Yesterdays, blog had my experience of the consciousness. Tonight, I had the same experience but a little deeper
Although, the bodily consciousness was not there, at times there was the consciousness of the samadhi, but behind it all, like a silent witness, there was the consciousness of the self. A silent witness, without any reaction! Just a silent spectator. There is no mind or brain to justify or to have emotions. It is there and has always been there.
According to Sri Aurobindo, this is the static aspect of cosmic consciousness. The dynamic aspect of cosmic consciousness, it the creaton.
My experience was a little different since the static was aware of both subtle and gross physical world.
A few days ago I mentioned about a strong beat occuring in the body that was trying to break this consciousness. Now, I have gone beyond that state. The next step that pulls the consciousness down is a diffuse tremble (not physical but of the cells or like Arjuna said Sidanti Maam Gotrani, (meaning my inner body trembles). If one is able to keep ones Mudra focused above, this passes quickly. The bodily consciousness is afraid of letting go completely. This is the fifth Klesha as described by Patanjali and described by Yogananda Maharaj in God talks with Arjuna. Yukteshwar Maharaj gave the analogy of a bird suddenly freed from a cage, but since it likes the cage so much, it goes back.
These are all experiences of breaking beyond the Vishudha chakra. One of the siddhis of Vishudha chakra is loss of perception of time. The other is, if one can go beyond it, then the body can be cast out or the gross and subtle body can be seperated out.
A few more things about Vishudha chakra
1) The soul is at this chakra. Gurudev told me that many years ago and I was reluctant to accept it. I can now confirm this
2) Vivekananda was permitted to go beyond this chakra only once in his life time. Ramkrishna said, if I let you go there repeatedly, you will not finish the work I need to get done
3) Gurudev has put a lock on me too. This is the extent I will make progress in this life.
4) This is the chakra, if perfected one can live for centuries. For eg, Changdev (from Gyaneshwhar Maharaj) had made progress to this chakra and lived for several hundred years
5) The great saints described in Yoga vasishtha where they lived for thousands of years were at this stage.
6) Gurudev has a detailed description of this chakra in Muktashastra – Samadhi
7) Man was made in the image of God. (A quote in the bible). What this refers to is just like there is the soul consciousness, there is also a universal consciousness. My experience was mostly of the soul consciousness, but slowly expanding or merging into the universal consciousness.
8) If one can learn to get information and make decisions by contacting this consciousness rather than using ones brain or emotions, intuition slowly gets refined and more precise.
9) This is the true meaning of self realization. Repeated realizations of the self is needed before one becomes fully integrated. This is what Shankaracharya meant, “Kohum, Kustvam, Kutaha Ayata, Ko te janni, ko te taat” Meaning who are you, where did you come from, who is your mother and father!
10) Not everyone with this self realization has siddhis. This is the fourth stage of Gyana as per Ramana Maharshi. The fifth, sixth and sevent are stages where more Siddhis appear but the knowledge of the self is the same for those in the 4th to 7th stage. The person who has this is a Jeevan mukta, living just to exhaust his unfinished desires and karmas.
Bhavin