HOW TO SOLVE OUR DISEASES WITH ASANA?

 

                          

                             TO SOLVE OUR DISEASES

                                     WITH ASANAS!

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                              CLASSIFICATION OF YOGA

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                    ALL TYPES OF ASANAS ARE USEFUL AND HEALTHY FOR OUR BODY. HOWEVER, THEY ARE CLASSIFIED INTO VARIOUS SECTIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR BENEFITS AND IMPACT ON VARIOUS BODY PARTS / CONDITIONS. PRIMARILY, YOGANA IS CLASSIFIED INTO TWO MAIN PARTS:

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                          DHYANA ASANAS - SIDDHASANA, PADMASANA ETC.

                         HEALTH BENEFITTING ASANAS - SHIRSHASANA, BHUJANGASANA, MAYURASANA , ETC.

                               THE HEALTH BENEFITTING ASANAS ARE FURTHER CLASSIFED INTO THE FOLLOWING PARTS :

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•        PART 1 - ASANAS PERFOMRED WHILE LYING DOWN SUCH AS TANASANA, SHAVASANA.

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•        PART 2 - ASANAS PERFORMED WHILE BENDING DOWN SUCH AS SARPASANA, HANSASANA, SHALABHASANA, CHAKRASANA, MATSYASANA, NABHI-ASANA, DHANURASANA, USHTRASANA, SUPTAVAJRASANA.

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•        PART 3 -  ASANAS PERFORMED WHILE LEARNING DOWN IN FORWARD POSITION SUCH AS PAVANMUKTASANA, UTTANAPADASANA, LUDAKANASANA, HALASANA, JANUSHIRASANA, PASHCHIMOTTASANA.

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•       PART 4 - REVERSE ASANAS SUCH AS SHIRSHASANA, SARVANGASANA. 

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•       PART 5 - SPINAL RELATED ASANAS SUCH AS ARDHAMATSYENDRASANA.

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•       PART 6 - ABDOMINAL RELATED ASANAS SUCH AS MAYURASANA, YOGAMUDRA, UDDAYANA BANDHA.

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•      PART 7 - ASANAS FOR FACE AND NECK SUCH AS SIMHASANA.

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                    NOW, WHICH ASANAS ARE EFFECTIVE FOR VARIOUS PARTS OF BODY AND BENEFIT THEM, SO IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DISCUSS IN DETAIL FOR MORE CLARITY.

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                       HEAD, BRAIN, EYES, EARS, AND NOSE - SARVANGASANA, SHIRSASHANA, MATSYASANA, AND SIMHASANA.

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                      NECK, SHOULDERS AND SPINE - SARVANGASANA, HALASANA, MATYASANA, ARDHAMATSYENDRASANA, SURYASANA AND HANSASANA.

 

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                     DIGESTIVE SYSTEM (STOMACH, INTESTINE AND RECTUM) - PASHCHIMOTASANA, MAYURASANA, DHARURASANA, PADHASTASANA, PAVANMUKTASANA, MATSYENDRASANA, UDDAYANA BANDHA, YOGAMUDRA.

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                      HANDS, LEGS AND HEIGHT - TADASANA, MAYURASANA, SARVANGASANA, MATSYASANA.

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                              YOGA THERAPY - CURE DISEASES WITH ASANA

• FOR STOMACH RELATED AILMENTS - UTTANPADASANA, PAVANMUKTASANA, VAJRASANA, YOGMUDRASANA, BHUJANGASANA, MATSYASANA.

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• AILMENTS OF HEAD - SIRSHASANA, SARVANGASANA AND CHANDRASANA.

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•  DIABETES - PASHCHIMOTTASANA, NAUKASANA, VAJRASANA, BHUJANGASANA, HALASANA, AND SIRSHASANA.

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•  MALE INFERTILITY - SARVANGASANA, VAJRASANA, YOGAMUDRA.

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•   THROAT AILMENTS - SUPTAVAJRASANA, BHUJANGASANA, CHANDRASANA.

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•  EYE AILMENTS - SARVANGASANA, SIRSHANSANA, BHUJANGASANA.

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•  NAVEL DISEASES - DHANURASANA, NABHI-ASANA, BHUJANGASANA.

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•  ARTHRITIS - PAVANMUKTASANA, PADMASANA, SUPTAVAJRASANA, MATSYASANA, USHTRASANA.

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•  AILMENTS OF THE UTERUS - UTTANPADASANA, BHUJANGASANA, SARVANGASANA, TADASANA, CHANDRANAMASKARASANA.

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• LOW-BACK AILMENTS - HALASANA, CHAKRASANA, DHANURASANA, BHUJANGASANA.

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• LUNG AILMENTS - VAJRASANA, MATSYASANA, SARVANGASANA.

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• LIVER AILMENTS - LATASANA, PAVANMUKTASANA, YANASANA.

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•  ANAL AILMENTS, PILES, FISTULA ETC. UTTANPADASANA, CHANDRANAMASKARASANA.

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•  ASTHMA - SUPTAVAJRASANA, MATSYASANA, BHUJANGASANA.

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•  INSOMNIA - SIRSHASANA, SARVANGASANA, HALASANA, YOGAMUDRASANA.

