HOW TO PRACTICE THE YOGA NIDRA !

 

                              OUTLINE OF THE PRACTICE

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                      YOGA NIDRA IS A PRACTICE WHICH GENERALLY LASTS FOR TWENTY TO FORTY  MINUTES. THERE ARE SEPARATE TECHNIQUE FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM HYPERTENSION AND OTHER PROBLEMS, AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO DEEP INTO THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF YOGA.

                             YOGA NIDRA IS ACTUALLY A VERY SIMPLE PRACTICE, AND YOU CAN LEARN IT FROM A RECONDING. BEFORE STARTING, CHOOSE A QUIET ROOM AND CLOSE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS. TURN OFF THE TELEVISION OR RADIO, LOOSEN YOUR COLLAR AND TIE, AND SWITCH ON THE RECORDING. THEN LIE DOWN IN SHAVASANA AND LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. GO ON FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS MENTALLY. DO NOT CONCENTRATE, DO NOT CONTROL YOUR BREATH, JUST LISTEN TO THE INSTRUCTIONS AND FOLLOW THEM MENTALLY. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOGA NIDRA IS TO REFRAIN FROM SLEEP. IF YOU FALL ASLEEP YOU LOSE THE AWARENESS WHICH YOU ARE AIMING FOR IN THE PRACTICE.

                          PREPARATION FOR THE PRACTICE

                           YOGA NIDRA IS PERFORMED IN SHAVASANA, WHICH MINIMIZES TOUCH SENSATIONS BY ELIMINATING CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIMBS OF THE BODY. FINGERTIPS, WHICH ARE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE ORGANS OF TOUCH, ARE KEPT AWAY FROM THE FLOOR BY TURNING THE PALMS OF THE HANDS UPWARDS. LIGHT, LOOSE CLOTHING SHOULD BE WORN. THE ROOM SHOULD BE NEITHER HOT NOR COLD, AND THERE SHOULD BE NO BREEZES OR DRAFTS HOT NOR COLD, AND THERE SHOULD BE NO BREEZES OR DRAFTS DIRECTED TOWARDS THE BODY. SIGHT STIMULI ARE ELIMINATED BY SIMPLY CLOSING THE EYES.

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                                   THE MIND IS THEN FOCUSED ON EXTERNAL SOUNDS. IF AL SENSORY IMPRESSIONS WERE FORCIBLY EXCLUDED, THEN THE MIND WOULD BECOME RESTLESS AND DISTURBED. THEREFORE, THE MIND IS DIRECTED TO THINK OF EXTERNAL SOUNDS, AND TO MOVE FROM SOUND TO SOUND WITH THE ATTITUDE OF A WITNESS. AFTER SOME TIME THE MIND LOSES INTEREST IN THE EXTERNAL WORLD AND AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES QUIET. THIS METHOD OF CALMING THE MIND IS CALLED ANTAR MOUNA. IT PREPARES THE CONSCIOUSNESS FOR PRACTICING YOGA NIDRA.

                        RESOLVE

                               YOU MUST CHOOSE YOUR OWN SANKALPA VERY CAREFULLY. THE WORDING SHOULD BE VERY PRECISE AND CLEAR, OTHERWISE IT WILL NOT PENETRATE THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW SHORT, POSITIVE AND CLEAR STATEMENTS WHICH CAN BE USED.

• I WLL AWAKEN MY SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL.
• I WILL BE A POSITIVE FORCE FOR THE EVOLUTION OF OTHERS.
•  I WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN ALL THAT I UNDERTAKE.
•  I WILL BE MORE AWARE AND EFFICIENT.
•  I WILL ACHIEVE TOTAL HEALTH.

                           CHOOSE ONLY ONE SANKALPA ACCORDING TO YOUR NEES AND INCLINATIONS. DO NOT BE IN A HURRY. ONCE YOU HAVE CHOSEN A SANKALPA YOU MUST NOT CHANGE TO ANOTHER. DON'T EXPECT RESULTS OVERNIGHT. TIME IS REQUIRED DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE RESOLVE AND THE DEGREE TO WHICH IT IS PLANTED IN THE MIND. THE RESULT DEPENDS ON YOUR SINCERITY AND DEEP FELT NEED TO ATTAIN THE GOAL OF YOUR SANKALPA.

