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.

HOW TO AVOID JUDGEMENTAL MENTALLITY?

                       THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 

                              WITNESS AND CHOICELESS

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                                WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WITNESSING AND CHOICELESS AWARENESS? WITNESSING IS CHOICELESS AWARENESS.  IF YOU CHOOSE, YOU ARE NOT WITNESSING. YOU HAVE LIKED, DISLIKED. YOU HAVE CHOSEN, YOU HAVE BECOME IDENTIFIED. 

                     FOR EXAMPLE, IN YOUR MIND THERE ARE A FEW THOUGHTS MOVING. WITNESSING MEANS YOU SIMPLY STAND THERE SEEING THAT THEY ARE MOVING, LIKE CLOUDS MOVING IN THE SKY OR THE TRAFFIC MOVING ON THE ROAD. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE. YOUR DON'T SAY, THIS IS GOOD-LET ME KEEP IT. AND THAT IS BAD LET IT GO". IF YOU TALK THIS WAY YOU ARE DOT WITNESSING. YOU ARE GETTING INVOLVED, YOU ARE GETTING IDENTIFIED. YOU ARE CREATING LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIPS. AND WHEN YOU RELATE, YOU CANNOT BE A WITNESS. WITNESSING MEANS CHOICELESS AWARENESS!

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                                        THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT FEAR!

                              GHOSTS ARE SIMPLE PEOPLE, VERY SIMPLE.IN FACT, THEY ARE THE SAME PEOPLE LIKE YOU, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE BODIES SO THE CAN'T DO MUCH HARM.

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                    BUT THE FEAR DOES NOT COME FROM GHOSTS THE FEAR IS THERE, OUT OF FEAR COME THE GHOSTS. YOU ARE AFRAID AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROJECT YOUR FEAR SOMEWHERE OR OTHER BECAUSE TO BE AFRAID WITHOUT ANY REASON TO BE AFRAID MAKES PEPLE MORE FRIGHTENED. JUST TO BE AFRAID WILL BE TOO MUCH, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BEAR IT. YOU NEED SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF. SO PEOPLE CREATE THEIR GHOSTS. 

                     IN AMERICA THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE COMMUNISTS. IN RUSSIA THEY ARE AFRAID OF THE CAPITALISTS, AND SO ON THE SO FORTH. PEOPLE CREATE THEIR GHOSTS. HINDUS ARE AFRAID OF MOHAMMEDANS, MOHAMMEDANS ARE AFRAID OF HINDUS. EVERYBODY IS AFRAID OF EVERYBODY ELSE. MAN IS AFRAID OF WOMAN, THE WOMAN IS AFRAID OF MAN. CHILDREN ARE AFRAID OF THEIR PARENTS, AND PARENTS ARE VERY DEEPLY AFRAID OF THEIR CHILDREN. STUDENTS ARE AFRAID OF THEIR TEACHERS, AND TEACHERS ARE VERY MUCH AFRAID AND TREMBLING INSIDE BECAUSE OF THEIR STUDENTS.

                      

HAVE YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF YOGA?

 

                               UNDERSTANDING THE YOGA

                                     AND ITS IMPORTANCE

                                       

                           YOGA IS ONE OF THE MAJOR IDENTITIES OF ANCIENT INDIAN EXISTENCE. IT IS THE SCIENCE THAT HELPED INDIA EMERGE AS "THE GOLDEN BIRD" AND "VISHWAGURU" (WORLD TEACHER) IN THE PAST . LORD SHIVA, AMONG THE GREAT DEITIES OF HINDUISM, MOST PERSONALITIES THE PRACTICE OF YOGA. AS YOGESHWAR, THE GREAT LORD OF YOGA, HE RULED OVER ALL ASPECTS OF YOGA RELATIVE TO BODY, MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS. AFTER THE LORD, IT WAS THE VEDIC SAGES AND HERMITS WHO ARE CONSIDERED AS THE PIONEERS OF YOGA. LATER ON, LORD KRISHNA, LORD BUDDHA, AND LORD MAHAVIRA GAVE THEIR INPUTS TO THIS VAST FIELDS. SAGE PATANJALI COLLECTED MATERIALS ABOUT YOGA AND INPUTS FROM THESE GREAT PERSONALITIES AND COMPILED THE YOGA SUTRAS IN AROUND 400 CE. THE YOGA SUTRA PROVED TO BE A BOON FOR MANKIND.

