Greetings! I greet you beloved friends in the love and light of the infinite Creator. I am Hatonn.
With your permission, I should like to speak for a few moments tonight upon the importance, some of the techniques and some of the preparation for meditation.
My friends, there is nothing more important in the life of man, both in the physical, chemical life in which you live now or upon any other plane of existence than meditation. Meditation is man’s time to withdraw from the normal functions of whatever plane of life he may be in at the time, and to attune himself with the cosmos. To use the energies, to gain wisdom and understanding—to take in so to speak, that he might come out, go forth and give in service to his fellowman.
In the first place, it is necessary to discipline one’s self, to some extent, and set aside a certain time each day for this practice and you will never become proficient at the art of meditation unless you practice consistently. It is not enough to practice this art once a week or once a month, or even every few days, but this should become a daily ritual. For unless you do this, your progress shall be slow in mastering the art.
Once you have become proficient in the art, you can spend much less time for you reach the state of contact with the Infinite Mind much more quickly. As man starts to practice the art of meditation, he should also attempt or perhaps I should say that he should immediately begin to bring his own life into order. For unless you bring your own house into order, you will find great difficulty in mastering this art. For to withdraw from that which is uppermost in your intellect, your mind, you will find that it is necessary to have there the higher thoughts—for it is much easier to drift away from thoughts of love, peace and joy into the silence than it is to release thoughts of anxiety and fear.
Thus as man brings his house to order, he finds he is more quickly able to quiet himself and to drift into the silence, immerse himself in the light of creation and merge with the One Great Mind. In the early stages of going into the silence, you will find it helpful if you will concentrate upon something. Many techniques are used—your Yogis concentrate upon what they call the “third eye,” others concentrate upon a light of one type or color. This is not of great importance, but only an aid to help you release yourself and draw yourself away from the racing conscious mind. But on the other hand do not attempt to force the thoughts of your conscious mind to cease, for in doing this you only build a tension.
Relaxation and letting go of all conscious or perhaps intellectual things would be a better term; as these things are released you find your inner consciousness taking on an awareness—an awareness of many things. An awareness of your physical body as you have never been aware of it before. You become conscious in certain stages of every cell of the physical body and each cell seems to take on an awareness of its own. In other words you become aware from head to foot, yet it is not an awareness as you know it through the intellectual mind.
As you move forward in this practice, becoming ever more conscious of the “Inner Things,” you find you are becoming conscious of the “Universal Mind.” You are tuning in with Intelligence and Wisdom and Knowledge begins to flow to you in ever increasing amounts.
It is possible my friends through this technique of Meditation to attune yourself to anything or any Being. There are those who through long periods of devotion are able to attune themselves and communicate with plant life, with animal life, or most anything you could name, for consciousness—beloved friends—is everywhere and you are attuning yourself to the consciousness.
As you meditate, keep the spine straight and erect, for the energies that flow through to you will flow more freely. The spine in the physical structure is the center of your Being and all the cosmic energies that come to you must flow through these centers. By keeping it straight and erect you allow for free flow of energy to your Being and the results shall be greater. Many have the difficulty of wanting to sleep in meditation. Perhaps not wanting to sleep, but they find that the physical gives way or the mental rather gives way to the physical and you find yourself going into slumber. But this can be avoided by using the concentration method and by keeping yourself in good posture for meditation. For only through good posture can the cosmic energies reach you in proper proportions.
My friends I must leave you now. May each of you through your efforts in the search for Truth reach great heights in your climb for Understanding. And may each of you soon master the Art of Meditation so that you might reach the point of rapidly attuning yourself with the “Infinite Mind” whenever you desire.
Adonai , my friends, Adonai. Vasu Borragus .
I am Hatonn.