13/10/2025
Learn Spirituality Series
Article 4 - The Meditation Every child practices in the mothers womb.
The Garud Purana says that by the sixth month of pregnancy, the child starts moving in the womb. As he grows, since he has very little space to move around, he feels like a caged bird. Because of the restricted movements, he is miserable and longs to get out. Moreover, whatever the mother eats has a strong effect on his delicate body. If she eats spicy, sour, oily or hot food, it stings the baby’s skin causing agony; if she smokes, drinks alcohol or takes drugs the baby is starved of oxygen and his growth is stunted. As if that suffering wasn’t enough, it says that the unborn child acquires the ability to see the data of his past lives embedded in his subtle body. The immense sufferings in his past lives frighten him, become yet another source of his anguish, and he begs for liberation.
In the seventh month, in the depth of his distress, he receives Knowledge, the ‘spiritual insight’ from God and starts meditating. The experience of extreme suffering on the one hand and a blissful state on the other, leads him vow to continue this meditation even after he is born until he attains total liberation. By the eighth month he is so saturated in his joyful experience that he is afraid to be born in case he loses that bliss and gets again caught up in the world but is pushed out anyway and gradually forgets all that.
Now, it has been found that when a child is born, due to that primordial meditation his right brain is active. However, as our education system based on theory, logic and analysis has a left bias, the right brain, which is seldom used, becomes almost inactive by the age of twelve. So, in India, a ritual named “Upanayan Sanskara” was performed at about the age of 12-13 years, in which the spiritual insight which he received in the womb was re-imparted by the living Master so that the child could meditate and thus utilize his full potential and excel in studies as well as in other fields. But nowadays, instead of being an initiation into that primordial meditation, this ritual is performed as a symbolic gesture. The word ‘upanayan’ actually means ‘opening of the third eye’.
Our present education system teaches only the physical science which develops only the left part of the brain. So, when a student graduates from the institution, he is like a person whose one leg is tied up and is still asked to run at a full speed – he is certainly going to fall or meet with an accident. For example, if we walk on only one leg, that leg has to bear the entire weight of the body. Or, if one leg is shorter than the other, we will limp. Similarly, if we have not developed both parts of the brain, if we lag behind in either one, we will always limp in life, feeling restless and unfulfilled.
So, it is wrong to assume that meditation should be learned and practiced at an old age, when all our physical and mental energy is exhausted. How surprising!! The medicine to be taken only after the disease fully exhausts us and becomes chronic! No, the disease should be treated before it becomes incurable. We do not go to school to learn our ABCs when we are old. Similarly this meditation should be learned and practiced from our school days, when we are younger so that, while developing the left brain, we can keep the right brain active and thus excel and succeed in every field. The synchronization of both the parts of the brains makes our life complete, worthy and peaceful and helps us achieve perfection.
When we practice this metaphysical meditation our brain connects to the Cosmic Intelligence. So, this meditation gives us clairvoyance, intuitive insight, an “inner” method of perceiving, which is a right-brain virtue. We have good reason to believe that at least this part of us is connected with the Global Brain. It is able to perceive information at a distance and both forward and backward in time. This transcending of time and distance is a characteristic of the God – the creative realm. So, as we practice this, we are preparing ourselves for clairvoyance –for enlisting help of God.
The right brain is like the internet. When it is active it unleashes power, gives insight and answers to our problems and helps us to establish our natural contact with the Divine Server, the Cosmic Intelligence to develop creative powers and thus have peace and happiness in our lives. When we thus connect to the Global Brain, our need is heard and fulfilled. This is the way it has been working since Creation, but somewhere along the way, we lost that divine contact. With the help of this meditation we can re-establish that contact. Then our call for assistance is better “heard” by it and from that help we have dramatic benefits.
Brain is physical matter. Energy, the creative force in this universe, is the source of matter. It is our connecting link to the nonphysical. So, we need to identify the energy fields around us. We need to know more about what Dr Sheidrake calls ‘morphogenetic fields’, what Dr Russell calls ‘the global brain’. Through meditation, we can connect to the morphogenetic field, the Cosmic Brain. Scientists are doing researches into the brain, which has until now been extraordinarily impenetrable to us. There is more to the thinking function than those three pounds of matter in the thick, bony box. There is a field of energy that surrounds the brain and, in fact, encompasses the whole body. Called the bio-energetic field, it is intelligence at work in guiding cells, organs, and systems. It is outside the brain, and yet is part of our total intelligence.
Our brain has about 13 billion neurons. Each neuron can make thousands of connections and works like the components of a computer. A computer can connect with other computer systems, tapping vast bodies of information to supplement its own programming. Our mental computer can do the same thing with the help of metaphysical meditation, tapping into the vast knowledge of the Cosmic Intelligence. It is our “connection” to the metaphysical world; it is our link to the creative realm. But as we get involved with this physical world, the mind becomes extrovert and we rely totally on the incapable logical left brain to think and work for us. That is why we suffer in life.
Physicists describe space as a field of intelligence. They say that space is not nothingness, but is ‘somethingness’, a continuum with unique properties or characteristics. One of these properties is intelligence which fills all space; we are all surrounded by it. It pe*****tes us and we pe*****te it. It is both outside and inside of us. It is everywhere. It is also in the space-less place – a place where space and time are created. It is the creative realm. To go there, we do not need a plane or a space shuttle. But we can contact it through the right brain and then the help that we get from the intelligence can be utilized properly, and thus we get amazing results. When God assists us in the solution of our problems through the right brain, the results may not be explainable in scientific terms.
