Achaah Akinchan Aprayanthna - Secrets of Deep Meditation

Achaah Akinchan Aprayanthna - Secrets of Deep Meditation

My post again after a long time on this special Vijayadashami day.

I wanted to share my experience on the knowledge sheet of Gurudev Sri Sri RaviShankar Ji. 

First the Knowledge below :)

Guruji gave the secret to go into meditation/samadhi. He said just remember three things before you go into meditation.

1. Achaah
2. Akinchan
3. Aprayanthna

Only when your mind is established in these three you can effortlessly go into samadhi.

Achaah - Being desire less! I want nothing; no desires for anything worldly or spiritual else the mind is either caught up in the outside world (people-relationships, bills, payments, laundry etc.), thinking about it or looking for some spiritual experience (light, fragrance, out of body experience etc.) in meditation. This is the biggest impediment to get into your being.

Desirelessness is bliss!

Akinchan - I am nothing! Dropping the 'I' for sometime, else the mind gets irritated even on the smallest of disturbance, noise. Even a door bell, barking dog or sound of utensils in the kitchen can drive you away from the center. And the mind goes 'I am meditating and people are making so much noise! I need to teach them a lesson!'

Dropping the 'I', I am nothing!

Aprayanthna - No effort! Meditation is effortless; you don't need to put any effort. Like you go to have a massage, you just lie down and the masseur gives you the massage, you don't have to do anything! Do you?

Let the divine work for you !

- Sri Sri Ravishankar

With sincere discipline, I [I am nothing! :) ] started practicing sadhana regularly with the remembrance of this beautiful wisdom and this subtle knowledge has done wonders. The experience of lights of various colours appearing in front of forehead, no idea of time, insensitivity towards sounds, environments, Names, relationship, extreme peace, bliss, feeling of rising up etc.. has been amazing. Remembering Achaaah, Akinchan and Aprayanthna was extremely helpful here and helped me not to fall back in terror of driving away the unimportant thoughts, expectations etc....

Let this knowledge work wonders for you as well! 

Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavan-tu. May happiness be unto the whole world!

Sloka for the Day - Guru Stotram No. 4

Akhanda Mandalaakaaram
Vyaaptam Yenam charaacharam
Tatpadam Darshitam Yena
Tasmai Sri Gurave Namaha.

Meaning: Guru can guide us to the supreme knowledge of THAT which pervades all the living and non-living beings in the entire Universe (namely Brahman). I salute such a Guru.

Sloka for the Day - Maha Mrutyunjaya Mantra - Great Death-Conquering mantra

Maha Mrutyunjaya Mantra

Om Tryambhakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanan
Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat

OM	Almighty God
Tryambakam	three-eyed
Yajamahe	We worship, adore, honor, revere
Sugandhim	sweet fragrance
Pushti	A well-nourished condition, thriving, prosperous, full, and complete
Vardhanam	One who nourishes, strengthens, causes to increase (in health, wealth, well-being); who gladdens, exhilarates, and restores health; a good gardener
Urvarukam	disease, attachment, obstacles in life, and resulting depression
Iva	Like, just as
Bandhanan	Stem (of the gourd); but more generally, unhealthy attachment
Mrityor	From death
Mukshiya	Free us, liberate us
Ma	not
amritat	Immortality, emancipation

"We worship the Three - Eyed One (Lord Shiva), who is fragrant and nourishes well all beings. May He liberate us from death for the sake of Immortality, even as the cucumber is servered from its bondage to the creeper".

Wonderful Knowledge

Dear all

When I heard the deepest knowledge below, from the teacher on monday evening after the follow up kriya, I was just amazed..... I felt so light.... It was wonderful.... I couldn't express it really......

Anyway, when you apply this knowledge, you yourself will experience ...........

Knowledge:
At every situation in your life, ask yourself this question
" Am I a guest ??? or Am I a host ???? "

My experience was, whole situation changed that moment and I felt I am host and no more a guest..... and I felt so light.......

Small things doesn't bother me anymore now..........

Awesome Quotes

IF you make physically possible possible, Grace will make physically impossible possible...

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.... Florence Nightingale

Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.....Winston Churchill

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible...
Francis of Assisi

There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.....Mary Kay Ash

We will either find a way, or make one!....Hannibal

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.....Joseph Addison

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.....John Quincy Adams

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.....Samuel Johnson

Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday....

Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability.....

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.....Albert Einstein

You have a very powerful mind that can make anything happen as long as you keep yourself centered.....Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Courage is grace under pressure.....Ernest Hemingway

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.....Goethe

Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.....Don Wilder

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet....J. Robert Oppenheimer

"As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy rent-free space in your mind."....

Isabelle Holland

"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." .....
George Bernard Shaw

Sloka for the Day - Guru Stotram No. 3

Manatha Sri Jagan Natha
Mad Guru Sri Jagad Guru
Madathma Sarva Bhutatma
Tas Mai Sri Guruve Namah

Meaning:
My Lord is the Lord of Creation
My Master is the Master of the Universe
My Soul is the Soul of Every Living Being
I Bow Down to the Glory of My Guru Dev

Sloka for the Day ---- Guru Stotram No. 2

Dhyaanamoolam Gurur Moorthihi
Poojamoolam Guroh Padam
Mantramoolam Guror Vaakyam
Moksha Moolam Guru Krupa.

Meaning: The Guru's form is the best to meditate upon; the Guru's feet are the best for worship; the Guru's word is the mantra; the Guru's Grace is the root of liberation.