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THE FIVE KOSHAS AND ITS MEANINGS!

 




                            BEYOND THE BODY AND MIND









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                              THE INITIAL PURPOSE OF YOGA NIDRA IS TO RELAX THE BODY AND THE MIND, AND WHEN YOU COME TO THE LAST STAGE OF THE PRACTICE YOU TRY TO DISSOCIATE YOURSELF FROM THE BODY AND THE MIND. TENSION, STRESSES AND STRAINS ONLY AFFLICT YOU WHEN YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH THE BODY AND THE MIND. IN THE NIGHT, WHEN YOU ENTER PROFOUND SLEEP, THE PROCESS OF DISSOCIATION TAKES PLACE AUTOMATICALLY. YOU DON'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME, YOUR BODY OR THE NATURE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS DURING PROFOUND SLEEP. IN THE SAME WAY, DURING THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, AFTER ENTERING A STATE OF DEEP RELAXATION, YOU SHOULD TRY TO DISIDENTIFY YOURSELF EMOTIONALLY FROM YOUR BODY AND MIND.



                       THE FIVE KOSHAS









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                          MODERN PSYCHOLOGISTS REFER TO THE THREE DIMENSIONS OF THE MIND AS THE CONSCIOUS, SUBCONSCIOUS, AND UNCONSCIOUS. IN THE PHILOSOPHIES OF VEDANTA AND YOGA THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE GROSS, SUBTLE AND CAUSAL DIMENSIONS OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY. THESE THREE DIMENSIONS ARE AGAIN SUBDIVIDED INTO THE FIVE KOSHAS OR BODIES WHICH CONSTITUTE THE TOTAL EXPRESSION OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY FROM THE GROSSEST TO THE MOST SUBTLE DIMENSIONS OF EXISTENCE.




                         THE FIVE KOSHAS CAN BE READILY RELATED TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS, PHYSIOLOGICAL STATES AND DIFFERENT LEVELS OF AWARENESS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM.










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                           THE FIVE KOSHAS



  1.  ANANDAMAYA KOSHA (BLISS BODY)
  2.  VIJNANAMAYA KOSHA (ASTRAL BODY)
  3.  MANONMAYA KOSHA (MENTAL BODY)
  4.  PRANAMAYA KOSHA (MENTAL BODY)
  5.  ANNAMAYA KOSHA (FOOD BODY)






                         THE FIVE KOSHAS ARE DEFINED IN THE YOGIC TEXTS AS FOLLOWS :










  •                          ANNAMAYA KOSHA, THE FOOD BODY, IS THE PHYSICAL BODY OF BLOOD, BONE, FATE, AND SKIN, WHICH IS PERCEIVED THROUGH THE SENSES. THIS IS THE GROSSEST LEVEL OF HUMAN MANIFESTATION. THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS IS OF THE PHYSICAL PLANE.
  •                          PRANAMAYA KOSHA, THE PRANIC BODY IS THE UNDERLYING ENERGY NETWORK OF THE HUMAN STRUCTURE, WHICH CONSISTS OF CURRENTS OF PRANA OR BIOPLASTIC ENERGY. THE LEVEL OF AWARENESS HERE IS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS, E.G. DIGESTION AND CIRCULATION.
  •                         MANOMAYA KOSHA, THE MENTAL BODY, IS THE LAYER OF CONSCIOUS OPERATION WITHIN THE SPHERE OF THE MIND. AWARENESS HERE IS OF THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL PROCESSESS.
  •                         VIJNANAMAYA KOSHA, THE PSYCHIC BODY, IS THE DIMENSION OF OUR PERSONALITY WHICH IS OPERATING ON THE ASTRAL PLANE. THIS IS THE BODY WE EXPERIENCE DURING DREAMING, OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCES, AND THE VARIOUS TYPES OF PSYCHIC PHENOMENA. AWARENESS IS OF THE PSYCHIC AND CASUAL PLANES.
  •                          ANANDAMAYA KOSHA, THE BLISS BODY, IS THE TRANSCENDENTAL DIMENSION OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY EXISTING IN TOTAL ABSENCE OF PLEASURE OR PAIN. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN. ANANDA HAS BEEN MISINTERPRETED AS "FELICITY" "JOY" OR "BLISS". IT IS ACTUALLY A PARTICULAR STATE WHERE THERE IS AWARENESS OF NEITHER PAIN NOR PLEASURE. AT THAT TIME,  AT THAT TIME, A TOTAL HOMOGENEITY IS EXPERIENCED, AND THIS STATE OF HOMOGENEOUS AWAREESS IS KNOWN  AS ANANDAMAYA. NORMALLY, WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE EITHER PAIN OR PLEASURE, IT PRODUCES MENTAL FLUCTUATIONS. IT MEANS PAIN IS AN EXPERIENCE, AND SO IS PLEASURE. BUT IN ANANDAMAYA KOSHA, THE MOST SUBLE BODY OF ALL, THERE IS NO EXPERIENCE. THE INSTRUMENT OF EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN TOTALLY TRANSCENDED.








                             ULTIMATELY, THE ONGOING PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA WILL LEAD YOU RIGHT TO THIS POINT, WHERE ONLY THE FUNDAMENTAL VIBRATION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS REMAINS, WITHOUT FUNDAMENTAL OR MODIFICATION. THIS IS THE DEEPEST EXPERIENCE OF YOGA NIDRA, THE DIMENSION OF TOTAL UNCONSCIOUSNESS - ANANDAMAYA KOSHA OR THE BLISS BODY.




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                                    THIS HOMOGENOUS EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN DEFINED CLEARLY BY ADI SHANKARACHARYA IN THE ANCIENT TEXT YOGA TARAVALI:








  •              WHEN MIND HAS TRASCENDED MAYA (DELUSION)
  •              WHEN EGO HAS BECOME STATIC
  •              WHEN SENSES ARE NO MORE FUNCTIONING.
  •              AND WHEN ALL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE
  •              MIND AND THE SENSES HAS BEEN CUT,
  •              WHEN "I" AND "YOU" NO LONGER EXIST
  •              FOR A PERIOD OF TIME....
 















































































































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