Meditation the Way to Self Realization

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Swami Anand Neelambar


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The word Taoshobuddha comes from three words, tao,

sho, and Buddha. The word Tao was coined by the

Chinese master, Lau Tzu. It means, that which is and

cannot be put into words. It is unknown and unknowable.

It can only be experienced and not expressed in words.

Its magnanimity cannot be condensed into finiteness. Theword Sho implies, that which is vast like the sky and deep

like an ocean and carries within its womb a treasure. It

also means one on whom the existence showers its

blessings. And lastly the word Buddha, implies the

Enlightened One; one who has arrived home. Thus,

Taoshobuddha implies one who is existential, on whom

the existence showers its blessings and one who has arrivedhome. The Enlightened One!


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DEEP WITHIN YOU IS THE BUDDHA!

These methods do not belong to any religion. Just as the

Theory of relativity is not Jewish because Albert Einstein

conceived it, so radio and television are not Christian.

And no one says why are you using electricity, because it

is Christian and a Christian mind conceived it. Science

does not belong to any religion, race, caste, or creed!

Just because these techniques were developed by a Hindu

mind, does this mean these techniques are Hindu? But

you cannot change the wisdom of human stupidity. So

think through it.


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CONTENTS

Preface ix

Introduction xix

SECTION ONE: MEDITATION

What is Meditation? 3

Awakening The Key to Meditation 43

Meditation and Explosion 54

Mindfulness and Meditation 65

SECTION TWO: HOWTO MEDITATE?

The Process of Discipline and Learning 75

The Flow of Life 86

Initiation to a Master 92

Path to Desirelessness 101

Understanding Soul 111Life Force and Seven Bodies 120

Obstacles in the Path of Meditation 134

Maya or Illusion The Impending Force in Meditation 140

Choosing the Place of Meditation 150

Self-reliance and Dependence in Meditation 159

SECTION THREE: MEDITATION TECHNIQUES

Vipashyana Meditation Techniques 169

An Experiment in Silence & Seclusion 183


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Tratak Meditation Techniques 190

Mirror Gazing Techniques 193

Mantra Meditation 198

Conscious Entry into Sleep 205

Wordless Communion with Existence 207

Conscious Death 209

Visualization Techniques 212

Dynamic Meditation 217Kundalini Meditation 225

Nadabrahma Meditation 227

Devavani Meditation 230

Gourishankar Meditation 232

Sufi Whirling Meditation 234

Gibberish Meditation 236

Mystic Rose Meditation 238No-mind Meditation 242

Meditation Techniques from Vigyan Bhairav Tantra 244

112 Meditation Techniques 254

Meditation Techniques for Children 256

Meditation for Modern Man 260

SECTION FOUR: WHYIS MEDITATION NECESSARY?

Why is Meditation Necessary? 269

Meditation A Release and the Cure 281

Meditation A Principle of Contact 293

Meditation and Kundalini 306

Meditation and Opening of Sahasrar 316

Tao of Meditation 321

Meditation and Sufism 332

Meditation and Healing 339


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PREFACE

Before I begin to say anything, let me clarify certain thingsfrom the very beginning. I am not interested in anymetaphysical questions. It does not matter who created this

world or if God is or is not? You are! This is most important to

me. You can be transformed. This is meaningful. It neither

matters what was the relationship between Jesus and Mary

Madeline nor why did Rama put Sita to the fire test or why didRama abandon Sita? Answers to these questions cannot

transform you or give you the taste of Enlightenment. A Buddha

is never concerned with such questions. He works with you and

on you alone.

These methods do not belong to any religion. Just as the

Theory of Relativity is not Jewish because Albert Einstein

conceived it, so radio and television are not Christian because

a Christian mind conceived this. And no one asks, why are you

using electricity because it is Christian? A Christian mind

conceived it. Science does not belong to any religion, race,

caste, or creed! Just because these techniques were developed

by a Hindu mind, does this mean these techniques are Hindu?

But you cannot change the wisdom of human stupidity. So

think through it.

Many years ago in deep silence, a flowering happened.

