Om Swami Quotes

any thought that gives you peace is a positive thought. The more you fill your mind with positive thoughts, the better your state of mind will be. And that naturally results in better physical health.

If your own thoughts cannot provoke you, nothing external can provoke you either. Every external occurrence triggers an internal thought that may alter your state of mind. If you can just be the spectator and not the reactor or an adopter of the thought, the thought becomes powerless.

The consistent and persistent man of average intelligence is more likely to succeed than an erratic and lazy genius.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Concentration is the act of building focus and meditation is the art of retaining it without losing awareness.

When we cling to a thought or follow its track, we are performing a mental karma, and that, in turn, is the seed of all physical actions.

At the root of all emotions patients of depression experience, there are three primary feelings: first, a sense of insecurity; second, a sense of vulnerability; and finally, a sense of isolation. They

Our identification with the body is so strong that most people spend their lives simply taking care of the body. The body feels cold, let’s clothe it; it feels hot, let’s remove the layers; it’s hungry, feed it; it’s tired, give it rest. We become so preoccupied with fulfilling the body’s many desires—cleaning, feeding, clothing, decorating and protecting it, that we become its slaves.

For if I’m doing anything in my life out of choice, there’s no reason to complain and if I don’t have a choice then there’s no sense in complaining.

Forgiveness sympathizes and compassion empathizes. And love? Love synthesizes the two. Appreciation

If you are able to terminate the thought in your head though, the desire or emotion will disappear like it never existed. This

Whatever we feel we lack in life, whenever anyone gives us that, we equate it with love. It could be attention or intimacy for some or appreciation and spending quality time for others. Love is different things to different people.

The tree laden with fruits is always a bit bent. Not because of any burden but because it has something to offer. Humility

Success by design is infinitely better than a win by chance.’ Success

Practice of gratitude lends incredible emotional strength. If you are emotionally strong, you can succeed at anything, anything at all. Gratitude makes you emotionally pure and such purity in turn allows you to love unconditionally.

Peace doesn't mean a life devoid of adversities, troubles and challenges. Instead, it means to be surrounded by all of that and yet have faith and be calm. That is the real meaning of peace.

Do not get so busy living that you give yourself no time to breathe.

This constant play of nature – one season comes, then goes, another one comes, then goes – is what life is all about. It’s not about some grand goal. Zen does not believe in that. Zen says, nirvana or moksha is simply a matter of perspective. If you can eat when you are eating, if you can sleep when you are sleeping, you are jivan-mukta, a liberated soul. You are enlightened.

The universe is trillions of years old, our galaxy and planet are billions of years old. The human race is a few million years old, while the average human life is seventy years. It’s a very short life. It must be celebrated, it must be lived. Life is not a challenge that needs to be faced. Nor is it an enemy that needs to be fought. For that matter, it’s not a problem that needs solving either. It’s a flowing river, and all we need to do is to flow with it,’ I said. ‘Live. Love. Laugh. Give.

Expectations are those desires you believe you have the right to see fulfilled. Due to our own conditioning by numerous factors, we develop expectations. They are the primary cause of all grief and stress. When we expect, we place a burden on ourselves as well as the one we expect from.

And the greatest support you can extend to a patient of depression is acceptance. Accept and understand that she is not intentionally behaving in a dysfunctional manner. Something deep within is broken which is making her behave like this.

Thoughts that you do not let go leave an imprint on your mind. That imprint is the residue. Meditation is the process of washing away that residue. It is the cleaning of your slate and keeping it that way. When we fail to abandon our thoughts, they assume different forms. They can become desires, expectations or emotions.

It is something quite difficult to rise above the desire to be complimented and accepted. You can move beyond anger and lust, you can remain unaffected in gain or loss, but to let go the need for another’s approval, what is said or thought about you, isn’t easy at all. It takes great insight and a strong sense of self-worth to move beyond this need.

When we start to tame the body and its needs, taming the mind becomes easier.

