state, this silence spreads outside through you. It touches others. Others feel that they are touched by you. One day your physical body stays on the earth, but this ecstasy touches every atom in the universe. You will no more be a single person. You see the whole universe within you. You say ‘this rock is you’, ‘this tree is you’, ‘this bird is you’. You dissolve completely into the ‘Oneness’ of this vast universe. You see everything as one. You will be no more tied to anything. You are a liberated soul, free from all the conditioning. Love & compassion is the only identity of you.
The first time the world looks entirely holy, you will come to understand that life is full of celebration. Nobody can enslave you. As universal consciousness is available to you, all natural secrets (secrets of all the secrets) will be intuitively revealed to you. Consciousness is a vast topic, just not to make this post too long, I have purposefully omitted. If you want to discuss on the subject ‘consciousness’, I’m glad to have discussion in person.
I feel somehow with my little or negligible knowledge, I have explained whatever I know about ‘spirituality’ in layman’s language which is understandable to everyone. Okay finally the techniques or methods to achieve this ‘no – thoughts’ are explained which please be noted below.
Bamboo meditation:
It is Tilopha – a sage’s special meditation. You consider your whole body as a bamboo. Inside the bamboo it is completely hollow. Similarly inside, you feel nothing is there, no thoughts, no emotions. Just sit in very relaxed position, which ever postures gives you much comfort should be taken. Just close your eyes and look within you as a hollow bamboo. Thoughts will come, but don’t try to stop it. Just allow it. Let them by pass through you. They are just guests. They will come and go. Only your inner being is permanent which goes nowhere. Completely aware that you are empty inside. You just be a witness to all thoughts coming to you. Soon thoughts will disappear on its own. Don’t ask me, how. Just by this awareness, they will drop and they have to drop. Slowly you will enter into silence zone. You will feel something very divine is transcends inside you. Yes it is divine only. This divine energy fills your bamboo body and plays a sweet music. Try this method. It is such a simple meditation. You can do this anywhere. Even at toilet, you can do this. Surely you can attain no thoughts state through this method. When seed is sown on to the earth, nature itself doing everything to grow it, as seed is completely given it to nature. So similarly, when we surrender ourselves completely to nature without giving place to wavering thoughts, nature itself help us to realize the ultimate treasure we carry within us. Always remember the simple method is the best method. Don’t make anything complicated.
Vethathiri Maharishi says ‘When fraction demands, totality supplies’.
Watching & Listening meditation:
This can be done anywhere. You sit somewhere comfortably and watch anything around you. You may watch people, trees, vehicle and anything. What you watch is irrelevant, but when you watch pay greater awareness to what you watch. Don’t verbalize anything when you see. Human mind is verbalizing everything when we see or listen to something. As you watch without mind, you will enter into stillness of the mind. Similarly for listening, either you can open or close your eyes. Listen to any sound emanating nearby. In your room, close the door and listen to ticking sound of clock. During night time listen to sounds of small insects. Let you completely changed to your ears. When you listen sharply, thoughts frozen, you will start to taste the ecstasy.
Sudden stop meditation:
Human sees everything around him as a separate entity. People are different, plants are different, planets are different, and finally nature is different. But in reality all the existence in the vast universe is made from one energy (the word ‘made’ is not correct, ‘transformation of same energy into multiple existences’ should be correct). Scientists are calling this energy as ‘God particles / Black energy’. Enlightened people are calling this ‘Brammam’.
This energy initially has been transformed to ‘fundamental particle’ (tiny particle than an atom) then atom formed. All these atoms transformed into 5 elements or Panjabhuthas (Earth, Water, Fire, Air & Space) based on the combination of atoms / molecules. As evolution theory says, the one sense living being were created from water, then two, three, four, five senses and finally 6 senses human being were came to exist as result of transformation of same energy.
