CLAP YOGA AND LAUGHTER YOGA

 

                         

   CLAP YOGA

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                                   AS PER THE ANCIENT MEDICINAL HEALING SYSTEMS SUCH AS ACUPRESSURE, JIN-SHIN-DO AND SUJOK, HUMAN HANDS HAVE POINTS WHICH WHEN PRESSED PROVIDE QUICK RELIEF FROM SEVERAL AILMENTS. CLAY YOGA WORKS REALLY WELL FOR JOINT PAIN, BLOOD PRESSURE, LUNGS AND HEART. THE TRADITION OF CLAPPING WHILE SINGING OR CHANTING BHAJANS (HYMNS) IS VERY OLD ONE IN INDIA. CLAPPING IN AN EXPRESSION OF HAPPINESS AND ALSO KEEPS ONE HEALTHY.

                     THE ACT OF CLAPPING INVOLVES HITTING BOTH PALMS WITH EACH OTHER. BY DOING THIS, ALL THE POINTS OF HANDS ARE ACTIVATED. IT GRADUALLY ENHANCES HEALTH AND HEALS EACH TYPE OF AILMENTS.  CLAPPING SLOWLY MAKE ONE FEEL BETTER WHEN DOWN WITH A DISEASE. THE SIMILAR EFFECT CAN BE EXPERIENCED AT TEMPLES WHERE DEVOTEES CLAP WHILE RECITING DEVOTIONAL SONGS. PRACTICING CLAP YOGA ALSO PRODUCES SPECIFIC SOUND WAVES THAT FILL THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE WITH IMMENSE FEELING OF JOY. IT GIVES STRENGTH TO BLOOD-PARTICLES AND BOOSTS RESISTANCE POWER OF BODY.

                                 BENEFITS : CLAP YOGA IS BENEFICIAL FOR HEALTH IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. IT WORKS AS A MIRACULOUS HEALING SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DIGESTIVE DISORDERS SUCH AS GAS, CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION AND LOSS OF APPETITE. PRACTISING CLAY YOGA CAN TREAT AND PREVENT THESE DISORDERS.

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                      THERE IS A CORRECT WAY OF PRACTISING THIS YOGA. FOUR FINGERS OF YOUR RGHT HAND SHOULD MEET THE PLAN OF LEFT HAND WHILE CLAPPING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN UNIFORMITY IN THE SOUND OF CLAPPING. PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM SPECIFIC CONDITIONS SUCH AS JOINT PAIN, BACK PAIN, RHEUMATIC AND NECK PAIN MUST PRACTICE THIS FOR AROUND 10 MINUTES DAILY. MAKE SURE THAT FINGERS MEET FINGERS AND PALM WITH EACH CLAP. THE RESULTS CAN BE SEEN IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

                    CLAP YOGA WORKS WONDERS FOR LOW BLOOD PRESSURE PATIENTS TOO.  STAND WHILE CLAPPING WITH BOTH HANDS, RAISE YOUR HANDS AND MOVE THEM IN A CIRCULAR MOTION FROM BOTTOM TO TOP. THIS GENERATES ENERGY AND NORMALUZES BLOOD PRESSURE. CLAP YOGA STRENGTHENS OUR LUNGS AND HEART. THE BEST EXAMPLE OF MAGICAL EFFECT OF THIS KIND OF YOGA CAN BE SEEN AMONG PEOPLE OF THE KINNAUR TRIBE. PEOPLE BELONGING TO THIS TRIBE NEVER SUFFER FROM HEART AND BLOOD PRESSURE PROBLEMS. CLAP YOGA HELSP PEOPLE EITHER INTO A STATE OF DEEP MEDITATION. THEREFORE, IT AUTOMATICALLY HELSP ONE COME OUT OF NEGATIVE STATE OF EMOTIONS SUCH AS ANXIETY, ANGER, IRRITATION AND LACK OF CONCENTRATION, ETC.

                                      LAUGHTER YOGA

                       FACIAL DELIGHTEDNESS IS THE ACTUAL PARAMETERS OF HUMAN'S SATISFACTION LEVEL, GOOD HEALTH AND MENTAL BALANCE. A HAPPY PERSON LEADS A HEALTHY AND LONG LIFE. ALTHOUG, THE BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER HAVE BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN. IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ALL THE INHERENT BENEFITS . IT IS THIS PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION THAT IS SIGNALED BY A STATE OF BEING, A STATE OF THOUGHT, OR AS AN EMOTIONAL RESPONSE. LAUGHTER IS THE BODY'S RELEASE VALVE, ALLOWING FOR THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE BODY, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, TO MANIFEST THROUGH A PHYSICAL EXPRESSION AND A VOCAL INFLECTION. LAUGHTER IS AN EXBILATING EXPERIENCE THAT CAN BE FUELED BY HAVING A BASIC  SENSE OF PURPOSE.

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                       LAUGHTER YOGA IS A NEW FORM OF EXERCISE AKIN TO "INTERNAL JOGGING" OR "INTERNAL APROWICS"  THAT PROMOTES THE USE OF LAUGHTER AS A FORM OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE. IN OUR COUNTRY, THE IMPORTANCE OF LAUGHTER WERE UNDERSTOOD AND FELT HEALTHY FOR ANY BODY SOMETIME 6000 YEARS AGO. LAUGHTER YOGA OWES ITS SUCCESS TO HAVING GREATLY SIMPLIFIED AND MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMON MAN, THE TEACHINGS OF EARLIER LAUGHTER PIONEERS. IT QUICKLY GREW AS A GRASSROOTS SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY LAUGHTER CLUBS, PROMOTING THE IDEAL OF A NON-POLITICAL, NON-RELIGIOUS, NON-RACIAL, NON-THREATENING, AND NON-COMPETITIVE APPROACH TO LAUGHTER.

                    LAUGHTER YOGA BENEFITS BOTH BODY AND MIND. IT REDUCES STRESS LEVELS AND STIMULATES THE PRODUCTION OF ENDORPHINS, NATURAL OPIATES KNOWN FOR THEIR RELAXING EFFECTS. IT ALSO HELPS TO RELEASE MUSCULAR TENSION AND REDUCE THE NEGATIVE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF STRESS, WORRY AND ANXIETY. IT IS AN EXERCISE THAT IS EXTREMLY RELAXING AND PROVIDES A SENSE OF CALM. CERTAIN SPECIALISTS EVEN CLAIM THAT ONE MINUTE OF LAUGHTER EQUALS 45 MINUTES OF RELAXATION.

                         BESIDES RELIEVING TENSION, LAUGHTER EXERCISES ARE EXCELLENT FOR AN OVERALL HEALTH. THEY HELP TO PREVENT HEART DISEASES, INSOMNIA AND DEPRESSION, DIMINISHES CONSTIPATION AND FATIGUE AND REINFORCES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM - ALL OF THESE IF REGULATED AND DISCIPLINED ARE FACTORS THAT CAN ENHANCE BEAUTY.