The beauty and the fragrance of this flower were not going to

last forever. Whatever happens to the flower is momentary;


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bees gather around the flower and begin to experience its beauty,

fragrance, aliveness, presence, and its fragility. This is theexperience in the end, of all those who are thirsty of something

emanating from deep within the flowering of the Being; and the

flower continues to share its presence, its being, its silence,

and its wholeness. Those who are near such flowering, begin to

experience their own inner flowering. This is the Secret of the

Golden Flowerof a Zen master, Lu Tzu. Such is the milieu. Out

of this flowering, a commune is born. A Buddhafield! Communerefers to a deep union between Meditation and Love. An oasis

in the desert of the world! In such an environment of deep

lovingness, one grows in awareness, understanding, and

meditation. This is the trinity of the Hindu mystical existential

sound, AUM.

The word Commune was first coined by Buddha. He

referred to commune as Sangha. It implies a place where initiateshave dropped their individual egos and are no more functioning

as individual islands or personalities. Communication between

heads was replaced by the communion of hearts!

Whenever so many hearts open, many flowers blossom!

Fragrance is released. This fragrance that surrounds a Buddha

is the fragrance or the energy of the Being. We may call this as

Buddhafield. If someone has attained this flowering, a communeis bound to happen. No one can prevent this. All those who are

thirsty, will start moving towards the flowering of this Buddha.

Just like, when a flower blossoms, the magnetic pull of the

fragrance attracts many bees only bees! No dog will ever be

attracted to this magnetic pull of a flower. A Buddha and a

commune exist only for those who have the sensitivity, the

perception, the availability, the search, and the openness. Many

will pass but will go on missing the Buddha and the commune.

When many individuals with openness and a deep search within,


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are completely dissolved and merged into one another, what is

created there is a Buddhafield, a Sangha.

Individuals with complex diverse potentials gather around

the Buddha. Everyone works wholeheartedly in his or her own

way without any dictatorship or leadership. Through the Buddha

or the Enlightened one, Godliness starts overflowing and

consciousness creates a commune or Buddhafield.

The present book is the outcome of such a happening.

Many years ago, the work started as talks aired on radio, herein Trinidad and within the commune. In fact, the entire country

became the Buddhafield. Many listened to these talks. Now it

was felt necessary to bring all these talks in the form of a concise

publication; hence, this book. The need for meditation was felt

worldwide. Thus, the Buddhafield is now being extended to

the entire world.

Just as, for the body to survive breathing is essential, sotoo for the soul to evolve, meditation is essential! Meditation is

the breathing of the soul. Then what is the difference between

breathing and meditation? Do the two differ from one another?

There is a subtle relationship between the two. Naturally, as an

individual you breathe unconsciously. When you learn to breathe

consciously, it becomes meditation. Buddha introduced

Anapana Sati Yoga Meditation. It is also called VipashyanaMeditation. This was introduced to create an inner sun of

awareness. In this meditation, one needs to become aware of

breathing and by doing so the unconsciousness begins to vanish.

By doing this, one develops witnessing. Therefore, breathing is

used as a tool to create witnessing. With witnessing, one comes

to know that the body and the being are separate.

Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, which is almost 5000 years old, isa treatise on Meditation. It is Shiva who narrates these techniques

of Meditation to His Consort, Devi. There is a specific approach

in Tantra. Shiva uses this to narrate one hundred and twelve

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techniques of meditation. In fact, no technique of meditation

lies outside these one hundred and twelve techniques. Most ofthese techniques use breathing as an essential technique to

attain consciousness of meditative state.

The entire overflow is spontaneous. It is the poetry of the

being that has sprung from the inner depths of a Buddha! It is

a spoken message; no way a written one. Blended with

compassion, it flows like a river that is taking you on a voyage

to merge with the Infinite. This will bring the ultimatetransformation of the consciousness in you! A delight within!

Each word and each sentence is a musical composition.

Also it has its own soul, mind, and body. This trinity together

creates an energy field. This is the energy field of a Buddha.