Brammam -> Fundamental particles -> 5 elements -> 5 senses creatures-> 6 senses (Human)
Human is certainly the highest peak of the evolution. In all living being creatures, only human is capable of thinking (‘thinking’ is 6th sense). Ok, Let us STOP here, close our eyes and ask a simple question. What is the need for this tremendous, incomparable, beautiful creation (expression) of nature? The realized people are telling that when the nature was at its initial stage as ‘Black energy’, it could not taste the blissfulness of its own; it cannot see the beauty of its own. To obtain this, it took millions and millions of years, a huge evolution and finally ended with human being who is capable of see its beauty, capable of taste its own ecstasy. This impeccable final expression of nature into a human is mostly wasted in mundane things; we are separating each others in the name of country, language, money, caste, color etc. This whole universe is full of ecstasy, blissfulness; sadness is human made. It exists only in his mind. No flower, no tree feels sad. They are simply obeying what nature has coded. They are in 24 hours ecstasy.
As I mentioned, all the duality, sadness everything arise only in human mind. Let us look at this thought and how it functions. Thoughts are nothing but accumulation of all the experiences through 5 senses. Only two things are there in all thoughts coming to human. One is ‘I’ and second is ‘Mine’ (You can experiment this just by closing your eyes and see your thoughts). When these 5 senses are gathering experiences, something subtle in our body which stores everything. It is not brain which stores, it is called ‘soul’ which is located 2 inches right to our heart. Ramana Maharishi calls it “Idhaya kamalam”. Have you seen Sadhguru Jakki vasudev points his finger just close to his heart whenever he says soul / inner being / Athma / Uyir? Per realized sages, this very very tiny but fraction of the same black energy is said to be ‘Soul’. As it stores all the experiences gathered through 5 senses, it continuously transforming experiences into thoughts. That is why all the thoughts coming to us are experiences of the past and somehow applying the same into future. Vethathiri Maharishi says ‘conversion and consumption of soul’s energy is mind’.
When thoughts are stopped, the same black energy is not get transformed into thoughts and it remain the same as it is where one can enter into silence zone which is not yet experienced by him. One can never imagine ‘complete silence’ It is something to be experienced, not to be shared by words. A seed of ecstasy is sown very deep into human being. When you look inward (in the state of no thoughts), this silence starts to develop. As you continue to remain in the same state, this silence spreads outside through you. It touches others. Others feel that they are touched by you. One day your physical body stays on the earth, but this ecstasy touches every atom in the universe. You will no more be a single person. You see the whole universe within you. You say ‘this rock is you’, ‘this tree is you’, ‘this bird is you’. You dissolve completely into the ‘Oneness’ of this vast universe. You see everything as one. You will be no more tied to anything. You are a liberated soul, free from all the conditioning. Love & compassion is the only identity of you.
The first time the world looks entirely holy, you will come to understand that life is full of celebration. Nobody can enslave you. As universal consciousness is available to you, all natural secrets (secrets of all the secrets) will be intuitively revealed to you. Consciousness is a vast topic, just not to make this post too long, I have purposefully omitted. If you want to discuss on the subject ‘consciousness’, I’m glad to have discussion in person.
I feel somehow with my little or negligible knowledge, I have explained whatever I know about ‘spirituality’ in layman’s language which is understandable to everyone. Okay finally the techniques or methods to achieve this ‘no – thoughts’ are explained which please be noted below.
Bamboo meditation:
It is Tilopha – a sage’s special meditation. You consider your whole body as a bamboo. Inside the bamboo it is completely hollow. Similarly inside, you feel nothing is there, no thoughts, no emotions. Just sit in very relaxed position, which ever postures gives you much comfort should be taken. Just close your eyes and look within you as a hollow bamboo. Thoughts will come, but don’t try to stop it. Just allow it. Let them by pass through you. They are just guests. They will come and go. Only your inner being is permanent which goes nowhere. Completely aware that you are empty inside. You just be a witness to all thoughts coming to you. Soon thoughts will disappear on its own. Don’t ask me, how. Just by this awareness, they will drop and they have to drop. Slowly you will enter into silence zone. You will feel something very divine is transcends inside you. Yes it is divine only. This divine energy fills your bamboo body and plays a sweet music. Try this method. It is such a simple meditation. You can do this anywhere. Even at toilet, you can do this. Surely you can attain no thoughts state through this method. When seed is sown on to the earth, nature itself doing everything to grow it, as seed is completely given it to nature. So similarly, when we surrender ourselves completely to nature without giving place to wavering thoughts, nature itself help us to realize the ultimate treasure we carry within us. Always remember the simple method is the best method. Don’t make anything complicated.
