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FOURTH STAGE: The fourth stage is the jump. In the fourth stage, I say to you: “Stop!” When I say “Stop!,” you must freeze. Do absolutely nothing, because any movement can distract you, and then everything will be in vain. Anything – a cough, a sneeze – you won’t succeed; your mind has been distracted. The upward flow of energy will immediately cease because your attention has shifted.
Do nothing, and you will not die. Even if you really want to sneeze, and you don’t sneeze for ten minutes, you won’t die. Even if you want to cough and you feel irritation in your throat, endure it and do nothing, and you won’t die either. Let your body freeze so that energy can flow upward through it as a single stream.
As energy flows upward, you gain more and more silence. Silence is a byproduct of energy rising; tension is a byproduct of energy flowing downward.
Your entire body will become so silent that it will be as if it has disappeared. You will not be able to feel it. You have lost your body. And when you are silent, all of existence is silent, for existence is a mirror. It reflects you. It reflects you in thousands and thousands of mirrors. When you are silent, all of existence becomes silent. I will tell you this: in your silence, simply be a witness – with continuous attention; do nothing, remain a witness, remain with yourself; do not create anything – no movement, no desire, no becoming – simply be here and now, silently witnessing everything that is happening.
This being in the center, this being in oneself, is made possible by the first three stages. Until these three stages are completed, you cannot remain with yourself. You can talk about it, you can think about it, you can dream about it, but it will not happen because you are not ready.
The first three stages prepare you for the encounter with the moment. They make you conscious. This is meditation. Something happens in meditation that is beyond words. Once this happens, you will never be the same; it is impossible. It is growth, not just an experience. It is growth.
PRACTICE:
FIRST STAGE - 10 minutes.
Breathe chaotically through your nose, focusing on the exhale. The body will take care of the inhale. Do this as quickly and fully as possible – and then even more intensely, until you literally become the breath itself. Use the natural movements of your body as an aid in raising the energy. Feel it rising, but do not allow it to flow freely during the entire first stage.
SECOND STAGE - 10 minutes.
Make sounds, run, scream, jump, laugh – do whatever you want. Explode! Let everything that needs to be released come out. Become completely crazy, shout, scream, jump, shake, dance, sing, laugh, “throw yourself out.” Hold nothing back, move your entire body. Some small action often helps to get started. Never allow the mind to interfere with what is happening. Be total.
THIRD STAGE - 10 minutes.
Jump with your arms raised, chanting the mantra “Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!” as deeply as possible. Each time you land on the entire sole of your foot, let the sound strike deeply into the sexual center. Give everything you have, completely exhaust yourself.
FOURTH STAGE - 15 minutes.
Stop, freeze. Stop! Freeze where you are, and in the position you are in at that moment. Do not control your body in any way. Coughing, movement, anything will dissipate the flow of energy, and the effort will be lost. Be a witness to everything that is happening to you.
FOURTH STAGE: The fourth stage is the jump. In the fourth stage, I say to you: “Stop!” When I say “Stop!,” you must freeze. Do absolutely nothing, because any movement can distract you, and then everything will be in vain. Anything – a cough, a sneeze – you won’t succeed; your mind has been distracted. The upward flow of energy will immediately cease because your attention has shifted.
Do nothing, and you will not die. Even if you really want to sneeze, and you don’t sneeze for ten minutes, you won’t die. Even if you want to cough and you feel irritation in your throat, endure it and do nothing, and you won’t die either. Let your body freeze so that energy can flow upward through it as a single stream.
As energy flows upward, you gain more and more silence. Silence is a byproduct of energy rising; tension is a byproduct of energy flowing downward.
Your entire body will become so silent that it will be as if it has disappeared. You will not be able to feel it. You have lost your body. And when you are silent, all of existence is silent, for existence is a mirror. It reflects you. It reflects you in thousands and thousands of mirrors. When you are silent, all of existence becomes silent. I will tell you this: in your silence, simply be a witness – with continuous attention; do nothing, remain a witness, remain with yourself; do not create anything – no movement, no desire, no becoming – simply be here and now, silently witnessing everything that is happening.
This being in the center, this being in oneself, is made possible by the first three stages. Until these three stages are completed, you cannot remain with yourself. You can talk about it, you can think about it, you can dream about it, but it will not happen because you are not ready.
The first three stages prepare you for the encounter with the moment. They make you conscious. This is meditation. Something happens in meditation that is beyond words. Once this happens, you will never be the same; it is impossible. It is growth, not just an experience. It is growth.
PRACTICE:
FIRST STAGE - 10 minutes.
Breathe chaotically through your nose, focusing on the exhale. The body will take care of the inhale. Do this as quickly and fully as possible – and then even more intensely, until you literally become the breath itself. Use the natural movements of your body as an aid in raising the energy. Feel it rising, but do not allow it to flow freely during the entire first stage.
SECOND STAGE - 10 minutes.
Make sounds, run, scream, jump, laugh – do whatever you want. Explode! Let everything that needs to be released come out. Become completely crazy, shout, scream, jump, shake, dance, sing, laugh, “throw yourself out.” Hold nothing back, move your entire body. Some small action often helps to get started. Never allow the mind to interfere with what is happening. Be total.
THIRD STAGE - 10 minutes.
Jump with your arms raised, chanting the mantra “Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!” as deeply as possible. Each time you land on the entire sole of your foot, let the sound strike deeply into the sexual center. Give everything you have, completely exhaust yourself.
FOURTH STAGE - 15 minutes.
Stop, freeze. Stop! Freeze where you are, and in the position you are in at that moment. Do not control your body in any way. Coughing, movement, anything will dissipate the flow of energy, and the effort will be lost. Be a witness to everything that is happening to you.