The Yoga of Patanjali

Lesson - 5 93Now let us have a clear idea of how to utter OM, thename of that Lord, and how to listen to it, how to get in touchwith the Lord, how to think of the meaning and significance ofOM. The Lord shines through our vehicles and the method ofgetting into touch with Him is called Japa. Face to face experiencewith the Lord is made possible through the process of Japa. Itis rather intricate. What does the phrase “Face-to-face” mean?When you see others while talking you are seeing only theirfaces. When you utter OM as your own voice and begin tolisten to it, you will know the real meaning of the phrase. Howevermuch close you place your face to that of your friend or wife,they are separate, When there is a gap in the depressions ofyour eyes and nose, it cannot be face to-face. When one beginsto live precisely in your body according to your dimensions,then only you will live face-to-face. The one face should containthe other, while the other face should be the content of theone. This is the exact fitness of man in God. This is what youcome to know when you utter OM and listen to it. When youreturn outside from OM then people can know from your facethat you have seen God. When Mosses came down from theburning bush on the mount, his wife remarked from his facethat he had seen God. Then Mosses veiled his face. That meansthe face of the Lord in us is veiled with the flesh and skin of ourface. You should see Him shining through your face with thesame countenance, features, expressions and dimensions. Thenonly He begins to live instead of yourself as your own life.A contact with Him in the above said manner removes theobstacles on your part, since His presence shines as the absenceof impediments. This is what Patanjali explains next. Obstaclesexist to the mind and senses. What you notice as obstacles outsideare only your own definition of obstacles. When someone says“My circumstances are not good” it means he notices somethingbad about the circumstances that exist since the one who noticesis in the mind, the circumstances exist in the mind, and not at all