THE THREE STAGES OF YOGA (DHARANA, DHYANA AND SAMADHI)

                       💟  DHARANA, DHYANA  

                                          AND SAMADHI💟

                      ❤ DHARANA ❤

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                       AS EACH STAGE OF ASHTANGA YOGA PREPARES US FOR THE NEXT LIMB. SIMILARLY, THE PRACTICE OF PRATYAHARA CREATES THE SETTING  FOR DHARANA (CONCENTRATION). JUST AS PRATYAHA RELIEVES OF EXTERNAL  DISTRACTIONS, DHARANA HELPS WITH HANDLING DISTRACTIONS OF THE MIND. WHILE PRACTICING, CONCENTRATION PRECEEDES MEDITATION AND THE PRACTITIONER LEARNS THE TECHNIQUE OF SLOWING DOWN THE THINKING PROCESS VIA CONCENTRATING ON A SINGLE MENTAL OBJECT. THIS IS AN ENERGETIC CENTER IN THE BODY. IT CAN ALSO BE AN IMAGE OF A DEITY, MOON, STARS, OR THROUGH SILENT REPETITION OF SOME SOUND. THE MIND IS FIXED ON A MANTRA, OR ONE'S BREATH/NAVEL/TIP OF TONGUE/ANY PLACE, OR AN OBJECT ONE WANTS TO OBSERVE.

                         POWER OF CONCENTRATION HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED THROUGH THE PREVIOUS STAGES OF POSTURE, BREATH CONTROL, AND WITHDRAWAL OF THE SENSES. THE MIND SHOULD BE STILL AND CALM. FIXING THE MIND IS ALL ABOUT ONE-POINTED FOCUS SANS DRIFTING OF MIND, AND WITHOUT JUMPING FROM ONE TOPIC TO ANOTHER.

                     ❤ DHYANA ❤

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                            IT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MEDITATION OR CONTEMPLATION AND MAKES FOR THE SEVENTH STAGE OF ASHTANGA. IT MAKES UP FOR UNINTERRUPTED FLOW OF CONCENTRATION. CONCENTRATION (DHARANA) AND MEDITATION (DHYANA) MAY APPEAR TO BE ONE AND THE SAME. HOWEVER, A VERY FINE LINE OF DISTINCTION EXISTS BETWEEN THESE TWO STAGES. WHERE DHARANA PRACTICES ONE-POINTED ATTENTION, DHYANA IS ULTIMATELY A STAGE OF BEING KEENLY AWARE WITHOUT FOCUS. THE LITERAL MEANING OF DHYANA IS "CONTEMPLATION, REFLECTION" AND "PROFOUND, ABSTRACT MEDITATION".

                          DHYANA CAN BE DEFINED AS AN ACT OF CONTEMPLATING, REFLECTING ON WHATEVER DHARANA HAS FOCUSSED ON. IF IN THE SIXTH LIMB OF YOGA ONE FOCUSSED ON A PERSONAL DEITY, DHYANA IS ITS CONTEMPLATION. CONCENTRATION ON ANY ONE OBJECT MAKES DHYANA NON-JUDGMENTAL, NON-PRESUMPTUOUS OBSERVATION OF THAT OBJECT.

                      DHYANA IS INTEGRALLY RELATED TO DHARANA, ONE LEADS TO OTHER. DHARANA IS A STATE OF MIND, DHYANA THE PROCESS OF MIND. DHYANA IS DISTINCT FROM DHARANA IN THAT THE MEDITATOR BECOMES ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH ITS FOCUS. ACCORDING TO PATANJALI, DHYANA IS THE MIND PROCESS, WHERE THE MIND IS FIXED ON SOMETHING, AND THEN THERE IS " A COURSE OF UNIFORM MODIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE".

                     ❤ SAMADHI ❤

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•                                THIS IS THE 8TH FINAL STAGE ON THE EIGHTFOLD PATH OF YOGA. IT IS A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHERE INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS DISSOLVES INTO THE WHOLE (UNAWARE ABOUT SELF).

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•                      THERE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SAMADHI OR DIFFERENT STYLE OF CONNECTION WITH THE DIVINE, BUT WHEN THE WORD SAMADHI IS USED ALONE, IT USUALLY REFERS TO THE STATE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF SAMADHI.

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•                       SAMADHI IS NOT A PERMANENT STATE, AND LIKE THE STAGES BEFORE IT (DHARANA AND DHYANA) , SAMADHI DOES NOT COME UPON ANYONE BY ACCIDENT. IT TAKES DEDICATION AND EFFORT, AND A PERSON MUST BE WILLING TO TRAIN AND MIND AND GO DEEP INSIDE.

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•                        SAMADHI MEANS "TO BRING TOGETHER, TO MERGE", IT IS SEEN AS ABSOLUTE BLISS. THIS IS PURE CONTEMPLATION, SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS, IN WHICH YOU AND THE UNIVERSE ARE ONE. THOSE WHO HAVE ACHIEVED SAMADHI ARE ENLIGHTENED. IN THE STATE OF SAMADHI THE BODY AND SENSES ARE AT REST, AS IF ASLEEP,  YET THE MIND IS AWARE AND AWAKE.

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•                                HUMAN BRAIN IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS - ONE CONTROLS EMOTIONS AND THE OTHER REASONS, THOUGHTS AND LOGIC.  IMBALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO DUE TO SOME REASON CAN LEAD TO LACK OF HARMONY BETWEEN OUR EMOTIONS AND LOGIC. THIS RESULTS IN CONFUSION AND PROBLEMS. SAMADHI WORKS AS A SOLUTION TO THESE ISSUES. THIS PATH WILL ALSO LET YOU EXPERIENCE DIVINE POWER.

