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Spontaneous Experiential Meditation
The unique feature of Surrender Meditation is that, with the release of the life force in the body through shaktipat diksha, meditation occurs effortlessly on its own. Kundalini awakens naturally and spontaneously, and therefore safely.
This type of meditation is not generally known and is traditionally imparted by the spiritual master, or guru, to only a select few devoted disciples after many years of study and service. There are valid reasons for this. Today however, 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.
The Practice
The natural partner to shaktipat is the practice of Surrender Meditation (shaktipat kundalini yoga). Surrender Meditation is a spontaneous, experiential meditation that keeps the fire burning. The term "surrender" as it applies to Surrender Meditation, is the choice to allow the Divine/God/Shakti absolute authority over your meditation.
Allowing Shakti to run things is like an ongoing initiation: things
happen on their own without you having to "do" anything. By surrendering in the context of meditation, external influences are removed and it becomes possible to surrender more fully. 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 attain the ultimate goal of the spiritual journey 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.
What happens in Surrender Meditation is up to God. Success is inevitable when we get out of the way.