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ॐ –श्रीगणेशाय नमः । श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः ॥

All prayer is in the heart, not the head. श्रीगणेशाय नमः । There is logic in the head and love in the heart, therefore prayer is in the heart. श्रीगणेशाय नमः । Ego is very firmly rooted in the brain cells, whereas heart is relatively free from egoity. Therefore surrender becomes easy in the heart. श्रीगणेशाय नमः । श्रीगुरुभ्यो नमः । स्थिर-सुखम्-आसनम् , keep the hands in the lap in महा-मुद्रा. In which the palms are facing upwards and the right hand is in the left palm. Stretch the back, and lock it and fix it. Do not allow the back to be curved, accept any discomfort with a smile; lovingly accept. See the shoulders, they should not be tight, make them tight if necessary to see the difference and relax. Look at the face and sport a smile and try to see the effect on the muscles of the face, the smile is very contagious it relaxes the muscles, and makes the mind cheerful for no reason. Be aware of the eyes, keep them lightly closed. Aasanam, this is the asana, fresh, not something I repeat. Without memory there is no repetition. Suspend the memory, it is always fresh, Sthira Sukhamasanam. I feel the clothes, in fact I perceive the clothes to the sense of touch. Now the clothes are the other and I am other, that is the perception, I perceive the clothes. Now what is clothes ? Where from it came ? It came from memory. Very interestingly, mind is memory, there is no other mind. When I perceive the clothes, it is memory. Now I drop the memory, drop the mind and feel the presence with the sense of touch, with the help of the sense of touch. Do not allow the mind to intervene, just feel the presence. As I learn to feel the presence, gradually there is a fusion, it is the same presence. The knower and the known get fused in the presence, there is only sense of present, no mind. Now bring back the mind and think of a tree, tree majestically standing, soaring into the sky. I drop the mind, drop the name and form, tree is presence. Repeat the same thing with a mountain peak, grand presence. You hear the sound Rama Rama, through the sound you perceive the swami. Again it is the mind game, swami the other, I am the other. Drop the mind and memory and feel the presence through sound Rama, Rama, Rama. Feel the presence through the thunder of a cloud, be aware of a space around. Space is presence. Visualise the endless space ahead of you, that is the presence. Pure presence, pure meaning no names, no lables, no operation of the mind, pure presence is Brahma. Names and forms come and go, presence remain the same, aksharam brahma. I feel the presence behind, aksharam brahma, I feel the presence to the right, Brahma dakshinataH. I feel the presence to the left, aksharam uttarataH. Above, the infinite presence above, the infinite presence below. Boundless pure presence all around, ocean of presence, ocean of Being. I look at myself I am again pure presence, no names and forms, just pure Being. Is there a division in the presence? Just leave the question open, do not answer it from memory. I merge myself in the ocean of presence and that presence arise the sound AUM AUM AUM ShantiH ShantiH ShantiH. Relax, keep the eyes closed and relax. Sit comfortably, continue to be quite and continue to be the presence. Try not to lose the presence. The extent one remains silent without and within, one remains rooted in the presence. Slowly open the eyes.