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•                               RECENT RESEARCH AND STUDIES HAVE REVEALED THAT YOGA SHASTRA IS BOTH SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL. THIS IS BECAUSE YOGA SHASTRA IS INITIATED WITH PURIFYING CHITTA (THOUGHTS/INTELLECT). A LOT OF RESEARCH AND STUDIES ARE CONDUCTED UNDER INDIAN PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY. THE FIELD OF WESTERN PSYCHOLOGY IS ALSO MAKING EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION. WESTERN PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE MAINLY FOCUSSED ON CONSCIOUS AND SUB-CONSCIOUS MIND FOR YEARS.  THE DEEPER LAYER OF MIND, ALSO REFERRED TO AS "SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND" IS YET TO BE STUDIED BY THESE INTELLECTUALS.

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•                                YOGA IS CONSIDERED AS A COMPLETE SCIENCE THAT TACKLES THE ISSUE OF EGO AND MERGES IT TO A SUPERIOR ENERGY. THIS ENERGY IS THE "SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND". THE TERM "SUPERCONSCIOUS MIND" STANDS FOR GOD. EVERY SPIRITUALISTIC OUTCOME IS WELL PROVED TRULY BY THE MODERN SCIENCE. EVERY EXPERIMENT DONE ON THESE SPIRITUALISTIC RESULTS HAS BEEN PROVED AUTHENTIC UNDER VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS. WITHOUT ANY DOUBT IT IS WELL DEVELOPED AND SUPERIOR IN COMPARISON TO THE MODERN SURVEY. AND BY THE FOLLOWING IT PROPERLY OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE WORLD-GURU IN THE COMING TIME.

YAMA, NIYAMA AND ASANA (YOGA)

                       THE THREE  LIMBS OF YOGA

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                       YAMA, NIYAMA, AND  ASANA 

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                          💟 YAMA 💟

                                   THE FIRST LIMB, YAMA, DEALS WITH ONE'S ETHICAL STANDARDS AND SENSE O INTEGRITY, FOCUSING ON OUR BEHAVIOR AND HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES IN LIFE. BEING IN THE FIRST LIMB OF YOGA, THE FIVE YAMAS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF SPIRITUAL LIFE ON WHICH THE SUPER-STRUCTURE OF SAMADHI IS BUILT. FOLLOWING THE YAMAS MEANS STICKING TO IDEALS AND PRINCIPLES. IT IS ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE TRAITS THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE HUMAN NATURE INTO A DIVINE NATURE AND ANNIHILATE CRAVINGS AND NEGATIVE QUALITIES. WHEN THE YAMAS ARE TRULY PRACTISED, THE HEART IS FILLED WITH COSMIC LOVE, GOODNESS AND LIGHT. 

                                 THERE ARE FIVE YAMAS IN YOGA-

•          AHIMSA

•          SATYA

•           ASTEYA 

•          BRAHMACHARYA

•         APARIGRAHA      

                      HUMAN MIND IS UNSTABLE. IT CHANGES WITH A FLICK OF A SECOND. THE INTENTION BEHIND"YAMA YOGA" IS TO EMBRACE THE JOY OF LIFE AND GIVE A MEANINFUL DIRECTION TO LIFE. HUMAN BEINGS HOLD ONLY LIMITED AMOUNT OF ENERGY WITHIN. WITH AGE, THIS ENERGY STARTS DRAINING. THE MAIN AIM OF YOGA IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS ACCUMULATE THIS ENERGY AND TO BE ABLE TO USE IT FOR MEANINGFUL PURPOSES.

                     💟 NIYAMA 💟

                       NIYAMA, THE SECOND LIMB, HAS TO DO WITH SELF-DISCIPLINE AND SPIRITUAL OBSERVANCES. THE FIVE NIYAMAS OR RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES AND HABITS FOR A HEALTHY LIVING INCLUDE :

1. SAUCHA: CLEANLINESS
2.  SAMTOSA : CONTENTMENT
3.  TAPAS : HEAT, SPIRITUAL AUSTERITIES
4.  SVADHYAYA : STUDY OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES AND OF ONE'S SELF
5.  ISWARA PRANIDHANA : SURRENDER TO GOD

                     NIYAMA IS A REFLECTION OF ONE'S OWN PERSONALITY. FOLLOWING THESE IMPACTS A SENSE OF PURITY AND DIVINITY  WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL, IT INDICATES A LIFESTYLE THAT IS ORGANIZED WELL AND DISCIPLINED.

                  💟 ASANA 💟

                    ASANAS, THE POSTURES PRACTICED IN YOGA, COMPRISE THE THIRD LIMB. IN THE YOGIC VIEW, THE BODY IS A TEMPLE OF SPIRIT, THE CARE OF WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT STAGE OF OUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH, THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF ASANAS, WE DEVELOP THE HABIT OF DISCIPLINE AND THE ABILITY TO CONCENTRATE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR MEDITATION.

                         THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS AWARE OF THIS LIMB OF YOGA. MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT FOLLOWING SPECIFIC POSTURES BY BENDING/ TWISTING/TURNING BODY IS "ASANA" . IRONICALLY, NONE OF THESE ARE MENTIONED AS A PART OF ASANAS BY PATANJALI IN YOGA SUTRA. PATANJALI'S BASIC ADVICE IN YOGA SUTRA IS PRETTY SIMPLE STHIRA SUKHAM ASANAM (ASANA SHOULD BE STEADY AND STAY COMFORTABLE). IT MEANS THAT ANYTHING THAT KEEPS YOU STABLE AND STAY COMFORTABLE IS ASANA. IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE MAXIMUM BENEFITS OF THIS THIRD LIMB OF YOGA, ONE MUST PRACTICE AND FOLLOW THE FIRST TWO LIMBS (YAMA, NIYAMA).  EARLY TEXTS HAVE MENTIONED THAT PRACTISING OF ASANAS IN PERFECT ORDER IS SCIENCE. EXPERIEMENTS AND RESEARCH BY SCIENTISTS HAVE PROVED THAT PRACTICE OF ASANAS HAVE POSITIVE EFFECT ON HUMAN BODY.

