Anahat Naad
October 1, 2020
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Another full moon day. This was the beginning of a new month as well. On this day I started two new processes. One process will last for the next year i.e. till 30th September 2021 while another process will continue for the rest of my life (unless it is not possible to perform). On this day Khushi also had great news to share. I may talk about this a bit later. I was late to start my meditation as there was a medical appointment at 9:00 AM. By the time we came back from GP it was already 9:45 am. I lied down in “Shavasan” for a while to relax my body and calm my mind. Then I got up and sat down to start meditation around 10:30 am. Usually, I set an alarm for 2 hours, but that day I did not set any alarm. I muted by cell phone and kept close by.
It was a cloudy day and the temperature was close to 16 degrees Celsius in the morning. I sat down in “Dhyan Mudra” with my folded legs in “Sukhasan”. I started with breathing exercises which included “∩” breathing, chanting, Shwan breathing, and Bandhas. It took almost 20 minutes to complete all these breathing and chanting practices. I took a deep breath in and closed my eyes with an affirmation of going deeper into meditation. The waves of thoughts started arriving in my mind. Thoughts over thoughts from all the possible and impossible issues, all the known and unknown encounters, a scene from a recent Netflix series, Job hunting, cooking food, childhood memories with my grandfather in the Mango orchard, my childhood dreams, recent WhatsApp message from my favorite BHU group and whatnot. Waves of thoughts hitting one after another. After every wave, I realized it was irrelevant. I just wanted to stop all thoughts so that my body is free from all emotions. I had been practicing it for a while now. I can stop thoughts for some time in between. And very next moment it emerged from nowhere. I stopped this thought as well and another thought popped up from oblivion. It continued for a while. I experienced some sensation in my prefrontal cortex while controlling those thoughts. Sometimes it takes a few minutes to reach a steady point where you can control your thoughts.
I tried several times and finally could control my thoughts. I found myself in a stupor without any struggle once thoughts were under my control. It would not be long when I started listening to a
soothing music. I thought kids must have started playing it. Usually, Khushi listens to songs in the morning. I did not let my attention divert because of this music. But later I found that it went on increasing. As the volume kept increasing and I noticed my discomfort with this sound. I understood that it was happening within me. I heard a similar sound a few months ago and I got scared. I
made up my mind to allow myself to get into it. Suddenly a light flashed and music turned to the maximum volume where it was hard to figure out any definite pattern of the notes. After a few seconds, I noticed the shape of a person with his hands resting on his folded legs. It looked exactly how I used to sit in the meditation. I was not sure if It was me. If it was the shadow of mine, it was not complete. It was how I could see my body (only the front part of my body) while sitting straight. That part of me was completely dark. It may be because there was an illuminating light in the background. To my dismay, I was struggling with this high pitch sound and high-intensity light and suddenly sensed myself lighter. My body started lifting up. The lower part of the body was barely touching the cushion on which I used to sit and meditate. My heart started pounding. I checked myself if I was not asleep. I could sense my head was tilted a bit. I understood, all the sensations are real. As soon as I started gathering my consciousness, the feeling of weightlessness faded away, light and sound started disappearing. But I wanted to continue in the same state. I was trying hard to continue to be in the same state. Everything looked like a dream and they disappeared in no time. My arms were still so light, my mind was calm and I could still feel each and every particle of my body full of energy. I came out of this and continued to sit in the same position. Thinking about the experience again and again and trying to replay it in my mind. I wished I could not have checked my awareness. Those moments of tranquillity were priceless. I wanted to experience it more and more.
When consciousness reaches Anahat chakra people start feeling lighter, they hear the sound and they may see a flash of light. All was aligning with the explanation given by someone who has experienced it all in the past. He told me that my Journey is going in the right direction.