As one sets out on the path of sadhna and tries to connect with subtle forces at first, an imbalance is created. This is a result of frequencies which are generated in environment and disturb certain energies. It is the asurs getting disturbed.
When this happens, the asurs in turn try to disturb the sadhak, to keep him/her off the path, so that they may thrive. As an experiment, you may play the chant of ‘Om’ given on the Dhyan Foundation website at your home or office. It will disturb people with an asurik vritti and evoke a negative reaction from them. Imbalance is created when you chant mantras given by your guru internally and externally, and not through CDs which are available in the market. They are of no use as they are tied to commerce.
The asurs strike the one who is weak. They get inside the person and destabilise him/her and since that person exists in a physcial form, he/she destabilises others around.
This process of destabilisation is internal as well as external. External disturbances appear in the forms of those around you; neighbours who will come running when you perform a havan, friends who make negative remarks about your practices. Their single point agenda is to destabilise you, and to prevent you from walking the path of sadhna. It happens because the negative entities take shelter in them and constantly incite them to stop you, because you are disturbing those entities.
Whenever such disturbances occur, you can take that as your success on the path of sadhna— because if you look back in history, you will find that whenever the rishis and munis performed a yagya or tapasya, asurs would come to disturb them. Even Rishi Vishwamitra took Lord Ram with him to kill the asurs, who were disturbing his practice. The predilection of the asur is to disturb you, using threats, persuasion and with the lures of physical attractions—a better house, a new job, a desired partner etc. You, however, need to hold the hand of your guru firmly.
The above metioned are the asurs around (external disturbances) you. There are also asurs within—internal disturbances that appear in the form of your inner voice, which misleads you. It is actually the voice of the asur. For example, you are getting ready to sit for dhyan and suddenly you get a thought that you are in the wrong place—“leave all this, party, socialise, enjoy”. Or, you are sleeping and you hear a voice which tells you, “Why are you wasting your time here? Do something better”. Ninety percent of people cave in. These are the people whose connection with their guru is weak. They think ‘yes, that is true.’
They forget all their experiences, both in the physical and spiritual planes—what they were when they started the practice and what they have achieved on the way. The asur within clouds their mind and vision. With that the success rate of asurs is not 99 per cent, it is 100 per cent. If they get hold of a person, they take him/her with them. But then, the success rate of guru is 100 per cent; those connected are shielded by experience of the shakti of guru and asurs cannot touch them. All their experiences play out in front of their eyes at that time and they are able to understand what is happening. This happens because their focus is fixed on the guru.
The body and all its pleasures are temporary and unreal. The asurs within try to entangle you. They will leave you sooner or later, the moment their job is done. But if you get swayed by them and take even a step back, a gap will appear in your sadhna, which will never get filled. If the asurs within create a doubt in your mind, discuss it with your guru.
Asurs are everywhere. Just remember to stay firm, “yoga ek tattva nirantar abhyas”. So, keep your focus and your faith on your guru intact and the asurs wont stay long around .
Yogi Ashwini is the spiritual head of Dhyan Ashram. Email: dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com