                     RESEARCHERS AND SCIENTISTS HAVE STUDIED HUMAN BODY AND ITS BEHAVIOUR CLOSELY. THE EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED HAVE REVEALED THE HUMAN MIND REACTS DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS SUCH AS WHILE STANDING ERECT, SEATED, LYING, STRAIGHT, LYING ON THE BACK, ETC. STABILITY OF MIND WAS OBSERVED CLOSELY AND  THE RESULTS REVEALED DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR DIFFERENT POSTURES. HUMAN MIND IS AT ITS MOST UNSTABLE STATE WHILE STANDING ERECT.

                     MANY SCIENTIST HAVE ALSO REVEALED THAT FORCE OF GRAVITY HAS A MAJOR EFFECT ON HUMAN BODY. VARIOUS STUDIES ON PYRAMID HAS REVEALED THAT THE SHAPE OF THE PYRAMID IS AN AMPLIFIED-RECEIVER OR RESONATOR OF VERIOUS KINDS OF ENERGY FIELDS SUCH AS COSMIC RAYS, ELECTRO-MAGNETIC WAVES, ELECTRICAL DISCHARGES, GRAVITATIONAL WAVES, ETC. THE ENERGY RECEIVED INSIDE THE PYRAMID INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE SHAPE OF  A PYRAMID IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF A TEMPLE (BROADER AT THE BOTTOM AND NARROW ON TOP). THE ASANAS COMPRISING OF DHYANA YOGA - SUKHASANA, PADMASANA, SIDDHASANA ETC. ALSO MAKE UP FOR A PYRAMID STRUCTURE. THESE ARE BROADER ON BOTTOM AND GET NARROWER AS THEY MOVE UPWARDS. THE SCIENTISTS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THESE POSES WORK TOWARDS PROMOTING MENTAL STABILITY AND KEEP NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF FORCE OF GRAVITY ON BODY.

THE EIGHT LIGHT WAYS OF YOGA !

 

                            THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS

                                         OF YOGA

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                                  YOGA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. MANY MYTHS AND SPECULATIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH YOGA SINCE AGES. ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS BEHIND THIS IS INCOMPLETE KNOWLEDGE OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG PEOPLE ABOUT YOGA. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN YOGA WAS CLASSIFIED AS A MIRACULOUS TECHNIQUE INVOLVING PRACTICES SUCH AS WALKING ON BROKEN PIECES OF GLASS, FIRE, BREAKING IRON CHAIRS, BURYING ONESELF ALIVE IN THE GROUND, EXTINGUISHING FIRE WITH BARE HANDS, ETC. HOWEVER, THESE WERE JUST SUPERSTITIONS SPREAD BY PEOPLE DUE TO LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS NOT ALL. YOGA WAS ALSO CONSIDERED AS A FORM OF PHYSICAL EXPERIMENT MEANT ONLY FOR SAGES. SO, THERE WERE LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS FOR YOGA.

                          THANKFULLY, GREAT MEN OF INDIA LIKE SWAMI VIVEKANANDHA, SWAMI KUVALYANANDA, SWAMI SHIVANANDA, MAHARISHI YOGI, ACHARYA SHRI RAJNEESH, DR.ISHWAR BHARADWAJ (PROF. AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF YOGA, GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY), MORARJI DESAI YOGA INSTITUTE DELHI, BABA RAMDEV ETC. HAVE BUSTED ALL THE MYTHS ASOCIATED WITH YOGA. THESE AMAZING PERSONALITIES HAVE ALSO REVEALED THAT ALL OF THE SPECULATIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH YOGA ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG. THEY HAVE MADE DEDICATED EFFORTS TO ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE ABOUT THE HOLISTIC EFFECTS OF YOGA, TODAY, PEOPLE ARE MORE AWARE OF YOGA AND ITS BENEFITS.

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                        UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENTIFIC CONNECTION OF YOGA WILL HELP ONE ACHIEVE ITS TRUE BENEFITS. IN INDIA, THE KNOWLEDGE OF YOGA AMONG PEOPLE IS RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN ASANAS AND A SET OF PRANAYAMA. THE MODERN AGE HAS EMERGED AS A PARAGON FOR ADVANCED HEALTHCARE, MEDICINES AND RESEARCH. RECENT STUDIES AND RESEARCH HAVE PROVED THAT YOGA CAN CURE MANY DISEASES. HOWEVER, YOGA IS NOT JUST ABOUT STAYING HEALTHY AND ENJOYING A DISEASE FREE LIFE. YOGA CAN BE INTEGRATED TO ONE'S  LIFESTYLE AS A COMPLIMENTARY THERAPY. AFTER ALL, EACH TYPE OF HEALTH THERAPY AND TREATMENT METHOD HAS ITS OWN VALUE. THE TRUE GOAL OF YOGA IS TO FACILITIATE CONNECTION WITH THE ALMIGHTY AND FREEING ONESELF FROM THE CHAIN OF DEPRESSION.

