Manonmani -207th name of Sri Adi Shakti

[Guest guest]

Jai Sri Mataji

 

Dear Yogis

Recently our collective has been under a big attack and

at such times it is always helpfull to resort to particular

invocations and the thousand names of the Devi have attracted me

even before finding (or being found by) Sri Mataji.

The name " Manonmani " particularly caught my attention lately. It

is described as " ..the eighth place from the centre between the

eyebrows, just below the Brahmarandhra. " .... " There is a Shakti, the

cause of all causes, and above that comes Unmani (Manonmani).

In that centre there is no time or space, no tattva, no deity,

complete freedom, purity, supremacy; what is called Rudravaktra

(mouth of Rudra). This is called the Shakti of Shiva; in it there is

neither subject nor object, spotless. "

 

..... " when the mind, free from attachment to object, fixed on the

heart, attains the state of unmani, then the supreme abode (is

reached). "

As a mudra it is described thus: " By this process the eyes neither

close nor open, by which breath is neither inhaled nor exhaled and

the mind is blank neither speculating nor doubting, direct that

Manonmani towards me. "

 

" When the process of meditation, meditator and the object of

meditation are entirely destroyed, then the unmani stage arises;

consequently he enjoys the ambrosia of wisdom. "

 

When first reading this, before Self-realisation I could only

perceive it as a mental process and wondered what kind of

austerities one needed to attain it.

The idea that meditation is a process involving not the mind but

only the heart is a difficult one to convey in this world.

We are so lucky we have been granted direct access to this state of

meditation without any effort on our part, just humility.

 

with love from Aunty Lyndal.