                        ROTATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

                 ROTATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY IS A PRACTICE OF CONCENTRATION, AND IT DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY PHYSICAL MOVEMENT. DURING THE PRACTICE THERE ARE ONLY THREE REQUIREMENTS TO BE FULFILLED. 

1. REMAIN AWARE
2.  LISTEN TO THE VOICE,
3.  MOVE THE MIND VERY RAPIDLY ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.

                           WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR SAYS "RIGHT HAND THUMB"  REPEAT IT MENTALLY, THINK OF THE RIGHT HAND THUMB AND MOVE ON. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE THE DIFFEREN BODY PARTS. YOU HAVE ONLY TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO FOLLOWING THE SAME SEQUENCE, MENTALLY REPEATING THE NAMES OF THE DIFFERENT PART BODY IN THE SAME WAY THAT A CHILD LEARNS TO REPEAT THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET. YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT PART COMES NEXT. THE WHOLE PROCESS TAKES PLACE IN THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND.

                           THE SEQUENCE OF BODY PARTS HAS TO BE AUTOMATIC, SPONTANEOUS AND THOROUGH. SOME PEOPLE TEACH YOGA NIDRA IN A VERY UNSYSTAMATIC WAY. SOMETIMES THEY BEGIN WITH THE LEFT THUMB AND OTHER TIMES WITH THE RIGHT. HOWEVER, THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA  IS VERY SYSTEMATIC.

                          THE ROTATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN YOGA NIDRA PROCEEDS IN A DEFINITE SEQUENCE, BEGINNING THE RIGHT THUMB AND ENDING LEFFT THUMB TO THE LITTLE TOE OF THE LEFT FOOT. SUBSEQUENT CIRCUITS PROCEED FROM THE HEELS TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD, AND FRO THE HEAD AND INDIVIDUAL FACIAL FEATURES TO THE LEGS.

THE RAJA YOGAM (YOGA)

                               PROCESS OF PRATYAHARA

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                            IN THE YOGIC SYSTEM, YOGA NIDRA IS CONSIDERED AS  FORM OF RAJA YOGA. THE CLASSIC EXPOSITION OF RAJA YOGA IS FOUND IN THE YOGA SUTRAS, A MASTERFUL COLLECTION OF 196 SUTRAS OR APHORISMS, WRITTEN BY SAGE PATANJALI SEVERAL CENTURIES BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. PATANJALI DIVIDED THE PATH OF YOGA INTO EIGHT STAGES, STARTING WITH THE BASIC RULES OF ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR THAT ARE CONDUCTIVE TO MENTAL PEACE AND ENDING WITH SAMADHI, OR SELF-REALIZATION , IN WHICH THE CONTENTS AND ACTIVITY OF THE MIND ARE COMPLETELY TRANSCENDED.

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                    ❤💫     STAGES OF RAJA YOGA 

• YAMAS (SOCIAL CODE)
•  NIYAMAS (PERSONAL CODE)
•  ASANAS (POSTURES - STATES OF BEING)
•  PRANAYAMA (CONTROL OF PRANA, LIFE-FORCE, COSMIC ENERGY)
•  PRATYAHA (WITHDRAWAL OF THE SENSES)
•  DHARANA (CONCENTRATION)
•  DHYANA (MEDITATION)
•  SAMADHI (TRANSCENDENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS)

                        THE FIRST FOUR STAGES ARE PREPARATORY OR EXTERNAL STAGES. AND ARE CONCERNED WITH SPECIFIC PRACTICES. THESE STAGES ARE PERFORMED ESSENTIALLY BY THE CONSCIOUS MIND - THE RATIONAL, ANALYTICAL PART OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHICH IS ACTIVE IN THE NORMAL WAKING STATE. THE LAST FOUR STAGES ARE HIGHER OR INTERNAL STAGES, THESE ARE STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS AS WELL AS THE PRACTICES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE THEM. THESE HIGHER STAGES INVOLVES THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, WHICH IS THE STOREHOUSE OF ALL EXPERIENCES, AND THE EGO, WHICH REGULATES THE FLOW OF INFORMATION INTO THE CONSCIOUS MIND.