                         LAUGHTER YOGA IS THE FASTEST GROWING ALTERNATIVE THERAPY FOR FITNESS, AN INTEGRAL PART OF BEAUTY AND HEALTH. LAYING STRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BREATHING AND OXYGEN, LAUGHTER YOGA IS WELL DEFINED AS THE BEST WAY TO INCREASES THE NET SUPPLY OF OXYGEN AND BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. IT FLUSHES AND LUNGS OF STALE RESIDUAL AIR, PROMOTES CIRCULATIO IN THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM, INCREASES BLOOD CIRCULATION, AND MASSAGES THE ENTIRE BODY-MIND SYSTEM, WHICH HELPS TO CLEANSE THE BODY OF TOXINS AND WASTE PRODUCTS, LEAVING ONE GLOWING WITH HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

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                        IN THE RESEARCH, IT IS FOUND THAT LAUGHING STIMULATES 600 MUSCLES OF OUR BODY. LAUGHTER IS THE BEST EXERCISE FOR OUR HEALTH.

KRONCHASANA, ARDHA PADMA KROUNCHASANA, SUPTAVIRASANA, AND GARBHAPINDASANA (YOGA)

 

                           KRONCHASANA (HERON POSE)

                    STRETCH HELPS EXERCISE YOUR BACK, HAMSTRINGS AND CALVES. IT ENERGIZES THE LOWER TORSO AND STRENGTHENS CALVES. THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THOSE HAVING FLAT FEET.

                          METHOD : SIT ON A FLAT SURFACE. KEEP YOUR LEGS ARE STRETCHED OUT STRAIGHT. BEND THE KNEES IN A WAY THAT THE SOLES GET UNDER THE HIPS. STRAINGTEN YOUR RIGHT LEG AND PULL IT BACKWARDS, CLOSER TO YOUR TORSO. MAKE SURE THAT YOUR BACK AND SHOULDERS BLADES ARE STRAIGHT. TO PERFORM THE POSE CORRECTLY, YOUR LEG HAS TO BE COMPLETELY PERPENDICULAR TO THE GROUND. RAISE BOTH HANDS AND HOLD THE RIGH LEG (TOUCH THE HEEL). MOVE YOUR CHIN TOWARDS YOUR CHIN TOWARDS YOUR KNEE WHILE YOUR BACK REMAINS STRAIGHT AND EXTENDED. EXHALE SLOWLY AND HOLD ON TO THIS POSE FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE LOWERING THE LEG. REPEAT THE ENTIRE PROCESS WITH THE OTHER LEG.

               BENEFITS : THE ASANA STRENGTHENS WAIST AND PROMOTES ITS FLEXIBILITY.

                         ARDHA PADMA KROUNCHASANA

                          (HALF BOUND HERON POSE)

                               THE ASANA STRENGTHENS AND ENERGIZES CALVES. IT ALSO ADDS FLEXIBILITY TO SHIN AND LOWER TORSO.

                            METHOD : SIT ON A YOGA MAT. FOLD RIGHT LEG AND KEEP LEFT LEG STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR. HOLD THE SOLE OF YOUR LEFT FEET WITH BOTH HANDS. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. YOU MAY EVEN KEEP THE HANDS STRETCHED STRAIGHT AND TRY TO REACH THE CENTRE OF LEFT FEET. LET YOUR HEAD TOUCH THE LEG IN THE FORMER POSITION. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU CHOOSE THE LATTER POSITION, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP.

                         BENEFITS :THE ASANA PROMOTES FLEXIBILITY TO LOWER TORSO.

                                  SUPTAVIRASANA

                           (RECLINING HERO POSE)

                                  THIS ASANA HELPS WITH REMOVING STIFFNESS AND STRESS FROM THIGH AREA. IT TIGHTEN UPPER ABDOMINAL REGION AND RELAXES LEG MUSCLES. REGULAR PRACTICE HELPS IMPROVING DIGESTION.

                        METHOD : LIE ON A MAT (ON YOUR BACK). FOLD BOTH KNEES AND HELP THEM REST UNDER THIGHS. SPREAD YOUR HANDS BACKWARDS AND CROSS THEM  UNDER YOUR HEAD. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. YOU MAY ALSO USE A PILLOW TO SUPPORT YOUR BACK.

                          BENEFITS : HELPS IN ELIMINATING FAT FROM STOMACH AND ENHANCES DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

                               GARBHAPINDASANA

                         (WOMB EMBRODED POSE)

                           THE ASANA PROVIDES A SOOTHING EFFECT AND PEACE OF MIND AND ENERGIZES BODY. REGULAR PRACTISE WILL REMOVE FAT FROM ABDOMINAL REGION AND PROVIDES RELIEF FROM OTHER ABDOMINAL DISEASES.

                        METHOD : THIS IS A LITTLE BIT TOUCH ASANA TO PERFORM. SIT ON A MAT WITH YOUR HEAD AND SPINE ERECT. EXTEND YOUR LEGS FORWARD SUCH THAT THE KNEES AND HEELS ARE PLACED TOGETHER WITH THE HELP OF YOUR HANDS, PLACE YOUR RIGHT FOOT ON THE LEFT THIGH AND THEN YOUR LEFT FOOT ON THE RIGHT THIGH. PASS YOUR HANDS THROUGH THE GAP BETWEEN THE CALVES AND THE THIGHS CLOSE TO YOUR KNEES. THEN THRUST YOUR ARMS FORWARD TILL THE ELBOWS. BREATHE OUT THE RAISE YOUR THIGHS OFF THE GROUND. BEND YOUR ARMS AT THE ELBOWS AND THEN HOLD YOUR EARS WITH YOUR HANDS. CAREFULLY BALANCE YOUR BODY WEIGHT ON THE TAIL BONE BREATHE NORMALLY AND LOOK STRAIGHT. HOLD ON TO THIS POSITION FOR NOT MORE THAN 2 MINUTES.

                           BENEFITS : THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM OF THE BODY IMPROVES DUE TO THE REGULAR PRACTICE OF THIS POSTURE. IT ALSO TREATS ALL KINDS OF STOMACH DISEASES. THE YOGA POSTURE PROVIDES EXERCISE TO BOTH THE UPPER AND THE LOWER BODY OF THE PERFORMER. IT ALSO REMOVES FAT FROM STOMACH AREA.

UTKATASANA, PARIVRATA ,PADANGUSHTA PADMA, UTTANASANA

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                              UTKATASANA (CHAIR POSE)

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                            THE ASANA IMPROVES DIGESTION AND DEVELOPS STRONG DETERMINATION. IT IS BENEFICIAL IN ARTHRITIS AND PILES, AND HELPS CONTROLLING PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM JOINT PAIN. THE ASANA IS ALSO VERY USEFUL FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO FOLLOW THE PATH OF CELIBACY.

