Meditation / Visualization

[3D Sunset]

Basically…

Breathe In for 4 counts / Hold for 4 counts / Breathe out for 4 counts / Hold for 4 counts (concentrate on your breath & timing)

Do this series 4 or 5 times…then proceed with your meditation

Richard

Hi Richard,

Thank you for the information. In practice, this is very similar to a process called kriya yoga in which I was initiated about 20 years ago. For what it's worth Kriya yoga was the meditation aid practiced by Parmahansa Yogananda while he was incarnate, and he refers to it (but does not give details about the process) in many of his books.

The main differences that I see between the two is that Kriya uses the mouth for the inhale and the nose for the exhale. Next, combine with the inhale the visualization of energy rising up your spine (much like someone sucking liquid through a straw), and you essentially have the technique. For this technique, the practitioner should be sitting up straight with the spine as vertical as possible.

I find the visualization process adds significantly to the experience, and it can be directly viewed as a calling forth of the kundulini and/or the bringing up of life force to meet with cosmic forces that are flowing down. When I start the visualizations, I see the force rising slightly higher each breath until they eventually reach mind crown chakra. At that point I am ready to begin my meditation.

Cheers,

3D Sunset