                           WHAT IS YOGA? WELL, MOST OF US WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION AS AN OLD SAGE OR A YOGI SITTING IN A MEDIATATIVE POSITION. IN FACT, MOST PEOPLE CONSIDER YOGA AS A TECHNIQUE INVOLVING SOME HARD TO ENACT MUDRAS AND BENDING/TWISTING BODY PARTS IN A CERTAIN WAYS. YOUNGER GENERATION CONSIDERS YOGA AS A FORM OF EXERCISE FIT FOR OLDER PEOPLE.

                             HOWEVER, YOGA DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH AGE, RELIGION, OR PRACTISING A SPECIFIC ASANA. IN FACT, IT IS A SCIENTIFIC METHOD WHICH UNITES US WITH THE OUTER ENVIRONMENT AND HIDDEN ENERGY WITH US. YOGA IS NOT JUST AN ASANA PRACTICED BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO TARGET A BODY BUT A TECHNIQUE THAT FACILITATES "UNION". THE WORD "YOGA" COMES FROM THE SANSKRIT ROOT "YUJ" WHICH MEANS "TO JOIN" OR "TO YOKE". YOGA IS A PRACTICAL AID, NOT A RELIGION. YOGA IS AN  ANCIENT ART BASED ON A HARMONIZING SYSTEM OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BODY, MIND, AND SPIRIT. IT SIMPLIFIES LIFE AND ADDS POSITIVITY. SINCE ASANAS PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL UNION, MOST OF US BELIEVE THAT YOGA IS NOTHING MORE THAN AN ART OF TWISTING AND BENDING VARIOUS PARTS OF BODY.

                      THE MULTIPLE WAYS OF YOGA

                             THE VERY MENTION OF TERM "YOGA" MAKES ONE THINK OF VARIOUS ASANAS, PRANAYAMA ETC. MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT YOGA IS ALL ABOUT ASANA. HOWEVER, ASANAS ARE ONLY A PART OF YOGA AND DOES NOT DEFINE IT ENTIRELY. THE LITERAL MEANING OF YOGA IS "UNION". THE WORD "YOGA" COMES FROM THE SANSKRIT ROOT "YUJ", WHICH MEANS "TO JOIN" OR "TO YOKE". THIS REFERS TO THE FUSION OF BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT THROUGH MEDITATION, BREATHING AND PHYSICAL POSTURES.

                          

              ASANAS TARGETTED TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF BODY HELPS ONE CONNECT WITH NATURE. IT ALSO HELPS THE INNER EXISTENCE (IDENTITY) TO ESTABLISH CONNECTION WITH OUTER EXISTENCE. HOWEVER, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF YOGASANA GETS DEEPER WHEN IT IS PRACTISED TO UNITE ONESELF WITH THE ALMIGHTY, ABSOLUTE PEACE, SUPREME HAPPINESS, ABSOLUTE POWER AND TRUTH.

                         EACH INDIVIDUAL IS UNIQUE AND DISTINCT FROM THE OTHER. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE DIFFERENT NATURE, VIEWS, GOALS, DESTINATIONS, AND PRINCIPLES FROM THE OTHER. SOME ARE INTROVERTS WHILE OTHERS ARE EXTROVERTS. SOME PRACTISE THEISM WHILE OTHERS ARE ATHEISTS. SOME PEOPLE ARE INFORMAL WHILE OTHERS ARE FORMAL UNDER ALL SITUATIONS. OTHER DIFFERENCE AMONG PEOPLE EXIST DUE TO RELIGION, CULTURE, STATE THEY BELONG TO, ETC. HOWEVER, DESPITE SO MANY DIFFERENCE AMONG PEOPLE, THERE ARE CERTAIN COMMON DESIRES EACH OF THEM NURTURE IN THEIR HEARTS. EVERYONE IS IN SEARCH OF INNER PEACE. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE WISH OF A THEIST IS TRANSFERED TO THE ALMIGHTY THROUGH EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS WHEREAS THAT OF AS AETHIST TRAVELS THROUGH THE PATH OF LOGIC AND PRACTICALITY OF REACH DESTINATION.

                    BOTH HAVE A COMMON GOAL - TO REACH THE PINNACLE (ABSOLUTE PEACE, HAPPINESS, IDENTITY, OR FREEDOM) . EVERYONE WANTS TO REACH OUT TO THE HIGHEST POINT IN THEIR LIFE.

