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With the intellectual understanding of the desire to know more of ourselves comes the action of which follows a point of reference. (Focus)

If you remember the discourse on the Seven States of Consciousness we described the most familiar as being Sleeping, Dreaming and Waking, followed by awareness of the Ascendant as Ascendant Consciousness, which when stabilized in awareness develops into Perpetual Ascendant Consciousness.
Perpetual Ascendant Consciousness gives the intellect a stable point of reference in which to return all thoughts feelings and actions.
In the waking state our point of reference is our experience.
It is from our experiences that we project the probable outcomes by remembering actions of the past and the repeatability of experiences. We can pretty much depend on the world to respond the same way, invariably the Sun will rise in the morning following the Darkness of the Night and the Night will follow the day of Sunlight.
Certain laws of nature are built into the structure of our universe by us, to support our continuing experiences of life, it is the foundation for our human experiences built by beliefs.
The cycle of action-experience-impression-desire follows a pattern of beliefs which is attached to this imagined foundation that our world is set within certain boundaries and we are set in it, subject to its laws of limits. There is some truth to this in the fact that as long as we believe everything we experience is real, then it is.

What initially inspires us to follow the impulse to seek more knowledge and experience about ourselves and the universe is a connection that goes beyond these limits. The heart and our living faith is continually standing in each experience and belief we have waiting for us to turn our attention toward a greater truth than the limitations we believe are so real.
Like the old cartoons where the devil sits on one shoulder and an angel sits on another we have a choice to listen to either voice and the voice of our heart is always speaking to us of Union with a greater mind and presence of being.

In our quest for enlightenment we learn to listen to the inner voice which is leading us to a greater experience than the ones that continue to cycle us through the habitual programs of thinking that are limited from fear.



In the development of the intuitive or cognizant aspect of ourselves we open doors to a greater understanding and the experience of reality through the Ascendant and its relationship with the manifest reality.
Once the Ascendant becomes real in both intellectual understanding and experience and as the “One True Reality” we can turn our attention towards rapid growth from this new foundation. We always have a Choice.
We have a choice to focus our attention on the truth. Unless we do this our mind will wander in the experiences and the habits of impression followed by desire and then action; without a firm foothold on the Truth of reality the senses lead us away from our True self rather than towards it.

Couple the Ascendant awareness with Focus, a choice to bring the Ascendant awareness into every experience and it becomes not a belief but a construct of the minds desire and free will to experience the absolute Self. This is called Resonance.

These three things, Focus, resonance and Ascendant Consciousness are what lead consciousness to expansion and into Exalted Consciousness, and Unified Consciousness, the sixth and seventh states of consciousness. Together they constitute a process which is called samyamah, "the Bestower of Union."
It should probably be observed now, and again later, that samyamah is absolutely a waste of time without Perpetual Consciousness being established first. More correctly stated: samyamah is impossible without Perpetual Consciousness, for without the stabilized experience of the Ascendant, the most important part of the triad is missing.



As the mind focuses on a single appropriate object the fluctuations of thought naturally settle into the One, the Ascendant. As the mind thus stills, the ability to cognize the full range of the meaning of the object naturally blossoms in the mind. Every object has a gross level of reality and a subtle level of reality. The subtle is typically not known because of absorption in the gross. But as the mind becomes familiar with the three aspects of one-pointedness, (The knower, the Known and the Process of Knowing) it learns to cognize an ever-deeper level of experience. This is the mechanics of the growth of consciousness from Perpetual Consciousness to Unified Consciousness.
"Vibrates to the One" means that all thought begins to be in perfect harmony with the Ascendant. In the Waking State of Consciousness, thought is often out of harmony with the fundamental forces of natural law the gunas, and with their Lord, the Ascendant. This leads to disharmonious thought, feeling, desire and action, which in turn leads to pain, suffering, illness, unhappiness, lack of success in every area of human concern, and eventually to death.

