Hey after a long time once again!!!!
A lot of queries about 'Dwadashant' in breathing meditation of CSV...
Dwadashant means: 'end of 12' generally 12 finger lengths... and also the 12 matra(syllables), and the sub-chakras(energy centers) and sometimes the space between spanda(vibration).
Every chakra has 8 dwadashant, that is 12 finger lengths in 8 directions. Why speak about the chakras? Because there are several different opinions in different traditions about the selection of a "central base chakra" for sadhana. In sadhna we generally use only agya, vishudhi, anahat and manipur (the 3rd thru the 6th chakras). We'll look more closely at this in the next few days.
There are so many meditations on breath... as vipassana(Buddhist meditation), anapan sati yoga(Buddhist meditation), Pranayama(astanga yoga), Pranavidya(upanishada)....and many more.
Before I start a play with this knowledge (budhi vilas), I want to wish you all a very happy HOLI. It is a festival of colors... but yes for me it has a special yogic meaning... ho + li, ho means become and li means already, ie; already became like that(God). It is just an statement of sadhaka(practitioner) as he realised the God. The Sadhaka is actually colored with the love of God. To express it outside this a traditional play with color in India. People forget the actual meaning.
For example if we take agya chakra as dwadashant and meditate on it....then we have to meditate that point inside the skull where it is situated or can we meditate on agya kshetra i.e. the space between eyebrows on forehead.
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