A spiritual person who follows the path of spirituality is completely alone. The world around you is not a world of things and beings, but of thoughts and memories.
When a seeker walks the path of spirituality, he encounters the same obstacles in a finer and more subtle way at each stage of his spiritual journey. Determined will and unwavering effort are only the equipment for success on the path of spirituality.
It is very difficult to measure progress in spirituality. It may be that when a seeker feels exalted and too sure that he is really making good progress, he is actually going downhill. On the other hand, it may be that the seeker is feeling totally lost, confused, and in danger and is actually making very good progress.
All forms of meditation and spiritual practices have been a means of shutting off the outer world in an effort to open an inner channel, through which higher forces could enter within, the invisible could be perceived, and presence could be felt. of God.
In the higher path of spirituality, whenever you reach a state of inner peace, tranquility, relaxation and are aware of the body-mind and the soul simultaneously, your own body gives definite signs of spiritual advancement or evolution related to the perfect harmony of the nervous system . The harmonization and synchronization of one’s natural forces and energies result from the regular practice of spiritual techniques.
During puberty our body undergoes a series of physical, mental, emotional and hormonal changes that will make us go from childhood to adulthood. Some common signs of puberty are like growing body parts, hair growth, facial hair, cracking and deepening of voice and sexual development, etc.
Therefore, there must be a set of visible and obvious standards or milestones that are definite indicative signs of spiritual progress known as spiritual puberty. There are many certain and specific signs by which the progress of a seeker on the spiritual path can be determined.
Two very important and observational indicators of advanced progress in spirituality are
Opening of Sushumna Nadi
It is a strict law that on any spiritual path, consciously or unconsciously, unless the kundalini is awakened, there is no benefit of any kind. Whenever by devotion, knowledge, renunciation, divine grace, yoga, asana postures, meditation, austerities or shaktipaat, when the kundalini awakens and begins to move upwards through the Sushumna Nadi, only higher level spiritual progress is indicated and this is the fixed rule.
In the human body there are 72,000 nadis or channels through which prana circulates. There are 10 important Nadi of which 3 are the most important. Sushumna is the main Nadi and flows through the central channel within the spinal cord, it is responsible for all spiritual consciousness. Ida is located on the left side of Sushumna controls all mental functions, while Pingla located on the right side of Sushumna controls all vital functions of the body.
Ida is related to respiratory flow in the left nostril and the parasympathetic nervous system, while Pingla is related to respiratory flow in the right nostril and the sympathetic nervous system.
Unless Ida and Pingla are balanced, there will be many obstacles to spiritual progress. Balance occurs naturally as a definite sign of advanced spiritual puberty. Sushumna opening is indicated by breathing through both nostrils simultaneously. When Ida and Pingla flow together, the third flow of Sushumna Nadi opens.
On a higher spiritual path when the body [Pingla] and mind [Ida] They are balanced and synchronized, a third force spiritual energy emerges, this is a definite sign of spiritual puberty, when you breathe through both nostrils simultaneously.
Khechari mudra
Khechari mudra is a simple but very important technique that is used in many spiritual techniques. It consists of bending the tongue back and placing it against the upper palate. In Kechari mudra, the prana is located above the nasopharynx, removing the need for respiration from tissues and cells and placing the body in a state of suspended animation or hibernation.
Khechari naturally induces a seeker into a higher state of spirituality. It is a neurological switch that indicates a purified state of the nervous system. Khechari is an ecstatic connection that illuminates our entire nervous system. It is the higher spiritual practices that send us to Khechari, when every cell or fiber of our being wants self-realization or enlightenment, the tongue automatically goes back and up or, in a gentle way, we can say that it can touch the upper palate.
Khechari encourages the greater opening of sexual neurons in the head. Khechari as spiritual puberty is a constant internal orgy of radiant ecstatic bliss that indicates the cosmic sexual union of Shiv and Shakti or Yin and Yang.
So opening Sushumna Nadi or breathing through both nostrils and Khechari mudra or rolling the tongue back and touching the upper palate are the definitive signs of spiritual puberty, the result of a purified, enlightened and enlightened nervous system. These two signs indicate the higher spiritual transformation of the seeker.
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GEETA JHA [SPIRITUAL HEALER]
INDIA