Principle #5: The Ecstasy Of Asking

This post is fifth in the series "7 Principles for Consciously Creating Your Life" on cultivating a life of joy, prosperity and abundance. Previous posts covered Living in the Now, Entering the Divine Mind, Summoning Pure Desire, and Interrupting Old Patterns of Thought.

You may be wondering by part five of a seven-part series: when do we get around to asking for what we want? Today is the day. The previous posts have been preparation for this moment: the ecstasy of asking.

Our universe is gloriously beautiful and abundant. But how can we experience this abundance in our own lives?

We started the series by recognizing the possibility of creating from the infinite potential of the higher mind, rather than our limited ego mind. While the finite ego mind can be a fabulous tool for analysis and planning, it is also conditioned by memory and old patterns of thought - doubt, fear, worry, tension, negativity, upset - which are counter-productive to the process of creation. When we operate solely from this level of consciousness, we end up creating a mixed bag of experiences. Rather than manifesting our wish list, we manifest a range of experiences reflecting the untidy state of our mind.

But if we take the time to become present, to relax and release old thought patterns, and to quiet the mind, our intention becomes much clearer and the resulting experience more coherent. Similar to a noise dampener in a radio, we want to clarify the signal of our intention before broadcasting. If we start with a noisy signal, we will broadcast static and disturbance into our daily experience. If we minimize the noise in the system, the fidelity of our intention is higher and the resulting experience much more enjoyable.

As we become more clear and aware, we can consciously use the power of thought to create. What is a powerful thought? It is a thought with no other thoughts around. The yogis understood that if you drop in a single thought into the thought-free mind it will have incredible power to manifest.

Sounds great, you might say, but how do we cultivate this condition?

Powerful thoughts can arise either spontaneously out of the pristine desire of the infinite mind (evoking the sensation of sudden insight or of being in the "flow" with the divine will), or can be intentionally introduced by an adept of conscious creation. The yogic masters developed techniques for the latter, involving use of the energies of the subtle body and of sound, to activate the creation process. Returning to the radio analogy, once we have clear signal, we can use an amplifier to increase the signal intensity, ensuring maximum expression and enjoyment. Similarly the next step in conscious creation uses joyful, ecstatic energy to amplify the power of our intention.

This is how it works. By bringing our awareness into specific chakras, "wheels" or vortexes of energy within the subtle body, we can consciously activate the creation process. Specifically, we move the creative energies found in the sacral chakra, which is located in the lower abdomen and related to procreation and sexuality, up into the third eye chakra, the spiritual center located between the two eyebrows. After focalizing this energy in the third eye, we introduce a thought of what we'd like to manifest. In this powerful state, we become one with the thought. Essentially, we "ask" for what we want by dissolving any sense of difference between ourselves and the object of our desire in rapturous energy of the third eye.

The experience of this is somewhat like an orgasm of being, where all separation between self and other, thought and object, idea and form are radically dissolved. It is like disintegrating the body and mind down to the atomic level, co-mingling with and indistinguishable from our creation. We dissolve in joyful union with an abundant universe.

By consciously moving this energy, we shift its expression from sexual activity and procreation into the ecstatic creation other desires such as health and well-being, loving relationship, a peaceful environment, fulfilling work experiences, spiritual awakening, or other aspects of life that allow us to feel fully abundant.

Here is the full meditation, called the "Ah" meditation by the Tamil Siddha tradition:

"Ah" Meditation - For the "Ah" meditation, sit quietly in a comfortable upright position with eyes closed. This meditation follows the process described above and uses the sacred sound "ah". The sound "ah", which represents divine intelligence, is found in often in the many names of the divine - God, Yahweh, Siva, Krishna, Allah, Ra, Kali, Durga and many more.

As in previous weeks, bring your attention to the central channel of energy in the subtle body, called sushumna, which runs parallel to the spinal column. Visualize a luminous channel of light running up the spinal column, from the tailbone up to the crown of the head and out into infinite space.

Now move your attention down the spinal column to the abdomen region, just below the navel. This is the region of the sacral chakra which relates to procreation and sexuality. Tune into the energy of this chakra and begin to tone the sound "ahhhhh". Repeat this for several rounds as you connect with this internal ecstatic energy. As you tone the sound, let all thoughts fall away. As you continue to tone "ahhhhhh", imagine this energy rising slowly up the spinal column from the abdomen, through the navel, the heart and the throat, into your third eye. Let the sound penetrate your third eye as you feel the energies focalizing there.

Now, with your attention and energy focused in the third eye, bring to mind an authentic, heartfelt desire that you would like to manifest. Put the thought and/or visual image of this desire into the third eye and empower it with the sound "ahhhhh". This meditation is about the expression of joyful creative energy, so enjoy the sound and your manifestation as much as possible. Dissolve into the ecstasy of this creative union. Continue toning the sound for as many rounds as you like, celebrating the joy and elation of creating abundance in your life.

The "Ah" meditation was revealed to the West by Tamil Siddha master Dattatreya Siva Baba. He shared the technique with Dr. Wayne Dyer, who wrote of it in his book Manifest Your Destiny, which he dedicated to Dattatreya (then called Guruji).

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