KRIYA YOGA
KRIYA REQUIRES NO SPECIAL PHYSICALLY AGILITY OR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE OF YOGA TO PRACTICE. IT INTEGRATES SEAMLESSLY INTO ONE'S DAILY LIFE, BRINGING THE POSSIBILITIES OF A SPIRITUAL PROCESS - WHICH WERE ONCE AVAILABLE ONLY TO YOGIS AND ASCETICS - TO EVERY HUMAN BEING IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR OWN HOME. CREATED BY SADHGURU, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE LIFE OF ANYONE WHO IS WILLING TO INVEST JUST A FEW MINUTES A DAY. THE INTRUCTIONS FOR KRIYA ARE GIVEN BELOW.
PREPARATION
SIT FACING EAST IN A CROSS-LEGGED POSTURE, WITH YOUR SPINE COMFORTABLE ERECT.
KEEP YOUR HANDS OPON YOUR THIGHS, WITH YOUR PALMS FACING UP.
WITH YOUR FACE SLIGHTLY UPTURNED, EYES CLOSED, KEEP A MILD FOCUS BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROWS.
THE MEDITATION
THIS MEDITATION HAPPENS IN THREE STAGES:
STAGE 1
INHALE AND EXHALE GENTLY, SLOWLY.
WITH EACH INHALATION, MENTALLY SAY TO YOURSELF, "I AM NOT THE BODY". THE INHALATION SHOULD LAST THE WHOLE DURATION OF THAT THOUGHT.
WITH EACH EXHALATION, MENTALLY SAY TO YOURSELF, "I AM NOT EVEN THE MIND". THE EXHALATION SHOULD LAST FOR THE WHOLE DURATION OF THAT THOUGHT.
STAGE 2
UTTER A LONG "A" SOUND (AS THE "A" IN FATHER). THE SOUND SHOULD COME FROM JUST BELOW THE NAVEL. YOU NEED NOT UTTER IT VERY LOUD, BUT LOUD ENOUGH TO FEEL THE VIBRATION.
UTTER THE LONG "A" SOUND 7 TIMES, EXHALING FULLY INTO EACH SOUND.
STAGE 3
SIT FOR 5 TO 6 MINUTES WITH A SLIGHTLY UPTURNED FACE, AND KEEP A MILD FOCUS BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROWS.
THE TOTAL TIME OF THIS PRACTICE IS BETWEEN 12 TO 18 MINUTES. YOU CAN SIT LONGER IF YOU WANT.
NOTES
WHILE YOU FOR THE KRIYA, DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE ACTIVITY OF THE MIND OR BODY. WHATEVER IS HAPPENING IN YOUR BODY OR YOUR MIND, JUST IGNORE IT AND SIMPLY SIT THERE.
HOW TO DO MEDITATE WITHOUT
DISTRACTION
YOUR MIND DOES NOT LIKE MEDITATION. WHEN YOU WANT TO SIT AND MEDITATE, THE MIND WILL DO EVERYTHING TO SEE THAT YOU DON'T. FIRST IT WILL SAY, "OH WE'LL MEDITATE TOMORROW" "TOMORROW" IS THE DEEPEST CUNNING OF YOUR MIND. THE MIND WILL NOT SAY, "I WON'T DO IT", IF YOUR MIND SAYS, "I WON'T DO IT", YOUR EGO WILL SAY, "I WILL DO IT", THA IS THE NATURE OF YOUR EGO. IF I WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE BY YOU, ONE SIMPLE WAY OF GETTING IT DONE IS TO SAY, "PLEASE DON'T DO IT. NO, YOU SHOULD NOT DO IT. DON'T DO IT". YOU WILL DO IT BECAUSE THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE EGO. SO THE MIND WILLNEVER SAY, "I WILL NOT DO IT",IT WILL SAY, LET'S DO IT TOMORROW" AND TOMORROW NEVER COMES.