                       ❤💫   MEMORY TRAINING

                           

                           VISUALIZATION IN YOGA NIDRA CAN ALSO BE USED TO IMPROVE MEMORY. THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE POWER OF ASSOCIATION OF SYMBOLS. WHEN REQUIRED TO REMEMBER SOMETHING, YOU SHOULD FIND AS MANY OBJECTS AND SYMBOLS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT OBJECT AS POSSIBLE. THEN, WHEN RECALL IS NECESSARY, YOU HAVE A VAST ARRAY OF ASSOCIATIONS TO DRAW UPON.

                            MEMORY CAN ALSO BE TRAINED BY CONTINUOUS VERBAL OR MENTAL REPETITION OF THE WORD, NUMBERS, FORMULA OR WHATEVER IS DESIRED TO BE REMEMBERED. HOWEVER, THIS PROCESS IS MLNOTONOUS AND TIME CONSUMING. USING ASSOCIATED SYMBOLS IS A MORE DIRECT AND EFFECTIVE METHOD. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER SOMEONE'S NAME, FIRSTLY YOU CAN ALSO RECALL OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME NAME.

                               THEN YOU COULD DRAW ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE MEANING OF THE NAME OR WHAT THE NAME MAY SUGGEST TO YOU. MENTALLY PICTURE THAT PERSON'S ACTIONS, DRESS, COMPLEXION, ETC. ALONG WITH THE NAME AS THE PROCESS IS CONTINUED. THE MORE ASSOCIATIONS YOU CAN MAKE, THE EASIER THE RECALL WILL BE. THE MORE FANCIFUL YOU MAKE YOUR ASSOCIATIONS, THE STRONGER THE IMPRESSION, AND HENCE RECALL VALUE, WHICH WILL BE LEFT IN THE MIND.

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                       OTHER SUGGESTED PRACTICES

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• REVIEW OF THE DAY'S EVENTS IS VERY USEFUL IN MEMORY TRAINING AND IN OBSERVING YOUR OWN ACTIONS AND REACTIONS IN DAILY LIFE. THIS PRACTICE CAN BE FURTHER EXTENTED BY RECALLING A DAY IN YOUR LIFE FROM A WEEK AGO, A MONTH AGO, A YEARS AGO, AND SO ON BACK INTO EARLY CHILDHOOD. ALL THAT IS NECESSARY OF THE SEQUENCES OF EVENTS SURROUNDING IT. YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW CLEARLY AND VIVIDLY THE MEMORIES WILL MANIFEST.

• AN EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS PRACTICE IS TO RECALL AND WITNESS PAST TRAUMAS. IF TH WITNESS ATTITUDE IS MAINTAINED, THIS BECOMES AN EFFECTIVER METHOD OF OVERCOMING THE NEGATIVE SAMSKARAS OF THE MIND, BUT IT CAN BE EXTENDED FURTHER BY RECREATING THE EXPERIENCE IN THE MIND, ONLY THIS TIME WITH AN OUTCOME THAT WOULD HAVE LEFT A POSITIVE IMPRESSION RATHER THAN A NEGATIVE ONE. THIS NOT ONLY HELPS EASE THE PAIN, BUT PREPARES THE MIND TO RESPOND POSITIVELY WHEN SIMILAR SITUATIONS OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.

• THE BREATH CAN BE USED TO CONDUCT VISUAL IMAGES SUCH AS BREATHING IN LIGHT, AND BREATHING OUT SMOKY IMPURITIES. PAIN AND DISCOMFORT CAN BE RELIEVED BY DIRECTING THE INHALED BREATH TO THE AFFECTED PART, AND RELEASING THE PAIN WITH THE EXHALATION. THE SCIENCE OF PRANA VIDYA UTILIZES TECHNIQUES SUCH AS VISUALIZING THE AFFECTED PART OF THE BODY BEING BATHED IN GOLDEN LIGHT AND WARMTH, OR A PROCESS OF REMOVAL OF THE DISEASED TISSUE AND A REBUILDING OF HEALTHY TISSUE TO FACILITATE HEALING.

•   TO DEVELOP FEELINGS OF EMPATHY AND SECURITY, YOU CAN VISUALIZE YOURSELF IN A BUDDLE OR COCCON, WARM, COMFORTABLE, SAFE AND SECURE. BEGIN TO EXPAND YOUR BUBBLE TO INCLUDE OTHERS NEAR YOU, THEN ALL PERSONS IN THE ROOM. IF THE SENSATIONS IS UNCOMFORTABLE, WITHDRAW TO A COMFORTABLE. SPACE UNTIL YOU ARE ABLE TO EXPAND AGAIN. THIS EXPANSION CAN BE CONTINUED INCLUDE EVERYONE IN THE LOCALITY, COUNTRY, WORLD AND UNIVERSE.