                             

                             YOGA - A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH

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                           DIFFERENT STYLES AND TYPES OF YOGA ARE PREVALENT AMONG PEOPLE THESE DAYS. SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR ONES INCLUDE:

•                JNANA YOGA

•                KARMA YOGA

•                SANYAS YOGA

•                HATHA YOGA

•                MANTRA YOGA

•                TANTRA YOGA

•                KUNDALINI YOGA

•               BHAKTI YOGA

                            NOW THE QUESTION THAT ARISES IS WHICH OF THE ABOVE LISTED CAN BE CATEGORISED AS SCIENTIFIC APPROACH OF YOGA?

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                         A NUMBER OF LITERARY WORKS BELONGING TO THE ANCIENT AGE HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED IN THIS RESPECT INCLUDING "GORAKHSASHATAK" AND "SIVA SAMHITA". THESE LITERARY TREASURES EXPOSES THE POWER OF YOGA, THE COMPLEX PHYSIOLOGY, DIFFERENT ASANAS, ABSTRACT YOGIC PHILOSOPHY, MUDRAS, AND A LOT MORE. "RAJA YOGA" IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF ALL YOGIC PHILOSOPHIES MENTIONED IN THESE ANCIENT BOOKS AS IT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL YOGAS, AND ITS PHILOSOPHY GOES BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MANY SYLES OF YOGA TODAY. "RAJA YOGA" IS ANOTHER NAME FOR MAHARISHI PATANJALI'S "ASTANGA YOGA".

                              MAHARISHI PATANJALI IS OFTEN REGARDED AN INNOVATOR OR PIONEER OF "YOGA DARSHAN". "PATANJALI SUTRA" OR "YOGA SUTRA" IS THE PRINCIPLE ANCIENT INDIAN TEXT COMPOSED AND COMPILED BY MAHARISHI PATANJALI. "ASHATANGA YOGA" IS A COMBINATION OF TWO DIFFERENT TERMS IN SANSRIT  "AHTA" (MEANING EIGHT) AND "ANG" (LIMB) . TOGETHER , THE TERM MEANS, "YOGA THAT COMPRISES OF 8 DIFFERENT LIMBS (BRANCHES) . THE EIGHT LIMBS OF "ASHTANGA YOGA" INCLUDE:

•     YAMA

•      NIYAMA

•     ASANA

•    PRANAYAMA

•    PRATYAHARA

•   DHARANA

•   DHYANA

•   SAMADHI                   

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                          THE ABOVE LISTED 8 LIMBS OF YOGA TOGETHER MAKES FOR THE COMPLETE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION OF YOGA. FOLLOWING AND PRACTICING THESE BRANCHES IN ORDER AND RIGHT WAY EXPLAINS YOGIC SCIENCE. ALL LIMBS OF "ASHTANGA YOGA" ARE CO-RELATED. THESE EIGHT STEPS BASICALLY ACT AS GUIDELINES ON HOW TO LIVE A MEANINGFUL AND PURPOSEFUL LIFE. THEY SERVE AS A PRESCRIPTION FOR MORAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT AND SELF-DISCIPLINE, THEY DIRECT ATTENTION TOWRD ONE'S HEALTH, AND THEY HELP US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF OUR NATURE. MOST PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD HAVE INTEGRATED THIRD AND FOURTH LIMB INTO THEIR LIVES. HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ONE FOLLOWS "ASHTANGA YOGA" AS A COMPLETE YOGA PRACTICE ACCORDING TO THE ORDER MENTIONED BY YOGA GURUS TO BE ABLE TO REAP MAXIMUM BENEFITS OUT OF THE REGIME.

JNANA YOGA, BHAKTI YOGA AND KARMA YOGA

                           THE THREE TYPES OF YOGA

                              JNANA YOGA, BHAKTI YOGA, AND KARMA YOGA

                                      JNANA YOGA

                               JNANA YOGA IS THE YOGA OF TRUE KNOWLEDGE. IT AIMS AT THE REALIZATION OF THE ONENESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SELF AND THE ULTIMATE SELF. USE OF ONE'S INTELLECT TO REALIZE THE ULTIMATE POWER, TRUTH, AND ESSENCE AND REACH TO A DECISION ONLY AFTER APPLYING THE FACTS IS PRECISELY WHAT CULMINATES INTO JNANA YOGA PRACTICE. HERE, THE YOGI EMPHASISES ON KNOWING A SPECIFIC THING THAN ADOPTING. FOR A YOGI, THE TRUTH IS ONLY THE KNOWLEDGE HE ACQUIRES AND EXPERIENCES HE GAINS. THE KNOWLEDGE OF A GYANI CAN BE CATEGARISED INTO TWO TYPES - TAKE OFF ONE'S ATTENTION FROM SOMETHING THAT IS NOT "HIM OR A REFLECTION OF WHO "HE" AND REALIZING / BEING DETERMINED TO GET SOMETHING THAT "HE" IS - THE ONE AND ONLY SACHIDANANDA PARMATMA. JNANA YOGA IS NOT TECHNIQUE TO LEAVE OR RENOUNCE THE WORLD BUT STAYING DETACHED LIVING IN THIS WORLD. GYANA YOGA FAVOUS USING WISDOM.

