From Darkness to the Light | Guided Meditation
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This audio was recorded during the morning meditation at Aoteraroa Kirtan Festival, January 2026. Inspired by the Pavman mantra from the Brhadaranyaka Upanishads, Shikhaa uses Om Asatoma Sat Gamaya as a clear guideline for meditation — leading the attention of the mind to discern between the changing experiences and the unchanging I - the source of all experience - OM. This is where effort is to be directed in meditation, and in this practice the tamas, the darkness, which is the burden of the human condition, is dispelled by the light Jyotir of knowing the unchanging I.
Through sound, silence, and observation, this meditation points to knowing oneself as pure being, pure consciousness, pure bliss.
Duration: 24 minutes
The Pavman Mantra:
Om asato ma sadgamaya - lead the attention (gamaya) to discern the changing (asat) from the unchanging (sat)
Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya - and the light (jyoti) of this practice will dispel the darkness (tamas)
Mrityur ma amritam gamaya - and the fear of death (mrityur) will be released in the revelation of immortality and bliss (amritam)
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