Meditating on the picture allows you to ascend the Golden Chain. Teachers are connected by the Golden Chain, unto Infinity. It is said that if it is meditated on properly and seriously, the karmas can be erased and individual destiny expanded. We are fortunate to have such a picture of Yogi Bhajan.
For this reason, pictures of saints and objects of inspiration have always been subjects of meditation. If you identify a new quality in an object of meditation, you have contacted and brought out that quality in yourself. In a real sense, you become what you meditate on. The outer object is nothing but a gateway to the many facets of your self-experience. A photo with the direct gaze of neutrality can heal and give you the instant ability to contact your own higher guidance.Īs the different facets of an object of concentration present themselves to you, you actually experience different facets of your own self.
In such a photo there must also be a light in the eyes of the teacher. In a mirror you can fool yourself with your own face. It will reflect you better than a mirror. When meditating on such a photo, it is impossible to get stuck on the level of personality. The power is in the beholder, in the student who, by using the picture to help him tune into his inner awareness, elevates himself and gives life to the spirit of the Teacher inside. It is called simply, "The Meditation Picture." The picture itself does not have any power, and it would be folly to worship a photograph. Years ago, a photograph was taken of Yogi Bhajan which had such a quality, and it has been used ever since by students as a link to their teacher and their inner consciousness. This is a form of meditation called Tratakum. In the yogic scriptures it says, " Even a glance from the eyes of a holy man can cure mental and physical imbalances." Once in a very great while there is a picture that has a transcendent quality of neutrality that allows the person gazing at it to go through it and into their higher consciousness. Note: There is more to the meditation than just gazing into the eyes, so you do want to get the instruction sheet and photo, referenced below.