Vethathiri Maharishi says ‘When fraction demands, totality supplies’.
Watching & Listening meditation:
This can be done anywhere. You sit somewhere comfortably and watch anything around you. You may watch people, trees, vehicle and anything. What you watch is irrelevant, but when you watch pay greater awareness to what you watch. Don’t verbalize anything when you see. Human mind is verbalizing everything when we see or listen to something. As you watch without mind, you will enter into stillness of the mind. Similarly for listening, either you can open or close your eyes. Listen to any sound emanating nearby. In your room, close the door and listen to ticking sound of clock. During night time listen to sounds of small insects. Let you completely changed to your ears. When you listen sharply, thoughts frozen, you will start to taste the ecstasy.
Sudden stop meditation:
This beautiful meditation can be done many times a day. It doesn’t take more than a minute. When you walk or work, suddenly stop what you are doing and look completely inward. You will realize energy which is circulating inside. Suddenly thoughts will be stopped.
Who am I inquiry meditation:
It is Bhagavan Ramanar’s special meditation through which he realized the nature within him. Again just sit in very relaxed posture. Close your eyes and look at thoughts flowing into your mind. Ask yourself to whom all these thoughts are arising. Mind will supply many logical answers to this question. You just go on rejecting all the answers. A moment will come where mind cannot answer further where thought will be frozen. Now you will be enter into silence zone. Again this technique also can be done anywhere. Per Bhagavan Ramanar, one need not devise multiple techniques, this simple ‘who am I search’ will suffice to lead him to the ultimate of nature.
Who am I inquiry meditation:
It is Bhagavan Ramanar’s special meditation through which he realized the nature within him. Again just sit in very relaxed posture. Close your eyes and look at thoughts flowing into your mind. Ask yourself to whom all these thoughts are arising. Mind will supply many logical answers to this question. You just go on rejecting all the answers. A moment will come where mind cannot answer further where thought will be frozen. Now you will be enter into silence zone. Again this technique also can be done anywhere. Per Bhagavan Ramanar, one need not devise multiple techniques, this simple ‘who am I search’ will suffice to lead him to the ultimate of nature.
Meditation while moving:
Whenever you walk, or you go by car / train / bus, you feel everything in your body is in a constant move, but something within you is not moving, it is absolutely static. Just pay much attention, a sharp attention to it. Suddenly thoughts will stop. As you look deep into it, you will enter into no thoughts state.
Underarm meditation:
This technique was devised by world’s greatest philosopher Osho. Again just sit in very relaxed posture. Close your eyes and spread your awareness (meaning, just look very deep within) into your left underarm. This left underarm is directly connected to the Idhaya kamalam (inner being / soul). Suddenly thoughts will stop. As you look deep into it, you will enter into no thoughts state.
As we grow spiritually, much transformation will happen to us. The way we think, work everything will take an order. You see a union, a charisma in all your doings. You do too much work, but you will never feel tired, because it is not your very effort. The universal force within you is doing everything. It is not you who speaks; it is universal consciousness speaks through you. You will not do any work, all the work will be done through you. When I started to write this post, I was thinking how this spiritual growth assists us at work place, but later I have added how spirituality plays in all our life dimensions.
Your deep, undisturbed silence, much relaxation in body and mind is the identification of your spiritual growth.
Let us form a ‘like - minded people’s group’. So, anyone interested, let me know, surely we shall discuss and start meditate. Let us meditate more and release more meditative energy onto this space. Whatever I have given here is a little information on this vast subject. As we form a group we shall discuss more, we able to drink this divine energy more. We work smart; we will be icon of innovative thinking. There will be no competition; we will deliver more to our customer with love. Love will be enough unto itself.
Further reading:
I can direct you to some of the materials which can aid you to move further on this path.
Some videos of Osho (All are very useful):
Whenever you walk, or you go by car / train / bus, you feel everything in your body is in a constant move, but something within you is not moving, it is absolutely static. Just pay much attention, a sharp attention to it. Suddenly thoughts will stop. As you look deep into it, you will enter into no thoughts state.
