Called the Raja.
Do you meditate the mind?
How do you get into that state?
If you do - do you meditate the mind on an object?
If you use an object what do you use?
If no object what is your purpose?
Do you even think your Meditating the mind? Or just playing games?
I guess, by Raja, you mean Raja-Yoga as instructed by Patanjali’s Yoga-Sutra. It is a science, so it will help to use specific terms with specific meaning, instead of using them interchangeably. (Examples: mind, meditate, object, state)
After the preparatory means, one reaches pratyahara that stops the out-bound sensing and thought-form making activity and rests attention within. In effect, mind the promoter of outbound nature also gets detached from the sensing-thinking activity. Once inside, there are no objects as targets of sensing. So, one learns to target images of objects. As concentration stabilizes, impressions replace images and one moves into a higher, subtle state of awareness. Uninterrupted concentration results in meditation, which is neither on mind (that has been left behind) nor on object (that is not sensed any more). But there is awareness of the ‘act of meditating’. When that awareness also ceases your act of meditation becomes samadhi, isolated contemplation. In this still higher/ subtle state, there is no sensing, no experiencing, no awareness, no mind, no thinking; that’s why it is being in nothingness.
Attempted answers to your questions:
Do you meditate the mind? No. In Yoga, you empower and calm the mind so that it would remain a catalyst and let you meditate on object, image, impressions, and nothingness in succession.
How do you get into that state? One can ‘get’ (in the sense of conscious action) into concentration. Pratyahara and subsequent states ‘happen’.
If you do - do you meditate the mind on an object? No. And mind does play games in the spiritual infancy.
If you use an object what do you use? Anything that you like. But that’s a stepping stone. Eventually, you move away from objects.
If no object what is your purpose? Objects represent the gross world. In search of truth you need to reach the core of objects that is subtle. “Nothingness” is a challenging concept. Like zero, that by itself has no value, but without zero the math is incomplete.
Intellectual efforts are no substitute for experiencing and realizing in Yoga.
when i am doing kriyayoga at one stage my body and mind quiet silenced. on that stage i am afraiding and leave the meditation. it will happens frequently. what is my problem? and give me good suggestion to do meditation at the time of silence?
klpathi,
Without knowing you and what practice you do (and how) it is very difficult to give you any specific analysis of what is happening to you. The best solution will be to go back to your Kriya Yoga teacher. If you are doing Kriya Yoga, reading books, it’s time you find a teacher.
Having said that, let me venture into some speculation. Being afraid when you should be experiencing unprecedented joy suggest that your body-mind is not ready yet. First of all, Kriya Yoga is fairly advanced and activates a lot of prana motions in the body. Perhaps you need to go back to a sustained practice of basic pranayama and asana. You should also support it with yama, niyama without which in your moments of silence, material thoughts would suddenly rush in, like a tornado, to make you afraid.
Mind is a tricky thing. In meditation, mind is set aside. Any effort to silence it would result in a momentary silence and it would spring back. The way to set aside mind is to slow down thoughts, space them from each other, be conscious of breath and continuously relax your body. Then, should begin your Kriya Yoga routine.
You should also be careful about the place where you sit for meditation. It should be peaceful, serene and the same place every day. Do you practice every day or intermittently? Breaks are bad and put your astral body under stress, another possible reason for fear. When in practice, I hope you are gliding into meditation slowly and not rushing into it. Though not essential, you can pray to your favourite deity before the practice for a few minutes, just to put away material thoughts.
Feeling a sudden scare is also due to movement and merging of vayus in the body. Is your body active and supple? Do you practice on empty stomach? Have you tried not eating solids in the evening, to facilitate better Yoga early morning? Hope some of this may help you. But, first meet your teacher.
There is much diversity of opinion and practice when it comes to internal yoga. I’ve found some specific practices for pratyahara and dharana. I’m not willing to expose these here, but if you are interested you can contact me by PM and I will share some things with you.
Also Buddhism is a rich source of meditation practices. In my opinion, you have to be proficient in concentration before you can use these.