                   👀   METHOD : STAND STRAIGHT ON YOUR MAT AND PLACE YOUR FEET SLIGHTLY APART. STRETCH YOUR ARMS FORWARD, ENSURIN THAT YOUR PALMS ARE FACING DOWNWARD. YOUR ARMS MUST BE STRAIGHT, AND YOU MUST MAKE SURE NOT TO BEND YOUR ELBOWS. GENTLY BEND YOUR KNEES AND PUSH YOUR PELVIS, SUCH THAT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE SEATED IN AN IMAGINARY CHAIR (TOILET SEAT). KEEP YOUR EYES STRAIGHT.

                                BENEFITS : IMPROVES WILL POWER AND DIGESTION.

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                               PARIVRATA UTKATASANA

                                (REVOLVED CHAIR POSE)

                            THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST ASANAS FOR DETOXIFYING THE BODY AND BUILDING STRENGTH. THE BENT KNEES ENGAGES AND BUILDS STRENGTH IN YOUR QUADRICEPS, AND THE TWIST IN KNOWN FOR RINGING OUT THE TOXINS IN THE UPPER BODY. THE AIM IS TO GET YOUR THIGHS PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR BUT THAT ABILITY COMES WITH TIME AND PRACTICES. IT STRENGTHENS YOUR LEGS.

                          👀      METHOD : SPREAD A MAT ON FLOOR. STAND WITH YOUR FEET TOGETHER, WITH YOUR BIG TOES TOUCHING GROUND. INHALE AND RAISE YOUR ARMS ABOVE YOUR HEAD, PERPENDICULAR TO THE FLOOR. EXHALE AS YOU BEND YOUR KNEES, BRINGING YOUR THIGHS AS PARALLEL TO THE FLOOR AS THEY CAN GET. YOUR KNEES WILL PROJECT OUT SLIGHTLY OVER YOUR FEET AND YOUR TORSO WILL FORM AN APPROXIMATE RIGHT ANGLE OVER YOUR THIGHS. LOWER YOUR ARMS AND BRING YOUR PALMS TOGETHER IN PRAYER POSITION AT YOUR CHEST. EXHALING, TWIST YOUR TORSO TO THE RIGHT. BRIGHT YOUR LEFT ELBOW TO THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR RIGHT THIGH. SHIFT YOUR LEFT HIP BACK SLIGHTLY, SQUARING OFF YOUR HIPS ONCE AGAIN. BRING YOUR KNEES INTO ALIGNMENT. PRESS YOUR UPPER LEFT ARM AGAINST YOUR THIGH AND DRAW YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER BLADE INTO YOUR BACK TO TURN YOUR CHEST TO THE RIGHT. TO DEEPEN THE POSE, EXTEND NOTH ARMS, REACHING YOUR RIGHT FINGERTIPS TO THE SKY AND YOUR LEFT FINGERTIPS TO THE MAT. YOU CAN ALSO PLACE YOUR LEFT HAND ON A BLOCK. TURN YOUR GAZE TO THE SKY.

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                     PADANGUSHTA PADMA UTKATASANA                                        (HALF LOTUS TOE BALANCE POSE)

                       THIS ASANA STRENGTHENS THE ANKLES, LEGS AND CORE MUSCLES. MAKES YOUR WAIST FLEXIBLE, AND PLAY VITAL ROLE IN MAKING PROPER CO-ORDINATION OF VARIOUS ORGANS OF OUR BODY. MAKE YOU ACTIVE.

                        👀   METHOD : SIT ON A MAT. LIFT THE LEFT HEEL UP TO REST AT THE TOP OF THE RIGHT THIGH AS YOU BEND THE SUPPORTING LEG A LITTLE. PRESS THE LEFT KNEE TOWARDS FLOOR. LENGTHEN THE TAIL BONE TOWARDS FLOOR, AND ELONGATE THE SPINE. BRING THE PALMS OF THE HANDS TOGETHER INTO PRAYER (NAMASKAR) POSITION AND LOWER THE HANDS TO REST IN FRONT  OF THE HEART CENTRE, BEND THE RIGHT LEG, LEAN FORWARD MORE, AND LIFT THE HEART CENTRE AS YOU SINK DOWN A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE SQUAT. KEEP THE SPINE ALONG WITH THE TAILBONE TUCKED UNDER. THE UPPER BODY WILL BE LEARNING FORWARD A LITTLE BUT STILL VERTICAL. GAZE AT THE FINGERTIPS OF THE HANDS.

                            BRING THE SPINE MORE TO VERTICAL AND BEND THE SUPPORTING KNEE MORE AS YOU LIFT YOUR LEFT HEEL AND LOWER YOURSELF TO A ONE-LEGGED SQUAT. INITIALLY HOLD ON TO THE FINAL POSITION FOR UP TO 30 SECONDS. INCREASE TIME PERIOD GRADUALLY, WITH REGULAR PRACTICE. YOU MAY REPEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

                       BENEFITS : THIS POSE STRENGTHENS THE ANKLES, LEGS AND CORE MUSCLES, AND CONCENTRATION. A VERY BENEFICIAL YOGASANA FOR YOUNG GIRLS.

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                                          UTTANASANA 

                             (STANDING FORWARD BEND)

                       THE ASANA IS VERY HELPFUL FOR THE FUNCTIONING OF LIVER AND KIDNEYS. REGULAR PRACTISE BOOSTS MORALE, IMPROVES DIGESTION AND REDUCES STRESS, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, AND FATIGUE.

                       👀   METHOD : STAND STRAIGHT, AND FIRM TO THE GROUND. TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND MOVE BOTH HANDS UP WITH PALMS FACING EATH OTHER. BEND UPPER PORTION OF BODY OVER YOUR LEGS SO THAT YOUR BELLY MAKES CONTACT WITH YOUR THIGHS. BEND YOUR KNEES AS MUCH AS YOU NEED IN ORDER TO DO SO. SHOULDERS TO BE IN RELAX POSITION. ALLOW YOUR HEAD AND NECK TO FULLY RELAX, AND THEN REACH YOUR ARMS FORWARD SO THAT YOUR PALMS TOUCH THE FLOOR ALONGSIDE OF YOUR FEET. HOLD ON TO THIS POSITION FOR AROUND ONE MINUTE.

                             BENEFITS : IT BOOSTS YOUR MENTAL POWER, AND ENHANCES FUNCTIONING OF INTERNAL ORGANS.

PRACTICE OF YOGA

 

                        

                  HOW TO INCREASE OUR BRAIN POWER 

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                          MIND IS NOT SELF-LUMINOUS, BEING AN OBJECT.