Underarm meditation:
This technique was devised by world’s greatest philosopher Osho. Again just sit in very relaxed posture. Close your eyes and spread your awareness (meaning, just look very deep within) into your left underarm. This left underarm is directly connected to the Idhaya kamalam (inner being / soul). Suddenly thoughts will stop. As you look deep into it, you will enter into no thoughts state.
As we grow spiritually, much transformation will happen to us. The way we think, work everything will take an order. You see a union, a charisma in all your doings. You do too much work, but you will never feel tired, because it is not your very effort. The universal force within you is doing everything. It is not you who speaks; it is universal consciousness speaks through you. You will not do any work, all the work will be done through you. When I started to write this post, I was thinking how this spiritual growth assists us at work place, but later I have added how spirituality plays in all our life dimensions.
Your deep, undisturbed silence, much relaxation in body and mind is the identification of your spiritual growth.
Let us form a ‘like - minded people’s group’. So, anyone interested, let me know, surely we shall discuss and start meditate. Let us meditate more and release more meditative energy onto this space. Whatever I have given here is a little information on this vast subject. As we form a group we shall discuss more, we able to drink this divine energy more. We work smart; we will be icon of innovative thinking. There will be no competition; we will deliver more to our customer with love. Love will be enough unto itself.
Further reading:
I can direct you to some of the materials which can aid you to move further on this path.
Some videos of Osho (All are very useful):
Meditation Is a Very Simple Phenomenon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0peVQTdI3Yg
Witnessing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ItkDV8Hk4
The joy of silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSjo7zryd8
1) Who am I book by Bhagavan Ramanar
http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/who_am_I.pdf
2) Meditation First and last freedom by Osho – It is an excellent compilation. It will be very useful. Don’t miss to read it.
http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/Meditation/Meditation_The_First_And_Last_Freedom.pdf
Witnessing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18ItkDV8Hk4
The joy of silence - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSjo7zryd8
1) Who am I book by Bhagavan Ramanar
http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/who_am_I.pdf
2) Meditation First and last freedom by Osho – It is an excellent compilation. It will be very useful. Don’t miss to read it.
http://www.oshorajneesh.com/download/osho-books/Meditation/Meditation_The_First_And_Last_Freedom.pdf
3) Vethathiri Maharishi – He is my guru. I must be so blessed to follow his teachings. He is the one person who has explained the nature in a technical term. He is called “Common man’s philosopher” as his teachings are easily understandable by everyone. Some of his essential readings are given below.
ü Bramma Gyanam - http://shop.india.vethathiri.edu.in/products/58-.aspx
ü Manavalak kalai – part 1 - http://shop.india.vethathiri.edu.in/products/50--i.aspx
ü Manavalak kalai – part 2 - http://shop.india.vethathiri.edu.in/products/51--ii.aspx
ü Manavalak kalai – part 3 - http://shop.india.vethathiri.edu.in/products/52--iii.aspx
ü Magnetic philosophy - http://shop.india.vethathiri.edu.in/products/40--.aspx
ü Evolution & birth of living creatures - http://shop.india.vethathiri.edu.in/products/57--.aspx
I’m ending this post by giving a small poem written by Vethathiri Maharishi.
எல்லாம் வல்ல தெய்வமது
எங்கும் உள்ளது நீக்கமற
சொல்லால் மட்டும் நம்பாதே
சுயமாய்ச் சிந்தித்தே தெளிவாய்
வல்லாய் உடலில் இயக்கமவன்
வாழ்வில் உயிரில் அறிவும் அவன்
கல்லார் கற்றார் செயல் விளைவாய்க்
காணும் இன்ப துன்பமவன்.
அவனின் இயக்கம் அணுவாற்றல்
அணுவின் கூட்டுப் பக்குவம்நீ
அவனில்தான்நீ உன்னில் அவன்
அவன் யார்? நீயார்? பிரிவேது?
அவனை மறந்தால்நீ சிறியோன்
அவனை அறிந்தால்நீ பெரியோன்
அவன் நீ ஒன்றாய் அறிந்தஇடம்
அறிவு முழுமை அதுமுக்தி.
Lovingly
Mohan Kandasamy (Aug-02-2014)