                           THERE ARE MANY OTHER VISUALIZATION POSSIBILITIES WHICH MAY BE UTILIZED ONCE THE DOORS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS HAVE BEEN OPENED. THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL IS VAST AND THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF VISUALIZATION IN YOGA NIDRA, THE POSSIBILITY OF SELF-REALIZATION ADVANCES ANOTHER STEP.

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THE THREE TYPES OF TENSION AND ITS RECOVERY !

 

                              

                          THE THREEFOLD TENSIONS

                            WHETHER YOU THINK TOO MUCH OR YOU DON'T THINK AT ALL, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. IF YOU WORK PHYSICALLY OR YOU DO NOT WORK AT ALL, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. WHETHER YOU SLEEP TOO MUCH OR NOT AT ALL, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. WHETHER YOU TAKE A HEAVY PROTEIN DIET, A CARBOHYDRATE DIET, OR A VEGETARIAN DIET, YOU ACCUMULATE TENSIONS. AND THESE TENSIONS ARMASS IN THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF THE HUMAN PERSONALITY. THEY ACCUMULATE IN THE MUSCULAR, EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL SYSTEMS.

                            IN YOGA WE DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF TENSION WITH A WIDE PERISCOPE. WE REALIZE THAT IF THE MIND IS TENSE, THE STOMACH WILL ALSO BE TENSE. AND IF THE STOMACH IS TENSE, THE WHOLE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM IS ALSO TENSE. IT IS A VICIOUS CIRCLE OF EVENTS. THEREFORE, IN YOGA, RELAXATION FROM TENSION IS ONE OF THE CHIEF CONCERNS.

                           THESE INNER TENSIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTE TO COLLECTIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL TENSIONS WHICH CAN MANIFEST IN UNHAPPY FAMILY LIFE, CHAOS AND DISORDERS IN SOCIAL LIFE, AND AGGRESION AND WARFARE BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS. RELIGIONS HAVE FAILED TO GIVE PEACE OF MIND TO THE INDIVIDUAL. LAW, POLICE, ARMIES AND GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO ESTABLISH HARMONY BETWEEN PEOPLE. THE YOGIC TEXTS ALL UNEQUIVOCALLY STATE THAT PEACE CAN ONLY BE FOUND WITHIN, NEVER WITHOUT. THEREFORE, IF WE WISH TO CREATE A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD, WE MUST FIRST LEARN HOW TO RELAX AND HARMONIZE OUR OWN BODY AND MIND.

                           YOGIC PHILOSOPHY, AS WELL AS MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, ENUMERATES THREE BASIC TYPES OF TENSION WHICH ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE AGONIES OF MODERN LIFE. THROUGH THE SYSTEMIC PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, THESE THREEFOLD TENSIONS CAN BE PROGRESSIVELY RELEASED.

                ❤💟            MUSCULAR TENSIONS

•                                MUSCULAR TENSIONS ARE RELATED TO THE BODY ITSELF, THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINAL IMBALANCES. THESE ARE EASILY REMOVED BY THE DEEP PHYSICAL RELAXATION ATTAINED IN THE STATE OF YOGA NIDRA.

                     ❤💟        EMOTIONAL TENSIONS

•                            EMOTIONAL TENSIONS, WHICH STEM FROM VARIOUS DUALITIES SUCH AS LOVE - HATE, PROFIT - LOSS -  FAILURE, HAPPINESS -  UNHAPPINESS, ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO ERASE. THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO EXPRESS OUR EMOTIONS FREELY AND OPENLY. OFTEN WE REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE THEM, SO THEY ARE REPRESSED, AND THE RESULTING TENSIONS BECOME MORE AND MORE DEEPLY ROOTED. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO RELAX THESE TENSIONS THROUGH ORDINARY ROOTED. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO RELAX THESE TENSIONS THROUGH ORDINARY SLEEP OR RELAXATION. A METHOD STRUCTURE OF THE MIND.