When, through Ascension, the mind learns to function in perfect harmony with the Universal Source of All That Is, all of Nature serves to bring greater happiness, health, success and fulfillment to every area of human concern.
As one naturally rises in this perfect harmony, all of life starts developing and progressing towards fulfillment.
How is this done?
By removing stress from the nervous system, (from the perspective of the body) or from expansion of consciousness to the Infinite (from the perspective of the mind).
Either leads to perfect harmony with the One Ascendant; and from perfect harmony comes success and power.
Consider the example of the laser -- all the photons march together in step -- this leads to great power. A 75 watt beam of laser light can be bounced off of the moon. Seventy-five watts of random, diffused light will scarcely travel a few miles. This is an analogy of the difference between the incoherent functioning of the Waking State and the coherence of Ascendant Consciousness. This difference is measurable by the EEG -- the Waking State is characterized by a chaotic admixture of brain waves, almost randomly flowing through the cortex. During the experience of the Fourth state of consciousness and their corresponding higher states, however, the brain exhibits perfect orderliness -- the brain waves vibrate in perfect harmony with the One. This is a measurement of the subjective experience of the perfect silence and peace of Ascendant Consciousness

-Patanjali-

As one practices the progressive refinement of consciousness by Ascending, memory, the subtlest and most important movement of consciousness is quickly purified. There is no stress that can withstand this wholly natural and beneficial process. When memory is purified, one no longer judges objects by past impressions; everything is seen as it really is.
In this second stage, the mixture of word and meaning has sufficiently separated so that meaning appears as it truly is. Since it is no longer colored by previous impressions, the meaning shines forth in its own brilliance. This is not the highest stage of growth to full realization of Ascendant Consciousness -- when the mind has fully reached its Source, there is no perception whatsoever of other meanings. But it is a distinct stage of progress -- the knower is beginning to separate from his/her identification of the Self with meaning. And this is true no matter what the meaning is -- thoughts, bodies, girl friends, houses, universes -- in short, all that keeps the awareness divided and bound and therefore gives life to the ego's dominance in the Waking State. So this is a significant stage of progress. It is still confused, however, for the knower has not yet discovered fully what the Self is.
The True Form of the Self is still absent -- Ascendant Consciousness has not yet fully dawned -- but at least the dream-like admixture within is beginning to separate into distinct realities. The knower, known and process of knowing must first separate their illusory union in order to unite in the Ascendant.
In this stage, the Self is experienced as if it were a void. Ascendant Consciousness, awareness with no thought moving, is not empty, it is not a void, it is the state of complete fullness, of Being, the Source of everything. Words cannot adequately describe the experience, but saying it is like a void is a fairly close approximation.
Patanjali's use of "as if it were a void" is quite significant for other reasons as well. The Self can never in reality be away from its True Nature. Regardless how deep the confusion of the illusory mixture of knower, known and process of
knowing, still the reality remains, hiding just beneath the surface of the waking
dreams. The Self can never be devoid of its True Nature, but it can believe that it is -- and this is exactly what gives life to the Waking State with its myriad of bizarre beliefs about the nature of life and death. Fortunately, illusions do not become real simply because of belief.
"All meaning shines forth clearly" means that in this state of Ascendant Consciousness, any object that is held in the attention reaches the level of
rtam bhara prajna (Which means, "the level of consciousness that is filled with Divine Truth" and "the level of consciousness that praises Divine Order.")
When this happens, its entire meaning and purpose is instantly and fully known. In other words, by curling back onto the Self with any object of attention rtam value of its existence is understood. This becomes the primary tool for the development of consciousness beyond Perpetual Consciousness, for it is precisely by understanding the full range of meaning of the senses and the process of knowing that one experiences Exalted Consciousness, and it is by understanding the full range of meaning of the known that one rises to complete consciousness in Unified Consciousness. Thus this development is the by-product of being able to hold any object of attention one-pointedly in the mind while simultaneously experiencing the Ascendant.
This is not only difficult in the Waking State, it is simply impossible. Firstly, there is no clear experience of the Self, so there is no clear experience of the Ascendant; therefore, Ascendant Consciousness is dysfunctional. Secondly, the mind does not vibrate strictly with the One, as it is continually swayed by previous impressions. As these distort its calm mirror, it moves continually from object to object, from thought to thought, in the vain effort simply to be happy Resonance, is dysfunctional. And thirdly, there is no possibility of Focus either, because consciousness is too scattered to be stable on a single point. Without the maintenance of one-pointed attention in Ascendant Consciousness there is no possibility for rtam to function efficiently or consistently, and therefore the purpose and meaning of anything cannot be known with certainty. In Perpetual Consciousness, on the other hand, the Self is established in the Ascendant; the mind vibrates in harmony with the One; and the intellect is one-pointed. Thus the last three limbs of Union function in perfect harmony; this leads to the capability of cognizing the full value and purpose of anything and everything.

