Surrender Meditation
The Natural Meditation of Ancient Masters
that does all the work for you.
Surrender Meditation is shaktipat
meditation, shaktipat kundalini yoga, the original meditation
of ancient masters from which meditation techniques were eventually
developed.
Shaktipat Kundalini Yoga
The unique feature of Surrender Meditation
is that, with the release of the life force in the body through
shaktipat, meditation occurs effortlessly on its own, and
kundalini, the evolutionary force, awakens naturally and
spontneously.
This type of meditation is not generally
known and is traditionally imparted by the spritual master, or
guru, to only a select few devoted desciples after
many years of study and service. There are valid reasons for this.
Today, the opportunities for taking shaktipat initiation
have increased, but often the initiate does not have the necessary
information for what follows and the fire goes out, the honeymoon
is over.
Surrender Meditation
In Durga Ma's teaching lineage, the
practice that follows shaktipatis Surrender Meditation,
shaktipat kundalini yoga.
Surrender Meditation is a spontaneous,
experiential meditation initiated by means of shaktipat.
The term "surrender" as it applies to Surrender Meditation,
is the choice to allow the Divine absolute authority over your meditation.
As you continue the practice of Surrender Meditation your ability
to surrender increases.
The many meditation techniques available
today have their origin in this natural process. In ancient times,
people were observed to spontaneously enter into the meditative
state and experience union with God. Observers tried to duplicate
what they saw in order to get the same results, and meditation techniques
were born. Many of these techniques have survived into our own time.
They appear in religions and spiritual practices of all kinds throughout
various cultures of the world.
A technique is a certain way of doing
something in order to get a certain result. The process of trying
to reach spiritual maturity through techniques is certainly possible,
but it is long and demanding. It is possible to take another road
which, though less traveled, can take you with speed and efficiency
to the fulfillment of your spiritual quest.
By surrendering in the context of meditation,
external influences are removed and it becomes possible to surrender
more fully and to develop the ability to know the difference between
actions that occur as a result of the mind and actions induced by
shakti.
What happens in Surrender Meditation
is up to the Divine. Success is inevitable when we get out of the
way and leave meditation to Shakti.
Conditions for Surrender Meditation
For optimal conditions for Surrender Meditation,
you will need a place of privacy and solitude where you will not
be disturbed by outside noises and where you won't be self-conscious
about making noise yourself.
You will want your mediation room to have space
for movement. This is not a meditation in which you are expected
to do or not do anything, including sitting a certain
way, or being as still as a tomb. This room should have no obstacles
so that you feel free to move in any manner whatsoever should
movement want to occur. A small altar is alright, but do not leave
incense or candles burning during meditation.
Any compatible practices that you may now be doing
can continue at other times, although you may find that you experience
some of them wanting to occur in Surrender Meditation anyway —
on their own, in their own way.
Using the Will Creates Imbalance
This practice is not about balance because it
is not about using the will. Will is the domain of techniques
and ahamkara ('I do'), or ego. The body is always thrown
out of balance when the will is used. Even if balance is attained
for a moment, it is simply not possible to maintain it indefinitely
by using the will — sooner or later, one must surrender.
People devoted to willful practices and disciplines may tell you
otherwise.
The aim of Surrender Meditation is union, union
with God, a unified state of mind, equanimity, zero-point, oneness,
freedom (moksha, liberation), and transformation of the
body, feelings and mind. In what it is that we really are, we
are already in union with God, already perfect and already free.
The practice of Surrender Meditation, simply clears things away
so that this becomes more and more apparent, until there isn't
anything in the way anymore, and we can live in Truth and the
bliss of union without a break. At this point, the body will eventually
transform and cheat death. How long this takes varies with every
individual, from weeks, to months, to years, to lifetimes.
This Yoga Is Not For Everyone
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna initiates
Arjuna into this yoga and tells him not to disturb others
with the knowledge he has been given, but to keep it secret and
let others be happy where they are; that most people are not truly
interested in union or God, whatever they may think or say, but
bow down to their own minds and are most content with what is
familiar.
Why Do I Need Shaktipat from Durga Ma?
You don't. You don't need to get shaktpat
from anyone. You may have already had shaktipat without
realizing it. Shakti is everywhere. She is Divine Energy,
the activating force of nature, nature's go-power, the animator,
the power that makes things happen.
Shakti can light your fire through physical
exercise, dance, deep study and concentration on your art or science,
by understanding Truth, though loving devotion to the Divine/God,
or by transmission from teacher to student.
A shaktipat spiritual
master transmits shakti by means of any of the following:
thought, sound, touch, gaze. The benefit of taking initiation
from a shaktipat spiritual master, even if you have already
had shaktipat spontaneously, is to forge a relationship
with someone qualified to guide you from that point.
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Shaktipat kundalini yoga
is a personal journey unique to each individual. Through shaktipat,
meditation can occur spontaneously, and kundalini can awaken
naturally.
Shaktipat
means "shakti-giving." Shaktipat is
the transmission of shakti, which initiates spontaneous
meditation and transformation.
Kundalini
is the evolutionary force that evolves the being to the natural
state of timeless bliss and freedom.
Yoga means
union, union with God, Truth, the Divine. Yoga is also
a name given to the spiritual science of reaching this ultimate
fulfillment.