Guruji's teachings
A short teaching that uses a tossed coin to explain samadhi, the state of pure awareness, and the deeper release called moksha.
From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Original post: "TOSS", 25 April 2016, shared on Guruji's blog under the byline of Vira Chandra. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com/2016/04/toss.html.
Toss a coin up. If it returns, it is a cycle of births and deaths. If it does not, it is Nirvana.
Our goal is to give you a Taste Of Samadhi and Stabilize it.
What is Samadhi? It is a state of pure awareness with no thoughts or feelings. Reaching it takes only three steps 1. Without naming them, feel the energies flowing in your body (Kundalini) 2. Without feeling the body, float away in thoughts (Yoganidra) 3. Stop both feelings and thoughts to taste Samadhi.
(animate: symbol goes left, right, left , right, up, down, bounce up, down, bounce up, vanish while eye slowly closes and face dissolves leaving only the curve)
If you are observing, but there is nothing to observe, you return to thinking and feeling, which we have called Taste Of Samadhi. Stabilizing it is the next goal. Here even the observer is absent. All energies of space, time and matter are gone. There is no need to return; that is the second, deeper state of Samadhi. This has been often called moksha, meaning a release from cycles of time.
Deleting the seer in I-see-but-there-is-nothing-to-see is not easy. It demands lifelong practice and detachment. Here the paths and the teachers are indeed many, depending upon the region and culture. We can only offer what we know a little about. What we know and offer is based on the ancient Indian wisdom of the 10 great female deities starting with Kali. The third of them is Sundari. Her path affirms life, light and love. Enjoying beauty, harmony, and abundance are seen to be routes to moksha. Kali’s path has the potential to convert even the unknown dark energies creating and destroying time, space and matter into utter creativity. Some day we have to confront and befriend fear and death to realize that there can be no death. Then only aggression can cease and love, and harmony can flourish. It is appropriate to modern times which is steeped in violence and love takes the back seat, driven by aggression. We teach all of them, but with a focus on Sundari, an embodiment of power disguised in beauty and geometry.
From the teachings of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati (Guruji). Original post: "TOSS", 25 April 2016, shared on Guruji's blog under the byline of Vira Chandra. Originally published at amritananda-natha-saraswati.blogspot.com/2016/04/toss.html.
The post names three steps. First, feel the energies in the body without naming them. This is the Kundalini step. Second, let go of the body's feeling and drift in thought. This is Yoganidra. Third, let both rest.
In Kaula practice this is the inner worship. The seer watches, then the seer too is let go. Outer worship, with yantra, mantra and the Devi, trains the mind to be still enough for this.
The post says the path it offers is the ten great female deities, the Mahavidyas, with a focus on Sundari. Her way sees beauty, harmony and abundance as roads to moksha. Kali's way asks us to meet fear and death first. Both are taught.
The post says samadhi is a state of pure awareness with no thoughts or feelings.
First feel the energies in your body without naming them. Then float away in thoughts without feeling the body. Then stop both feelings and thoughts.
In the first, an observer is still there, so you return to thinking and feeling. In the deeper state even the observer is gone, and there is no need to return. This is often called moksha.
The post says she is the third of the 10 great female deities, the Mahavidyas. Her path affirms life, light and love, and sees beauty and harmony as routes to moksha.
Read the original: TOSS, on Guruji's blog. Guruji left his body in October 2015. This post was shared on his blog in 2016. This site is an independent practitioner's space and does not speak on behalf of Devipuram.
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