Music and Meditation
Zazen (an electronic band) created a number of music albums to help us meditate. Three of their albums, Enlightenment, Canyons of Light, and Samadhi are particularly helpful to meditation.
Enlightenment is used for the morning meditation. Canyons of Light is used for evening meditation, and Samadhi may be used at any time. There are fifteen songs in each album, and each song is about four minutes long. Each of the fifteen songs was composed around a dimension and they are in ascending order.
Enlightenment offers an experience of fifteen different dimensions of light that provide the energy, insight and power to go out and have a wonderful day. Canyons of Light references fifteen other dimensions that are easy to get into at night.
If you listen to this music while you are meditating, the music will do two things. One, it will provide an auric blanket. The energy in the music is very high. Rama, Dr. Frederick Lenz composed the music with Zazen. He went into very high planes of consciousness, into samadhi, to bring a certain power into the music as a whole. When you listen to one of these albums, the energy is so high that it will block out the thoughts and impressions of the people in this world. So it will be like if you are meditating in a pristine environment – in a beautiful power spot with no impressions.
Secondly, all the songs are in groups of five. There are three groups of five songs in each album. The songs reference particular chakras. The first five songs in each album reference the navel center, the next five the heart chakra, and the last five reference the third eye.
When you start listening to the first five, hold you attention in the navel area and listen to the five songs. The navel chakra is located about an inch below the navel. The navel center and the two lower chakras are the centers for power. By concentrating on the navel center, the two other centers are activated in a balanced way. Each song is very different. They are designed in an ascending order and reference different planes of light, and you move from one to another. You climb up the latter of light just by listening to them.
When those five songs have ended, move your attention to the center of the chest. The heart chakra is located in the center of the chest. Hold you attention in the center of the chest and listen to the next five songs. The heart chakra and the throat chakra are the centers for balance. If you concentrate on the heart chakra, it will activate the throat chakra as well. If you hold your attention there for five songs, you will feel tremendous happiness, brightness, and if you meditate deeply your mind will become very still.
After you have listened to the first ten, you will be in a much higher plane of energy. Then, hold your attention on the third eye. Your third eye is located between your eyebrows and slightly above. Your third eye is a center of knowledge. The third eye and the crown center at the top of the head are the knowledge centers.
The three meridians are power, balances – which is happiness, and wisdom or wisdom. When you bring all three together, you are complete.
The last five songs reference the higher chakras. Simply listen to them and keep your attention on the third eye. When thoughts come in and out of the mind, simply ignore them, and listen to the music.
As you listen to each song, you are bringing the kundalini up through your concentration. The chakras are doorways to different dimensions to different planes of Enlightenment. As you hold your attention on them, the kundalini energy at the base of the spine will raise first to the navel center, then to the heart center, then to the third eye.
This type of meditation practice will bring a tremendous amount of beauty, energy, and brightness into your life. Your mind will become clear. Your life will be centered. You will be able to access higher aspects of mind and smile.
Zazen's music is available for free at: RamaTalks.com