As we progress in our expansion of consciousness the automatic response of the heart to lead us deeper towards Union awakens the senses to perception of reality. Things we never entertained before can become points of interest. This is because what was not known because of its irrelevance to the waking state now is relevant to what we now can understand and experience. This is self evident in the evolution of mankind as we learned to use simple tools for basic needs. As the world became more complex because of the needs that arose we became aware of more complex tools and the way to develop them. This will always be the case as long as we live in expanding awareness in an expanding universe.
What we intuit is often ignored for practicality of lesser related thinking however as our intellect is sharpened by the expansion of conscious awareness we are sometimes led to insights into our Self and its product which is the world around us. The sharpening of this awareness is a natural part of our evolutionary process.




Ajna means "servant" or "ordered from above" or "not ignorant." It consists of two petals, often represented as connected to a disc of the moon. This chakra is the reservoir for Soma. As such, the sixth chakra is referred to as the ocean of nectar. Inside the lunar disc is often an inverted triangle, symbolic of the feminine power of Sakti; frequently a lingam (symbolic ofSiva) is inside that. This same configuration is also often found in the root and heart chakras; it is in these three that the conjoined power ofSiva and Sakti is the strongest. The root is the seat of the physical body; the heart is the seat of the emotional body; the sixth is the seat of the mental body.
Ajna is called the third eye because of its potential for celestial perception, clairvoyance, the ability to perceive the subtle energies of non-physical realms, and fully established Exalted Consciousness. Seeing auras, knowing the future, remembering past lives, communicating with celestial beings are some of the abilities that are available to any human with an awakened sixth chakra.
Ajna is located in the center of the head. Its two petals are associated with the left and right hemi¬spheres of the cortex.
The left hemi¬sphere is predomi¬nately analytical, logical, mathe¬mati¬cal and linear. It is masculine or yang and controls the right side of the body.
The right hemi¬sphere is primarily spatial, artistic, musical, intuitive, and holistic, and is consid¬ered receptive, yin, feminine. It controls the left side of the body. The forward facing petal of Ajna (nearer the forehead) is associated with the rational qualities of consciousness. The rear petal near the center of the skull is more intuitive.
In our modern world, over-emphasis on left-brain activity has upset the balance of the sixth chakra. We often misuse the power inherent in awareness. We desire to understand what is happening in our world to gain control over it or protect ourselves from it. By watching life in order to manipulate it, control it or criticize it, we place ourselves out of touch with, and opposed to reality. This is like finding ourselves in a rushing river and holding onto the bank because we are afraid to let go. Will we be swept away and drowned? Will we be crushed by the raging torrent? Who knows! Until we let go and flow, we will never find out where the River of Life is trying to take us. Maybe it will carry us to paradise!

If the sixth chakra is intensely blocked, we may desire not to see at all. This can result in intense rebellion against our parents or our society, or, in extreme cases, to weak vision or even to blindness or deafness. It is not what we see but how we see that determines our experience. If we see a rope lying on the ground and mistake it for a snake, our hearts may stop from fear of something that was never there. Our experience of reality is based on projection of our beliefs and judgments.
When both petals of Ajna are in balance, the individual is open and receptive to the world, to emotions and to intuition. Instead of manipulating life, the inherent nature of the Universe is directly understood; life is lived in harmony with Natural Law. Intellect and intuition complement and complete each other. Latent intuitive abilities open new vistas; we perceive our essential unity with all that is. Celestial perception is the norm. Leaving through Ajna at the time of death is the Lunar Path, the Path of the Gods.