Beyond mind, beyond time, beyond space there is immortal awareness.
There’s a source, there’s a perennial source from which all things come forth. We call it the Godhead, Nirvana, the Tao, enlightenment. It’s big; it’s bright; it’s perfect, as are all of its children, as are we.
The cool thing about the universe is that it can format itself into tiny little manifestations that are not entirely aware of all aspects of life.
When all of the selves have been dissolved, you will enter into the super-conscious awareness. Then, you are free. Then, there is no suffering. Then, there is no attachment.
Yes, there are siddha powers. Yes, you can heal people, transform attention. You can flood the sky with light at night so you can’t even see the stars. But the greatest miracle is the spirit – it is light.
Consumer goods become enlightenment, relationships, anything! It doesn’t really matter because infinity exists in everything. “Greater than the greatest, smaller than the smallest, the self dwells in the hearts of all,” that is the Upanishads.
Tantra is the perception of the oneness and the perfection of all things. Not just the perception of light, but the perception of darkness, seeing God in both beauty and horror.
In the Bhagavad-Gita Krishna says: Arjuna you cannot avoid action. Everyone is stuck in the world of action. The world of action is forever.
Psychic development is a necessary skill in leading a successful and happy life. Your intellectual processes and your senses don’t give you enough information to distinguish the real from the unreal.
Don’t become a slave to success or failure, family, friends, possessions. If these things come to you in life, enjoy them, but fix your consciousness on that which does not change.
Mind delineates experience, and through the filter of mind, experience becomes something else; it becomes knowledge in tantra.
The more completely you concentrate, the stronger your mind becomes.
Sit down, keep your back straight, relax and have an object on which to concentrate; you might use a candle flame, a brightly colored rock, a yantra, which is a geometrical designed specifically for the practice of concentration.
Yantras are specific designs that have a great deal of power in them, as do mantras, which are words of power. Yantras are designs of power that tap into other levels of attention. They remind us of things in other worlds.
Focus on an object of some type, hopefully an object that’s beautiful or powerful. You could find a pretty colored stone that you just feel good about.
You could use a flower, a candle flame, anything you want that’s suggestive of beauty and eternality.
Learn how to focus – that creates a lot of power. Focus on a candle flame for 15 minutes or a pretty colored rock, or one point, or a chakra.
Place an object within your view, hopefully at about eye level. You might have to look down a little bit. Some people have a meditation table on which they put an object of concentration on.
Sit in front of an object of concentration with the eyes open. Focus on a candle flame, or a yantra, a little dot, something small. Just look at it. Focus on it until there is nothing else in your mind. This develops willpower.
Focus on one point and hold your attention there. The mind will waiver, you’ll think a million thoughts, but each time you do, bring your mind back to the point of concentration, seeing it visually.