Once you consider each word and each sentence as a living

organism and the very being of Buddhahood and feel life

pulsating through these, you are in tune with the energy field ofa Buddha.

How can one read and absorb the message and energy

contained in these overflows? Every gem of wisdom and

knowledge, each practice and each sentence contained in this

book is an energy field. This acts as a message. Such messages

have tremendous healing and energy of blissfulness. This can

balance the matter inside the cells and the energy that surroundsthe cells. So you have to maintain a particular posture while

decoding the message contained herein.

When you want to decode the message, sit down with your

back straight, bring your tongue close to your palate but not

touching it, contract your anus a little, and lastly bring your

lower abdomen in; maintain this posture while reading the book.

Why am I emphasizing a specific posture? This posture is ameditative posture. This posture helps us to boost energy,

healing, and thus rejuvenation.


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Every word, every sentence is impregnated with energy.

When you maintain this posture, your cells will be in a state ofinner peace, full of awareness and relaxation. Whatever part of

the book you maybe reading, your cells will be open to receive

both healing and rejuvenation simultaneously. Read slowly.

Comprehend, digest, and absorb the message. As you do so,

your soul will get connected to the very soul of each word.

Remember, the soul carries within it the energy of love, light,

healing, blessing, and service. Therefore, reading in thismeditative way, will not only unfold the inner secrets of this

message but will also transform every aspect of your life.

Meditation brings the Conservation of Energy. Thus,

conservation of energy is an important aspect of Meditation.

This is the law of Physics. It explains that energy can neither be

destroyed nor lost. Definitely it can be transformed. Just as

baser metals are transformed into precious gems, so toomeditation transforms the baser nature into the sublime one.

From the quagmire of senses, meditation takes you to a different

realm of being.

Look at the clouds. Clouds carry within their womb the

water of the oceans. As the waters from the oceans transform

into water vapor, these vapors represent one form of energy.

When these vapors rise, clouds are formed. This is followed bythe energy from the heavens that descend in the form of rain.

This is another form of energy. When clouds are full of water

vapor, rain pours. These are all different forms of energy. Thus,

energy is conserved.

Because of rain and wind a stone is eroded. The stone

gets smaller and smaller in size. When a stone is struck at the

same point for hundreds of years by dripping water, a hole will

form in the stone and eventually, go through the stone. And

then the part of the stone that got eroded away will form a hole.

This is the part which has transformed into another form of

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cosmic energy. So too when a person dies and is cremated, the

energy is absorbed by Mother Earth and thus transforms intoanother form of energy. Meditation brings a form of energy

that transforms the soul, mind, and body. I was intending for

the book on Meditation: The Way to Self-realization. But what

can I do. There is a direct connection between meditation and

healing. In fact, meditation is inner healing. Meditation creates

harmony within, through healing your emotions and all which

creates disturbance within. Meditation takes you to the realmof bliss beyond reason and all that is mental. Therefore it can

be said, it is in reality a journey from medication to meditation.

What is the necessity of meditation? Five thousand years

ago, The Yellow Emperors Canon, the ancient authoritative text

on traditional Chinese medicine, stated, If Chi flows, one is

healthy; if not, one is sick.

Chi refers to vital energy. All these are part of the cosmos.Every one and every thing in the cosmos radiates energy or

chi. That is why I call various forms of chi or energy as Cosmic

or Existential energy. Then there are countless universes. And

there are countless energies or chi of these countless universes.

These universes can thus be divided as yang universes. These

constitute the physical worlds. Then there are yin universes.

These constitute the spiritual worlds. The unknown and theunknowable creates both yang and yin universes. Together,

the two radiate Divine Energy or Chi. Divine is one. Universe is

one. There is only one chi or energy the Cosmic Energy!

When the strategy of this text was planned, there was a

format to follow. However, as time flowed on, many new

dimensions and talks were included. I did not want to include

any talks on the healing aspects. But then I realized, meditation

is in itself a healing process. Healing of the soul! But the soul is

not separate from the mind and the body. Healing at three

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healing as well as vital energy, or life force, or lan vita, or

Orgone, or Prana as in tai chi and chi gong. Traditional Chinesemedicine mentions at least fifty different forms of energy, for

example, heart chi, liver chi, kidney chi, yin chi, wei chi, etc.