            ❤💟            MENTAL TENSIONS

•                      MENTAL TENSIONS ARE THE RESULT OF EXCESSIVE MENTAL ACTIVITY. THE MIND IS A WHIRLPOOL OF FANTASIES, CONFUSIONS AND OSCILLATIONS. THROUGHOUT ARE ACCUMULATED IN THE MENTAL BODY. FROM TIME TO TIME THESE EXPLODE, AFFECTING OUR BODY, MIND, BEHAVIOUR AND REACTIONS. WHEN WE SAD, ANGRY OR IRRITATED, WE OFTEN ATTRIBUTE THAT CONDITION OF THE MIND TO SOME SUPERFICIAL CAUSE. BUT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE BEHIND MAN'S ABNORMAL BEHAVIOUR LIES IN THE ACCUMULATED TENSIONS ON THE MENTAL PLANE. YOGA NIDRA IS THE SCIENCE OF RELAXATION WHICH ENABLES EACH OF US DIVE DEEP DOWN INTO THE REALMS OF THE SUBCONSIOUS MIND, THEREBY RELEASING AND RELAXING MENTAL TENSIONS, AND ESTABLISHING HARMONY IN ALL FACETS OF OUR BEING.

              💫❤      RESTING MORE EFFICIENCY

•                          MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT RELAXATION IS VERY SIMPLE, JUST RECLINE AND CLOSE YOUR EYES. YET, EXCEPTING THE SCIENTISTS, NOBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT RELAXATION REALLY MEANS. YOU ARE TIRED SO YOU GO TO BED AND THINK THAT IS RELAXATION. BUT UNLESS YOU ARE FREE FROM MUSCULAR, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL TENSIONS, YOU ARE NEVER RELAXED. DESPITE A SUPERFICIAL SENSE OF WELLBEING, MOST PEOPLE ARE FULL OF TENSIONS ALL THE TIME. THEY HABITUALLY BITE THEIR NAILS, SCRATCH THEIR HEAD, STROKE THEIR CHIN, OR TAP THEIR FEET. OR THEY MAY PACE ABOUT RESTLESSLY, TALK COMPULSIVELY, DISPLAY CONSTANT IRRITABILITY , OR CHAIN SMOKE.

                💫❤        SECRET OF TRANSFORMATION

•                                 THROUGH THE PRACTICE OF YOGA NIDRA, WE ARE NOT ONLY RELAXING, BUT RESTRUCTURING AND REFORMING OUR WHOLE PERSONALITY FROM WITHIN. LIKE THE MYTHOLOGICAL PHOENIX, WITH EVERY SESSION WE ARE BURNING THE OLD SAMSKARAS, HABITS AND TENDENCIES IN ORDER TO BE BORN ANEW. THIS PROCESS IS NOT ONLY MUCH QUICKER THAN OTHER SYSTEMS WHICH WORK ON AN EXTERNAL BASIS ONLY, BUT THE RESULTS ARE ALSO MORE RELIEABLEAND PERMANENT.

THERE IS NO CONDITION TO DO MEDITATION !

 

                              

                               WHEN WE DO MEDITATION ,

                             THE MAGIC WILL HAPPEN !

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•                                     BEAUTY, TRUTH, STILLNESS, PEACE - THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT VALIDATES THEM, THAT CONFIRMS THEIR PRESENCE WITH SUCH SURETY THAT YOU DO NOT NEED TO SEEK ANYMORE KNOWLEDGE OR CERTIFICATION. A FINAL STAMP OF THEIR "IS"- NESS MUST BE THERE, THAT DO EXIST.

•                      LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, YOU ATTAIN YOUR NATURE OF SURENESS ONLY IN MEDITATION. THEN SOMETHING MAGICAL HAPPENS THERE, KNOWLEDGELESS KNOWING, WHICH IS SO VERY DIFFICULT FOR A NON-MEDITATIVE MIND TO BELIEVE. YOU WALK WITHOUT LEGS, YOU FLY WITHOUT WINGS. YOU SPEAK WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE. HAVE YOU EVER WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE? ONLY IN MEDITATION DOES THAT HAPPEN.