Awakening of the kundalini is putting an end to attracting the wrong things in our lives. It begins by feeling and experiencing the completeness and fulfillment within us.

if I’m doing anything in my life out of choice, there’s no reason to complain and if I don’t have a choice then there’s no sense in complaining.

When you take up a cause bigger than yourself, the whole universe summons itself to be at your feet, at your disposal. This is the irrefutable law of nature.

The biggest problem with poverty is the shame that comes with it. When you give the best you have to someone in need, it translates into something much deeper to the receiver. It means they are worthy. If it’s not good enough for you, it’s not good enough for those in need either. Giving the best you have does more than feed an empty belly – it feeds the soul.

For years I thought, real life was about to begin. For years I thought something big, something grand was going to happen in my life and I would suddenly start feeling happier. I thought what I was living was not my real life, that I was meant to do something else. And one day I would be free of all shackles, I would be free of all my engagements. Then I would embark upon this journey of discovering myself, of being happy, of always being fulfilled. But there was always some unfinished business. There was a bill to be paid, there was a call to be made, and there was an email to be replied to … so, no matter how much I ticked off, there was always some stuff still left. There was always some obstacle on the path of my happiness. One day, it dawned that these obstacles were my life.

Awakening of the kundalini is realization of your pure abstract intelligence, the type that is not conditioned by your fears, emotions and worries. It is your pristine nature. When you are able to tap into this latent source of energy, you truly become the master of your universe. You can manifest whatever you wish in your life because your scale of consciousness is no longer limited to your body alone; it envelops the whole universe. If

The thing about depression is it blurs your perception of the future and makes it nearly impossible to see that end. You start to think that there’s no such thing as ‘winning’, and why bother fighting if you already know the outcome. It gradually strips you of any hope you previously had. And without hope, it’s difficult to see a future or a reason to fight.

what is the ingredient to double the strength of a positive thought? Faith. For tripling it? Persistence. How to quadruple it? Purity of the intention.

Retain only what you really care about because the stuff we keep inside is what shapes us. What are you made of? Problem or Inconvenience?

the ability to drop a thought or focus your attention elsewhere is dependent on your state of mind. A restless mind can’t drop a thought; only a stable and calm mind can.

There’s no suffering, only ignorance. What people call suffering is merely their perspective born out of ignorance.

It’s not that I’m smarter, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

Depression is a fracture of not just your mind, it’s a fracture of your very being – everything you thought you were or stood for feels broken.

Depression is not absence of happiness. It is absence of life and of will.

Aba rahima mushkil pari, garhe dou kama, Sanche se to jag nahin, jhuthe mile na ram. “Oh,

A good sadhaka, after having gained mastery over manipura, can examine their fears without feeling anxious.

The process of kundalini awakening or its understanding is incomplete without an intimate knowledge of the three knots that bind each one of us.

If you can either change your perspective or your response towards what you find disturbing, ninety per cent of the job is done. The

Facing the right amount of resistance at the right time is essential to growth.

resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong.

Thoughts have no definitive point of origin, no set course of travel, and no specific site of disappearance.

The force of a visualization (which is a chain of intended and purposeful thoughts) can help you tap into the right energy cycles or alter the course of existing energy patterns in your body. The

We are a rather strange species, if you ask me. Strange because, almost always, we want something different from what we already have. Our capacity to be selfless is as immense as our potential to be selfish.

My life is like a flower. I was sowed at some point in time; I became a bud, was born, and bloomed like a flower. It doesn’t matter how much I protect myself, how fragrant I am, how alive I may be – one day, I am going to wither away.

When you feel negative, down, pensive, angry, sad, jealous and so forth, being mindful helps you emerge stronger than your negative emotions. It takes away the resistance and force from the negative emotions and you immediately feel better.

