Nada Yoga

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Sit in Padmasana or Siddhasana or Sukhasana. Close the ears with the

thumbs. This is Shanmukhi Mudra or Vaishnavi Mudra. Hear the music of

Anahata sounds. You will have wonderful concentration.

 

Do Japa (Ajapa Japa) of Soham with breath or Japa of any Mantra.

Practise Pranayama for one or two months. You will hear the ten

sounds clearly and enjoy the music of the soul. The sound that you

hear will make you deaf to all external sounds.

 

Abandon all worldly thoughts. Control your passion. Become

indifferent to all objects. Practise Yama (self-restraint), or

Sadachara (right conduct). Concentrate your attention on the sound

which annihilates the mind.

 

The sound serves the purpose of a sharp goad to control the elephant-

mind which roams in the pleasure garden of sensual objects. It serves

the purpose of a snare for binding the deer-Chitta. Just as the bee

which drinks the honey does not care for the odour, so the mind which

is absorbed in sound does not long for sensual objects.

 

The first sound is Chini, the second is Chinichini. The third is the

sound of a bell. The fourth is like that of a conch. The fifth is

like that of a lute. The sixth is like that of a cymbal. The seventh

is like that of a flute. The eighth is like that of a drum. The ninth

is like that of a Mridanga. The tenth is like that of thunder. Hear

the internal sound through the right ear. Change your concentration

from the gross sound to the subtle. The mind will soon be absorbed in

the sound.

 

You will get knowledge of hidden things in the seventh. In the eighth

stage you will hear Paravak. In the ninth you will develop divine

eye. In the tenth you will attain Para Brahman.

 

The sound entraps the mind. The mind becomes one with the sound as

milk with water. It becomes absorbed in Brahman or the Absolute. You

will then attain the seat of Eternal Bliss.

 

(Source: Essence of Yoga by Sri Swami Sivananda)