•                             IT IS LIKE FLYING WITHOUT WINGS, IT IS THE ULTIMATE MAGIC, YOU LOVE WITHOUT REASON. YOU ARE JOYFUL WITHOUT LOOKING FOR PROFIT. ONLY THIS MAGIC MAKES LIFE WORTH IT, OTHERWISE, THERE IS NO POINT DRAGGING ON AND ON. THE MIND THAT LIVES ONLY IN THEORIS CONCEPTS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ALL OF THAT QUICKLY BECOMES CONDITIONED. THAT MIND SOMEWHERE IS JUST WAITING AND PREPARING FOR DEATH BECAUSE LIFE IS THEN JUST A BURDEN.

•                          YOU ARE  CARRYING SO MUCH LOAD UPON THE HEAD WITHOUT A MOVEMENT OF REST. IT IS LIKE WORKING SO HARD WITHOUT EVEN GETTING PAIN THERE IS ONLY AGONY AND MORE AGONY. GOING ON LIVING, WORKING HARD TO FEED THE BODY, THINKING SO MUCH TO PROTECT YOURSELF, AND GETTING NOT EVEN A DROP OF THAT DIVINE NECTAR WHICH CAN MAKE YOU FORGET ALL YOUR TIREDNESS. TIRED DAY IN AND TIRED DAY OUT LIKE A BONDED LABORER, WORKING WITHOUT REMUNERATION, ALWAYS TRYING TO GET SECURITY WITHOUT EVER BEING SECURE.

                        WE ARE CONDITIONED TO BELIEVE THAT WE MUST DO SOMETHING TO ACHIEVE?

                           ANS : AND HENCE OUR MEDITATION IS NOT DEEP ENOUGH. WHEN YOU ARE STILL CONDITIONED, WHERE IS THE QUESTION OF DEEP MEDITATION?

                         I AM NOT DENYING THAT AT ALL, THAT WHICH WE CALL AS METHODS OF MEDITATION WERE INTENDED JUST TO OPEN THE DOORS. BUT WHAT TO SAY IF THE DOORS ARE OPEN, YOU ENTER, YOU TOUCH THE FURNITURE, AND THEN YOU RUN BACK? YOU ARE INTENDED TO STAY THERE, NOT GO THERE, WRITE YOUR NAME AND COME BACK.

                             KINDLY UNDERSTAND TWO THE REGARD. ONE, YOU NEED MEDITATION EVERY MOMENT. MEDITATIVENESS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU PRACTICE A FIXED HOUR OF THE DAY. SECONDLY, YOU NEED A DIFFERENT METHOD OF MEDITATION EVERY MOMENT. YOUR SO-CALLED  CONVENTIONAL WISDOM AND GURUS GO AGAINST BOTH OF THESE. FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAVE CONFINED MEDITATION TO ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DAY. JUST LIKE YOU HAVE MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES CONFINED TO THEIR OWN TIMES SLOTS, SIMILARLY MEDITATION TOO IS AN ACTIVITY TO ITS OWN TIME SLOT. NO, MEDITATION TOO IS AN ACTIVITY CONFINED TO ITS OWN TIME SLOT. NO, MEDITATION CANNOT BE THAT, IT HAS TO BE CONTINUOUS. IT HAS TO BE LIK BREATHING - CONTINUOUS.

                                SO, FIRST, MEDITATION HAS TO BE CONTINOUS. SECOND, THE MEDITATION TECHNIQUE, THE METHOD, THE PRACTICE HAS TO BE VERY, VERY DYNAMIC AND FLEXIBLE. YOU CANNOT KEEP EMPLOYING THE SAME METHOD FROM MORNING TILL EVENING. IT HAS TO BE SO DYNAMIC THAT NOTHING CAN BE SAID ABOUT IT. IT HAS TO BE SO FLEXIBLE THAT IT IS A UNIVERSAL SET, THAT IT INVOLVES EVERY POSSIBLE ACTION THAT THERE CAN BE. WALKING IS MEDITATION, EATING IS MEDITATION, TALKING IS MEDITATION, SLEEPING IS MEDITATION, RUNNING IS MEDITATION AND ANGER IS MEDITATION.

THE MINDFULLNESS TECHNIQUE !

 

             THE MYTH OF MEDITATION

 AND CONCENTRATION

                                       MEDITATION IS NOT ABOUT CONCENTRATING ON THE NATURAL SENSE OF BEING. MEDITATION IS NOT ABOUT BRINGING THE MIND BACK FROM THE WORLD TO SOME "I AM" IDEA. TO MEDITATE IS TO CONTINUOUSLY FOR THAT FOR WHICH THE EYE ANYWAY ARE LOOKING.

