I tend to forget some of my spiritual experiences. Just a lot to recount. Today, while talking with Tejal auntie, I remembered that on Saturday, everytime I closed my eyes, the third eye would open and I could see different parts of different worlds! This happened quite frequently.
Well, the next 2 days were difficult. It was as if, I had entirely forgotten how to get to that state again! In spite of that, there was spiritual progress. This is what happens. Every so often, the consciousness gets covered up by differnt parts of Maya. Once, again, the consciousness has to try and struggle and wake up from those different coverings or Avaranas as it is said.
Ramkrishna Paramhansa used to say, it takes either 3 seconds, or 3 hours or 3 days to complete spiritual progress. The best sadhaka can do it in 3 seconds. The medium sadhaka can do it in 3 hours and the weakest sadhaka takes 3 days. I have always taken 3 days to overcome every covering or Avarana. However, these numbers can only be used when you reach the level of consciousness and you are trying to remove a covering or avarana. The 3 second rule can only be done by Avatars such as Yogananda or Ramkrishna Paramhansa.
So why did I not make progress on Sunday or Monday? The truth is, I did make progress but on the first day, i.e. Sunday, all of a sudden, I had forgotten how to open the spiritual eye again! Then on Monday, I remembered how to open it, but every naadi in my body, collectively would gather up together and at the Agna Chakra, resist any effort to open it, saying, “we are perfectly content with the way we are. Why make any progress? This is all ok.” I am not sure what is in store for me tomorrow.
To explain what is happening, to forget how to make progress, to resist any effort for progress is “tamas” guna. It resides either in the Agna chakra or Vishuddha chakra.
I believe further elaboration is needed here. The 3 gunas were created at the time of creation of the universe. They are present everywhere. The 3 gunas are present in the body, in the intellect and in the heart. They are present in varying degrees in all places. My current experience was an experience of tamoguna in the body.
One final clarification, which I start here but perhaps finish tomorrow. Different perfected souls describe the gunas, the same experience at different chakras. Is one more accurate than the other?
The answer is no, they are all correct. For eg, Yogananda has described the experiences based on consciousness. The different chakras when turned right side up, reflect experiences of the consciousness in different chakras.
Vishnutirthji Maharaja described the same experiences depending on where the eyes have accomplished “trataka” between the Agna chakra and Sahastra dala.
Gurudeve, described it based on where the prana was located.
Sri Aurobindo described the experiences based on where the different “obstacles” or “sanskaras” originated from.
So, what is really happening? We start off by keeping trataka in the eyebrow. As we get more and more secure in the eyebrow, eventually our consciousness gets uplifted and this is followed by pulling of the prana. As the prana is pulled up, there is a simultaneous pull by the sanskaras in the lower field trying to pull the prana and consciousness down.
I hope this explains the discrepency. This is better experienced! God bless everyone
Bhavin