                          TREMENDOUS POWER IS MANIFESTED EVERYWHERE IN NATURE, BUT YET SOMETHING TELLS US THAT IT IS NOT SELF-LUMINOUS, NOT ESSENTIALLY INTELLINGENT. THE PURUSHA ALONE IS SELF-LUMINOUS AND GIVES ITS LIGHT TO EVERYTHING. IT IS ITS POWER THAT IS PERCOLATING THROUGH ALL MATTER AND FORCE.

                         FROM ITS BEING UNABLE TO COGNISE TWO THINGS AT THE SAME TIME.

                   IF THE MIND WERE SELF-LUMINOUS IT WOULD BE ABLE TO COGNISE EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IT CANNOT. IF YOU PAY DEEP ATTENTION TO ONE THING YOU LOSE ANOTHER. IF THE MIND WERE SELF-LUMINOUS IT COULD RECEIVE. THE PURUSHA CAN COGNISE ALL IN ONE MOMENT, THEREFORE THE PURUSHA IS SELF-LUMINOUS,  AND THE MIND IS NOT.

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                    ANOTHER COGNISING AND BEING ASSUMED THERE WILL BE NO END TO SUCH ASSUMPTIONS AND CONFUSION OF MEMORY.

                  LET US SUPPOSE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER MIND WHICH COGNISES THE FIRST, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOMETHING WHICH COGNIZES THAT, AND SO THERE WILL BE NO END TO IT. IT WILL RESULT IN CONFUSION OF MEMORY, THERE WILL BE NO STOREHOUSE OF MEMORY.

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                   THE ESSENCE OF KNOWLEDGE (THE PURUSHA)  BEING UN CHANGEABLE, WHEN THE MIND TAKES ITS FORM, IT BECOMES CONSCIOUS.

                    PATANJALI SAYS THIS TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR THAT KNOWLEDGE IS NOT A QUALITY OF THE PURUSHA. WHEN THE MIND COMES NEAR THE PURUSHA IT IS REFLECTED, AS IT WERE, UPON THE MIND, AND THE MIND, FOR THE TIME BEING, BECOMES KNOWING AND SEEMS AS IF IT WERE ITSELF THE PURUSHA.

                       COLOURED BY THE SEER AND THE SEEN THE MIND IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING.

                    ON THE ONE SIDE THE EXTERNAL WORLD, THE SEEN, IS BEING REFLECTED, AND ON THE OTHER, THE SEER IS BEING REFLECTED, THUS COMES THE POWER OF ALL KNOWLEDGE TO THE MIND.

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                       THE MIND THROUGH ITS UNNUMERABLE DESIRES ACTS FOR ANOTHER ( THE PURUSA), BEING COMBINATIONS.

                         THE MIND IS A COMPOUND OF VARIOUS THINGS, AND THEREFORE IT CANNOT WORK FOR ITSELF. EVERYTHING THAT IS A COMBINATION IN THIS WORLD HAS SOME OBJECT FOR THAT COMBINATION, SOME THIRD THING FOR WHICH THIS COMBINATION IS GOING ON. SO THIS COMBINATION OF THE MIND IS FOR THE PURUSHA.

                        FOR THE DISCRIMINATING THE PERCEPTION OF THE MIND AS ATMAN CEASES.

                       THROUGH DISCRIMINATION THE YOGI KNOWS THAT THE PURUSA IS NO MIND.

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                      THEN BENT ON DISCRIMINATING THE MIND ATTAINS THE PREVIOUS STATE OF KAIVALYA (ISOLATION).

                     THUS THE PRACTICE OF YOGA LEADS OF DISCRIMINATING POWER, TO CLEARNESS OF VISION. THE VEIL DROPS FROM THE EYES, AND WE SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE. WE FIND THAT THIS NATURE IS A COMPOUND, AND IS SHOWING THE PANORAMA FOR THE PURUSA, WHO IS THE WITNESS, THAT THIS NATURE IS NOT THE LORD, THAT THE WHOLE OF THESE COMBINATIONS OF NATURE ARE SIMPLY FOR THE SAKE OF SHOWING THESE PHENOMENA TO THE PURUSA, THE ENTHRONED KING WITHIN. WHEN DESCRIMINATION COMES BY LONG PRACTICE FEAR CEASES, AND THE MIND ATTAINS ISOLATION.

                     THE THOUGHTS THAT ARISE AS OBSTRUCTIONS TO THAT ARE FROM IMPRESSIONS.

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                         ALL THE VARIOUS IDEAS THAT ARISE MAKING US BELIEVE THAT WE REQUIRE SOMETHING EXTERNAL TO MAKE US HAPPY ARE OBSTRUCTIONS TO THAT PERFECTION. THE PURUSA IS HAPPINESS AND BLESSEDNESS BY ITS OWN NATURE. BUT THAT KNOWLEDGE IS COVERED OVER BY PAST IMPRESSIONS. THESE IMPRESSIONS HAVE TO WORK THEMSELVES OUT.

                    THEIR DESTRUCTION IS IN THE SAME MANER AS OF IGNORANCE, ETC,. AS SAID BEFORE.

HEAT AND LIGHT OF OUR BODY (YOGA)

 

                       THE YOGA OF HEAT AND LIGHT

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                       YAMA AND NIYAMA ARE SIMPLE GUIDELINES, THE DOS AND DON'TS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH, SUCH AS NONVIOLENCE, COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, AND SO ON. THEY CREATE THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE FOR ONE'S SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION. ONCE A PERSON IS ENLIGHTENED, THESE DOS AND DON'TS ARE OF LITTLE RELEVANCE. WHEN COMPASSION WITHIN YOU IS OVERFLOWING AND DIVINITY HAS COME TO THE FORE NO RULES NEED TO BE PRESCRIBED. HUMAN NATURE AT THIS POINT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A GIVEN SITUATION. BUT THESE SIMPLE NORMAL WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A GIVEN SITUATION. BUT THESE SIMPLE MORAL STRICTURE WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE BENEFITS OF THOSE STARTING OUT ON THE PATH.

                      ASANAS ARE, OF COURSE, THE MANY PHYSICAL YOGA POSTURES PRACTICED BY THE SEEKER IN A CERTAIN STATE OF AWARENESS. THEY ARE A WAY OF MANIPULATING YOUR INNER ENERGIES IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION, A WAY OF KNEADING THE BODY TOWARD A HIGHER POSSIBILITY. IF YOU HAVE EVER MADE BREAD, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE QUALITY OF THE BREAD QUALITY ON HOW EFFICIENTLY THE DOUGH HAS BEEN KNEADED. SIMILARLY, ASANAS ARE ABOUT ELEVATING CONSCIOUSNESS BY THROUGHLY KNEADING THE BODY. THIS IS HOW DEEP THE SCIENCE OF YOGA IS : IT JOURNEY FROM THE OUTER TO THE INNER, REMINDING US THAT WORKING CONSCIOUSLY ON THE PHYSICAL LEVEL CAN ALTER THE WAY ONE THINGS, FEELS, AND EXPERIENCES LIFE AND CAN ULTIMATELY LEAD ONE TO HIGHER SPIRITUAL POSSIBILITIES.

