Dhyan Yoga-III; Pujya Gurudev

The practical aspect of Dhyan Yoga =Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya That only shows the degree of progress of your dhyana. When I talk of meditation upon light, I dont mean the physical light as some of you might interpret. Here it means the divine light, or the sublime glow of pure knowledge. It is not the physical illumination; rather it is the radiance of spirituality and true knowledge. We pray "Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya"   O Lord! Take us from the darkness towards light; here again, we mean from ignorance to knowledge. In spirituality, the word "light" is always used in the context of enlightenment, pure knowledge. (This is what should be understood of it in this discourse). We were talking of meditating upon the sunlight. So, where should we imagine its presence? In the special kind of dhyana yoga that I have been teaching you this year, I ask you to meditate upon sunlight focussed successively at three points  the navel, the heart and the brain (especially the deeper core inside and above the centre of the forehead).  These three regions contain the sublime nuclei of power for our three bodies  the physical, the subtle and the astral body. All these points should be enlightened (in our imagination and inner experience during this practice of dhyana yoga); the brilliance of sunlight should enter all the three bodies. What does it imply? It implies the inherent philosophy and practical aspects of the three principal yogas.  Karma Yoga taught through Dhyana Yoga: In the first step of this practice of dhyana yoga, you should imagine and try to feel as though the glow of sunlight is being absorbed by your navel. It means that the spark of praa should enter your physical body from the navel and flow in every vein, every artery and every cell. Why from the navel? Because this is the connecting point of the umbilical cord between the mother and the foetus and is therefore regarded as the energy centre of the body.  As the vital elements from your mothers body, that enabled your healthy birth, used to enter your body from the navel, the light (strength) of God is also induced in it through the same centre. When this light will be infused in your body, your bones, your blood, your flesh, all will shine. By this illumination I mean, it will induce energy, enthusiasm, alacrity, courage, commitment to responsibilities, industriousness, zeal for hard work, motivation for altruist service and love and joy for selfless fulfilment of duties. These qualities will help you accomplish your karma-yoga.  Thanks GOD, Thanks Sadguru, Shiv Sharma