                     THIS IS THE REASON THAT DIFFERENT PATHWAYS HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED TO HELP INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT WAYS OF LIFE AND MENTALITY TO REACH THE PINNACLE. THESE PATHWAYS ARE PRESENTLY PRACTISED AS DIFFERENT YOGASANAS. THESE DIFFERENT YOGA SADHANAS HELP PEOPLE REACH OUT TO THE PEAK. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS OF YOGA BUT THEY ALL LEAD TO A COMMON DESTINATION. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT IS HATHA YOGA, MANTRA YOGA, RAJA YOGA, KARMA YOGA OR JNANA YOGA, EACH ONE HAS A DIFFERENT START YET THE SAME END. THE NAMES AND PATHS DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER.

                     IT IS IMPORTANT TO LEARN, HOW DIFFERENT THESE YOGA PRACTISES ARE FROM OTHER. 

THE CHITTA AND YOUR BIRTH SECRET!

 

   WHAT IS CHITTA?

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                        IT IS THE DEEPEST LEVEL OF THE MIND. IT IS AWARENESS, ALIVENESS, A PROFOUND INTELLIGENCE THAT LIES BEYOND INTELLECT, BEYOND MEMORY, BEYOND JUDGMENT, BEYOND KARMA, BEYOND ALL DIVISIONS. IT IS THE INTELLIGENCE OF EXISTENCE ITSELF, THE LIVING MIND OF THE COSMOS. IN THE YOGIC TRADITION , IT IS SAID THAT ONCE YOU DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THE COMPULSIONS OF YOUR KARMIC SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS THE IDENTIFICATIONS OF YOUR INTELLECT, YOU ARE IN TOUCH WITH THIS UNCLOUDED CONSCIOUSNESS. AND ONLY WHEN WE ACCESS CHITTA IS SELF-TRANSFORMATION POSSIBLE.

                     THIS IS WHY, AS A GURU, I NEVER BLISS PEOPLE WITH THE WISH THAT THEIR DREAMS SHOULD COME TRUE. SINCE DREAMS ARE SIMPLY BASED ON MEMORY, YOU CAN DREAM ONLY OF A MORE MAGNIFIED AND MORE IMPROVED VERSION OF WHAT YOU ALREADY KNOW! IF YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE, THERE IS NOTHING TERRIBLY SPECIAL ABOUT THAT.  MY WISH IS THAT YOUR DREAMS SHOULD BE SHATTERED. ONLY THEN WILL SOMETHING LARGER THAN MEMORY MANIFEST IN YOUR LIFE.

             MAY SOMETHING  YOU COULD NEVER DEAM OF HAPPEN TO YOU.

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                       THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS ACTION!

                     THE PROGREM IS THAT WHEN YOU UNDERGO EXPERIENCES UNCONSCIOUSLY, YOU DO NO LEARN FROM THEM. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MANY TIMES IS HAPPENS, IF YOU KEEP FORGETTING, YOU WILL REPEAT THE SAME ACTIONS. IF IT IS A CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, IT WILL ALWAYS TRANSFORM  YOU. IN SAMYAMA, YOU DO NOT WORK OUT YOUR KARMA ON THE LEVEL OF MEMORY, BUT ON THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUS ENERGY EXPERIENCE.

                        EVEN NOW, YOUR PERSONALITY IS A PROJECTION OF MANY PAST LIVES. BUT THIS IS AN UNCONSCIOUS PROJECTION. IF THIS BECOMES A CONSCIOUS PROJECTION, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE ANGER OR JEALOUSY YOU ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO LOVE AND COMPASSION. IF YOU SEE THAT YOUR RAGE AND RESISTANCE ARE ONLY BECAUSE OF PAST INFLUENCES, THEY WILL TRANSFORM INSTANTLY INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE. IT IS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE THAT YOUR PRESENT PERSONALITY IS JUST A PROJECTION OF THE PAST THAT YOU CLING TO IT.

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                      QUES : SO ASSUMING PREVIOUS LIFETIMES EXIST, HOW DOES THE MACHINERY WORK? DOES THE CHILD SELECT ITS PARENTS? OR DO THE PARENTS DETERMINE THE KARMIC INHERITANCE OF THEIR CHILD?

