Antarakasha Dharana - Focus On The Inner Space

This is a meditation to guide you into the inner space, antarakasha. Developing the inward movement towards the infinite space within. This meditation is extremely relaxing, simultenously deeply profound and healing. You are brought back with Sanskrit Chanting. Om Shanti Shanti Shanti.

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Antarakash Dharana In Sanskrit,

The word antar means inner.

Antarakash is the inner space which forms the substrate for our own individual creation.

According to yogic thought and modern scientific thought as well,

The material universe of which we are all an integral part has two main aspects,

Macrocosmic and microcosmic.

All that exists within the byakash,

Within the dimensions of time,

Space and object,

Is part of the macrocosmos.

This is the world that we live in.

However,

Whatever exists without can also be found within.

The microcosmos exists inside,

Within the antarakash,

The inner space.

We are going to develop our perception of the antarakash,

The inner space,

Through which the inner world takes its subtle form.

In order to expand our consciousness,

The inner space must first be penetrated.

Then only can we begin to experience what is in the deeper dimension of our being.

Sit in a comfortable meditation posture.

Adjust your position so that you do not need to move any part of the body during the practice.

Observe the entire body and feel that right from the top of the head down to the tips of the toes,

The whole body is free of all tightness and tension.

Allow your mind to move through the different parts of the body.

Check in with each and every part of the body,

Each and every joint,

Each and every muscle and make sure that you are totally at ease physically.

Observe and relax your whole body internally.

Become aware of the maximum ease that you can experience in the body.

Maintain the feeling of relaxation and feel the body becoming steady,

Deeply relaxed,

Heavy,

Grounded,

Peaceful.

The whole body becomes calm,

Steady and still.

Side by side,

Become aware of the natural breath and simultaneously feel the steady heaviness,

Calmness of the body.

Continue this process until the body is absolutely steady,

Quiet,

Immobile,

Relaxed.

Maintain the awareness of the body which is absolutely still and motionless.

Concentrate on the inner stillness,

The pin drop silence.

There is no physical movement.

Allow the softness in the stillness.

And now within the stillness of the body,

Begin to experience the inner space.

The inner space inside the body.

Develop the concept of the body as space.

Connect with the inner feeling.

A vibration,

Spaciousness,

Inner prana,

Inner energy.

Maintain total awareness of the stillness that you can feel within the body.

Within the stillness of the body,

Begin to experience the inner space.

The complete openness within the body.

There is nothing but space.

Stillness.

Peace.

Emptiness.

Expansiveness pervades the whole body from the head to the toes.

Empty space.

The vast openness.

Void.

Nothingness within the body.

Experience the space which pervades the whole body from the head to the toes.

Internal expansiveness.

Go into the vast emptiness.

Direct your consciousness to the spaciousness.

Develop the microcosmic awareness within the body.

Experience the infinite space within the physical frame.

Do not make any effort to experience the infinite space.

Relax into it.

Allow the experience to spontaneously arise and come to you.

As you attune your awareness to the subtle dimension of consciousness.

This space is not separate from your consciousness.

It is the medium through which the consciousness functions.

Where there is consciousness,

There is space.

Attune yourself to the experience of inner space.

Beyond the body.

Beyond the mind.

Beyond the mind.

Into the dimension of space.

Develop this experience.

Maintaining total awareness of the space within the body.

Observe the empty vacuum of the whole body.

The total space.

Empty.

Void.

From head to toe.

Move your awareness to the feet and keep feeling the spaciousness within.

Lower legs.

Knees.

Thighs.

Hips.

Hips.

Torso.

Shoulders.

Arms.

Neck.

Head.

Observe the space contained within the body.

Become aware of the subtle inner space which pervades the body.

Take your awareness to the head.

Experience the space within the region of the head.

Feel the space within the head.

Become aware of the neck.

Feel the inner space of the neck.

Become aware of the space within the right shoulder.

The right arm.

The right hand.

Experience the space from the right shoulder down to the fingertips.

Be aware of the space in the left shoulder.

Left arm.

Left hand.

Experience the space between the left shoulder and the left fingertips.

The right arm.

Experience the space pervading the region of the chest.

The inside of the ribcage.

Become aware of the entire chest space from the front to the back.

Experience the space within the abdomen.

The spaciousness of the upper abdomen.

The navel region.

The lower abdomen.

Feel the spaciousness from the front to the back.

Experience the space in the buttocks.

The right buttock.

The left buttock.

Experience the entire space between the shoulder blades.

Feel the spaciousness between the shoulder blades.

And feel the space from the shoulder blades to the base of the body to the perineum.

The whole torso.

Be aware of the whole torso and the inner space which pervades it.

Be aware of the space within the right thigh.

The right knee.

The right calf.

The right foot.

The whole of the right leg from the right hip to the tips of the toes.

Be aware of the space pervading the left thigh.

The left knee.

The left calf.

The left foot.

Experience the inner space of the whole of the left leg from the left hip to the tips of the toes.

Become aware of the space in both feet.

Both feet together.

Both legs together.

Be aware of the space in both hands together.

Both arms together.

Become aware of the space within the chest.

The chest.

The abdomen.

The whole torso.

Awareness of the space inside the neck.

And head.

Develop homogenous awareness of the space contained within the whole body.

The whole body.

Direct your awareness to the natural breath.

Observe each ingoing and each outgoing breath.

Keep following the whole of the breath.

Simply observe the natural breathing.

The natural breathing pattern.

And side by side,

There is awareness of the inner space.

As you breathe in,

Feel the space is expanding.

As you breathe out,

The space is contracting.

Intensify your awareness of the space which is expanding and contracting with each breath.

Feel the sensation of this vast energy expanding in every direction.

Feel the sensation as you breathe out,

The contraction is complex.

The contraction is complete relaxation.

Inhaling is expansion.

Inner softening and exhaling is a deepening of relaxation.

Deepen your awareness of this expansion.

This expansion and contraction.

Going deeper and deeper into it.

And now we gently return.

And we get ready to end the practice.

And withdraw your awareness from the experience of the inner space.

Feel the space.

Gradually externalize the perception.

Feel the physical body in its meditation posture.

Feel the weight of your physical body against the surface of which you are sitting.

Feel your hands.

Feel the hands touching the body.

Externalize the mind.

Become aware of the external sounds.

Become aware of the room.

The four walls.

The ceiling.

The floor.

Breathe in deeply.

Breathe out deeply.

And chant OM three times.

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti