How you should meditate in Kashmir Shaivism

This lecture explains very clearly how one should meditate . . . from Chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita, In the Light of Kashmir Shaivism, by Swami Lakshmanjoo).
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[@vivekgovekar6342]

I am very fortunate. I had a Kundalini awakening experience in 2006. I saw the entire universe as vibrations. I had a gnosis experience and was guided to investigate Kashmir Shaivism. Life has been incredibly fulfilling since then.

[@SDtheservantoftheholy]

Hey, please guide me, talk to me about your experience

[@test9731]

What sadhna did you do ?

[@vivekgovekar6342]

@@test9731 none. I was given shaktipat by a guru as a child which I later put two and two together. I recited the gayatri mantra daily by force of habit.

[@frodothepimp]

He is my grand uncle.

[@bimal2011]

He is your GRAND uncle.

[@bungtempe]

He is our Father

[@tuhinbiswas4940]

Brother can we contact? Awaiting for reply

[@vivekraina7329]

From fatehkadal?

[@frodothepimp]

@@vivekraina7329 Yes... from fateh kadal :-)

[@prititiku1036]

I'm blessed,that I have played in his divine lap,🤗🤗🙏🙏🙏

[@anitarana705]

Devotion is the shortest path towards enlightenment.You can be a devotee of your breathe also . We all are devotee of our mind which which is root cause of all problems

[@ShashiKher]

How true.

[@niteshbhatia11]

beautiful ❤

[@mw7851]

"Devotee of the mind"... That's a great way to put it.

[@vesperflute9030]

It is true, when you are in the state you breathe like he is saying, it becomes natural

[@deepakbansal5050]

Thanks to Denise and John Hughes for these . Swami Lakshman joo 's smile and laugh is so innocent and child like that i replayed it 10 times .

[@virenderbhat1081]

Sir,you have a treasure of tantralok discourses in kashmiri,by Swamiji over years, recorded very painstakingly by you at ishber,and so many kashmiri discourses by him on Kashmir shaivism. Kindly make these too available. That will be your priceless service to kashmir shaivism. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

John Hughes has sent a copy of all the Kashmiri lectures to each of the ashrams, Srinagar, Jammu and Delhi (the other ashrams came later) and they should be able to make them available from there. We are working on the English lectures, Tantraloka 4 will come out soon. Jai Guru Dev 🙏

[@anitarana705]

You will feel glowing light Between the eyebrows. Whether closed or half closed. This is your tapas. It will only increase with practice.

[@Rhinoch8]

Ahhh, what he means is that you're not actively breathing like some exercise, but you should just relax and let your breath be however it feels like, and if you relax enough, eventually, the breathe will be very slow and uncontrolled and relaxed.

[@matangidesai3437]

I agree when you meditate you are with natural rhythm effortless and relaxing and you are still

[@mkghasi4218]

Jai guru dev.

[@arvindkoul8633]

John ,hope you remember the house where you used to drop your long sleepers before entering ashram in srinagar, fatehkadal.

[@joseluiskashmir]