Usually we are unaware of these forms of chi. It is said that it

takes five years of hard work to understand this. However, for

the purpose of this text, I will speak of only one form of chi or

energy and that is the Cosmic Energy or Prana or the existential

cosmic sound vibration, Aum.When this energy radiates through the heart, it is heart

chi, and the energy radiating through the immune system

represents the chi of the immune system. When the energy

radiates through the cells, it is cell energy. The energy radiating

through the body and the blood vessels is wei chi. You can call

the energy radiating through the tree as tree chi. So too, there

are ocean chi, star chi, etc.In this book, I have attempted to speak all that could be

spoken at this level. Yet still, there are many dimensions, which

are not only beyond human comprehension but they cannot be

revealed. These are more intricate techniques that are given by

a master to his disciple. These cannot be put in any book form.

However, I have attempted to speak of the Sufi path in relation

to meditation. Sufism is the path of love, as it developed in thedeserts of the Middle East. And Zen is the path of Meditation

that developed in Japan. Buddhas technique of Jati Smaran

the path of going into past lives, has intentionally been omitted

because of the possible dangers it presents if practised without

an Enlightened master.

It is very easy to be entertained, but that is not the purpose

of the Sufis. Then you will miss the essence. These stories are

reflections of the beyond. They try to state, that which cannot

be said; and they try to express, that which is inexpressible.

They are not about ordinary life. These belong to the center of

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your being. They are beautiful devices. If you simply pay

attention, if you meditate on the story! Then parallel to thestory, something else will start revealing itself in your being.

The story is on one plane, but the revelation happens on another

plane. The two planes are parallel to one another. Unless you

start tasting that parallel revelation, remember you have missed

the essence. It is easy to miss the essence. You do not need any

intelligence to miss the essence. However, to feel the essence

and then flow with it, will certainly require even greaterintelligence. And, in fact, something beyond intelligence! So

pull yourself together and become integrated in the moment.

Do not read. Instead, listen as totally as possible; just become

your ears. Be there. Something of immense value is being

imparted in this overflow.

In the beginning, trust is a feeling; in its final flowering, it

is being.I cannot say anymore. Still much is left to say. This is my

essence, my being, my presence; feel it and then allow it within

you. Let it work at your inner center.

Trust is the essence along the path that leads to inner

flowering. And you can trust only if you are ready to go into

insecurity. And ready to sail your boat without any map into

the unknown! Trust means immense courage. And only acourageous person can be religious, because only a courageous

person can say Yes.

So when you trust, your unconsciousness starts revealing

many things to you. It reveals itself only to the trusting mind,

trusting being, and trusting consciousness. Religion is the

fragrance of this trust, impeccable and absolute.

When the planning for this book began, a certain formatwas chosen. As time flowed on, many new dimensions were

added and edited. Now that the work is ready for final

consummation, I felt the need for certain chapters to be


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elaborated. All this lies outside the present format. Chapters

like Meditation Techniques, Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Sufi Pathand Parables, Healing and Meditation require a separate

overflow each. This will be undertaken next, after I finish some

other works like Sufi Path and Parables. Each of these topics

will be elaborated in times to come and will therefore, appear

as separate works.

Quite often people ask me, Who is your master? I have

always answered this question in silence. Now the time hascome to reveal, for the benefit of the listeners. Master and

disciple is an existential game. From the side of a master it is a

game. He knows the entire existence is Enlightened. In fact,

we are all floating in an existential placenta, the Enlightenment.

Enlightenment is your very nature. It is like the flowers and the

buds. Each bud has the potentiality to blossom into a flower.

Until this happens, the bud considers itself separate from theflower. This is an existential game. The moment a disciple attains

this flowering, he is aware of the game. Thus, dissolves the

master-disciple relationship. What remains then is a silent

communion between the two. The two are at the same plane

performing the role in the evolution of human consciousness.

