Shivam Kumar

Will there come a time when all the souls trapped in these three worlds will realise the truth, escape the trap and gain the highest level of consciousness? Or this creation and dissolution will go for eternity? 

When we meditate below the eye level and try to activate the six chakras or energy centers, it helps us to gain some remarkable experiences. But they don’t help in raising our awareness at all! We gain a lot of energy and benefits by activating chakras, but they are just meant for this world only. We can’t raise our awareness by those means. Then why put our attention below the eyes? 

Hello. I’m 18 now. I have been doing meditation for two weeks now, after watching Sandeep Maheshwari’s basic meditation video on YouTube. When I meditate, I listen to the high frequency type sound ringing in my ears, along with another sound that I can’t really describe. To relate to the best, it’s like the sound of rain. 
I follow Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Naam Daan is given to sangat older than 25 yrs of age. I was just wondering, should I continue doing meditation without naam daan? I’ve built an interest in spirituality in a short period of time and I’m confused now. Pls someone guide me. 

According to what I know till now, one cannot raise his consciousness above the mind’s creation by himself. Causal plane is the ultimate level, upto which one can raise his consciousness using mind. To go beyond that is impossible without the pull of Love from the other side. And a Perfect Living Master (PLM) does the same for us. Beyond the Causal Plane we shed all the coverings and experience our true nature, the Soul. So a PLM is essential for self realization. 
What are your views about this? 

Shivam Kumar,
we must bear in mind, we all souls have our origin from Him, we are all same in essence, it is due to our individual association with the mind which makes it look like diversity.
Everything was created out of Him, nothing exists which is not Him.
I do believe as per Gurbani, there was a time when nothing existed, He was deeply absorbed in Himself, in His Shabad Dhun swaroop/Satnam; then He wished to create, and creation came into existence.
You see when Parlay or Mahaparlay take place, all souls have no option but to return and merge in Him.
Though, all these talks are big pictures for our petty minds, but that much can be said, why wait for Him and see when He decides to finish His play, why stay and prolong  ourselves in the valley of pain and tears of Maya and Kal, if we want, we can seek His Kirpa, His Daya Meher, hold on to His Nam, Satnam, and reach His eternal abode.
Dhan Guru Arjun Dev Maharaj, clearly tells us in the following just three verses, the secret of achieving our union with Him :
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰਨਿ ਗਰਭਿ ਨ ਬਸੈ
Prabh Ka Simran, garb na baseh
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰਨਿ ਦੂਖੁ ਜਮੁ ਨਸੈ ॥
Prabh Kai Simaran Dhookh Jam Nasai
ਪ੍ਰਭ ਕੈ ਸਿਮਰਨਿ ਕਾਲੁ ਪਰਹਰੈ ॥
Prabh Kai Simaran Kaal Pareharai ||
 
Stay blessed.
Sat Sree Akal.

Since you came to a SIKH forum, Daas has a suggestion for you.
In Gurmat (Sikhism), Naam daan is given by Panj Pyare (Five Rehatvaan Gurmukhs). You (at your age of 18) can receive that and become a Sikh of Satguru Sri Guru Nanak Dev jee Maharaaj (who is the incarnation of the Almighty God). Then, if you do meditation with a pure heart (without vices)/love/devotion/concentration, etc, you will attain spiritual bliss in various forms and eventually merge with the Almighty God.
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Brother Shivam,
Naam, is within each and every jeeva, irrespective of any dharam,caste, color, creed, age, or gender, or be it a mahapurukh, or a theif, dacoit or a non believer, it is within each and everyone of us. Nam is the highest level of consciousness, with countless virtues, can be summarized in as we all know: Sach/Truth-  Chit/Pure Consciousness - Anand/Bliss
it is not that it is only within sikhs, or hindus,  and not in muslims, christians, buddhists, ...etc, for Nam is the Origin, the Creator of everything.
Guru Jee, in the beginning of the Mool Mantar clearly says: Ik Oankar,  Sat-Nam.  He says: there is only One Lord Creator, which is Nam, and that Nam is sat/sach, which means, it is the only eternal  everlasting Truth. That is why Guru Jee called it Sat-Nam.
Moreover the Bani referring to that Nam, tells us : Aad Sach, jugaad Sach, hae bhee Sach, Nanak hosee bhee sach.
This Nam, is also referred in the Bani as: Shabad, Sachee Bani, Dhur kee Bani, Amrit, Amrit Bani, Anahad Bani....etc. 
The thing is many of us, take Nam literally as a mantar, a word or something utter able, be it in any language. 
But let us ask ourselves, if Nam was a word, a phrase, or a couplet of words, that would not be possible, because how can a word or a handful of words create the infinite creation? 
Moreover, in what language?
For when He exists alone by Himself, since the very beginning, who was there to address Him, or call Him? With which mouth, or in which language?
He, can be described as an Infinite Ocean of Light and Shabad or Dhun. So if in a manner, if the sun has no caste or creed, what caste or creed can a mamulee jeeva atma, a ray of that Light, have?  If an ocean has no caste or creed, what caste or creed can  a mamulee drop of that ocean have? it is by braham, we say we are this, or that one is so, or so.  And due to that braham, fools blinded by the agyanta, and under hatred, ahankar, and ego, fight and kill in the name of dharam/religion.
That also, when in the Bani, referring to that primal force as  Jot/Light, Guru Jee clearly says : Sabh meh Jot, Jot hae soee. 
That Nam is Jot, and that very Jot is within every being, as a ray of that Jot.
There can be many words, in many languages, to describe that One Truth, but all aim to that ultimate reality. Christians call it Word or Logos, muslims call it Kun, chinese call it Tao, etc
Now, what you call Naam Daan,  it is not that, Naam is given to anybody, because as said before, Nam is within everybody already, without it we can not even exist for a second. When He infuses that ray of Nam within anybody, that being becomes conscious being/living being, be it in any joonee. And when He withdraws, that ray of Nam, we cease to exist, and parlays, and mahaparlays take place, and the creation at all levels also comes to an end, until once again, He, Wahiguru Akal Purukh, out of His Mauj, wants to create again.
So you see, what you refer as Naam daan, I would say, is a technique, a jugtee, to make pargat that Nam within us, which already exists, but of which due to the filth of our karmas, vices, man, maya, sanskaras, senses, we are unable to perceive that reality of Nam.
So brother, if the path of Radha Soami Satsang Beas, tells you to wait until you are 25, then try to read more literature, read the Bani, in order to understand and convince yourself, what is right for you, do not rush into anything.
The path is already within also,  and if you are to tread that path, or any other, do not worry, nobody can ever push you away, nor pull you along, for your destiny is only yours, it is a matter of time only.
For the mean time, as brother das has written in his post, keep an eye on your karam, in order to stay clean, and do seva as he has suggested also.
Stay blessed.
Sat Sree Akal.
 