Esta enseñanza explica claramente cómo se debe meditar según el Shaivismo de Cachemira. Capítulo 5 del Bhagavad Gita, por Swami Lakshmanjoo). Señor Kṛiṣṇa: Esos objetos sensuales de fuera, deberías mantenerlos fuera... Tu mente debería estar enfocada entre las dos cejas. Debes sentir la sensación dentro, entre dos inspiraciones, en samatā. Samatā significa. Por ejemplo, inspiras y espiras. No como lo haces normalmente. No tienes que inspirar y espirar así. Tienes que inspirar tu propia nāsa (conciencia interna). Por ejemplo, tienes que respirar así y así: Sólo así [Swami Laksmanjoo muestra la pequeña distancia entre su pulgar y su índice] No tienes que respirar mucho, no así. Tienes que respirar muy despacio, muy despacio, muy despacio. Tan despacio que no respiras en absoluto... Sólo se necesita un pequeño espacio para respirar. Sólo este espacio. Esta es la realidad de la “atención unipuntual.” JONATHAN: Pero Swami Laksmanjoo , cuando haces eso aunque, a veces en la respiración, no consigues suficiente aliento, se siente como si no fueras a conseguir suficiente... SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: No, no es asfixia. Nunca te sofocarás porque es la vida: es la vida plena en ese momento. Sabes cuando en mi curso no respiraba. Respiraba así. [Swami Lakshmanjoo lo muestra]. Cuando estaba fuera de mis cursos, entonces respiraba ordinariamente. JONATHAN: Sí, de repente respirabas. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Sí, eso está afuera. Dentro es esto [Swami Lakshmanjoo lo muestra de nuevo], es decir, cuando no respiras en absoluto. Sólo respiras de aquí a aquí, ¡Bas! Eso es todo. Así que no hay respiración. Es sólo el glamour de Madhya nāḍi, el canal central. Estás residiendo en el canal central, suṣumnā nāḍi. Estás en suṣumnā nāḍi. Va al suṣumnā nāḍi y la respiración está terminada. JONATHAN: Pero desde un punto de vista práctico, me lo mostraste un día cuando fuiste a Harvan, y te detuviste a un lado de la carretera y dijiste: "el aliento sólo debe ir hasta aquí". Pero si una persona normal se sienta y hace que su aliento vaya así, entonces es una especie de acortamiento de la respiración, ¿no es así? ¿O esa sensación se va? SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: No, respiración más corta. JONATHAM: Pero existe esa sensación de que necesitas más aliento. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: No, no tienes urgencia de respirar. No tienes ganas de respirar. ¡Es algo diferente! JOHN: Mi experiencia es que cuando tratas de ser un observador de tu respiración y ... SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Cuando se trata de ese punto que no tiene movimiento, entonces no respiras. JOHN: La respiración se ralentiza automáticamente. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: No en tanto espacio. JOHN: Así que se vuelve cada vez menos y menos como tú... SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: ¿Eh? JOHN: Cuando respiras y te vuelves más “atento unipuntualmente”, tu respiración se vuelve cada vez menos. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Menos y menos, menos y menos. Y al final, sólo respiras esta cantidad. JOHN: Pero mi problema es que antes de llegar a ese punto... SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Si baja de aquí, sube hasta esto, y luego regresa aquí. JOHN: Mi experiencia es que, cuando me vuelvo más “unipuntual” y se vuelve cada vez menos y menos, de repente el pánico viene y digo: "AAAAAHHHHH". Tomo eso, como si no estuviera respirando, me da un shock que, "no, no estoy respirando y entonces tomo una respiración". SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: [ Risas] Eso es porque no estás concentrado en ese estado de Parabhairava. Cuando estás enfocado en el estado de Parabhairava entonces no respiras porque estás lleno de vida. JOHN: Entonces, ¿cómo superamos esa brecha del pánico de no respirar completamente? SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Sí, en ambos sentidos es divino. En ambos sentidos. Si respiras, también es divino. Si no respiras, también es divino. Es esto [ Swami Lakshmanjoo muestra la corta distancia del movimiento de la respiración] Te lo mostraré. JONATHAN: Me lo mostraste ese día. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Se dice, sólo la respiración no se mueve fuera de ̄nāsa, fuera de nāsika.. Se mueve sólo hasta aquí, hasta aquí [Swami Laksmanjoo lo muestra]. Así que no hay tal respiración. No deberías examinarlo. Es automático. Sucederá automáticamente algún día cuando seas glorificado con mi gracia. JOHN: ¿Qué quieres decir, Swami Laksmanjoo, cuando dices "prolonga la respiración y haz que fluya más y más"? Cuando estábamos meditando, dijiste que deberíamos alargar la respiración, hacerla más lenta y larga. ¿Qué significa eso? SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: ¿Alargar? Alargar, no. Deberías respirar muy despacio. JONATHAN: Quiere decir que se alargue el tiempo y menos en el espacio. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Menos espacio. JONATHAN: Y duración en el tiempo. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Sí. JONATHAN: Así que debería tomar más tiempo para ir incluso esa pequeña distancia. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Sí. JONATHAN: Pero no deberías hacer que tu aliento se alarge. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: ¿Largo? No. [Risas] JONATHAN: Eso es lo que estoy diciendo. ¡No deberías hacer eso! Sólo deberías hacer esto. Pero el tiempo debería ser más largo... SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Sí. JONATHAN: Y el espacio debería ser menor. SWAMI LAKSHMANJOO: Sí. ¡Qué maravilla! !!!Homenaje a este Ser excepcional, Swami Lashmajoo, que transmitió las enseñanzas del gran Abhinavagupta, la estrella polar de Cachemira!!!

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

Muchas Gracias 🙏

[@DeleepKrBhat]

Jai Guru Dev Naman 🙏

[@anitarana705]

Om Nityananda Paramshivoham

[@dolansadhu6648]

We need a strong kshatriya group to protect our dharma

[@ShashiKher]

Om Jai Sri bhagwanji maharaj.

[@anitarana705]

Shift your Focus towards your breathing space . Your every moment will be bliss ful.

[@synchronicity67]

That's true.. wen we r relaxed n about to sleep our breathing is v v small I feel..