One of the most outstanding aspects of Ayurveda is its teaching that nothing is absolute. The utility, value and effect of anything is relative. Hence, the efficacy of its healing is dependent on the receiver, the time and the environment. It

In everything that we do, we are relentlessly, even if subconsciously, working towards feeling complete. We drink water when we are thirsty; we eat food when we are hungry. In whatever we feel we lack, nature propels us to take action so we may feel fulfilled. Some

Where roads are made, I lose my way. In the wide water, in the blue sky there is no line of a track. The pathway is hidden by the birds’ wings, by the starfires, by the flowers of the wayfaring seasons. And I ask my heart if its blood carries the wisdom of the unseen way. – Rabindranath Tagore, "VI," Fruit-Gathering When you pursue what matters to you, the end result may or may not be what you desire, but it will leave you a better, stronger, wiser, happier person. You will not feel lost, you will not feel tired, and there will be no anxiety. In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

We can change our habits. We needn’t be at the mercy of thoughts like ‘that’s just my personality’ or ‘it’s in my genes so there’s nothing I can do about it’. Negative habits can be replaced with positive ones, selfish ones with kind ones, suspicion with trust, hostility with empathy and complaints with gratitude. – David R. Hamilton, Why Kindness is Good for You

The first lesson is just to breathe in a measured way, in and out. That will harmonise the system. When you have practiced this for some time, you will do well to join to it the repetition of some word as "Om," or any other sacred word. In India we use certain symbolical words instead of counting one, two, three, four. That is why I advise you to join the mental repetition of the "Om," or some other sacred word to the Pranayama. Let the word flow in and out with the breath, rhythmically, harmoniously, and you will find the whole body is becoming rhythmical. Then you will learn what rest is. Compared with it, sleep is not rest. Once this rest comes the most tired nerves will be calmed down, and you will find that you have never before really rested.

I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power, that the path before me was closed, that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity. But I find that thy will knows no end in me. And when old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders. -

The fundamental difference between Vedic and tantric thought is your take on God. In tantra you say, “You are my object of worship. You are superior than I am and that is why I’m praying to you. But, I’m not merely interested in eulogizing or seeking pardon for my sins. I want to purify myself to the extent where I merge in you and you merge in me, so that one day I become you. I’m not interested in this union after I die; I want to experience it while I live.

People with low pH levels age quicker for, your skin, your hair, most muscles are made from protein. pH is measured in molecular weight also known as moles per liter. An increase of one point on the pH scale represents a tenfold or one thousand percent decrease in the concentration of hydrogen ions. And a decrease of one point on the pH scale means a thousand percent increase in hydrogen ions. Therefore, a pH of six and eight is not merely two points but twentyfold change.

And that’s the thing, you see – when I talk about kindness, I’m not simply saying you should be kind to others. That comes a step later. First, you must be grateful to those who are kind to you. No matter how small an act of kindness may be on the other’s part, if you don’t hold back in expressing your gratitude, if you deeply appreciate what they have done or are trying to do, you will be bringing a lifelong positive change in the other person’s life. This will not only help them and yourself, but also the whole world.

If someone doesn’t want to be in your life, let that person go. There’s no wisdom in holding on to a partner, person, employer or a thing. Everything and everyone must ultimately perish. Separation from all that we love is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. It’s inevitable, only a matter of time. Our childhood, adolescence, youth, old age, all phases pass. Those who loved you deeply yesterday may loathe you tomorrow. The memories of the one who you loved deeply once, may only give you grief now. This is samsara – cyclical and transient.

All meats, intoxicants, condiments, processed and canned foods are highly acidic. Modern science considers dairy mostly acidic but Ayurveda states all dairy products generated from cow's milk to be alkaline. All herbs, spices and most vegetables are alkaline. Avocados and coconuts are highly alkaline as are rock salt, sprouted beans and vegetables like spinach, cucumber, broccoli. Kemp (sea vegetable), horseradish and miso are highly alkaline. All citrus fruits are acidic before ingestion but they act alkaline on the body during and post ingestion.