Scientists thought that there could not be action between two things at a distance without some connecting factor such as light, heat, energy. Today, though not yet explained, action at a distance is accepted as a fact, an observable scientific fact. Disturb an atom here, and it affects an atom over there with no identifiable connecting link. Homeopathy has proved that a biological reaction takes place in a body by a substance which has been so diluted by alcohol that none of it is left. Similarly when we use the right brain to contact God, we get results that are difficult to explain scientifically.
Scientists now realize that they are not the neutral observers they once thought they were. For example, they used the ‘aperture test’ to determine whether light is a wave, or a particle. For some scientists, light behaved as a particle, for others like a wave. Each one was getting the answer he preferred. Call it mind over matter, their beliefs and expectations were affecting the way light behaves – or the way they perceived it behaving. Today we know that light can behave as either wave or particle.
Solutions that come from that Cosmic Intelligence defy logical explanations. Scientists are astounded when observing such incidents, even though they look like a coincidence, it does not mean that they must have been caused by some unknown source. We see so many miracles – a big obstacle removed, a chronic illness cured, the right person coming along. So here comes the word “coincidence”, which means an accidental series of events that appear to have a causal relationship.
Coincidence seems engineered from the causal realm that “caused” time and space. That Cosmic Intelligence loves us. It loves us so much so that it has respected our desire to “go it alone”, but at the same time it is always ready to help us and wants us to come back to it, because it is our source from where we came. Actually we and the Intelligence were meant to be a team. This teaming is possible if we meditate. Then all the problems that we come across in life can be solved quickly and easily. Besides our problems we can help others to solve their problems. Then we and the Cosmic Intelligence become an unbeatable team.
Actually we are part of the Cosmic Intelligence, which we call Creator or God, who takes care of the whole creation including us. So, being a part, it is also our duty as well as obligation to assist Him in His work. We want to be successful in our creative works. God also wants us to be successful because He needs us as a co-creator. But there are some hurdles that can crimp our lines of communication with It. The main hurdle is our ego. Unless we give up ego, we cannot receive help. To get that help, we have to be humble, polite in our attitudes, in our behaviours. While praying we lower our heads – this is a symbol of humbleness so as to align ourselves with our Source. And when we work for uplifting humanity, we develop a reputation with God for dependability, and then we get power and wisdom to work for the betterment of humanity.
So we must remove the barriers that prevent the flow of the creative and intuitive process in our life. God is the highest of intelligence and He can solve all our problems. When we thwart the creative process we are working against God. When we promote the creative process, we bring ourselves closer to God. A coincidence is the mechanism through which Cosmic Intelligence helps us. When we ask for help to solve problems in the creative process of our lives, we are calling on God, and He surely helps us. Meditation is the way for establishing that contact with Him.
Remember the two rules: Communicate lovingly. Have a positive attitude. Words, abuses can hurt people, causing injuries that last longer than those caused by physical injuries. They create a long-lasting impression on the person’s mind. Suppose, we shout angrily at a child, “you are so stupid! You can’t do anything! Imagine the effect of this. The child might carry that message throughout his life – I am stupid, and I can’t do anything, thus developing inferiority complex. So, it is important to identify problems and make sure children are aware of them but keep them in perspective. They don’t want constructive criticism; they want constructive compliments. They are inspired when they find that we believe in them and are willing to trust them.
God is always on our side. He intends this Earth to be an affluent, abundant and peaceful planet. God helps those who help themselves. When we ask for help, He responds. Those who practice meditation find an effective way to connect to the Cosmic Intelligence. Meditation done on a regular basis, enriches the mind, illuminates consciousness, stimulates creativity, and heightens the knowledge of what is right for us. When we meditate, our mind becomes aligned with the Cosmic Mind, also called the Universal Mind. That internal internet connection is a must for solving life’s difficult problems. Then we can enlist regular help from Him to make everyday a successful day. We become an integrated personality with no inner conflicts and a better decision-maker.
When we meditate, our mind is balanced, we are centred in our thinking, with both hemispheres of the brain “on”. That’s exactly what life should be. Then we are ready to begin anew, controlled and successful life. So, we should meditate and be with the source of all life energy – the Holy Name: we must activate this super-connection with the help of primordial meditation. This would give us extraordinary advantages that may be beyond imagination. We can achieve any goal in our life. But before we experience this, we have to convince our logical left brain how magnificent right brain activation can be. Otherwise our left brain will hinder our endeavours to meditate on the Holy Name. Logical facts are the convincing that our left brain requires. And when it is convinced we begin a new and fruitful life. Then peace will prevail everywhere.
Lord Jesus said, “First ye seek the Kingdom of Heaven, function within God’s righteousness, and everything else will be added unto you.” The kingdom that he meant is not the one to be entered after we die, but the one to be entered within us. To function within God’s righteousness is to perceive creatively and positively and to have closeness with Him. If we are separated from our creative source, life will be more difficult for us than for someone who is closer to the source and who comes across successes. Sceptics call it ‘coincidence’. For a meditating person there are a lot of such happy ‘coincidences’!
So, let us learn that Metaphysical Meditation which all of us practiced in the mother’s womb and which is one and the same for the whole humanity and which all the past Masters taught to their disciples during their life time and to learn again practically the same metaphysical meditation which is beyond books, beyond our brain and the senses, we have to search for a living spiritual Master who can open our third eye and practically teach us the same meditation again.