[@francescocarpini]

💛🕉👁 great teacher

[@sandeepshetty8900]

🙏 kindly post the rest of this swamijis discourse

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

You can find it in the replays for the Weekly Sangha - Bhagavad Gita in the Light of Kashmir Shaivism www.lakshmanjooacademy.org/events-2/weekly-sangha-bhagavad-gita-in-the-light-of-kashmir-shaivism/replay-48-weekly-sangha-bhagavad-gita-in-the-light-of-kashmir-shaivism/

[@sandeepshetty8900]

@@LakshmanjooAcademy much gratitude sir🙏🌺

[@tulasirakesh007]

Wow! This much breathe I got it.

[@eaglelight108]

Can someone explain to me how to move toward and within the space this beautiful gentleman is talking about? It sounds very clear to me the focus is not on the breath, but the breath is the RESULT of moving within to this “space”. What is the technique or way to move inward toward this place? Is it to Just the attention internal between the eyebrows?

[@آموزههایاستادبهنام]

Read website it's explained there in more details

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

you might find it easier after participating in one of our weekly sanghas where Denise, a long time devotee of Swamiji, is guiding the meditation. Meditation as explained by Swamiji is also found in the first webinar we did www.lakshmanjooacademy.org/online-courses/kashmir-shaivism-transformation-of-life/ hope that helps. Jai Guru Dev!

[@alekskombat6021]

Супер...супер...суперрррр.

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

Great! 🙏

[@paulbee2447]

Swami ji points out at around 3:20 how and where you actually breathe. One must breathe Gently, slowly, feel sensation at the small area indicated by his two fingers.

[@sydpf117]

7:07. :)

[@GPJhala]

Shivisam tradition is as pure as cristal. It is the origin of all religions. Kashmir was the hub of shivisam since last 5000 years. Jesus and Mohammad visited kashmir to learn the fundamentals of religion. There is a historical evidences also. BBC and Discovery channel created video s on it. Present kashmiri pandits do not remember their past

[@bornuponawave]

Post the link where we can see the evidence that claims Jesus was in Kashmir to learn fundamentals of religion. Thanks.

[@vedicarya7]

@@bornuponawave there are still Muslims in Kashmir who believe in Jesus and also that he is buried somewhere there, search about it however other Muslims sects don't consider them as muslims and haz is not allowed for them

[@ishivanshudogra]

Where can get initiation for Kashmir Shaivism in Punjab, Chandigarh. My roots are from Jammu and I feel really close to these practices.

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

email us at [e-mail]

[@ishivanshudogra]

@@LakshmanjooAcademy thanks

[@Mrunals_santosh]

Aapka sampradaya kaha hai

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

Kashmir Shaivism

[@Mrunals_santosh]

@@LakshmanjooAcademy ok but location kya hai!! How we can reach?

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

@@Mrunals_santosh If you are in India, you can find the centers on Ishwar Ashram Trust website ishwarashramtrust.com/cente.php Our US center is located in Oregon.

[@gildedgatsby]

Could someone please write subtitles?

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

We will start working on that after the retreat. If you would like to help you are welcome :) we are only a small group

[@celebratinglife50]

🙏

[@rakeshkoul99]

momlife bestlife jai ho

[@neilpinto7126]

Sounds like Anapana meditation

Any ashram in Bangalore?

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

Yes... www.ishwarashramtrust.com/cente.php?c=b

[@lalitpal9302]

Where can i learn in Delhi

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

Please contact the Ishwar Ashram in Sarita Vihar ishwarashramtrust.com they have regular Sunday puja and workshops for Kashmir Shaivism

[@kundaliniairport]

Where is the part where he explains very clearly how one should meditate ?

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

For instance, you breathe in and you breathe out. Not like [you normally do]. You have not to breathe in and out like that. You have to breathe in your own nāsa (inner consciousness). For instance, you have to breathe like this and this; only this much [Swamiji demonstrates by showing the tiny distance between his thumb and index finger]. You have not to breathe [heavily]-not like this. You have to breathe very slowly, very slowly. [So] slowly that [you do] not breathe at all. It takes only [a small] space to breathe. Only this much. This is the reality of one-pointedness.161> "Exhaling and inhaling must remain in equal (samatā) move-less movement, at the state where exhaling and inhaling do not take place. Nāsa abhyantara cāriṇau. It must move in your cit śakti, in your inner consciousness. . . . And it moves only in that one point that is without movement. When you do that, in half an hours time, your breath will stop and rush in the central vein (suṣumnā nāḍi). If you don’t do that, you may do this practice for thirty centuries, nothing will happen.” Bhagavad Gītā (1978).