                                YOU DON'T HAVE TO RETREAT FROM THE WORLD. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHRINK AWAY FROM THE WORLD. YOU JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN THE EYES ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING, THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT SOMETHING BEYOND THAT SOMETHING - AND THAT IS WHY NO THING EVER SUFFICES.

                            IF YOU CAN KNOW THE REALITY OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING WITH YOUR EYES, HEARING WITH YOUR EARS, THINKING OF WITH YOUR MIND, THAT IS MEDITATION.

                      TO MEDITATE IS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY IN LOVE WITH THE TRUTH.

                              BUT THE MIND IS A FOOL BECAUSE DESIRE IS BLIND. DESIRE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT IT REALLY DESIRES, SO IT MOVES IN BLIND DIRECTIONS. AND THEREFORE, ALL CONCENTRATION IS FALSE. YOU CAN CONCENTRATE ONLY  UPON THAT WHICH YOU THINK WILL FULFILL YOU - AND THAT WHICH YOU THINK WILL FULLFILL YOU NEVER REALLY FULFILLS YOU.

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                     YOU WILL NEVER DIRECTLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE CONCENTRATING ON THE SUPREME SELF. IT IS ONLY WHEN YOU BECOME A LITTLE LIGHT, A LITTLE INDIFFERENT, A LITTLE CASUAL ABOUT THE OBJECTS THAT YOU VALUE SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN INDIRECTLY REALIZE THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE FRUITS OF CONCENTRATING ON THE TRUE SELF.

                               WHAT PREVENTS YOU FROM BEING PEACEFUL ? THE IDEA THAT YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO GET PEACE.

                              PEACE IS NOT THE END OF MEDITATION, PEACE IS THE BEGINNING OF MEDITATION.

                           MEDITATION IS WHEN YOU WANT THE HIGHEST ALONE. MEDITATION IS WHEN YOU ARE FED UP OF LOOKING AT THE SMALL.

                          WATCHING THE BREATH IS A CONVENIENT WAY TO AVOID WATCHING THAT WHICH REALLY NEEDS TO BE WATCHED.

                               IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE SO IGNORANT WHAT IS GOING ON. WHAT WE LACK, USUALLY, IS THE HONESTY TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

                            MAKE IT A GREAT EGO. HOW ELSE DO YOU KILL THE EGO? BY MAKING IT GREAT.

THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR PAST LIFE ! (MEDITATION)

                                WHY DOES WE PRACTICE 

                          MEDITATION REGULARLY?

                                  AND ITS USES !

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                        WHAT IS MEDITATION ? WHY DOES THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION KEEP ON IN BONDAGE ?

                               MEDITATIVENESS IS SIMPLY OUR INNER NATURE. TO MEDITATE IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY KIND OF MENTAL EXERTION OR MENTAL ACTIVITY. TO MEDITATE IS TO BE AT A POINT WHERE PARALLELLY TWO NON-EVENTS ARE HAPPENING. FIRST, THERE IS NO NEED FOR MENTAL ACTIVITY. BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEED FOR ANY ACTIVITY, SO I AM CALLING IT A NON-EVENT. THERE IS NO NEED TO THINK OR SOLVE PROBLEMS OR RESIST CHALLENGES OR PLAN, NO NEED IS FELT. SECONDLY, PARALLELLY, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO NEED TO GATHER KNOWLEDGE , YET ALL IS KNOWN.

                   MOST OF THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE COMES TO US BECAUSE THE INSECURE ONE WITHIN US NEEDS TO HAVE INFORMATION FROM THE WORLD. THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE SEEK KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS A FEELING OF INCOMPLETENESS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LOSS IF THAT KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THERE. "SOMETHING WOULD BE REDUCED, SOMETHING WOULD BE DIMINISHED WITHIN ME IF I DO NOT HAVE THIS KNOWLEDGE ".  THAT IS THE REASON WHY CHASE AND STORE KNOWLEDGE.