                          THOSE WHO SEE WITH EYES OF KNOWLEDGE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE KNOWER OF THE BODY, AND CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OF LIBERATION FROM BONDAGE IN MATERIAL NATURE, ATTAIN TO THE SUPREME GOAL. GYANA HAS TO DO WITH KNOWING BY EXPERIENCING . IT IS UNIQUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND NOT REPRODUCIBLE ALWAYS. KNOWLEDGE THAT ALSO CENTERS THE INDIVIDUAL IS GYAN YOGA. THE YOGA LOOKS INTO THE TRUTH ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. THE FULL REALIZATION OF THIS TRUTH BRINGS ENLIGHTENMENT. IT OFFERS A DIRECT ROAD TO ENLIGHTEMENT IF FOLLOWED FULLY.

                               BHAKTI YOGA

                              FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOST EMOTIONAL AND SENSITIVE, BHAKTI YOGA IS RECOMMENDED. IT IS THE PATH OF DEVOTION, THE METHOD OF ATTAINING GOD THROUGH LOVE AND THE LOVING RECOLLECTION OF GOD. MOST RELIGIONS EMPHASIZE THIS SPIRITUAL PATH BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST NATURAL. AS WITH OTHER YOGAS, THE GOAL OF THE BHAKTA, THE DEVOTEE OF GOD, IS TO ATTAIN GOD-REALIZATION - ONENESS WITH THE DIVINE.

                            BHAKTI YOGA IS ONE OF THE TYPES OF YOGA MENTIONED IN THE ANCIENT INDIAN SCRIPTS WHICH DENOTES THE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE OF LOVINGLY DEVOTING ONESELF TO A PERSON FORM OF GOD. BHAKTI IS A SANSRIT TERM FOR DEVOTION. ACTUALLY, BHAKTI YOGA IS THE SCIENCE OF EXTREME LOVE.

                      IN DEVOTION, ONE CAN EXPERIENCE TOTAL FREEDOM FROM FEAR AND WORRY. A DEVOTEE TRANSCENDS WORLDLY SORROWS AND PAINS. A TRUE DEVOTEE HAS NO SELFISH DESIRES, INCLUDING THE DESIRE FOR LIBERATION. DEVOTION IN ONE'S HEART IS KINDED BY THE GRACE BY THE GRACE OF THE GURU, BY BEING IN THE COMPANY OF OTHER DEVOTEES AND BY READING AND LISTENING TO THE STORIES OF OTHER DEVOTEES.

                       THE BENEFITS OF BHATI YOGA ARE IMMENSE, AS SWAMI SIVANANDA WRITES, "BHAKTI SOFTENS THE HEART AND REMOVES JEALOUSY, HATRED, LUST, ANGER, EGOISM, PRIDE AND ARROGANCE. IT INFUSES JOY, DIVINE ECSTASY, BLISS, PEACE AND KNOWLEDGE. ALL CARES, WORRIES AND ANXIETIES, FEARS, MENTAL TORMENTS AND TRIBULATIONS ENTIRELY GET VANISHED. THE DEVOTEES IS FREED FROM THE CYCLE OF REBIRTHS AND DEATHS. HE ATTAINS THE IMMORTAL ABODE OF EVERLASTING PEACE, BLISS AND KNOWLEDGE".

                           THE ULTIMATE GOAL IN THE PRACTICE OF BHAKTI YOGA IS TO REACH THE STATE OF RASA (ESSENSE) A FEELING OF PURE BLISS ACHIEVED IN THE DEVOTIONAL SURRENDER TO THE DIVINE.

                               KARMA YOGA

                                   KARMA YOGA IS THE PATH OF "ACTION", PUTTING IN 100 PERCENT EFFORT, WITHOUT BEING ATTACHED TO THE OUTCOME. KARMA YOGA CAN BE APPLIED TO EVERYTHING YOU DO, FROM THE MOST TRIVIAL, ORDINARY TASKS TO GREATER, MORE CHALLENGING WORKS. WHEN ACTION IS PERFORMED SELFLESSLY, WITH FULL FOCUS AND ATTENTION, IT BRINGS FULLFILLMENT AND FREEDOM. ACTING WITHOUT BEING ATTACHED TO THE FRUITS OF ONE'S DEEDS - THIS ALONE CAN LEAD TO UNION WITH THE SELF, WHICH IS THE GOAL OF YOGA.

                        YOGI IS A HOUSEHOLDER, HE WILL ACCEPT THAT ROLE AS MUCH AS HE WOULD ACCEPT THE ROLE OF A SERVANT TO ANY IN NEED, WITHOUT SEEKING ANY REMUNERATION IN THE SHAPE OF WEALTH, SATISFACTION, NAME OR FAME.

                         KARMA MEANS ACTION, INCLUDING ALL ACTS DONE BY THE INDIVIDUAL FROM BIRTH TO DEATH.

                         KARMA PERFORMED BY RIGHT MEANS DOES NOT HARM ANYBODY AND IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF DHARMA. THAT IS KARMA YOGA. TO DROP THE DOER FROM THE ACTION IS KARMA YOGAM. TO SEE ONESELF AS A MERE TOOL OF THE DIVINE AND TO OFFER THE FRUIT OF OUR ACTIONS TO THE DIVINE, IS KARMA YOGA. KARMA YOGA IS AN EXPRESSON OF DIVINE LOVE, OF THE UNITY OF EVERYTHING THAT IS YOGA. KARMA YOGA MEANS TO HELP, HEAL, AND SHARE.

                        DOING SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO YOU WITH TOTAL INVOLVEMENT IS WHAT BREAKS THE KARMIC STRUCTURE. KARMA MEANS ACTION. IF ACTION HAS TO BECOME YOGA, ACTION SHOULD BE LIBERATING. IF YOUR ACTIVITY HAS BECOME A PROCESS OF BINDING YOURSELF, IT IS KARMA. SO THE QUESTION IS NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH ACTIVITY YOU DO. HOW YOU ARE PERFORMING THE ACTIVITY IS WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. IF YOU ARE DANCING THROUGH YOUR WORK, THAT IS KARMA YOGA. EVEN HE ACCEPTS HIS FAILURES TOO, BECAUSE HE LEARNS A LOT FROM THEM.