All meats, intoxicants, condiments, processed and canned foods are very acidic. Modern science considers dairy mostly acidic, but Ayurveda considers all dairy products generated from cow’s milk to be alkaline. All herbs, spices and most vegetables are alkaline. Avocados and coconuts are very alkaline, as are rock salt, sprouted beans and vegetables like spinach, cucumber and broccoli. Kemp (sea vegetable), horseradish and miso are very alkaline. All citrus fruits are acidic before ingestion but they act alkaline on the body during and after ingestion. In

In the Purana, we find this description of time, which is hardly the invention of brutish man scrabbling to create the spoke and the ploughshare: The basic unit of life is the nimesha, the instant. Fifteen nimeshas make one kastha, thirty kasthas one kaala, thirty kaalas one muhurta and thirty muhurtas one day. Thirty days is a maasa, a month, which is one day of the gods and ancestors; six maasas make an ayana, two ayanas a year. One human year is a day and a night for the celestials, uttarayana being the day and dakshinayana the night. Three hundred and sixty-five human years make a divine one.

I feel so sentenced by your words, I feel so judged and sent away, Before I go I’ve got to know Is that what you mean to say? Before I rise to my defense, Before I speak in hurt or fear, Before I build that wall of words, Tell me, did I really hear? Words are windows, or they’re walls, They sentence us, or set us free. When I speak and when I hear, Let the love light shine through me. There are things I need to say, Things that mean so much to me, If my words don’t make me clear, Will you help me to be free? If I seemed to put you down, If you felt I didn’t care, Try to listen through my words To the feelings that we share. When

Here’s the simple practice: sit down at the table. Take a few deep breaths. Remind yourself that you work hard and do most things so you may enjoy a square meal. And, now that you have the meal in front of you, it’s time to savour every bite. Thank God or nature or the universe for providing you with food. There are hundreds of millions of people on our planet who go to bed hungry every night. Remind yourself how lucky you are. Take a couple of sips of water. Pacify your body and your breathing. Just imagine you are doing fire offerings to the divine digestive fire in your stomach. Imagine that every morsel is a part of nature and that you are about to absorb this in you. Eat slowly, chewing every bite – enjoy the rasa in every morsel. This doesn’t take more time; it simply takes awareness. Time

based on my personal experiences. Theoretical exposition is mostly my own but the majority of the base concepts are traditional and time-honored views of remarkable sages who existed before me. Therefore, if you wish to read more on the mantra sadhana, you can check out the following texts that I grew up reading. With a bit of research, you should be able to get your hands on good translations. I know that Hindi translations must be available for most of these books and English translation only for some. This is not your standard bibliography with publishers and translators, for I don’t have much of that information. Nevertheless, I’m sharing with you the names of various books you can read to know more about mantra yoga. In particular, I would like to acknowledge the translation of Mantra Maharnava by Ram Kumar Rai, Mantra Rahasya by Narayandutt

ऐसा इसलिए भी है क्योंकि हमें अक्सर अपने-आप से ही भयभीत होने का संस्कार दिया जाता है। हम भूल करने और निर्णय लेने से डरते हैं। हम उचित कार्य करने से डरते हैं और चाहते हैं कि जब हम कुछ करें तो दूसरा हमारे कार्य की पुष्टि करे। भय के मारे, आप अपनी टाँगें पसार कर नहीं सोते, आप हमेशा थोड़े सिकुड़े रहते हैं। कुंडलिनी का स्वाभाविक धाम तो स्वाधिष्ठान चक्र में है पर ये नीचे उतर कर मूलाधार चक्र में पड़ी है। ये दो चक्र काम के केंद्र हैं और लोगों के जीवन में सबसे बड़ा अपराधबोध, उनके यौन संबंधी विचारों और कामों से ही जुड़ा होता है। जब आप अपने-आप को पूरी तरह से स्वीकार लेते हैं और अपने साथ सहज होने लगते हैं तो वहीं से कुंडलिनी का जागरण आरंभ होता है। तब आप उसे ध्यान और मनन के साथ आगे ले जाते हैं। आप इसे इसकी सिकुड़ी और मुड़ी हुई अवस्था से बाहर निकालते हैं और यह पूरी तरह से निर्भीक और स्वीकार्य भाव में आ जाती है। यह सुप्त नहीं रहती। यह जाग्रत और सार्थक हो उठती, यह न केवल आपके सपनों को साकार करने का माध्यम बनती है। बल्कि आपको संपूर्णता का एहसास भी दिलाती है। यही कारण है कि इसे देवी का निराकार रूप कहा जाता है जो स्वयं दैवीय माता से कम दैवीय, कम शक्तिशाली और कम संपूर्ण नहीं है।

When you feel heaviness in the body or mind, almost certainly it means kapha is vitiated.