Their techniques and methods may differ but the ultimate

outcome is the same. There remains friendliness between the

two.

All the masters of the past and those who are waiting as

yet to manifest, are my friends. The entire existence is my friend

the masters of the yesteryears and those who are to come

later, the plants, the rivers, the planets, the stars, the moon,

and the sun have all helped in one way or the other in the

process of evolution. I bow down to these. Yet still, certain

names need mention. I abstain for now

Although, I have left the acknowledgements to be done by

Swami Anand, yet still certain persons I must acknowledge. I

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am thankful to Gita, my wife; Dr Sargam, my daughter; and

Vivek, my son for their contributions in making this available toyou. During my stay in India, I received an abundance of love

and care from my parents, brother Awdhesh, his family and

little children Gauri and Nandini and so many others,

knowingly or unknowingly. These need special mention. I am

also thankful to the editor Sonia Saini for giving valuable

suggestions for the improvement of the book.

AUM

I bow down to those who have no enemies.

I bow down to those who have explored inner space.

I bow down to all those who have explored inner world

And are capable of transferring this to others!

I bow down to all mystics of this universe.This five-fold salutation and its remembrance destroys all negativities

And it is most auspicious of all that is auspicious.

TAOSHOBUDDHA

email: [email protected]

I have made myself available on my website.For queries you can log on to:

www.taoshobuddhameditations.com


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INTRODUCTION

I initially came into religious life through my ajaa Grandfatherfrom my fathers side (this is how we call our grandfatherhere in Trinidad). He was a pujari, a Hindu priest who engaged

in occult Hindu practices.

During my late teen years, I spent time studying the works

of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Aurobindo.

In my search for the miraculous I was drawn toTaoshobuddha, who initiated me into the realm of Mystic

Masters. It was this encounter, which led to the beginning of

the real sojourn into meditation.

This work is an effort to compile the overflows of

Taoshobuddha into a blueprint for Meditation; though, there

cannot be a blueprint for that which cannot be taught!

This humble offering is just a gesture to encourage theseeker to take the plunge into the unknown and the unknowable!

The risk is great and you will lose everything! But you will

only lose that which you do not possess and that which is really

yours will be uncovered.

The journey into meditation is a sojourn into self-discovery.

I hope this compilation of overflows from Taoshobuddha

seduce you to go beyond yourself into the ocean of infinity andexplore the fathomless depths of your inner Being!

These overflows contain the gist of Meditation and How to

let go into a meditative state of awareness. The Why of Meditation


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is very important, as it is not much understood by common

humanity.

This compilation seeks to make available the essence of a

life of meditation and its importance in todays chaotic world.

Reading the book is just a small percent of what the authors

intend it to be. The main focus is to engage into any of the

techniques discussed and attain awareness.

Remember, this is just a menu. You cannot satisfy your

hunger by reading the menu. You have to eat the food and letit work within thus, your thirst into Meditation begins.

How long, how long shall you lay in slumber?

Awake! Awake! Oh immortal being!

The dawn of new awakening peeps oer the horizon

And the darkness takes to flight!

Many names need mentioning who have helpedtremendously in the publication of this overflow. In this regard

West Indies, the country of Cricket.I also pay my regards and thanks to the publishers who

undertook to make this overflow available to all of you and to

Mr. Manjeet Saluja, who helped me out in its final editing.

Ramnarine, an expert in alternate medicine, who is blending

Gregory Prescott - Simply E and Farook Baksh - DJ Mamoo.

the staff at Radio Shakti, Program Director - Roshan Sookram;

Also various sponsors here in Trinidad & Tobago. I must mention

in particular Omas Pooja Bhandar in Penal, and Shaffie Mohammed

Florists at Piarco International Airport right here in Trinidad,

I wish to also thank Swami Dharambodh, a sculpturist in

Trinidad, for creating the beautiful sculpture of the Laughing

Buddha, which now adorns the Ishtara Center of Dr C.Harry

medicine and meditation as the complete science of healing.

with love and awareness!

Swami Anand Neelambar


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