The Natural Meditation of Ancient Masters
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. 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.
Surrender Meditation
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 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.
What happens in Surrender Meditation is up to
the Divine. Success is inevitable when we get out of the way
and leave our meditation to the Divine, to Shakti/God.
Conditions for Surrender Meditation
The optimum conditions for Surrender Meditation are a place of
privacy and solitude where you will not be disturbed by outside
stimuli and where you won't be self-conscious about anything
that happens in your meditation.
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 allow movement to take place in any manner whatsoever.
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 some of them will
want to occur in Surrender Meditation, on their own, in
their own way.
Union with the Divine
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, because the life energy is not free but in the service
of the will, the seat of which is the mind and it's core drive,
ahamkara.
Even if balance were to be attained, it is simply not possible
to maintain this tenuous balance 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 with God, freedom and
evolution. In what it is that we really are, we are already in
union with God, already perfect and already free. The purpose
of Surrender Meditation, is to clear 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.
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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.
sitting a certain way, or being as still
as a tomb. This room should have no obstacles so that you feel
free to allow movement to take place in any manner whatsoever.
A small altar is alright, but do not leave incense or candles
burning during meditation.
by using the will — sooner
or later, one must surrender. People devoted to willful practices
and disciplines may tell you otherwise.