                    MOST SPIRITUAL PRACTITIONERS WILL VOUCH FOR THIS. NINETY PERCENT CANNOT MEDITATE, ONLY AFTER A PRACTICE THAT FIRES THEM AND BURNS UP COMPUSLIVE KARMAS CAN THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES AND SIT STILL. SO THE IDEAL SADHANA IS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE FIRE AND THE LIGHT ASPECTS. PERSONALLY, I AM FINE WITH THE FIRE ASPECTS, BECAUSE I CANNOT STAND INSIPIDITY. I PREFER RAGE TO TIMENESS AND LIFELESSNESS! BUT THOSE WHO ARE ON FIRE ALL TIME DO NOT FIT INTO SOCIAL SITUATIONS EASILY. SO IT IS BEST TO CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

                     ONCE YOUR ALLOTTED KARMA (PARABDHA) IS HANDLED, A CERTAIN INNER SPACE IS FREED UP WITHIN YOU.  THIS GIVES YOU THE ROOM TO PERCEIVE LIFE WITH A CERTAIN CLARITY. YOU NEED NOT WORK OUT EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE YOU NOW SEE THAT THE ENTIRE KARMIC INFLUENCE IS ILLUSORY. ONCE YOU HAVE THE CLARITY OF REALIZATION, IT IS EASY TO DROP IT WHEN NECESSARY.

                   WORKING OUT YOUR ENTIRE ACCUMULATED KARMA (SANCHITA)  IS A VERY LING PROCESS, BECAUSE THE ACCUMULATION IS MASSIVE. SO NOT TRY TO INVESTIGATE THE CONTENT OF YOUR WAREHOUSE, IT WILL TAKE FOREVER TO GO THROUGH , AND IT MIGHT WELL ENGULF YOU!  THE DANGER OF SHIFTING THROUGH YOUR KARMA IS THAT YOU COULD WELL FIND PRECIOUS ELEMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO PRESERVE. JUST HANDLE THE ALLOTTED KARMA AND MAKE USE OF THE CLEAR SPACE TO DROP THE ACCUMULATED KARMA ALTOGETHER. THE MOMENT YOU CLOSE THE RETAIL OUTLET, THE WAREHOUSE LOOKS LIKE MEANINGLESS TRASH! SO WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU SIMPLY DISPOSE OF THE ENTIRE WAREHOUSE WHOLESALE - WITH ALL ITS CONTENT STORAGE FACILITY.

                  IT IS THE SUN THAT HAS TURNED WATER INT A CLOUD AND AGAIN IT A SILVER LINING. BUT THE CLOUD IS NOW BLOCKING THE SUN! YOU COULD WRITE ENDLESS POETRY ABOUT THIS EXQUISITE SILVER-LACED CLOUD, BUT YOU WILL END UP MISSING THE SUN. THIS IS THE NATURE OF KARMA. AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT MAY LOOK , IT BLOCKS THE SOURCE OF CREATION. THERE MAY A BEAUTY IN SOME ASPECTS OF KARMA. BUT DO NOT FORGET THE SOURCE FROM WHICH IT HAS SPRUNG. THE SOURE MAY BE NO-THING BUT IMPLICT IN IT IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY. THE POSSIBILITY TO BECOME EVERYTHING.

                      💫   SADHANA 💫

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                  WHILE EVERY KRIYA REQUIRES A INITIATION, THERE IS ONE KRIYA THAT I OFTEN THAT REQUIRES NO INITIATION. THIS IS THE ISHA KRIYA, A SIMPLE DAILY PRACTICE THAT ENHANCES HEALTH, DYNAMISM, MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING, OFFERS A MEANS TO COPE WITH THE HECTIC PACE OF MODERN LIFE, AND EMPOWERS ONE TO LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL . IT IS A REMINDER THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO US THAN OUR BODY AND OUR MIND. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THIS THREE-STAGE PRACTICE WILL FIND IT ON THE SADHGURU APP. (ISHA.SADHGURU.ORG/APP)

THE YOGA

 

                          WHAT IS THE MEANING OF YOGA

                          BY CONSCIOUSLY GETTING YOUR BODY INTO A CERTAIN POSTURE, YOU CAN ALSO ELEVATE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS, YOU CAN CHANGE THE VERY WAY YOU FEEL, THINK, UNDERSTAND, AND EXPERIENCE LIFE SIMPLY BY SITTING IN A PARTICULAR WAY".

                          AN ASANAS IS A POSTURE. THERE ARE INNUMERABLE POSTURES YOUR BODY CAN TAKE. AMONG THESE, CERTAIN POSTURES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS YOGASANAS. "YOGA " MEANS THAT WHICH TAKES YOU ON TO A HIGHER DIMERSION OR HIGHER PERCEPTION OF LIFE. SO THAT KIND OF POSTURE WHICH LEADS YOU TO A HIGHER POSSIBILITY IS CALLED A "YOGASANA".

                   YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT FOR DIFFERENT MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS THAT YOU GO THROUGH, YOUR BODY NATURALLY TENDS TO TAKE A CERTAIN POSTURES. IF YOU ARE HAPPY, YOU SIT ONE WAY. WHEN YOU ARE UNHAPPY YOU SIT ANOTHER WAY. WHEN YOU ARE PEACEFUL YOU SIT ONE WAY, IF YOU ARE ANGRY YOU SIT ANOTHER WAY. MANY TIMES, YOU CAN TELL WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH SOMEONE BY JUST OBSERVING THE WAY THEY ARE SITTING, HAVE YOU NOTICED? BASED ON THIS, CONVERSELY IS THE SCIENCE OF ASANAS - YOU CAN ALSO ELEVATE YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. YOU CAN CHANGE THE WAY YOU FEEL, THINK, UNDERSTAND, AND EXPERIENCE LIFE BY SITTING IN A PARTICULAR WAY.