                      ANS : YES, THE CHILD SELECTS THE PARENTS. BUT SELECTION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CHILD CHOOSES CONSCIOUSLY. IT IS LIKE THIS: IF WE LET A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE INTO  A HALL,  EACH ONE GOES AND FINDS THEIR OWN PLACE. THE REASON YOU CHOOSE A PARTICULAR PLACE IS YOUR KARMA. IF YOUR KARMA IS BACK PAIN, YOU GO AND SETTLE NEXT TO A WALL AT THE BACK. IF YOUR KARMA IS THAT OF THE STUDENT WHO ALWAYS LIKED TO HIDE IN CLASS, YOU MAY CHOOSE TO SIT BEHIND A BIG PERSON. IF YOUR KARMA IS ABOUT WANTING TO BE NOTICED, YOU MAY CHOOSE THE FRONT ROW. THESE DECISIONS MAY BE UNCONSCIOUS, BUT THEY DO OPERATE.

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                       YOU DON'T HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF COURSE. NOBODY HAS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ANOTHER. WITH CHILDREN, THE LESS YOU TRY TO INFLENCE THEM, THE MORE THEY ARE INFLUENCED BY YOU. THE MORE YOU TRY TO INFLUENCE THEM, THE LESS SUCCESSFUL YOU WILL BE. 

                       NOW, IT IS BECAUSE OF KARMA THAT AN UNBORN CHILD HAS A CERTAIN NASCANT PERSONALITY. IF YOU ASK WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD MORE THAN TWO OR THREE CHILDREN, THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT EVERY CHILD DID NOT BEHAVE IN THE SAME WAY IN THE WOMB. THE BASIS OR THE SEED OF THE PERSONALITY IS ALREADY PRESENT. THIS IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS KARMA. THE KARMIC BODY IS ALREADY PRESENT IN ITS ENTIRELY IN THE PRENATAL STAGE. BY THE TIME THE CHILD IS BORN, IT HAS AS MUCH OF A KARMIC BODY AS YOU HAVE. IT IS ONLY THAT THE PHYSICAL BODY HAS NOT YET FILLED OUT.

THE AWARENESS OF YOUR THOUGHTS!

 

HOW OUR THOUGHTS

  BECOME ACTION

   THE  WARNING OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE THOUGHTS!

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                                  WHAT DOES "WORKING OUT KARMA" MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THE PLAY OF YOUR LIFE IS HAPPENING ACCORDING TO YOUR TENDENCIES, NOT ACCORDING TO SOME SYSTEM OF RIGHT AND WRONG. YOUR LIFE SIMPLY ORGANIZES ITSELF IN ORDER TO FULLFILL YOUR INCLINATIONS. KARMA IS NOT A PUNISHMENT OR REWARD, IT IS JUST THE PROCESS BY WHICH LIFE TRIES TO FULFILL ITSELF.

                      A LEVEL OF VOLITION THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE OF IS ACTION ON THE ENERGY LEVEL. A NEGATIVE THOUGHT, AS WE KNOW, CAN BREED KARMA. A NEGATIVE THOUGHT COMBINED WITH A NEGATIVE EMOTION MEANS A DEEPER KARMA. WHEN A NEGATIVE THOUGHT, NEGATIVE EMOTION, AND NEGATIVE EXTERNAL ACTION COMBINE, THERE IS EVEN DEEPER KARMA. WHEN A NEGATIVE THOUGHT AND NEGATIVE EMOTION COMBINE WITH A RECURRENT MENTAL ACTION, THAT KARMA IS DEEPER STILL. (KILLING SOMEONE IN YOUR HEAD IN A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS, AS WE SAW, ACCUMULATE A GREAT DEAL OF KARMA)

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                      HOWEVER, THERE ARE THOSE WHO OPT FOR ENERGY-BASED ACTION, THIS COULD MEAN ENGAGING IN PRACTICES THAT RESULT IN THE DEATH OF AN ADVERSARY OR RIVAL OR ANY PERSON THAT WANT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. SUCH PRACTICES ARE KNOWN AS OCCULT OR BLACK MAGIC. THESE OCCULT SYSTEMS EXIST ON THE FRINGES OF MANY CULTURES, WHEREIN A FEW EXPERTS CAN BE APPROACHES OF USE THEIR ENERGIES TO CAUSE HARM TO SOMEONE ELSE.  ONCE YOU ENERGETICALLY TRY TO INFLUENCE SOMEONE ELSE FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT, IT IS THE WORT POSSIBLE KARMA. THE KARMA GENERATED BY ENERGY-BASED GOES DEEPER THAN ANY OTHER KIND OF ACTION.

