Panchabhoota dhyana

Sri Sadgurubhyoh Namah

The universe including all is made of five elements. They are earth, water, fire, air, space, and they are called as panchabhoota in sanskrit language. Human body is made up of these five elements. Apart from this there are subtler elements like Prana, and Chitta. Meditating on these five elements and body as made up of these elements will make us feel merged with the nature.

How to do :

a) Merging with Earth/Solidity : Everything solid in your body is made up of earth element. The bones, muscles, skin etc are made up of solid element. Contemplate on this part of your body. As you can witness this element in your body, you are not that and merge that part of your body with earth element.

b) Merging with Water/Liquid : Everything liquid in your body is made up of water element. Infact 75% of human body is made up of water. The blood, mucus, urine, sweat, all the fluids in you is from water or the concept of liquid. Contemplate on this part of your body. As you can witness this element in your body, you are not that and merge that part of your body with water element.

c) Merging with fire : Every cell in your body has energy in it. Fire is in the body as digestive power, body temperature. Contemplate on this part of your body. As you can witness this element in your body, you are not that and merge that part of your body with fire element.

d) Merge with Air : You breathe air 21600 times a day. Blood carries oxygen to different parts of the body. In your body , there are various gases are present. Contemplate on this part of your body. As you can witness this element in your body, you are not that and merge that part of your body with Air element.

e) Merge with space : There is space within your body, and your body is in space. Contemplate on this part of your body. As you can witness this element in your body, you are not that and merge that part of your body with space element.

f) Merge with Prana : The vital energy , the life force is called prana. All the five elements come from Prana. As your body consists of five elements and also your body lives because of Prana, Contemplate on this part of your body. As you can witness this element in your body, you are not that and merge that part of your body with Prana element.

If all these parts of your body is merged with their respective elements in universe, contemplate on what is left of you ?