Keep searching within. Plunge deeper and deeper to the realm of the heart. See the blissful effulgence there, beautiful and shimmering in various unique colors. Within the heart, in the space where the inhalation merges, perceive the thought-free state of love. Watch the play of the mãtrikã shakti, the subtle vibrations that arise as thoughts and feelings and then subside back into the space of the heart. Then you will know that Siddha Yoga is within you.
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Plunge a little deeper. After seeing the infinite miracles of the heart, enter the supra-causal body. Behold the vast center which is thought-free, blissful, and effulgent. How intriguing and beautiful it is, how perfectly smooth and even. In that space, there is light and nothing but light. Siddha Yoga calls it the bliss of turiya, the transcendental state.
Keep observing. As you continue to watch, the seer disappears. For a few seconds your existence is erased, just as a grain of salt dissolves and becomes water. But have no fear – on reaching that state, you become eternally serene and unmoved. Then there is nothing but boundless exstasy. Know that the Siddhas live there.
That is the ocean of love. Like a wave, you drown in the ocean of bliss and become the ocean. Again and again, you arise and subside like a bubble in the ocean of love. Ah, what ecstasy! Ah, what sublime and exquisite bliss! What perfect peace and love! What independent contentment. That is the abode of the Siddhas.
That is the center of ecstatic beings. Its love is the true life. The individual derives his existence from it. The entire world dissolves in the ocean of love, then arises from it once again. That is the dwelling place of the ecstatic beings. If you seek the Siddhas, know that you will find them there.
After entering within, slowly go higher. Slowly – there is no need to hurry. As you rise higher, rest a while in the space between the eyebrows. That is the passport office of the Guru. With love, devotion, and humility, get your visa there. Look: If you have any ego, throw it away like a worn-out shoe. Otherwise, this visa will be very difficult for you to obtain. Only through the grace of the Siddhas can it be acquired.
After obtaining you visa, slowly and carefully proceed further. You will reach the divine world of sahasrãra, which is composed of one thousand centers, each more sublime than the last. It is enchanting and infinitely beautiful. Each center embodies a different kind of understanding and knowledge. Siddha student have a picnic there.
In the vast, exquisite space of the sahasrãra, you will see the divine effulgence of a thousand blazing suns. Its beauty is utterly enchanting. This cool, divine light creates no heat. In it there are neither moon nor stars. This divine effulgence is the perfect image of supreme bliss. This is the statement of the great Siddhas.
In the sahasrãra, there is no heat of either fire or the sun. There is no coolness of the moon. Neither pain nor death can reach there. It is eternally suffused with bliss. Reaching there, yogis merge with that bliss. It is their true abode. Siddha Yoga affirms this.
It is also called the space of wisdom. It manipulates the entire body and is the center of all the nãdis. The yogic scriptures compare it to a thousand-petaled lotus. The center of that lotus is the abode of Lord Shiva. When Siddha yogis reach that space, they obtain undying awareness of Shiva.
In the center of the sahasrãra is the Blue Pearl, an exquisite, tiny blue light. Its effulgence is enchanting. Ah, who can describe its beauty? How can one understand its divinity? Although it is just a dot, this tiny light contains the entire universe. It is the form of the Supreme within us. The Siddhas call it the seed of the heart.
A yogi´s meditation stabilize in it. When he sees it, his entire body grows cold, his mind becomes silent, and for a few moments the movement of his vital force ceases. He loses himself in meditation.