 

Yes Das, that is the most correct and direct answer to whether one should meditate as per some formality or not. 
My answer was approached from a different angle and I kinda misunderstood; assuming Shivam ji was asking to mix meditation paths. Sorry  Shivam ji, if  i confused you further!.   
@Shivam Kumar
If a voice inside you is telling you to jap and meditate, then you should follow your heart and listen to this voice. Never mind, the red tape of naam daan age or questioning the radhasoami upbringing you may be accustomed to. If it's part of your family and a physical access to something sacred, then you should keep it that way. Waiting until 25 yrs age, doesn't mean you can't be walking the path of God.   Like Harsharan ji stated, "Naam daan is a ceremonial technique introduction"  You will still be able to earn the "treasure of naam" (kamayee) every time you meditate.   
If you are hearing the ringing like sound and something you describe like rain, then I know you are going the right way and God is accepting all your efforts.If you continue, ther will be more to come and just by prem alone, you can be blessed with the Lord's darshan.
 

Yes please continue doing meditation with whatsoever technique you're following. Do you see any harm in continuing meditation (exactly the same way you're doing)?
Your efforts (meditation-without-guru or say without-naam-dhan or initiation, or baptism, or whatever name you prefer) will help you in the following way:
- To keep away from bad karma/deeds.
- To clean your mind. You can pour milk in a bowl only if the bowl is clean. So, do meditate, it will help you in direct/indirect way.
Basically clean yourself internally. And the best thing is to do physical seva in Mandir/Gurdwara or in general of any needy, that would help to clean your older bad karma along with check to your ego. And continue meditation along with that. In other words, seva of humanity and meditation is a good recipe.
Don't indulge in this-method-vs-that-method or mine-vs-there. That is the game of illusion. e.g if you're dying with thirst and someone offered you water; you don't ask if the person is from this creed or that creed. Meditation is the act of Selfless Love which is possible only with Faith.
May be search for "Ishwar Puri" in youtube and that might help you on your path.

You need to refer to radhasoami camp for advice. I don't recommend you do your own pic n mix with guidance.   What we try to discuss/advise on here, is as per gurmat. This gurmat is what we understand and interpret to the best of our knowledge.  The major difference between gurmat and other schools like radhasoami is that they don't focus on "dhun".  Dhun's origin is at the navel and we go upwards from there via heart/hirda chakra. If you don't do hirda stimulation/activation, then your pyaar is not parpatt or pakha. Guru Nanak ji  showed us the beauty of "sift salah" and singing the gunn and bhajans of Nirankar. This is why  kirtan has a huge role in sikhi. One can reach extreme heights thru love and heart meditation via kirtan praising alone. Radhasoami's don't follow this method and believe that they should start above the throat chakras.  Whether this works or not, is not my concern, but it doesn't make sense to me. Also, gurmat doesn't have "naam daan" you mention.
You have too keep your legs in one boat. If you try and cross the river with one leg in one boat and the other in an adjacent boat, soon enough, the boats will diverge away and no longer be flowing parallel. You will just sink in the middle because legs will be spread too far apart to get back in any boat.
 

Hello. I’m 18 now. I have been doing meditation for two weeks now, after watching Sandeep Maheshwari’s basic meditation video on YouTube. When I meditate, I listen to the high frequency type sound ringing in my ears, along with another sound that I can’t really describe. To relate to the best, it’s like the sound of rain. 
I follow Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Naam Daan is given to sangat older than 25 yrs of age. I was just wondering, should I continue doing meditation without naam daan? I’ve built an interest in spirituality in a short period of time and I’m confused now. Pls someone guide me.