                        YOGASANAS ARE NOT EXERCISES. THEY ARE VERY SUBTLE PROCESSESS OF MANIPULATING YOUR ENERGY IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION. IT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF AWARENESS. THERE ARE VARIOUS LEVELS OF DOING ASANAS. YOU CAN PRACTICE ASANAS JUST PHYSICALLY, OR MORE DEEPLY, BEING AWARE OF THE BREATH, SENSATIONS, REVERBERATIONS, BEING AWARE OF THE NADIS, OR WITH APPROPRIATE MANTRAS. YOU CAN EVEN DO ASANAS WITHOUT MOVING A LIMB. THAT IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

                        THE SCIENCE OF ASANAS IS KNOWN AS HATA YOGA. "HA" MEANS SUN, "TA" MEANS MOON. TH FIRST PROCESS OF YOGA IS TO BRING BALANCE BETWEEN THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE IN YOU. OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE NO SCALING OF CONSCIOUSNESS. THIS IS WHY SIVA IS KNOWN AS ARDHANARISHVARA - ONE HALF OF HIM IS A WOMAN, ANOTHER HALF OF HIM IS A MAN. HE IS A MAN AND THE VERY EMBODIMENT OF MANHOOD. AT THE SAME TIME, HE IS ALSO WOMAN, BECAUSE WITHOUT BRINGING THIS BALANCE, WITHOUT CUTIVATING THESE TWO DIMENSIONS WITHIN US, THERE IS NO REACHING TOWARDS THE PEAK, THERE IS NO QUESTION OF A HUMAN BEING FLOWERING TO HIS FULLEST POSSIBILITY, THAT IS WHY THE FIRST DIMENSION OF YOGA THAT YOU PRACTICE US HATA YOGA. THAT MEANS THE YOGA OF THE SUN AND THE MOON IS BRINGING BALANCE BETWEEN TEH MASCULINE AND THE FEMININE. THAT IS THE FIRST STEP TO TAKE.

                   AMONG THE YOGASANAS, THERE ARE EIGHTY-FOUR BASIC ASANAS THROUGH WHICH ONE CAN ELEVATE HIS CONSIOUSNESS. WHEN WE SAY EIGHTY-FOUR ASANAS, DO NOT THINK OF THEM AS JUST EIGHTY -FOUR POSTURES. THESE ARE EIGHTY-FOUR SYSTEMS, EIGHTY-FOUR WAYS OF ATTAINING. OUT OF THIS, IF YOU HAVE MASTERY OVER EVEN A SINGLE YOGASANA, EVERYTHING THAT IS WORTH KNOWING IN THE EXISTENCE CAN BE KNOWN. PEOPLE WHO HAVE TAKEN UP HATA YOGA AS THEIR WAY OF LIFE GENERALLY TAKE UP ONE ASANA FOR THEIR LIFE'S SADHANA. THIS IS KNOWN AS ASANA SIDDHI. ASANA SIDDHI MEANS ONE IS ABLE TO SIT IN A PARTICULAR WAY WITH ABSOLUTE EASE. FOR MOST PEOPLE, WHICHEVER WAY THEY KEEP THEIR BODY, IT IS NOT AT EASE. IF YOU SIT, IT IS NOT COMFORTABLE. WHAT THE HELL TO DO WITH THIS? IF YOU GIVE YOUR BODY TO THE PROCESS OF YOGA, SLOWLY THE BODY BECOMES AT EASE. IF YOU SIT LIKE THIS, IT IS ABSOLUTELY AT EASE. IT IS NOT TRYING TO BE SOME OTHER WAY.

                       A THIINKING MIND CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW A MAN CAN SPEND HIS WHOLE LIFE WANTING TO SIT IN A PARTICULAR WAY. BUT EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE PERCEIVED CAN BE PERCEIVED, BY HAVING MASTERY OVER A SINGLE PHYSICAL POSTURE. THAT IS WHAT YOGASANA MEANS.

                     THE REASON WHY HATA YOGA HAS BECOME URGLY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE START TAKING IT LIKE A CIRCUS. THE WAY HATA IS HAPPENING IN THE WEST SCARES ME, BECAUSE ALL KINDS OF THINGS ARE DONE IN THE NAME OF YOGA THAT ARE NOT YOGA.

HOW TO PRACTICE THE YOGA

                                  

                          YOGA IN ANCIENT TEACHINGS

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                LET'S MOVE TO THE EARLIEST REFERENCES TO YOG IN THE ANCIENT TEACHINGS. THE FIRST REFERENCE TO YOGA IN THE UPANISHADS, THE BRAHMANICAL TEXTS, OCCURS IN THE KATHA UPANISHAD.

                  KATHA UPANISHAD: RESTRAINT OF THE SENSES - WHEN THE FIVE SENSES (UNSTRUMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE) AND THE MIND REMAIN STILL, NOT ACTIVE, IT IS KNOWN AS THE HIGHEST STATE. YOGA IS CONSIDERED AS THE RESTRAINT OF THE SENSES. THEN ONE IS INDISTRACTED, FOR YOGA IS THE RISING AND THE PASSING AWAY.

                    THEN THE BHAGAVAD GITA:👀

                         TRANQUILLITY AND SKILLED ACTION:

                        * PERFORM ACTIONS ESTABLISHED IN YOGA, GIVE UP ATTACHMENT, ARJUJA. TREAT SUCCESS AND FAILURE AND EQUAL. YOGA IS EQUANIMITY.

                        * YOGA IS TO BE SKILLED IN ACTION.

                       * YOGA IS TO BE SKILLED IN ACTION.

                      * YOGA IS SEPARATION FROM CONTANT WITH SUFFERERING.

                      * THE YOGA IS SUPERIOR TO THE ASCETICS, SUPERIOR TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, EVEN THE RITUALISTS. BE A YOGI, ARJUNA.

                       THE MAHABHARATA SAYS :👀

                        THERE IS NO POWER EQUAL TO YOGA. NO KNOWLEDGE EQUAL TO SANKHYA.

                                THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF YOGACHARA TEXTS OF THE BUDDHISTS. THE YOGACARABHUMI-SASTRA IS ONE AMONG MANY TEXTS THAT DEAL WITH YOGA. THERE IS ALSO A BODY OF SRAMANA LITERATURE LINKED TO THE ANCIENT JAINA SCHOOL OF THOUGHT THAT ELABORATE ON YOGIC PRACTICES. THE YOGACHARA SCHOOL, IT SHOULD BE NOTED, PRE-DATES PATANJALI'S YOGA SUTRAS. THE CLASSIC DEFINITION OF YOGA IN THE YOGA SUTRAS IS :

                    GIVEN BELOW ARE SOME OF THE TITLES :

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                   1. VAISESIKA SUTRA

                   2. MALINIVIJAYOTTARA TANTRA

                   3. SHIVA PURANA

                   4. VYASA'S COMMENTARY ON THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI

                   5. VASISTHA SAMHITA

                  6. YOGASASTRA OF HEMACHANDRA

                  7. YOGA BIJA

                  8. HAMSAVILASA OF SRI HAMSAMITHU

                  9. GHERANDA SAMHITA

                 10. GORAKSHA SHATAKA

                 11. YOGA PRADIPIKA

                 12. YOGA YAJNAVALKYA

                    THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE DATES OF THESE TEXTS, HOWEVER, IT IS NOT RELEVANT TO THE DISCUSSION. BEFORE ENDING THIS CHAPTER, HERE IS A QUOTATION FROM THE BHAGAVAD GITA, WHICH ENDORSES MY VIEW THAT THE YOGA DARSHANA IS BY AND LARGE, NOT VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE SANKHYA DARSHANA, THOUGH YOGA LAYS MORE STRESS ON PRACTICE.