Imbalanced kapha can lead one into a prolonged state of depression.

Kapha grants emotional and mental stability. If pitta is the solar channel in your body, kapha is the lunar channel. It helps you to go to sleep: its properties can pacify physical, mental and emotional aggression, bringing you to a state of calm and equilibrium.

When you can’t get up in the morning, even after a good night’s sleep, it could be due to an imbalance between your kapha and vata.

Digestion, appetite, skin, vision, lustre and physical strength are greatly affected by pitta. Balanced pitta gives a person smooth and glowing complexion, clarity of thought, sharp intellect, perfect digestion and good vision.

Sometimes you shiver when you urinate, especially if it’s cold. That’s because your body was maintaining a certain temperature prior to urination. Hot urine in the bladder contributed to the maintenance of this temperature.

You may have seen people who work stressful jobs and have challenges at home eat all sorts of stuff, yet maintain good health. If one is cheerful, carefree or contented, the role of diet loses much of its significance, because such people can digest practically anything. Due to their fine mental health, their bodies remain fit too. A

In fact, yogic and Ayurvedic texts mention knowledge (jnana), scientific knowledge (vijnana), restraint (samyam), mindfulness (smriti) and concentration (ekagrata) as the antidote and treatment for mental afflictions caused by imbalanced mental humours. Each of these five strengthens sattva.

The constant play and competition between sattva, rajas and tamas triggers changes in mood, emotion and the flow of thoughts. Tamas causes a disease, rajas treats it and sattva heals the sufferer.

Imagine someone shouts at you aggressively, with an intent to upset you. If, then, you contemplate physically abusing or harming this person, it means tamas is strong; it is governing you. In the same situation, if you feel your aggressive emotions well up, but you do not yell at the other person, rajas has won over tamas. If, however, you don’t feel any negativity or aggression; you don’t feel like giving it back to the person, nor do you have to curb your reaction – in simple terms, you remain unaffected – it means that your mode of goodness, sattva, has won over both tamas and rajas.

When it has been cooked for a while, it gets oxidized. Cut an apple and leave it out for a few minutes and it goes brown; it gets oxidized. Squeeze a few drops of lemon on the apple you have cut, and it doesn’t go brown because the vitamin C in the lemon prevents oxidation.

The herbivores mostly sit with their front legs tucked in while the carnivores sit with their frontal limbs spread. Omnivores alternate between the two postures. Vedic texts regard the former posture as a sign of an inward mind that promotes stability and grace in movements.

For that matter, anything is okay as long as it doesn’t become a part of your routine – as long as it doesn’t become a habit.

When you forgive, somewhere you sacrifice a part of your own existence, your respect, your dignity, yourself.

mean I had to drink hurriedly. Bubbles of ambition and desire,

आपकी चेतना का दायरा, केवल आपकी देह तक सीमित नहीं रहा; यह सारे संसार पर व्याप्त हो गया है।

यह भी एक रोचक तथ्य है, मणिपुर चक्र का मन की सहज व अंतर्ज्ञान संबंधी विशेषताओं से गहन संबंध है। मैंने असंख्य अवसरों पर देखा है कि मणिपुर चक्र पर ध्यान करने से आपकी अंतर्दृष्टि में निखार आता है।

अनाहत चक्र पर ध्यान करने का एक और लाभ यह होगा कि आप एक निश्चित प्रकार की शुद्धि का अनुभव कर सकेंगे — जो भी भावात्मक और भौतिक होगा। आपके रक्त की गुणवत्ता में सुधार होगा और आप कहीं सकारात्मक अनुभव कर सकेंगे। आपकी अस्वीकृति से भरपूर प्रतिक्रियाएँ पहले से कहीं सजग व धीमी होंगी। साधक को अपने भीतर एक नए प्रकार के साहस का अनुभव होगा। देवी का नाम राकिनी है। उनका रंग श्याम तथा सहायक ध्वनि ‘रं’ है।