                    LET US NOT FORGET THAT WHAT IS RIGHT VOLITION IN ONE CONTEXT MIGHT BE MARKEDLY DIFFERENT IN ANOTHER. YOU HAVE CERTAIN IDEAS OF RIGHT AND WRONG BECAUSE OF MORAL CODE OF THE SOCIETY YOU LIVE IN. IT IS NOT YOUR INNATE NATURE THAT DICTATES THESE CODES. SOCIETY HAS CERTAIN FIXED MORES AND RULES,AND WHEREVER YOU FLOUT THEM, YOU FEEL YOU HAVE ERRED. YOU MAY NEVER GAMBLE BEFORE YOUR PARENTS, BUT YOU MAY DO IT QUITE WITH YOUR FRIENDS. IF YOU ARE FOUND OUT BY YOUR PARENTS, YOU IMMEDIATELY START FEELING GUILTY.

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                           THUS IT IS NOT SIMPLY DOING A DEED THAT ACCUMULATE KARMA. IT IS HOW YOU  DO IT, AND WITH WHAT MOTIVE IT IS PERFORMED, THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

                                                💫 SEEDS OF VOLITION💫

•          SO WHAT DETERMINE HUMAN VOLITION? WHY DO SOME PEOPLE OPERATE OUT OF A SENSE OF INCLUSIVENESS AND OTHERS OUT OF A GREATER SENSE OF EXCLUSIVENESS?

 

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•  LOOK AT THIS CLOSELY. YOU WILL SEE THAT VOLITION IS SHAPED FUNDAMENTALLY BY YOUR BELIEF THAT YOU ARE A SEPARATE BEING - AN INDIVIDUAL. IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS YOUR IDENTIFICATION WITH YOUR INDIVIDUALITY THAT DETERMINES YOUR VOLITION .

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• THE OPERATIVE WORD HERE IS IDENTIFICATION. IF YOU WERE NOT IDENTIFIED WITH THIS SENSE OF SEPARATENESS, YOU WOULD NOT BT ACCUMULATING KARMA. IF YOUR IDENTIFICATION WERE ALL-CLUSIVE, THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THE KARMIC CYCLE!
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• UNFORTUNATELY , PEOPLE'S IDENTIFICATION WITH NARROW NOTIONS OF INDIVIDUALLITY MAKES THEM ENAGAGE WITH THE WORLD SELECTIVELY RATHER THAN INCLUSIVELY. THE ENDLESS OSCILLATION BETWEEN LIKE AND DISLIKE, ATTRACTION AND AVERSION, FURTHER HARDENS THEIR SENSE OF SEPARATENESS. OVER TIME, LIKES AND DISLIKES FREEZE INTO A PERSONALITY AND PRODUCE MORE KARMA. INDIVIDUALITY NOW BECOMES A PRISON RATHEN THAN A PRIVILEGE.

HOW TO ANALYSE OUR KARMA'S!

 

                                     KARMA YOGA AND

                               THE PHYSICAL BODY!

                                       "EMBODYING" KARMA !

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                                 KARMA YOGA CAN BE PRACTICED ON THE LEVEL OF THE VERY FIRST DIMENSION OF THE SELF THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THE PHYSICAL BODY. HOW IS THE PHYSICAL BODY INFLUENCED BY KARMIC MEMORY? AND HOW CAN WE USE THE PHYSICAL BODY TO BE FREE OF THE CYCLICAL BONDAGE OF KARMA?

                         THERE ARE MANY IMPERCEPTIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THE KARMIC STRUCTURE INFLENCES AND EVEN DISTORTS THE PHYSICAL BODY . IT IS NOT MERELY YOUR LIFESTYLE - WHAT YOU EAT, WHAT YOU DRINK, WHAT YOU INHALE - THAT HAS AN IMAPCT ON YOUR BODY. THE SUBTLEST ASPECTS OF YOUR THOUGHT AND EMOTION CAN ALSO INFLUENCE THE PHYSICAL.

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                   START WITH A SIMPLE EXAMPLE. YOU CAN USUALLY TELL IF A PERSON IS HAPPY OR DESPONDENT IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR FACE. IF YOU BECOME MORE OBSERVANT, YOU WILL FIND THAT WHEN DISTURBED, PEOPLE ACTUALLY SIT OR STAND DIFFERENTLY. OVERTIME, THESE POSTURES TURN HABITUAL AND HARDEN INTO VASANAS, OR TENDENCIES.

