Kundalini Yoga Glossary
Void
One of the three basic forms of meditation used in Kundalini Yoga, reached through focused concentration.
Meaning
What Void Means
In Kundalini Yoga, meditation redirects thought through three approaches tied to the Negative, Positive and Neutral Minds. Void is the state reached when the Positive Mind is used alone: it accepts a thought and amplifies it with focus and concentration, until other thoughts are no longer seen.
This sits alongside two other basic forms of meditation described in the manual: Suspension, reached through the Negative Mind observing without reaction, and Anahata, reached through the Neutral Mind by way of pratyahara.
In Practice
How It’s Used
Kundalini Yoga uses all three forms of meditation: Suspension, Void and Anahata. Many other traditions concentrate on only one or two.
Void is the approach at work whenever a student is asked to hold concentration on a single point, sound or image, rather than observe passively or dissolve the boundary between finite and infinite. It is the meditative counterpart to focused, single-pointed attention.
