by
George A. Boyd ©2001
This meditation
is used to unite your attention with your attentional principle. This
technique is called Purusa Dhyan meditation. Purusa is the form of consciousness
in which you will behold your attentional principle. Dhyan means to meditate,
to gaze upon an object of meditation, to unite your attention with that
object. In this meditation, your attentional principle is the object of
meditation.
The attentional
principle consists of four elements: your attention (chittam), vehicles
(swarup), the essential form of your attentional principle (purusa), and
the wave of consciousness (chetan).
Attention is
your mind stuff. Attention is like the cursor on your computer. It determines
where you are focusing. By changing this focus you can see different things
within. Changing this focus of your attention is called fixation or dharana.
Your attentional
principle is encased in several vehicles. When it rises out of its body
focus behind the pitiuitary gland center, it travels to higher Planes.
These different vehicles allow it to operate in those higher Planes.
This is like
when you go deep under the water, you wear a deep sea diving suit. If
you go up in the stratosphere, you may have to wear a pressurized flight
suit. If you go up into outer space, you will need to wear a space suit.
The attentional principle's vehicles are like these specialized suits
that you have to wear when you go into these different environments.
The essential
form of your attentional principle is called purusa. When the vehicles
of its astral, causal and mental bodies have been put aside, it functions
in this essential form.
At its deepest
core, your attentional principle is like a wave of consciousness. When
you focus at this level, you move from contemplating your attentional
principle to being your attentional principle. You identify with it.
In this meditation
technique, you will learn how to focus on your attentional principle and
open this third eye within you.
Practice
of Purusa Dhyan Meditation
Sit upright
in a chair, or in a comfortable cross-legged posture on a sofa or on
a cushion on the floor. Close your eyes, and focus your attention at
the point between your eyebrows. Place your attention on the following
points for three to five minutes each, monitor your experience at each
level, then shift your focus of attention to the next level:
Sense of
sitting in the present time
Awareness
of sensations arising from the environment in the present time
Awareness
of sensations arising in the body in the present time
Awareness
of emotions arising in the present time
Awareness
of thoughts arising in the present time
Awareness
of I AM statements arising in the present time, with associated thoughts,
feelings, and memories
Awareness
of memories and impressions bubbling up from the Subconscious
Awareness
of the present time being recorded in memory
Focus your
attention in turn on each chakra of the Subconscious mind in the spinal
tube
base of spine
behind the
navel
behind the
solar plexus
behind the
heart,
at the place
where the neck meets the shoulders
at the base
of the skull
at the point
where the nose meets the forehead
Move behind
the point between the eyebrows towards the top of your head. You will
encounter a presence behind this center that silently observes. Focus
more intently on this presence. You will begin to see light emanating
from this presence.
Affirm quietly,
"the self, the size of a thumb, is seated behind the two eyes. It is self-effulgent
light. It is consciousness itself. I am this consciousness."
This is the
attentional principle. This is your third eye, which allows you to see
within when your two eyes are closed.
Remain in this
state for as long as you wish. Then, when you are ready to return, retrace
your steps through each focal point until you are fully grounded in your
normal waking awareness.
Practice this
meditation until you can go at will to each focal point and unite with
the attentional principle easily.