THE THREE STATES OF MIND !

CONSCIOUS MIND, SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND

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SAMADHI❤

YOGA NIDRA IS A TECHNIQUE WHICH CAN BE USED TO AWAKEN DIVINE FACULTIES, AND IS ONE OF THE WAYS OF ENTERING SAMADHI. IN THE PATH OF YOGA NIDRA WE USE AWARENESS OF THE PHYSICAL DIMENSION OF AMPLIFY THE INNER VISION AND AWARENESS. BY THE PRACTICE OF RAJA YOGA TECHNIQUES, PARTICULARLY YOGA NIDRA, WE TRY TO BECOME AWARE OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS STATES AND ULTIMATELY TO ENTER THE STATE OF SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS.

IN RAJA YOGA, THE TERM CHITTA REPRESENTS THE TOTAL AREA OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE WAVES OR PATTERNS OF CONSCIOUSNESS ARE KNOWN AS VRITTIS. JUST AS YOU THROW A PEBBLE INTO A CLEAR LAKE AND IT PRODUCES DOZENS OF CONCENTRIC RIPPLES OR WAVES, IN THE SAME WAY, WHEN AN EXPERIENCE FLASHES THROUGH THE MIND, IT PRODUCES WAVES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY OBJECT THROUGH THE EYES, IT PRODUCES WAVES IN THE CHITTA. WHEN YOU HEAR SOUND OR THINK ABOUT SOMETHING FROM THE PAST, THAT ALSO PRODUCES WAVES. IF YOU GO OUT IN THE DARK AND MISTAKE THE SHADOW OF A TREE FOR A PERSON, THAT PRODUCES WAVES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY OBJECT THROUGH THE EYES, IT PRODUCES WAVES IN THE CHITTA. WHEN YOU HEAR A SOUND OR THINK ABOUT SOMETHING FROM THE PAST, THAT ALSO PRODUCES WAVES. IF YOU GOOUT IN THE DARK AND MISTAKE THE SHADOW OF A TREE FOR A PERSON, THAT PRODUCES WAVES. WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT AND RELAX TOTALLY, THAT ALSO PRODUCES WAVES. ANXIETY, LOVE AND HATRED ALL PRODUCE WAVES. WHATEVER THE MIND RESPONDS TO IN THE FORM OF AN EXPERIENCE THE MIND RESPONDS TO IN THE FORM OF AN EXPERIENCE MAKES WAVES. COGNITION IN ANY FORM MAKES WAVES.

IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF RAJA YOGA THESE WAVES OR VRITTIES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO FIVE BASIC PATTERNS. RIGHT KNOWLEDGE, WRONG KNOWLEDGE, IMAGINATION, SLEEP AND MEMORY. THEREFORE, SLEEP IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE MENTAL FORMATIONS, IT IS NOT A STATE OF TOTAL CONSCIOUSNESS. WHEN CHITTA ASSUMES THE FORM OF NIDRA OR SLEEP, THERE IS SOME TRACE OF COGNITION. THAT IS THE REASON WHY IN THE MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND SOMEONE ASKS, "HOW DID YOU SLEEP", YOU SAY, "VERY WELL". IF YOU WERE TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS, AND THERE WAS NO ONE TO WITNESS, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAD SLEPT WELL? THIS MEANS THAT IN THE DEEP SLEEP STATE, THE SELF WITNESSES THE STATE OF THE CHITTA, BUT THE CHITTA DOES NOT WITNESS THE SELF.

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💟DEEP SLEEP AND SAMADHI💟

IN SAMKHYA PHILOSOPHY AND ALSO IN VEDANTA, THE STATE OF DEEP SLEEP AND SAMADHI ARE EQUATED. THERE ARE MANY INDICATIONS IN SAMADHI AND IN SLEEP THAT ARE ALMOST THE SAME. IN SAMADHI, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS NO AWARENESS OF TIME, SPACE AND OBJECT BECAUSE THE EGO IS ABSENT. IN SLEEP THERE IS ALSO NO AWARENESS OF TIME, SPACE AND OBJECT BECAUSE THE EGO IS WITHDRAWN. IN SLEEP YOU ARE PERFECTLY CALM AND TRANQUIL AND THERE IS TOTAL ANADA. IN SAMADHI THERE IS ALSO TOTAL ANANDA, BUT THERE IS A BASIC DIFFERENCE.

