GAZING THE SUNLIGHT OR ANY OBJECT

Gazing The Sunlight Or Any Object| GAZING at sunrise and sunset is a wonderful exercise beneficial to eyesight, head, and the entire body. This is known as tratak (Trataka is a Sanskrit word meaning "look or gaze" is a yogic purification. It is a shatkarma (which means good works)  and a tantric method of meditation that involves staring at a single point such as a small object, black dot or candle flame or steady gaze at a particular point without winking.) It is good for developing concentration and focusing on the mental energies.

Looking at Candle Flame

Tratak can also be performed by looking at a candle or an electric bulb or any other bright object.

Keep the candle flame four to five feet away from your body.

The level of your eyes and the candle flame should be in a horizontal line.

Sit erect. Keep the spine straight. Let the body be relaxed.

Look at the flame with a steady gaze and without winking for about a minute.

After a minute, close the eyes and relax the eye muscles.

Then gain gaze with open eyes on the flame for a minute. Again close the eyes and relax.

Gradually increase the period of gazing from one to several minutes as it might suit your constitution and mode of the moment.

The Third Eye

When you have advanced in concentrating on the sun or the candle, concentrate by directing the half-closed eye towards the space between the eyes. This is known as the Third Eye.

This concentration awakens Inner Consciousness and also stimulates the optic nerves. Also, the entire nervous system is energized.

Concentration on the Third Eye strengthens the entire brain and also enables the mind to become one-pointed. It awakens the ‘kundalini Sakhti’

This exercise is known as ‘Bhrumadhya Drishti’ or frontal gazing.

Gaze on the Nose-Tip

Another Yogic exercise is to gaze on the nose-tip. This is called ‘Nasagra Drishti’.

Sit in a comfortable position with the body relaxed.

Gaze the tip of the nose for one or two minutes.

Avoid too much strain during practice.

If you feel any headache or uneasiness, close the eyes and relax the eye muscles.

Repeat practice and concentration a few times.

This strengthens the eye muscles and directs the vision to the central nervous system in which hidden the most sacred are treasures of mysteries of man and mind.

Inner vision is built through these exercises.

That is the true purpose of Yogic Occult. Mere exercises by themselves become meaningless. Looking after the body alone is not the be-all and end-all of life in Hinduism. The body has to be mastered and enslaved for spiritual enlightenment.

Bow and Arrow

The celestial weapons won from gods by Hindu heroes were powers in nature which they had learned by their own efforts to control and master.

Running through Hindu myths and legends are two important ideas:

1.     The nearness and relationship of the invisible to the visible.

2.     Actions in time bring effect, which, to be understood must be traced back to the causes.

As ‘Mandukya Upanishad’ (The "Mandukya Upanishad" is the shortest of the ancient Hindu texts known as the Upanishads, which are the concluding portions of the Vedas, the scriptures sacred to Hinduism) has put it: “Om is the bow, the Self is the arrow. Brahma is called its aim. It is to be hit by a man who is not thoughtless; and then as the arrow becomes one with the target, will become one with Brahma.”

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