Dear Friends
Let me tell you about that ancient yoga, which is propounded by all great Hindu Medivial saints of India. In actual, all hindu medivial saints like Saint Kabir, Guru Nanak Dev, Saint Ravidas, Saint Dadu Dayal, Saint Paltu Das etc. had not only practised Surat Shabad Yoga but also propounded the same to all their disciples and common mass. This is one of most easiest yoga which can be followed by any person. Even in Holy Bible it is said "In the begining was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God". The relevance of "word" is mentioned in all religion in some or other manner. So let me explain the "Surat Shabad Yoga".
The Literal meaning of Surat is "conciousness" (face of soul) and Shabad means "Word" given by true saint/Guru. In actual, this Surat Shabad yoga is mainly practised in Guru (True master/Guru)-Shishya (Disciple) Parampara (following) and every master initiates his disciple in this Surat Shabad Yoga by giving him a Word to meditate.
Basically, the "Word", which we are talking about, is not a wordly Word but it is that Word or Sound, which yogies/saints heard in their deep meditative state. But to reach that Spritual True Word, first we have to start practising in worldly Word given by True Master. And when your meditation on that Wordly Word matures, you further start perceiving that real "Word/Sound", about which all saints preached and advised.
Its human nature that every person easily understands worldly words and found himself/herself comfortable to concentrate on that worldly Word. And this is the reason, that evey True Master initiates every of his disciple in Surat Shabad Yoga with one Wordly "Word" and then teaches him, how to reach that Spritual True "Word/Sound", after attainment of which, your Soul get attracted towards that Vast Unknown Power, which we called 'GOD" PARAM BRAHAM" "RAM" "SOHAM" etc.
Many people think that whats the need of Guru in doing this kind of Surat Shabad Yoga practice, any one can start chanting any Word like Krishna, Ram, Allah, God etc. But it is not the same thing, because True Guru not only give you "Word" but also teaches you how to meditate on it and at what point. Secondly, True Guru also imparts his/her spritual energy into you along with that Word, and its like a push. Meaning thereby that when you have both i.e. Right Direction and Push, You will start running on that Path. And Last but not lease, in spritual journey, we come across various obstacles which is created by our previous samskars and imbalance of Prana Shakti then True Master is the only safeguard for you. So my humble advice to all readers of my blog is that you must not start doing any kind of Yoga practise without proper initiation in it and without proper guidance. So please start searching true Guru first.
The effect of Surat Shabad Yoga is so great that when your inner conciousness start merging with Word then your ego will start melting and you will find yourself more calmed and peaceful. And by the time, you will proceed further in this yogic path, you will start experiencing various Yogic Sidhis like Keval Kumbhak i.e. where you breath ceases on its own without any effort, you will start having visions, you may recall your all previous births (like I have seen my two previous births in trance), you will hear that Spritual Sound, which yogies called "Anhad Naad", you can experience fourth state of mind i.e. "Turiya" where Soul rest in peace with that unknown power.
The main features which makes Surat Shabad Yoga more relevant in present times are - First- its most relevant in present times, where most of people doesn't have time to deal with difficult and technical Yogic Kriyas. This Surat Shabad Yoga is easy to do and understand. Secondly, It can be done anywhere and anytime, without any previous qualifications or eligibility, though best time is early morning and in evening. This Surat Shabad Yoga gives you best possible early results and gets you more closer to your inner conciousness. Thirdly, Surat Shabad Yoga can be practised by any person following any religion etc.
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