MANTRA YOGA, HATHA YOGA AND THE RAJA YOGA

 

                               THE DIFFERENT TYPES

                                              OF YOGA

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                        MANTRA YOGA, HATHA YOGA,

                                      AND RAJA YOGA

  

                                   MANTRA YOGA

                               MANTRA YOGA IS A TYPE OF YOGA THAT USES MANTRAS TO AWAKEN THE SELF AND DEEPEN THE MEDIATIVE ASPECTS OF A PHYSICAL YOGA PRACTISE. MANTRA YOGA IS AN EXACT SCIENCE THAT IS MEANT TO ENGAGE THE MIND THROUGH FOCUSING ON SOUND, DURATION AND NUMBER OF REPETITIONS. REPETITION OF THE MANTRA IS A MEANS TO GET CLOSER TO THE DIVINITY WITHIN, AND IT CREATS POSITIVE VIBRATIONS THAT BENEFIT BOTH THE ONE WHO CHANTS AND THE ONE WHO LISTENS.

                   

                      MANTRA YOGA NEUTRALIZES RAJAS (AGITATION) AND TAMAS (INERTIA), WHICH ALLOWS THE PRACTITIONER TO MOVE INTO A MORE PURE STATEOF CONSCIOUSNESS. CHANTING MANTRAS CALMS THE MIND, BRINGS FOCUS AND IS GREAT FOR CONTROLLING THE BREATH. MANTRA YOGA IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO THE PRACTITIONER AS IT IMPROVES OVERALL HEALTH AND MENTAL STABILITY.

                         ALTHOUGH MANTRA YOGA IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED AN INNOVATION OF HINDUISM, IT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND DEVELOPED BY OTHER RELIGIONS AS WELL. RELIGIONS LIKE BUDDHISM AND HAINISM HAVE EMBRACED MATRA YOGA AS PART OF THEIR OWN EFFORTS TO REACH ENLIGHTENMENT.

                       MANRA YOGA CAN BE PRACTICED IN THREE WAYS.

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• THE FIRST WAY IS CALLED BAIKHARI, WHEREIN THE MANTRA IS CHANTED IN A LOUD MANNER. THIS TYPE OF CHANTING IS ADVANTAGE FOR REMOVING UNWANTED THOUGHTS FROM THE MIND IN ORDER TO MAKE THE MEDITATION PROCESS EASIER. 

• THE SECOND METHOD OF CHANTING IS CALLED UPANSHU, IN WHICH THE MANTRA IS CHANTED IN A VERY LOW VOICE THAT ONLY THE PRACTITIONER CAN HEAR. 

• THE THIRD IS CHANTING THE MANTRA SILENTLY TO ONE' SELF. THIS IS CALLED MANASIC AND IT IS USED BY ADVANCED PRACTITIONERS. INDIVIDUALS MAY ALSO LIKE TO USE MALA (YOGA BEADS) TO KEEP COUNT OF THEIR REPETITIONS. SHAIVAS USE ROSARY BEEDS WHERE VAISHNAV USE TULSI BEEDS.

                      HATHA YOGA 

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                            THE WORD "HATHA" MEANS " A STRONG DETERMINATION OR THE YOGA OF ACTIVITY AND PASSION, BECAUSE IT REQUIRES A LOT OF PHYSICAL EFFORT. HATHA PRACTISES ARE DESIGNED TO ALIGN AND CALM YOUR BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT IN PREPARATION FOR MEDITATION. THE PRACTITIONER IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF MAUNA (SILENCE) FASTING FOR PURIFYING THE MIND, MEDITATION, PATIENCE, ETC. TO GAIN CONTROL OVER MIND.

                      THE MIND AIM OF HATHA YOGA IS TO STRENTHEN AND NOURISH BODY TO HELP IT TOLERATE THE MOST SEVERE SITUATIONS. IT HELPS BODY STAY HEALTHY. ACCORDING TO A HATHA YOGA EXPERT, A YOGI MUST AIM AT STRENGTHENING THE BODY BY CONSISTENT EFFORTS AND TESTING ITS LIMITATIONS TO TOLERATE PAIN. THE MORE ONE DOES THIS, HIGHER THE ENERGY LEVELS. THIS IS NOT ALL! ACCORDING TO A BELIEF, PRACTICING HATHA YOGA WITH FULL DEDICATION WILL PLEASE ONE'S DEITY AND ALL WISHES ARE FULLFILLED. THE DEITY WILL BLESS YOGI WITH DESIRED BOON.

