💟 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.