                  NOW, THE MIND DOES DIFFERENT THINGS ON DIFFERENT DAYS. ONE DAY IT IS JOYFUL, THE NEXT DAY, IT IS DEPRESSED, THE THIRD DAY, IT IS STRESSED. IN THE PROCESS, IT IS NOT MERELY DISTORTING YOUR VISION OF REALITY, IT IS DISTORTING YOUR BODY AS WELL.

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                THINK OF ALL THE UNEXPECTED THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON A DAILY BASIS THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR CONTROL. IF EVERY LITTLE PCYCHOLOGICAL EVENT WERE TO RESHAPE YOU, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT A COMPLETE DISTORTION YOU WOULD HAVE BECOME IN A FEW YEARS! THE DISTORTION WILL HAPPEN DRAMATICALLY ON AN ENERGY LEVEL, BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME TO MANIFEST PHYSIOLOGICALLY.

                     IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH A CERTAIN LEVEL OF EMOTIONAL STRESS RECENTLY, YOU WILL NOTICE SMALL CHANGES IN THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. OFTEN, IT THE LEFT EYE APPEARS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE RIGHT, YOU CAN BE QUITE CERTAIN THAT THEY HAVE BEEN GOING THOUGH SOME EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS (UNLESS, OF COURSE, THEY WERE BORN THAT WAY).  THIS IS BECAUSE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BODY IS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED IN YOGA WITH THE EMOTIONAL LIFE OF THE HUMAN BEING AND THE FEMININE DIMENSION, SYMOLIZED BY THE MOON WITH ITS CYCLES OF WAXING AND WARNING.

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                            DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE KARMIC MEMORY, CERTAIN PARTS OF THE BODY ALSO BEHAVE IN CERTAIN WAYS. YOU MIGHT HAVE NOTICED THIS ABOUT YOUR OWN BODY. YOU MAY EXERCISE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, BUT ONE MUSCLE IN YOUR BODY IS INVARIABLY LESS COOPERATIVE THAN THE  OTHERS. YOU MAY CHECK IT OUT WITH A DOCTOR, OR TAKE MRI.

                       BOTH WILL MOST LIKELY TELL YOU THAT THE MUSCLE IS PERFECTLY FINE. BUT YOUR KARMIC, INHERITANCE SHAPES THE SKELETAL SYSTEM AND MUSCULATURE IN VERY SINGULAR WAYS. NOT EVERY MUSCLE IS EQUALLY STRONG OR CAPABLE.

                     AGAIN, IF YOU PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE BODY, YOU WILL SEE THAT IN SOME PARTS OF THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM, YOU FEEL NO SENSATION AT ALL. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE BLOCKS OR GAPS IN THE SENSORY PROCESS. THIS AGAIN IN BECAUSE THE KARMA CREATES ITS OWN STRUCTURE. BASED ON THIS KARMIC INFORMATION, THE PHYSICAL BODY TAKES A PARTICULAR SHAPE.

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                  MODERN MEDICINE IS NOW WELL AWARE OF THE NOTION OF PSYCHOSOMATIC AILMENT. THIS ACKNOWLEDGES THE INSEPARABILITY OF THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL BODIES. AS WE HAVE SEEN EARLIER, FOR EVERY SENSATION, THERE IS A MENTAL FLUCTUATION AND A CORRESPONDING CHEMIC REACTION. THE SAME PROCESS ALSO WORKS IN REVERSE. YOUR PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, CONSITUTION, AND GENERAL HEALTH ARE DECIDED BY THIS RELETLESS PROCESS.

                          THIS IS WHY YOGA WORKS SO CLOSELY WITH POSTURE, ATTITUDE, AND INTENTION. IF A CERTAIN AWARENESS IS BROUGHT INTO THESE ASPECTS OF THE SELF, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MIND OR IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD WILL NOT AFFECT THE BODY. WHEN YOU ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY DISTRAUGHT, IT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO HOLD YOUR BODY CONSCIOUSLY, BECAUSE YOUR KARMIC SUBSTANCE IS TRYING TO SHAPE YOUR BODY ACCORDING TO ITS DISTORTIONS. THIS EXPLAINS THE ENORMOUS CARE BROUGHT INTO THE PRACTICE OF ASANAS AND PRANAYAMA (PHYSICAL POSTURES AND BREATHING PROCESSES) IN YOGA.