Meditation on Sahasrara (Top of the Head)

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Meditation on Sahasrara (Top of the Head)

 

Let us understand how we can now do mediation of Sahasrara which is located at the top of the head. There are various ways one can bring their awareness to this point and finally meditate at this point. Below is the method which I find it easy and gives quick results by calming the mind

The method is as below

Sit is a comfortable position with your back and head straight, close your eyes and inhale deeply, while inhaling your abdomen should expand. After inhalation hold your breath for few seconds and then exhale, while exhaling your abdomen should contract. When following this process have your awareness on the breath and your exhalation should be twice the time of inhalation. Do it as per your capacity and do not overexert.

After this bring your awareness to the mid of the eyebrows (where two eyebrows meet) and stay there, focus that this point for 2 minutes and then slowly bring your awareness inside the head from the mid of the eyebrow to the mid of the head (pineal gland).

Best way to understand this is as follows, when we hit a nail on the board, the nail goes into the board slowly until it ends. Similarly move your awareness from mid of the eyebrow to the middle of the head (pineal gland to be exact) in this manner, once your awareness reaches the mid of the head stay there for few minutes (say 4 to 5 mins).

Once you can stay at the mid of the head, now slowly push your awareness from mid of the head to top of the head in the similar manner as advised above. As you reach the top of the head, you will feel some sensation and just stay on to it with your focus, if no sensation then just focus on the top of the head.

While doing these all external and internal disturbances should be ignored and your concentration should only be on the top of the head (Sahasrara). You may get thought and images, but just ignore them and bring your focus to the top of the head.

Caution point here is when we try to bring the awareness to the top of the head our eyeballs will sometime rolls up, if this happens do not roll up your eyes for long time, so rather use it as a tool to fix the point at the top of the head for couple of seconds and then relax your eyes to bring them to normal position, but your awareness should be at the top of the head.

This way the thoughts will reduce slowly, and we get into trance with repeated practice.

The objective of meditation is to control modifications of the mind, once this is achieved our emotions and thoughts are in our control (takes years of practice to achieve this)