The Dhyana Meditation is the second last step towards completion, according to the eight path step of Patanjali. I stress this because we often use this word in vain on a daily basis without ever attributing the significance and the years of effort which it entails. We can therefore start from the Dharana focusing and gradually reach Meditation.
We resume the sitting meditation pose Padmasana (lotus), or Ardha Padmasana (half lotus), in front of a wall at an arm’s length distance. At eye height we hang a Shri Yantra on the wall.
We close our eyes and sink into our body. We perceive our body internally. We then connect with our breathing and simply observe. We let our minds connect and co-ordinate in a steady balance with our breathing, without allowing any thought waves to deter it from our breathing. We try to eliminate all our movements and stay focused on our breathing.
When we feel entirely internalised, we open our eyes and focus on the Shri Yantra. This technique is a «trataka» practice on «the focusing of the eyes» and is ruled by the same time limitations. The difference when meditating with the use of the Shri Yantra is that the Yantra is a wise tool which helps you sink into its centre. It absorbs you in its centre.
We gaze at it, defying the tears which might start running, without exaggerations of course, till the point we can no longer keep our eyes open. Then we close our eyes and visualise its depiction (its negative, as a photo in a negative film). Without great effort we let it become more and more vivid. At some point we might stop seeing it, but we will try to bring the image back as clearer as possible while keeping our eyes shut.
When the image is totally lost, that means the end of the practice which should not extend 12 minutes in the beginning, once a month and after a month twice a day.
Upon the 3rd month you should use the Shri Yantra as a gate. It becomes a gate to our subconscious and hyperconscious. It is a gate that takes you straight to your Centre. It is a gate of the Creative beginning itself. After closing your eyes, let the Shri Yantra have a strong presence. Perceive it as if it were you yourself, and you are quickly drawn towards its centre. Allow yourselves to be drawn to the Centre of your existence and experience it. In your Centre there is Clear Consciousness, Clear Existence, from where it spreads out to embrace all of the material and the non material world around you.
All these practices are strictly forbidden to be practiced by people with psychological problems or with intense phobias. Nevertheless, these people can also benefit if they focus on the Shri Yantra for a few minutes, blinking their eyes if they start hurting but without ever closing their eyes and sinking into them. These people should first learn how to control the conscious mind before moving on to deeper levels.
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