WHEREAS IN SAMADHI THE EGO HAS BEEN ERADICATED, IN SLEEP IT IS ONLY WITHDRAWN FOR THE TIME BEING. IN SLEEP, THE EGO HIBERNATES SO TO SAY, BUT IN SAMADHI THE EGO IS CONSUMED IN TOTO. THEREFORE, AFTER SAMADHI THERE IS NO REVIVAL OF EGO, BUT AFTER SLEEP THERE IS CONTINUOUS REVIVAL.

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ALSO, IN SAMADHI THERE IS TOTAL INNER AWARENSS BECAUSE THE SELF, THE ATMAN, IS EFFULGENT. IN SLEEP, HOWEVER, THERE IS ONLY A TRACE OF INNER AWARENESS, AND THE ATMAN OR SELF IS NOT WITHIN THE RANGE OF COGNITION. THAT IS WHY SLEEP IS CONSIDERED AS A HIBERNATIVE CONDITION, AND SAMADHI AS CHAITANYA, THE BLISSFUL STATE OF CONSCIOUS AWARENESS.

💫 WHILE YOU SLEEP💫

DURING SLEEP, THE MIND IS WITHDRAWN AND UNDERGOES A PROCESS OF INTROVERSION AND TRANSFORMATION. AT THIS TIME THERE IS AN ADJUSTMENT OF PRANAS. WHEN SLEEP OCCURS, THE PRANAS ARE BROUGHT DOWN THROUGH VARIOUS CHAKRAS, ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE STATE OF EXPERIENCE.

IN THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN WHOM SLEEPING PATTERNS AND GENERAL LEVELS OF AWARENESS REMAIN UNEVOLVED, PRANAS FUNCTION PREDOMINANTLY IN MANIPURA AND SWADHISTHANA DURING THE DREAMING STATE, MUCH AS THEY DO DURING THE ACTIVE WAKING LIFE. IN THOSE OF A MORE SATTVIC TEMPEAMENT, THE PRANAS SOMETIMES OPERATE PREDOMINANTLY IN VISHUDDHI WHERE THERE IS THE EXPERIENCE OF COMPLETE UNCONSCIOUSNESS, AND AT OTHER TIMES IN ANAHATA CHAKRA WHERE DREAMS OCCUR. THE HIGHER PSYCHIC AND CAUSAL FUNCTIONS ARE ALSO MODULATED THROUGH THESE CHAKRAS. HOWEVER, IN THOSE WHO ARE HIGHLY EVOLVED, THE PRANAS REST NOT IN VISHUDDHI OR ANAHATA, BUT IN SAHASRARA DURING DEEP SLEEP, AND IN AJNA DURING THE EXPERIENCE OF DREAM AND VISION. THIS IS THE TANTRIC EXPLANATION OF SLEEP AND DREAMS.

MINDFULNESS NOT MINDLESSNESS

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LORD BUDDHA SPOKE OF SHOONYA, THE UNCONSCIOUS STATE, WHICH IS GENERALLY INTERPRETED AS VOID, ABSENCE OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT SHOONYA MEANS MEDITATION ON NOTHING, BUT THAT IS A MISUNDERSTANDING. IF YOU EXAMINE THE BUDDHIST SYSTEM OF MEDITATION, WHETHER VIPASSANA OF ANAPANASATI, YOU WILL FIND NO MENTION OF SHOONYA. THERE IS ALWAYS A BASE FOR THE MIND, A PATH FOR THE AWARENESS. THERE IS ALWAYS A BASE FOR THE MIND, A PATH FOR THE AWARENESS. IN FACT, IN ALL THE SYSTEMS OF MEDITATION, NO PRACTICE OF SHOONYA IS GIVEN.

IF YOU READ THE BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES, IN EVERY PASSAGE BUDDHA SPEAKS ABOUT "MINDFULLNESS". THERE IS NOT ONE PASSAGE IN THE TEACHING OF BUDDHA WHICH SAYS TO BE MINDLESS. HE ALWAYS USES THE WORD "MINDFULLNESS". WHEN YOU BREATHE IN AND OUT, BE MINDFULL. IF YOUR BODY FLUCTUATES, BE MINDFUL. WHETHER YOUR MIND IS CONCENTRATED OR DISSIPATED, BE MINDFUL. FOLLOW ALL THE EXPERIENCES BY THE MIND. FOLLOW THE MIND BY THE MIND. BUDDHA EVEN SAID, "BE MINDFUL OF MINDLESSNESS". SO, SHOONYA SHOULD NOT BE MISINTERPRETED.