                  THE FOOLISH DECLARE THT SANKHYA AND YOGA ARE SEPERATE. NOT THE WISE . HE WHO PERFORMS EVEN ONE OF THEM CORRECTLY OBTAINS THE FRUIT OF BOTH. THE STTE ATTAINED BY THE SANKHYAS IS ALSO ATTAINED BY THE YOGIS. SANKHYA AND YOGA  ARE ONE. WHO KNOWS THIS TRULY KNOW'S - THE BHAGAVAD GITA.

                 SANKHYA IS NOT AN ATHEISTIC PHILOSOPHY.

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                        THE PRACTICE OF YOGA

                        WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CONCEPT OF A CREATOR GOD - ISHWARA - IS AN INTRINSIC PART OF THE YOGA OF PATANJALI AND FOUND THAT IT IS NOT SO. WE CAN NOW PROCEED TO THE THEORY, AND ABOVE ALL, THE PRACTICE OF YOGA  . PLEASE NOTE THAT EVEN IN SANKHYA AND IN THE BUDDHIST AND JAIN TEACHINGS, THE IDEA OF A CREATOR GOD PLAYS NO ROLE.

                   PATANJALI BEGINS WITH THE RATHER TERSE SUTRA, ATHA YOGA AMUHASANAM. NOW BEGINS THE PRACTICE OF YOGA.

                   LET'S START WITH :👇

                    1. SAMADHI PADA : THE STUDY OF THE SUPERCONSCIOUS STATE.

                   2. SADHANA PADA : THE ACTUAL PRACTICE.

                  3. VIBHUTI PADA : THE EXTRA ORDINARY ATTAINMENTS ACHIEVED BY THE PRACTICE.

                 4. KAIVALYA PADA : THE ULTIMATE FREEDOM REALISED BY THE PRACTIONER ON ATTAINMENT THE HIGHEST GOAL - THE POWER OF EXTRA ORDINARY AWARENESS AND FREEDOM FROM CONDITIONING.

                       THE CHOICE OF BELIEF IN ISHWARA IS ENTIRELY THE INITIATE'S PREROGATIVE. LET ME REITERATE THAT BELIEF IN ISHWARA IS NOT A PREREQUISITE FOR SUCCESS IN YOGA, EVEN TO REACH THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF KAIVALYA.

                       IN ADDITION TO THE YOGA SUTRAS, WE WILL REFER TO OTHER POST PATANJALI TEXTS LIKE THE SHIVA SAMHITA AND YOGA YAGNAVALKYA, AMONG OTHERS, WHENEVER, REQUIRED TO SUPPLEMENT OUR LEARNING. THE UPANISHADS, INCLUDING THE EARLIEST PRINCIPAL UPANISHADS AND THE LATER YOGA UPANISHADS, WILL ALSO FORM A PART OF OUR REFERENCE MATERIAL.

KAIVALYA PADA (SUTRAS FROM 12 TO 22)

                                     THE USES OF YOGA

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                       ATITA-ANAGATAM SVARUPATO ASTI ADHVA-BHEDAD

                       DHARMANAM

 

                      THE PAST AND FUTURE EXIST IN THE MIND IN THEIR OWN DIFFERENT FORMS DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PATHS FOLLOWED, BASED ON ONE'S DHARMA AND FUNDAMENTAL NATURE.

                     SUTRA 13 ❤

                          TE VYAKTHA-SUKMAH GUNA-ATMANAH

                       THESE NATURES MANIFEST WITH SUBTLE GUNAS AS ATTRIBUTES.

                          SUTRA 14 ❤

                             PARINAMA-EKAVAD VASTU-TATTVAM

                      FROM THE SAMENESS OF ITS EVOLUTION (FROM THE SAME SOURCE), THERE IS THE "THATNESS" OF ANY OBJECT.

                       SUTRA 15 ❤

                             VASTU-SAMYE-CITTA-BHEDAT TAYOR VIBHAKTAH PANTHAH

                           OBJECTS THOUGH THEY HAVE SAMENESS, BEING DISTINCT FROM THE MIND, FOLLOW SEPARATE PATHS.

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                            NA CA EKA-CITTA-TANTRAM VASTU TAD-APRAMANAKAM

                            TADA KIM SYAT

                           AN OBJECT DOES NOT DEPEND ON ONE MIND FOR ITS EXISTENCE. THERE IS NO PROOF OF THIS. HOW CAN IT BE?

                           SUTRA 17 ❤

                               TAD-UPARAGA-APEKSITVAT CITTASYA VASTU 

                               JNATA-AJNATAM

                        AN OBJECT WHICH IS SEEN BY THE MIND IS KNOWN OR NOT KNOWN BECAUSE OF THE ANTICIPATION THAT INFLUENCES IT.

                         WHICH MEANS THAT THE MIND THAT HAS PREJUDICES AND ANTIPATIONS CANNOT SEE AN OBJECT AS IT IS, BECAUSE THE VIEW IS COLOURED BY THESE THOUGHTS.

                        HERE IS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF BAD EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST WITH SOMEONE, ONE REFUSES TO SEE OR HEAR THEIR VIEWPOINT EVEN IF IT IS CORRECT OR FACTUAL. ANTICIPATION AND PREJUICE COLOUR THE WORLD THAT WE SEE, AND SO, SUCH A MIND CAN NEVER SEE THE REALITY OF AN OBJECT.

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                       SADA JNATAS CITTA-VRTTAYAS TAT-PRABHO-PURUSASYA-

                        APARINAMITVAT

                 THE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE MIND ARE ALWAYS KNOWN BY AND ARE DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF THE CHANGELESS SEER, THE PURUSHA.

                    SUTRA 19 ❤

                            NA TAT-SVABHASAM-DRSYATVAT

                         THE MIND WITH ITS VRITTIS IS NOT SELF-LUMINOUS, BECAUSE IT IS COLOURED BY THE NATURE OF THE SEEN WORLD.

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                          EKA-SAMAYA CA UBHAYA-ANAVADHARANAM

                   AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THE PURUSHA AND THE VRITTIS CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AS BEING TH SAME, BECAUSE THE PURUSHA REMAINS DISTINCT FROM PRAKRITI.

                  SUTRA 21 ❤

                       CITTA-ANTARE DRSYE BUDDHI BUDDHER 

                      ATIPRASANGAH-SMRTI  SAMKARAS CA

 

                             THIS IMPLIES SEEING ANOTHER HIGHER MIND AND SEEING THEAT THE INTELLECT AND THE SUBSEQUENT CONFUSION OF MEMORY ARE UNWARRANTED.