[@georgebarselaar2041]

@@LakshmanjooAcademy For more detail on Practice see Swami Lakshmanjoo's book: "Self Realization in Kashmir Shaivism, Chapter 2, Talks on Practice," which goes into minute detail about Meditation practice in Kashmir Shaivism. www.universalshaivafellowship.org/store/self-realization-in-kashmir-shaivism-the-oral-teachings-of-swami-lakshmanjoo.html

[@NetiNeti25920]

What is the purpose of incarnation in a human body? It seems the path is so hard. Why does it have to be so difficult? Why don't we have this all inbuilt into our minds and bodies, like birds or animals, that instinctively have these behaviours as genetic memory or something from the ether as a hive mind? Where do we come from? What are we doing here? Where will we go from here? Seeing as the world is getting worse with every passing year, why would a soul choose to reincarnate again and again, and that to in a human body with so many limitations? Its almost as if we are trapped in this realm by some higher powers that does not want us to realize our true self.

[@being5411]

@@NetiNeti25920 purpose of life is to meet or join god in other words free from birth cycle and become deathless why do we incarnate ? because of our previous karma

[@jp-jb1bw]

​@@NetiNeti25920you are spot on! Animals and birds live strictly as per nature's laws. Humans are a little extra- evolutionarily- we hve the spiritual urge. And yes, the process is difficult.

[@vyasdullo]

where can i learn kashmir shiavism in jammu please?

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

Please contact Jammu Ashram 2, Mohinder Nagar, Canal Road, Jammu( Tawi)-180002 Tel: [phone]

[@Youtubeguys6090]

Any one teaches in Mumbai or pune

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

Try contacting the Mumbai Ashram c/o Sharda Sadan 3rd Floor, Plot 11, Sector 8 Kharghar Navi Mumbai-410210

[@eaglelight108]

Can someone explain to me how he mes to explain this breath? It comes naturally when we are within that space?

[@آموزههایاستادبهنام]

Yes that's true. Swamiji answers one of his students, you don't make it, it happens on it's own when you're in that space

[@ghuyakalika]

It happens spontaneously when you are meditating

[@eaglelight108]

@@ghuyakalika .....hi Karine, thank you for responding.....so the essence of the meditation practise is to focus inwardly at 3rd eye point and as one learns and surrenders inward, the breath will automatically change to very small ...a natural inward....?

[@ghuyakalika]

@@eaglelight108 Yes But also in total silence. Whether inward or outward. Breathing basically stops and there is just intense bliss and ecstasy.

[@kiddikbum]

Where can I learn in Dehradun?

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

We would suggest you start with the online course www.lakshmanjooacademy.org/online-courses/kashmir-shaivism-transformation-of-life/ which has a meditation lesson build in and is rather affordable. Hope that helps. Jai Guru Dev!

[@KuldeepPandita-kn9bx]

When u talk u do not breath. Period.

[@FaYT02]

??? Ununderstandable. Did he mean that breathing should be imperceptible ?

[@anitarana705]

Observe your breathe with eyes closed. Observe the breathe when it reaches the point between two eyebrows.. with practice you will feel a light source there..

[@anitarana705]

With practice that light glows more. This will give you the feel of parabairava State which is eternal

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

In this example Swamiji means the breath becomes more and more refined. And, if one-pointedness in maintained in meditation, then the breath moves only on one point. This is the explanation of very subtle practice, and can be understood when one practices with Devotion and Love for that practice.

[@FaYT02]

@@anitarana705 Thank you for your advice, Anita. I've been observing my breathing for 30 years now, but never noticed that it reached the point between the eyebrows. The space concerned is more between the throat and the perineum... But, I must say that I practice with the eyes half closed, not closed.

[@FaYT02]

@@LakshmanjooAcademy Thanks. Your answer confirm what I wrote in my question. I've been practicing just being present (soto zen meditation), not one-pointed on a specific object. I should try it. Anyway, what I understand is that, to reach such a state, you have to be very, very relaxed, very peaceful.

[@saheedkhan5169]

Really though, you have the chance to be in the company of a master and you ask the most foolish questions. No wonder

[@tatvafnu6604]

Exactly my thoughts as well! If one is practicing regularly and in some advanced guidance with a master, the experience Swamiji is explaining here is a happening and such foolish questions do not arise!

[@maneeshyadav3730]

One question... Do we have to breath Slowly "ourselves" and we reach that one pointedness....as he says that "you have to breath..." Or by one pointedness tbe breath itself becomes slow. Well I understand that by one pointedness...breath do becomes slow and takes less space. But on the first part that I wrote....does he also wanted to say that you also have to Try to Breath slowly Yourself while in meditation.

[@LakshmanjooAcademy]

your focus automatically slows down your breath