My Special Place

Spiritual practices led me to my special place, a Higher Room, from where I am connected with my strengths and resilience, and any recovery needed from enmeshment in Maya.

As mentioned previously, we need a new phrase which encompasses a Self-Realised status, that is spiritual, (and religious if you really need it), but also acknowledges worldly, physical and mental “advanced well-being.” (Not perfection).

It’s a place where there is a sense of confidence, capability, and ability to resolve life issues as far as realistically possible, and to feel fully developed in spirit also. (Or stabilised in the final stages of the Therapeutic Journey).

It’s a place where all the issues of, Life and the Universe, have been re-identified into the Divine Truth, or Omega Being, for the human in individual form. With the personality intact! Fears are resolved and individual can sit in their own Divine Space, Higher Power or Room, (or Omega space).

Technically then what happens is simply the ongoing experiences of life continue to happen automatically over the course of time, as outcomes of previous actions.

That realistically enlightened individual no longer acts to get, make, achieve, but rather will just experience the results of past actions. Teaching or service to other may still take place as per ones Inner Deity etc. inspired influence.

Its Practical Enlightenment.

Or Realistic Realisation

Now this is a sense of Being, simply experiencing life, (as if the train ran out of fuel but keeps on rolling).

Here now I have something that is Truth Unlimited, which is unaffected or swayed by any or all religious type beliefs. It is about oneself as the Enlightened Being and about understanding Maya, the illusory and transient suffering filled nature of Life and the Universe. Both the words Divine and Maya refer to human constructs, and we are free to redefine these terms. We can allocate different terminology, as I have propounded here. (Such as the use of Omega as a descriptor)

The non-dual philosophy of Vedanta, though seemingly nihilistic or fatalistic, has given me the means to develop calmness and equipoise, and helped alleviate the ups and downs of life. This then combined with my additional Theistic approach of surrender to my personal Deity, is my final perfection.

It’s can be a conundrum, to have a “religious devotion” and a somewhat atheistic philosophy! This Higher Power of one’s chosen Deity can however be experienced as an inner process, and taken as a final step towards the ultimate undefined consciousness, where no Gods or Goddesses exist. The purpose of the belief in God/s etc. then, is to facilitate the surrender process where ego identification is transcended.

I have regained a sense of control over circumstance, which is influenced and self-regulated by my understanding of the workings of Karma, which is all of action, and Prarabda, which is the results of past action. I have discussed this in previous books, in depth. This means having complex understanding and awareness of both the inevitability of some events, and the endless possibility for change. Ultimately total self-responsibility leads away from the known spiritual pathways and into the depths of Inner Enlightenment, This can be attained through a participation in the Therapeutic Journey to Self-Realisation processes.

I had a feeling of being powerless over my human condition for a seemingly lengthy time, even after my period for ten years as a monk.  I believe it gave me eventually a better understanding, and better ability, to be Self- Realised at the “lower levels’ levels or mind/body experience, as well as finally at the Highest Level. Completion of the Therapeutic Journey then!

Thus I became: Fully in the world and fully in my awareness of Being.

Mantras to use

There is a view that the chanting of mantras is a practice to help focus the mind.

However this view is a very partial perspective.

A mantra of any power exists in a totally different dimension to the mind.

It is a syllable, word, and sound that relates to a particular state of consciousness that, whilst related to mind, (and body), emanates from a soul or spirit source.

For instance to use the word Guru as a mantra, is to identify on a subtle plane with the role of the Guru, which is to lead from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge, (in a spiritual sense).

In simple terms Gu refers to darkness and Ru to light.

Combined with Om, which is the spiritual word for and sound of the Universe, the mantra then both identifies and takes the user from darkness to light, or to the universe centre.

The practitioner, (who repeats or chants the mantra), becomes immersed in a sense of being at the centre of all life and light. Thus to meditate with this mantra, an effect can occur with visualisation of journeying out of the body, beyond  the city, the country, the solar system, the galaxy, and so forth. (A continuation would be that of ascending to the Universe Centre).

Then what happens?

OM is considered to be the most important mantra, and longer mantras generally begin with OM.

.It is the repetition and practice that is most important, but this is still a part of whole mechanisms that are engaged in repetition. Therefore alongside practice, awareness and knowledge about use of mantras will help to ensure better outcomes.

It is deemed helpful repeat a mantra at a quiet time such as dusk or drawn, sitting in a quiet and comfortable place, using a good posture, and a distraction free environment. One can also use a rosary, or Mala, keep a log or count, use verbal or mental repetition, or even write the mantra.

Use OM

Om is a common root of all the other secondary “seed” mantras.  It is considered to be the highest of all mantra. As used in its verbal state, it is the outward form of what is really a subtle state of sound, not measurable by any scientific means. It is like the sound of space, the ether that pervades all that is beyond our senses and awareness. It is a place where there is no apparent movement, and yet there is a subtle vibration that signifies the Transcendental Divinity. Om proceeds from deep down in the body at the level of the stomach, and moves up towards the Chakra between the eyebrows. It terminates with what is called the Chandrabindu, (“the point on the moon”). This is shown above the OM letter like a quarter moon with a dot above it. As below.

The M sound moves into a subtle vibration and ends with that dot which is one with the Divine.

Om consists of A, U, and M. It signifies threes in a lot of areas. Such as the three states of consciousness: waking dream and sleep.

Some other mantras are described in this book. I also recommend them to you!

Soham, is for when you are in stable meditation and can focus easily on your in going and out-going breaths,

Om Guru Om.

When you want answers, you are stuck, and you need guidance.

Soham

Repetition is an acknowledgement of one’s essential Oneness with ones God/Higher Power etc., or one’s Guru/Inner Guide etc. It is to be repeated as one takes a breath in for the first part, as So. Then as one exhales for the second, as Ham. (More of a Hum sound). So =That. Hum = I am. (I am that Eternal Being). It is also to be repeated when one is already in a quiet calm space, which may require use of other exercises for this to be achieved. With this mantra one can enter into an extremely deep transcendental calmness. The process of repetition with awareness of breath and deep meditation practice is the path of perfection – the Siddha Yoga. 

A final mantra

Hari Om.

Where Hari represents the Supreme Being. (A more “devotional” mantra).

So we finish with:

The personal deity – Hari

The impersonal Consciousness – Om

All Existence – Tat

The True Being – Sat

Hari Om Tat Sat