                             THIS MEANS TO TRY AND WITNESS ADN SELF THOUGHT THE SO-CALLED HIGHER MIND IS FUTILE, BECAUSE THE WITNESS, PURUSHA, CANNOT BE WITNESSED. I IS A WITNESS PAR-EXCELLENCE AND A MENTAL CONCOCTION CALLED THE HIGHER MIND, WHICH CANNOT WITNESS IT, BECAUSE THERE IS REALLY NO OBJECT THERE TO BE WITNESSED.

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                          CITER APRATISAMKRAMAYAS TAD-AKARA-APATTAU 

                          SVABUDDHI SAMVEDANAM

 

                   DUE TO THE NON-INTERFERENCE OF THE SO-CALLED HIGHER MIND (AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS SUTRA), AND THEREFORE, THAT FORM OR MODE BEING ABSENT, ONE PERCEIVES CLEARLY ONE'S OWN INTELLECT.

THE ART OF YOGA

 

                     

                                      KAIVALYA PADA

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                          THIS CHAPTER IS THE LAST OF THE FOUR SECTION OF PATANJALI'S YOGA SUTRAS. IT DESCRIBES KAIVALYA, THE YOGI'S ULTIMATE GOAL REACHED BY FREEING THE MIND FROM DISTRACTION FOREVER OR ETERNITY. THEN ONLY THE PURUSHA EXISTS ALL "ALONE" AS THE SUPREME CONSCIOUSNESS AND DUALITY OF ANY KIND IS BANISHED FOREVER.

                            BUT JUST AS IN THE LAST SECTION, PATANJALI ONCE AGAIN DEALS WITH VIBHUTI OR "PERFECTIONS" DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS SECTION BEFORE CONNECTING TO KAIVALYA.

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                      JANMA-OSADHI-MANTRA-TAPAH-SAMADHI-JAH-

                      SIDDHAYAH

                        SIDDIS OR VIBHUTIS MANIFEST DUE TO BIRTH, DRUGS, MANTRA, AUSTERITY OR SAMADHI.

                         WHAT FOLLOWS IS A DETAILED DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT.

                    BY BIRTH 👀

                      SOME HUMAN BEINGS POSSESS CERTAIN EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES BY BIRTH. A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF THIS IS A GENIUS LIKE RAMANUJAN, THE INDIAN MATHEMATICIAN, WHO CAME OUT WITH ADVANCED MATHEMATICS EQUATIONS WITH LITTLE TRAINING IS FORMAL MATHEMATICS. IN THE HISTORY OF SO-CALLED SPIRITUAL SAVANTS, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS CASES OF PEOPLE BORN WITH PARANORMAL CAPABILITIES. EVEN SOME CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL DEFECTS OF THE BRAIN HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE GENIUSES IN FIELDS LIKE MUSIC

                 DRUGS 👀

                     IT'S A FACT KNOWN FROM ANCIENT TIMES THAT CERTAIN DRUGS PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY STATES OF MIND AND ALTER THE CONSCIOUSNESS TEMPORARILY AND, IN SOME CASES, EVEN PERMANENTLY.

                     ALCOHOL BRINGS ABOUT A CERTAIN EUPHORIA AND MANY POETS AND WRITERS SWEAR THAT IT MAKES THEM MORE CREATIVE, THOUGH WEIGHED AGAINST THE INJUIRY THAT PROTRACTED USES OF ALCOHOL CAUSES TO THE MIND, ONE WONDERS IF IT'S WORTH IT.

                  SINCE VEDIT TIMES, THERE HAS BEEN MENTION OF SOMA JUICE, WHICH WHEN IMBITED UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, HAS CAUSED THE USER TO HAVE VISIONS OF OTHER DIMENSIONS AND DIVINE BEINGS. EXCEPT THAT NO ONE TODAY KNOWS FOR SURE WHAT SOMA ACTUALLY IS.

                     THEN THERE ARE DRUGS LIKE CANNABIS, HEROIN, OPIUM, KETAMINE AND OF COURSE L.S.D. WHICH ARE SAID TO BE MIND-ALTERING SUBTANCES, AND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, EXPAND THE MIND'S HORIZONS, ALBEIT TEMPORARILY. AGAIN, CONSIDERING THE AFTER-EFFECTS, THEY ARE NOT WORTH THE EFFORT.

                    A NUMBER OF SO-CALLED SADHUS HAVE DEGENERATED INTO GANJA ADDICTS ALTHOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE STARTED TAKING IT AS AN AID TO ALTERING THE CONSCIOUSNESS TO DEEPER LEVELS.

                    

                                  MANTRA 👀

                        MANTRAS ARE CERTAIN SPECIAL ACOUSTIC FORMULAS, INCLUDING THE SEED SOUNDS, USED TO INVOKE DEITIES OR SPECIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE GREAT ENERGY, PARA SHAKTI, IN THE SIX LOTUSES IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM.

                     THIS BRINGS ABOUT THE AWAKENING OF SPECIAL CAPABILITIES IN THE YOGI. THIS INCLUDES THE ART OF DISASSOCIATING CONSCIOUSNESS FROM MERE BODY CONSICOUSNESS AND EXPANDING ITS HORIZONS.

                        TAPAH 👀

                    TAPAH, USUALLY TRANSLATED AS PENANCE, IS DERIVED FROM THE WORD TAPA OR HEAT. A GROSS EXAMPLE OF IT IS AN ANIMAL IN HEAT, WHEN THE FIRE OF DESIRE OF REPRODUCTION RAGES IN HIS MIND. FROM THIS IS BORN A NEW ANIMAL.

                     IN THE SUBTLER SENSE, TAPAH IS THE ONE-POINTED DESIRE TO ATTAIN A CERTAIN GOAL IN SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH TURNS INTO AN ONGOING FIRE THAT BURNS AWAY ALL DROSS AND LEAVES THE ESSENCE PURE AND LUMINESCENT.

                 THE PENANCE, PERFORMED IN THE DWAPURA, AND EARLY YUGAS LIKE THE ONE DHRUVA PERFORMED, IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT POSSIBLE IN THIS KALIYUGA, WHERE THE BODY CANNOT SURVIVE WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER.

                       SAMADHI 👀

               WHEN THE YOGI ATTAINS SAMADHI, CERTAIN EXTRAORDINARY CAPABILITIES DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE EXPANSION OF THE MIND, BUT THE AIM OF SAMADHI IS NOT THE ATTAINMENT OF SUCH PERFECTIONS BUT THE REALISATION OF KAIVALYA OR ABIDING IN THE NON-DUAL PURUSHA.

                    THEREFORE, THE POSSESSION OF ANY SIDDHI IS NOT A CERTAIN TO ASSESS THE SPIRITUAL PROGRESS OF THE YOGI, BECAUSE SIDDHIS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH DIFFERENT NON-YOGIC WAYS.

                    THE COROLLARY TO THIS IS THAT A YOGI WHO ATTAINS KAIVALYA THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STATES OF SAMADHI NEED NOT NECESSARILY POSSESS ANY OF THE SIDDHIS.