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pranayama, asanas, mudras, bandhas, and tantric sexual methods. These
are different classes of practice altogether.
But, interestingly, practices related to the cultivation of ecstatic
conductivity enhance both deep meditation and samyama. This is
because they loosen the subtle neurobiology. Pranayama is especially
effective for this, and the loosening is further facilitated with asanas,
mudras, bandhas and tantric methods. These methods that are energy
related cultivate the soil of the nervous system to make it a better vehicle
for inner silence, or pure bliss consciousness.
So here we have the beginning of the relationship of inner silence
and ecstasy. The movement of subtle energy in the body (prana), and its
unmistakable ecstatic quality, are facilitated by the rise of inner silence.
At the same time, the rise of inner silence is facilitated by the movement
of inner ecstatic energy. Each enables the other!
Samyama straddles the divide between inner silence and ecstasy,
working both sides of the fence, so to speak. As we let go of a sutra into
silence, we are stimulating stillness to move. To the extent that we have
ecstatic conductivity present, that movement of stillness will take on the
quality of ecstasy, while at the same time retaining the quality of bliss,
which is an inherent quality of inner silence. The result is moving
ecstatic bliss, which is the fuel of divine expression in the world.
Flying on the Wings of Ecstatic Bliss
With the marriage of inner silence and ecstasy, a new dynamic is
born. We could call it ecstatic bliss, but that hardly explains it. We
sometimes use the phrase abiding inner silence, ecstatic bliss and
outpouring divine love. This more fully captures the dynamic that is
occurring. There is stillness  abiding inner silence. There is an inner
radiance that contains the qualities of both pure bliss consciousness and
ecstatic conductivity  ecstatic bliss. And there is movement outward as
the flow of radiance seeks to express itself through the nervous system 
outpouring divine love.
From the point of view of the practitioner, we find a lot of pleasure
in this on many levels. It is physical and psychological pleasure. The
outflowing is luminous and the world becomes luminous as well. Not
that the nature of the world has changed, but we have changed in the
way we see it. We see it for what it really is  an infinite flow of energy
that is in a constant joyous dance. The negative interpretations that
predominate in so much of human life are seen in an entirely different
light. The foibles of mind are seen to be outrageous!
So what do we do when we come to see the world in this way? Do
we run away and hide out in a cave? No way. Surely there are ways to
help everyone to see what we see. From within ourselves we are moved
to do that  to help in whatever way we can. It is an outpouring, an
outpouring of divine love.
This third element, the outpouring, that comes from the merging of
our inner silence and ecstatic conductivity is the proverbial child of
enlightenment. It has been called Christ, Jivan Mukti, savior. It is not we
in the personal egoic sense who become this. It is the divine flowing
through us that is this birth, this outpouring, and we become consciously
dissolved in It, surrendered to It.
Samyama plays an important role in cultivating and stabilizing this
divine flow. As we have discussed here again and again, the essence of
samyama is surrender, letting go. If we set up the initial conditions of
inner silence and ecstatic conductivity with our other practices, and then
engage in daily samyama practice, the merging and divine birth will
occur.
Then we will find ourselves flying on the wings of ecstatic bliss in
everything we do. And we will be surrounded by wonderful miraculous
happenings. All of nature rushes to support a divine outpouring once it
has begun. Once the divine pump has been primed, the flow increases
without limit. By learning to let go we are able to unleash infinite good
in the world.
Let Go and Let God
Why would any of us choose this, the union of our personal self
with something so vast and powerful within us? One simple reason 
happiness.
We have a powerful instinct that is part of our nature, which is
always seeking our ultimate happiness. We may not know what that
happiness is, or exactly how to go about finding it, but the urge is there
in all of us. If it were not, we would have no motivation to do anything
in this world. All that we do is driven by the singular need to be happy.
We are wired that way since birth, and probably long before. We have
been born here to discover it in ourselves.
It is for this that we travel the globe far and wide and seek to
accumulate all that we can in the hope of finding happiness. We have
even gone into outer space to seek it. Yet, the more we attain and
acquire, the greater the mystery grows, because there is no end to the
external seeking.
It is a great paradox that our outer happiness ultimately depends on
an inner journey. Only when we are taking the inner journey can we
begin to function in the outer world with a sense of fulfillment. Our [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]