The real goal of Kejawen is to gain a true spiritual knowledge to reach true life and harmonious relation between servant and God (jumbuhing kawulo Gusti).
Javanese wise man (priyayi sepuh) gives a simple advice? Do it relaxly!
Prepare yourself, clean physically and soul, in a clean and tranquil place. It could be in your room, outside the house or in a holy place. Say your pray and good wishes to 'Gusti kang paring nugraha' to all-loving God who gives comfort, with all your good wishes and deeds, God should give you a comfortable life for you and your family.
If you are not tired, you may do spiritual exercises with your mind concentrated to God. Listen to your breath attentively, inhale, and exhale slowly for about 10 minutes. Then with a peaceful mind you go to bed, tomorrow you wake up early with fit body and clean mind, ready to work.
You do it regularly until you feel that it's not a burden for you. It's a duty, you do with pleasure. You may add the duration of your breathing exercises to 15 or 20 minutes or more but never force the ability of your body.
Consume good quality of food with less of meat, do regularly physical exercises, work well, have enough time to rest, have several minutes to pray and spiritual exercises. Thus, you should have a balance of life. You have your normal life and at the same time, you are closer to God.
Now, you are ready to develop your roso (feeling). With the same position (patrap), the most convenient position for you, you should improve the quality of breathing exercises. Previously it was 'to inhale' and 'to exhale', now:
Inhale, slowly, calmly.
Hold breathing for a certain period.
Exhale, slowly, calmly.
Focus your sight to the peak of your nose. Listen attentively to your breathing; it is a way to help you not to think of something else. Try to concentrate your mind to supreme God. Do it in a relax way for 10 minutes, 15 minutes or 30 minutes if you are not tired and you have free time. Do it gradually and never force your physical ability.
This exercises should develop your roso step by step. Together with developing roso/feeling, you should develop also your Cipta/forefront of feeling-mind. With the same position, only you focus your sight to a black spot in front of you. Make a small black or blue spot on the wall. You sit on the floor crossleg facing the wall, see/stare to black-spot without blinking your eyes for quite some time. Concentrate your cipta. Control the five senses, cipta and clear thinking directed to the black-spot. Do not think of anything else.
Eyes_ 75cm away_black-spot
Do it relaxly. When your Cipta becomes more powerful, your good wishes could be realized. Meanwhile the roso should gradually becomes true roso (roso sejati). This true roso, is a divine gift, you have it, but you have to develop it. Spiritually 'True Roso' could receive messages (Sasmita) and instructions (Dawuh) which are always correct from your true life. For these exercises, you may do sometimes exercises for Cipta and the other time for roso. Once again, do it relaxly and do not force yourself, after that go outside the house to breathe fresh air as explained previously. It is an effective way to help to develop your roso.
The time is in the evening/night as stipulated above, you may start with 10 minutes for several days or weeks until you feel comfortably. If it is all right, you may go further to 20 minutes? 30 minutes? One hour.
If by practicing it, you feel good and in a better shape, it is an indication that Kejawen way of worship and meditation are suitable for you. You continue with this spiritual exercise on regular time and in the same place i.e. in your house.
You go on with this kind of exercises for 6 months or a year. You do samadi peacefully and confidently. If possible, do the breathing through your stomach. Of course, you have to do exercise first, before practising it.
When you inhale, your stomach is swollen, like a pregnant women.
Hold breathing
When you exhale, your stomach is flat, sunken.
Breathing through stomach is good for your health, and it is effective for spiritual exercise.
Extracted from various articles on Kejawen meditation techniques.
Regards
Alvin
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