What Is Beyond Thought?
Yogis advise that you go beyond thought to feel what you are. Many students try this practice and eventually find themselves asking, “What is beyond thought? Guru ji, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, would reply, “You, real You, is beyond thought.” He was referring to the limitless Self. We all want access to the real us. But how do we get there?
Through Sanskrit chanting we have the opportunity to cultivate connection with pure vibration and that takes us beyond the level of the thinking mind. It works like this, we focus on the mantra, that sound merges into pulsation, pulsation draws us inward and once we are in eventually we feel inner stillness where the mind in silent. The experience of inner silence is a primary focus for the yogini. In such silent connection, a yogini realizes her Self. Therefore, Sanskrit chanting is an intentional yogic practice that develops freedom from thoughts. This doesn’t mean we won’t ever go to work, see our family and friends, use language in a common every day sense or think again. No, of course we will. It does however mean that through Sanskrit and the awakening of inner nadam, we have the opportunity to explore what we are beyond thought. And beyond thought is where we are.
~ Manorama
Excerpt from Manorama’s Blog dated 3/21/2012
http://www.livinginlightmanorama.blogspot.com/
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