                           RAJA YOGA

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                              SOUL IS AN INTERGRAL PARTS OF THE ALMIGHTY. IT NEVER DIES OR TAKES BIRTH. REALIZING THIS FACT, WHEN A YOGI TRIES TO KNOW "WHO HE IS" "WHERE HE COMES FROM", "WHERE WILL HE GO", AND UNITES THE SOUL WITH THE CREATOR OF UNIVERSE, THE PRACTICE IS REFERRED TO AS "RAJA YOGA", SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS THE "ROYAL YOGA", IT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL YOGAS, AND ITS PHILOSOPHY GOES BEYOND AND BOUNDARIES OF THE MANY STYLES OF YOGA TODAY. RAJA YOGA EMPHASIZES THE BENEFITS OF MEDITATION FOR SPIRITUAL SELF-REALIZATION AND THE PURPOSEFUL EVOLUTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

                                RAJA YOGA IS REFERRED TO AS THE MENTAL YOGA, OR THE YOGA OF THE MIND, BECAUSE OF ITS EMPHASIS ON AWARENESS OF ONE'S STATE OF MIND. IT IS THROUGH THIS PRACTICE OF CONCENTRATION THAT ONE LEARNS TO CALM THE MIND AND BRING IT TO ONE POINT OF FOCUS. IT IS AT THIS POINT THAT ONE DIRECTS THEIR ATTENTION INWARDLY, THE TRUE NATURE, WHICH IS DIVINE.

                              THE BASIC PREMIRE OF RAJA YOGA IS THAT ONE'S PERCEPTION OF THE DIVINE SELF IS OBSCURED BY THE DISTURBANCES OF THE MIND. IN CASE, THE MIND CAN BE MADE STILL AND PURE, THE SELF WILL AUTOMATICALLY, INSTANTANEOUSLY, SHINE FORTH. RAJA YOGA IS VIEWED AS THE "ROYAL PATH" THIS CLASSIFICATION OF YOGA IS SO HIGHLY REVERED BECAUSE IT ATTAINS ENLIGHTENMENT FROM DIRECT CONTROL AND MASTERY OF THE MIND.

THE BITTER TRUTH ABOUT OUR DEATH!

                         WHY THE PEOPLE WILL DIE IN

                                ACCIDENT AND ILLNESS!

                                     THE VIBRANT OF YOUR ENERGY BODY!

                          

                            WHAT HAPPENS TO BEINGS WHO HAVE DIED WHEN THEIR ENERGY BODY IS STILL VIBRANT?

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•                     ANS : IF THE PRANIC OR ENERGY BODY IS STILL VIBRAN, SUCH A BEING CANNOT FIND ANOTHER BODY FOR SOME TIME. THE ENERGY BODY NEEDS TO SETTLE DOWN.  

• THIS IS WHY THOSE WHO DIE IN AN ACCIDENT, OR SUICIDE, OR WHO CONTRACT SOME SUDDEN ILLNESS SOMETIMES LINGER ON IN A DISEMBODIED STATE. 

• SUCH A PRANIC BODY STILL CARRIES DESIRES, LONGINGS, STRONG INCLINATIONS. THESE HAVE TO RUN THEIR COURSE. IT IS A LIMBO CONDITION, AND TRADITIONALLY IN INDIA SEVERAL RITUALS WERE PERFORMED TO HASTEN THE COURSE OF SUCH A BEING.

•  SOME OF THESE RITUALS WERE JUST ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL SOLACE FOR THE LIVING. BUT EVEN TODAY, IF THESE RITUALS ARE PERFORMED BY THOSE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING, THEY CAN ACCELERATE THE PROCESS FOR SUCH A BEING.

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                     PEOPLE LONG TO DIE PEACEFULLY FOR THIS REASON. THE PRANA OR LIFE ENERGY HAS RUN ITS FULL COURSE CAN EASILY DISENTANGLE ITSELF. IT IS LIKE A RIPE FRUIT FALLIG OFF A TREE. THE MOMENT IF FALLS, WITH THE RIPE FRUIT AROUND IT, THE SEED WILL IMMEDIATELY TAKE ROOT WITH THE NECESSARY FOOD AROUND IT. SEE, THE SEED HAS THE NECESSARY MANURE AROUND IT, FRUIT IS ACTUALLY MANURE FOR THE SEED - WE JUST HAPPEN TO EAT IF BEFORE IT ACTUALLY BECOMES MANURE! ANOTHER FUNCTION CARRY IT ELSEWHERE AND DROP IT IN PLACES WHERE IT CAN TAKE ROOT AGAIN.  SO WHEN PEOPLE DIE AFTER A FULL LIFE CYCLE, THEY FALL WITHOUT A STRUGGLE, DISEASE, OR INJURY. THE PRANA REACHES A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SEDATENESS AND DISENTANGLES ITSELF .

                         NOW WHAT WE CALL MAHASAMADHI IS THE REVERSE, TO BRING THE PRANA TO A CERTAIN STATE OF INTENSITY AND MATURITY IN THE STRUCTURE SO THAT IT CANNOT BE HELD IN THE PHYSICAL FORM ANYMORE. THE REASON YOGIS SEEK SUCH A DEATH IS BECAUSE IT IS NATURAL, EFFORTLESS. IF YOU DIE WITH A DISEASE OR ACCIDENT, THERE IS VIOLENCE IN THE DEATH. THE RESIDUAL IMPACT OF THAT VIOLENT ENDURES IN SO MAY WAYS IN THE SUBTLE BODY.

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                          SO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED WITHOUT LIVING OUT A FULL LIFE CYCLE, THE ALLOTTED KARMA, OR PRARABDHA, HAS TO WEAR ITSELF OUT. THE PRANIC BODY HAS TO COME TO A CERTAIN STATE OF PASSIVITY OR INERTNESS. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS NO LONGER ANY ACTIVE KARMIC SUBTANCES. NOW, THE NEW ALLOTMENT, OR INSTALLMENT OF PRARABDHA, WILL BEGIN TO MANIFEST ITSELF. AS THIS HAPPENS, THE ENERGY BODY REGAINS ITS VIBRANCY AND WILL THEN TAKE ON ANOTHER PHYSICAL BODY.