सभी नामों के अंत में ‘कर्षिणी’ प्रत्यय आता है जिसका अर्थ है, किसी चीज़ को रोकने की शक्ति। इससे भी महत्वपूर्ण अर्थ है, उचित उपयोग या व्यवहार की शक्ति। ये सोलह नाम प्रेम, बुदि्धमता, आत्म-संकल्पना, ध्वनि, स्पर्श, आकार, स्वाद, गंध, चेतना, वीरता, स्मृति, पहचान, रचनात्मक द्रव्य, सूक्ष्म व भौतिक शरीर क्रमशः हैं। सभी चक्रों पर साधना करते हुए जब तक आप यहाँ आएँगे, तो आप सदैव सजग और एकाग्रचित्त रहना सीख चुके होंगे, आप अपने आचरण में पूरी सतर्कता रखेंगे और आप इन सभी सोलह तत्वों को उपयुक्त रूप से अपने जीवन में प्रयुक्त करेंगे। देवी का नाम डाकिनी है और उनकी सहायक ध्वनि ‘दं’ है।

आज्ञाचक्राब्जनिलया शुक्लवर्णा षडानना. मज्जासंस्था हंसवतीमुख्य शक्तिसमन्विता, हरिद्रान्नैकरसिका हाकिनीरूपधारिणी.” (ललिता सहस्रनाम, 107.5–108) शाब्दिक अर्थ आपकी दोनों भौहों के मध्य, आज्ञा चक्र में स्थित देवी विशुद्ध गौरवर्णा और छह मुखों वाली हैं। अस्थि मज्जा में स्थित देवी को प्रधान ऊर्जा हंसावती का सहयोग मिलता है। उन्हें हल्दी डाल कर पका हुआ, गरिष्ठ भोजन भाता है, वे हाकिनी का रूप धारण करती हैं।

इस चक्र की देवी अस्थि मज्जा में स्थित है। इस चक्र पर ध्यान करने से आप अस्थि मज्जा से जुड़े रोगों से मुक्त हो सकते हैं। यह इस बात की भी सूचक है कि अब ध्यान आपकी अस्थियों में है। पहले आपको ध्यान लगाना पड़ता था, अब यह स्वचालित रूप से लगेगा। आप बस लगभग पहुँच गए हैं, आप शांति व परमानंद की प्राकृतिक अवस्था की तलाश करने के लिए प्रस्तुत हैं।

जब आप भीतर श्वास लेते हैं तो आप कहते हैं ‘हम्सा’ और बाहर श्वास छोड़ते हुए कहते हैं, ‘सोहम्’,। इसका अर्थ है, ‘मैं वही हूँ’। अपने जीवन के प्रत्येक क्षण में इस ज्ञान से बड़ा बोध कोई नहीं हो सकता कि आप जिस दैवीय को खोज रहे हैं, आप वही हैं और आपके आसपास की हर वस्तु और व्यक्ति भी उतना ही दैवीय है।

सहस्रार तक पहुँचना, आपके द्वारा की गई गहन साधना का पुरस्कार है। इस अवस्था तक आने वाला साधक सिद्ध हो जाता है। साधक सिद्ध होने की अवस्था से भी परे हो गया है। वह साध्य, बनने के परम स्तर तक पहुँच गया है, जिसे वह खोज रहा था। साधक ने उसके साथ एकात्म पा लिया, जिसे वह साधना चाहता था। इस स्तर पर आप पूजनीय हो उठते हैं क्योंकि आपका अस्तित्व पूरी तरह से निःस्वार्थ है और दूसरों के कल्याण के लिए है। आप लोगों को आरोग्य देने, चमत्कार करने और उनके पार देखने की शक्ति अर्जित कर लेते हैं। आप स्वाभाविक रूप से असीम करुणा के स्वामी हो जाते हैं और आप लोगों को उसी तरह अपनी ओर आकर्षित करते हैं, जैसे पुष्प मधुमक्खियों को अपनी ओर खींचते हैं।