IF YOU JUST OBSERVE YOURSELF, YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY UNNECESSARY MOVEMENTS YOUR BODY IS MAKING WHEN YOU STAND, SIT, AND SPEAK. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR LIFE AND SEE, YOU WILL SEE THAT PROBABLY MORE THAN HALF THE TIME IS TAKEN UP IN THIS. THERE IS SO MUCH UNNECESSARY THOUGHT AND ACTIVITY WITH THE BODY - THINGS THAT YOU YOURSELF DO NOT REALLY CARE FOR. BUT IF YOU KEEP THE BODY STILL, SLOWLY THE MIND WILL START COLLAPSING.
RIGHT NOW YOUR MIND IS THE BOSS, YOU ARE SLAVE. THE MAIN ASPECT OF MEDITATION IS , AS YOU BECOME MORE MEDITATIVE, YOU BECOME THE BOSS, YOUR MIND BECOMES THE SLAVE, AND THAT IS HOW IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE. THE MIND IS TERRIBLE MASTER. HE WILL PUT YOU THROUGH ALL KINDS OF ENDLESS SUFFERING. BUT THE MIND IS A WONDERFUL SLAVE. IF YOU KEEP YOUR MIND IN A CERTAIN WAY, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT WITH IT.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALITY
AND HALLUCINATION
REALITY CAN BE MUCH MORE UNREAL THAN HALLUCINATION. WHAT NEOROSCIENTISTS AND PHYSICISTS ARE TALKING TODAY IS FAR MORE FAIRYTALE-ISH THAN ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE KNOWN AS FAIRY TALES. IT IS SO FREAKISH AND OUTLANDISH. WHENEVER YOGIS SPOKE ABOUT THIS, PEOPLE THOUGHT IS WAS SOMETHING GREAT. IT IS JUST PERCEPTION, THEY JUST DESCRIBED WHAT THE SAW.
HALLUCINATION MEANS YOU ARE MAKING IT UP SO POWERFULLY THAT YOU BELIEVE IT - THAT IS DANGEROUS. IF YOU ARE GENUINELY HALLUCINATING, IT MEANS Y ARE MAKING UP THINGS SO POWERFUL IN YOUR MIND THAT IT SEEMS REAL. IF YOU CREATE IT IN YOUR MIND AND EMPOWER IT WITH YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, IT CAN BECOME A LIVE PROCESS.
TANTRA DOES NOT BELIEVE IN CREATING WHAT YOU WANT IN TERMS OF THE PHYSICAL EXISTENCE AROUND YOU, BUT IS FOCUSED ON CREATING FORMS AND IDENTITIES WHICH WILL FUNCTION WAY BEYOND YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE. TANTRA IS ESSENTIALLY FOCUSED WAY BEYOND YOUR OWN INTELLIGENCE. TANTRA IS ESSENTIAZLLY FOCUSED ON CREATING A MIND HIGHER THAN ONESELF, MAKING AN INTELLIGENCE BEYOND ONE'S PRESENT CAPABILITIES BECOME AVAILABLE. THE TECHNOLOGY OF MAKING THIS HAPPEN WAS WHAT WAS KNOWN AS TANTRIC METHODS. THAT IS, LEARNING TO USE YOUR BODY, YOUR MIND, AND YOUR ENERGIES JUST AS INTRUMENTS OF LIFE, SO THAT YOU BECOME AVAILABLE TO A MUCH HIGHER POSSIBLITY, AN INTELLIGENCE WHICH IS WAY BEYOND HUMAN CAPABILITIES.
- WHEN YOU ARE DOING SPIRITUAL PRACTICES, HOW TO KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE HALLUCINATING OR WHETHER IT IS REAL? IF THERE IS A DOUBT THAT YOU ARE HALLUCINATING OR WHETHER IT IS REAL?
- IF THERE IS A DOUBT THAT YOU ARE HALLUCINATING, IT IS BETTER THAT THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT IS GIVEN TO HALLUCINATION THAN TO YOUR EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE IF THERE IS A GENUINE EXPERIENCE, SOME TRANSFORMATION WILL HAPPEN BY ITSELF.
- IF IT IS HALLUCINATION IT IS ANYWAY A WASTE OF TIME. SO IT YOU ARE IN DOUBT, IT IS BETTER TO SIMPLY SEE THAT YOU ARE HALLUCINATING BECAUSE ONCE YOU START CREDITING HALLUCINATIO AS REAL, THENYOU WILL HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT, IT WILL JUST GO WILD.
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