Thought pollution
We are headed towards vikriti. While global warming, soil erosion, oil spills, deforestation, holes in the ozone, depleting ground water and endangered species are some of the “gifts” of man to the environment, a major human contribution which has eluded the interest of environmentalists is the pollutant called “thought”. While others contaminate the air, water and earth, it is “thoughts” that pollute the ether.
It is well known that energy follows thought. That is, any phenomenon first manifests in thought and later in deed. In this sense, if we check pollution at the level of thoughts, the need for conservation will never arise.
Mastering the thought calls for mastering the five senses, so as to achieve the levels of stillness where even the eye muscles are in a state of rest. Every time the eyeballs move, a thought is born. While the entire body is in a state of rest when you sleep, eye muscles work constantly, that is, your senses/mind are constantly at play. When the senses are still, the mind is still and that is the state of dhyan. Interestingly, this is also the reason for constant ageing.
You must have wondered why is it that when you sit in dhyan, hours tick away but to you it just seems like 10 minutes. What is time? Simply put, it is the distance between two thoughts. The more thoughts you catch the more turbulent is the state of mind. And the more grosser your thought (that is, revolving around the satisfaction of the five senses), the faster you age. This is the reason why yogis sit in tap in the Himalayas for several years at a stretch without showing any sign of ageing. For those who have experienced shunya, nothingness or thoughtlessness during dhyan, time ceases to exist.
As per our texts, one day of Lord Brahma is equivalent to several thousand human years and one blink of Lord Vishnu is equivalent to one Mahayug (comprising four yugs). It is clear from this that the higher you are on the ladder of evolution, the lesser is the hold of time on you.
Vedic rishis had conquered the realm of thoughts through the practice of Yog and Sanatan Kriya. They were able to attain the states of thoughtlessness and hence timelessness, and could then access the subtler dimensions beyond space and time. Experiments have been done on members of Dhyan Foundation who sat in dhyan for over two hours without moving a muscle. Their heart rate was recorded at zero, the breathing had ceased but the brain was working at alpha level (fully, active state of mind). At such a stage, they had divine visions and encounters.
Remember, once time passes you, you can never get it back. So use it wisely and not merely in pursuit of the five senses.
— Yogi Ashwini is an authority on yoga, tantra and the Vedic sciences. He is the guiding light of Dhyan Foundation. He has recently written a book, Sanatan Kriya: 51 Miracles... And a Haunting. Contact him at dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com
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