इन देवी को याकिनी कहा जाता है। इनका वर्ण ‘यं’ है। मूल वर्ण ‘य’ का अर्थ है, ‘यह’। यही है, अब! यही एक सिद्ध व जिज्ञासु के बीच मूल अंतर है; एक साधक जहाँ संघर्ष करता है, सिद्ध वहाँ आनंदित होता है। सिद्ध पुरुष वहीं रहते हैं, जहाँ से छात्र भाग खड़े होते हैं और वह यही है, अब!

भक्ति कहती है कि अपने पापों की क्षमा चाहते हुए, उस दिव्य का नाम जप करते हुए, उसका स्तुति गान करते हुए, स्वयं को समर्पित कर दो। तंत्र इसे अस्वीकार करता है। ईश्वर के बारे में अवधारणा ही तंत्र और वेद का मूलभूत अंतर है। तंत्र में आप कहते हैं, ‘आप मेरे पूजन का साधन हो। आप मुझसे महान हो इसलिए मैं आपका पूजन करता हूँ परंतु मैं केवल स्तुतिगान करने या अपने पापों के लिए क्षमा चाहने में ही विश्वास नहीं रखता। मैं स्वयं को उस सीमा तक शुद्ध करना चाहता हूँ, जहाँ आप मुझमें और मैं आपके भीतर समा जाऊँ। मैं मृत्यु के बाद संयोग में रुचि नहीं रखता, मैं अपनी जीवितावस्था में ही इसका अनुभव पाना चाहता हूँ।

यैर्एव पतनं द्रव्यैः सिद्’ धिस्तैरव च्ओदिता, स्रीकौलदर्शन्‌ए चैव भैरव्‌एण महात्मना.” (कुलार्णव तंत्र, 5, 48) कौल परंपरा के महान भैरव, शिव ने निर्देश दिया है कि जो वस्तु मनुष्य के पतन का कारण बनती है, उसके उपयोग से ही आध्यात्मिक उन्नति करना संभव है।

कुंडलिनी मेरी ऊर्जा है और मेरे भाव व विचार भी मेरे हैं। तंत्र कहता है कि कुछ भी अपने-आप में अच्छा या बुरा नहीं होता। यह सब उसके उपयोग पर निर्भर करता है। कुंडलिनी पथ की साधना में स्वीकारा जाता है कि मेरे भीतर कमियाँ और दोष हैं परंतु मैं उनके कारण अपनी क्षमता को नष्ट नहीं कर सकता। तंत्र इस बात पर बल देता है कि किसी भी चीज़ से ऊपर उठने के लिए आपको उसे समझना होगा। जब आप किसी चीज़ को नहीं समझते, तो आप उसका दमन करते हैं, आप उसे अस्वीकारते हैं और जागरण के पथ पर यही अस्वीकार आपकी सबसे बड़ी बाधा बन जाता है। इसकी बजाए अपनी सारी नकारात्मकता और सीमाओं को एक सशक्त बल में बदलें जो मुक्ति पाने पर केंद्रित हों। तंत्र आपको सिखाता है कि आप सहज भाव से हर चीज़ का त्याग कर दें ताकि आप उसे देख सकें, समझ सकें, उसे साध सकें और उससे पार जा सकें। आपको यह सोचने में बुरा लग सकता है कि आप पापों से भरे हैं। इसकी बजाए, अपने पापों की सोच से परे जाते हुए, उसके मूल तक जाएँ। किसी न किसी को तो कचरा हटाना ही होगा। उपेक्षा करने से बात नहीं बनेगी। उसमें से निरंतर दुर्गंध आती रहेगी। आपको पूरे कौशल और कलात्मकता के साथ अपने भीतर की हर चीज़ को साधना सीखना होगा।

यदि ईश्वर हर वस्तु में विद्यमान है, तो क्या उसके अस्तित्व की कोई भी वस्तु असंपूर्ण हो सकती है? यही तंत्र का पथ है। कुंडलिनी जागरण एक तांत्रिक साधना है।

अब यह रेशम के तंतु खाने वाली इल्ली या उल्टा लटकने वाला प्यूपा नहीं रहा। यह पंखों व रंगों के साथ एक सुंदर तितली बन गई है। इसके जीवन ने नए आयाम ले लिए हैं। एक गहरे अंधेरे खोल से बाहर आ कर, यह हरे-भरे मैदानों में खिले पुष्पों के साथ, दिन के उजले प्रकाश में खेलती है। इसने नई योग्यताओं को सीखा हालांकि इसके पास कोई सहायक अंग नहीं थे। एक तितली नाक न होने के बावजूद सूंघ सकती है। एक इल्ली से ले कर तितली बनने तक का असाधारण रूपांतरण ही कुंडलिनी जागरण है, यही सारी तांत्रिक साधना का रहस्य है।

वास्तविकता में, इसके गुप्त अर्थ में साधक की आध्यात्मिक प्रगति का रहस्य छिपा है। पहले शब्द स्वाहा का अभिप्राय है कि आपने अपनी सारी नकारात्मक प्रवृत्तियों को जला कर राख कर दिया है। इल्ली की तरह, आप इस अविश्वास को जला देते हैं कि आप उड़ नहीं सकते। अब आप उन बातों पर केंद्रित नहीं रहते, जो आप नहीं कर सकते, आप उन बातों पर ध्यान रखते हैं, जिन्हें आप करना चाहते हैं और ब्रह्माण्ड स्वयं आपकी सहायता के लिए आगे आ जाता है। अगले शब्द स्वधा का अर्थ है, आंतरिक शक्ति तथा अवशोषित करने की आंतरिक योग्यता। कुंडलिनी जागरण से, आपको अपनी असाधारण प्रतिभा का भान होता है, वह असीम संभावना, जिसे पाने के लिए आप सदा से व्याकुल थे। आप किसी इल्ली की तरह अपने भय तथा वर्जनाओं की परतें उतारने लगते हैं। आपकी हर परत उतरने के साथ ही, आपके भीतर से आपका एक नया पक्ष उजागर होता है। आपको लगता है कि आप भी पंख उगा सकते हैं, आप अपने खोल से बाहर आ सकते हैं।

जागरण के साथ ही यह बोध भी आता है कि केवल प्रेम ही एक ऐसा भाव है जिसे अपने भीतर स्थान देना और प्रसारित करना चाहिए। आप निःस्वार्थ स्नेह का प्रतिमान हो जाते हैं और यही कुंडलिनी है। कुंडलिनी वह स्नेह है जो आपकी इच्छाओं व सपनों तले कुंडली मारे बैठा है, वह चाहता है कि आप भावों तथा मोह के चक्रों को भेदते हुए, अपने अनंत अस्तित्व के संयोग का अनुभव पा लें। यह एक बोध है कि आप जल की इकलौती बूँद नहीं, जो किसी भी क्षण सूख जाएगी, आप एक अनंत जलराशि का अंश हैं — एक सागर, ऐसा सागर, जो कभी नहीं सूखता।

सकारात्मकता और दृढ संकल्प के साथ आगे जाने वाले के लिए ब्रह्माण्ड स्वयं मार्ग बनाता है।

मूलाधार, ध्यान किए जाने वाले चक्रों में सबसे पहले नंबर पर आता है, तो आपके लिए एकाग्र बने रहने की चुनौती भी हाथी जितनी ही विशाल होगी; यह कुछ ऐसा ही होगा मानो आप हाथी को पालतू बना रहे हों। आपको कुंठित होने या इससे जूझने की आवश्यकता नहीं है, अन्यथा यह आपको कुचल देगा। बस आपको अपनी सजगता और संकल्प के अंकुश के साथ, आगे बढ़ना है।

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