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                            REMEMBER, IN MEDITATION, FIRSTLY, THERE IS NO NEED TO KNOW. SECONDLY, ALL IS KNOWN WITHOUT THE NEED TO KNOW IT. WHENEVER THERE WILL BE A NEED TO KNOW, ALL THAT YOU WILL KNOW WILL BE TRASH, INESSENTIAL. WHATEVER KNOWLEDGE WILL COME TO YOU OUT OF YOUR OWN WILL, YOUR OWN DESIRE AND PURSUIT, WILL BE WORTHLESS. BECAUSE WHI IS CHASING THIS ?

                             YOU CAN HAVE LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT MATERIAL IS LIKE, WHAT THE UNIVERSE IS LIKE. TODAY, YOU CAN GO TO THE INTERNET AND COME TO KNOW WHERE IN A PARTICULAR LANE IN MEXICO A PARTICULAR RESTAURANT IS LOCATED. ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN BE VERY EASILY AND VERY PRECISELY KNOWN. BUT THESE THINGS, EVEN IF THEY TELL US A LOT ABOUT THE WORLD, WILL NEVER CARRY US TO THE UNDERLYING MYSTERY OF THE WORLD. THAT IS NOT WHAT NORMAL ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH SENSES AND THROUGH THE ANALYTICAL PROCESS OF MIND CAN GIVE US. WE WILL KNOW THE MATERIAL, BUT NEVER THE SUBTLE ORIGIN OF THE MATERIAL.

                             YOU LOVE WITHOUT REASON. YOU ARE JOYFUL WITHOUT LOOKING FOR PROFIT. ONLY THIS MAGIC MAKES LIFE WORTH IT.

                                 LIFE WITHOUT THAT MEDITATIVENESS IS SURELY TORTURE. ONLY IN MEDITATIVENESS DO YOU ACTUALLY REACH THERE THOUGHT IS ATTEMPTING TO REACH ALL ITS LIFE.

                               WHATEVER YOU ARE THINKING S ULTIMATELY ABOUT SECURING THE THINKER. THOUGHT HAS JUST ONE FUNCTION. TO SECURE THE THINKER. THE THINKER, BY DEFINITION. IS INSECURE. SO, THOUGHT HAS JUST ONE FUNCTION. SECURE THE INSECURITY - AND IT DOES THAT PERFECTLY. IT SECURES YOUR INSECURITY, IT ENSURES THAT YOUR INSECURITY CONTINUES.

                          MEDITATION IS THE UNIVERSAL SET OF WHATEVER YOU DO. CONSTANT MEDITATION - UNHINDERED, UNFLINCHING, STILL AND STABLE CORE. FROM THAT A LIVELY FLOW OF THE RIGHT REPSONSE TO THE MOVEMENT. THIS RIGHT RESPONSE ITSELF IS THE MEDITATION TECHNIQUE.

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                        YOU CANNOT DO THE DAILY WORK RIGHTLY UNLESS YOU ARE, FIRST OF ALL, DEVOTED TO THE RIGHT ONE.

                      IN THE GRESTEST TRADITIONS OF SPIRITUALITY, THE SAINTS HAVE ALWAYS ASKED YOU TO REMEMBER YOUR PAST AND ALSO NEVER FORGET THE FUTURE. KABIR SAHIB GOES TO THE EXTEND OF REMINDING YOU HOW YOU WERE IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB. HE SAID, "YOU REMEMBER? IN THE MOTHER'S WOMB, YOUR HEAD WAS POINTING DOWNWARDS, IN THE SENSE THAT YOU WERE A LITTLE HUMBLE, YOUR FEET WERE UP AND THE HAD WAS DOWN. AND NOW THAT YOU ARE BORN, YOUR HEAD IS SO STIFF". WHAT IS HE ASKING YOU TO REMEMBER IF NOT THE PAST?

                        MIND, AT EVERY POINT, AT EVERY MOMENT, IS A CHOICE. TO BE IN THE RIGHT CHOICE CONTINUOUSLY, 24/7, THAT IS MEDITATION.

STRANGE SOUNDS DURING MEDITATION !

 

                            DOES MEDITATION HELP IN                                                                     LIBERATION?

          WHAT ROLE DOES MEDITATION HAVE IN INCREASNG

    OUR CHANCES OF LIBERATION?

                               IF MEDITATION IS FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE, IF THAT'S WHAY YOUR MEDITATION HONESTLY IS, THEN OBVIOUSLY MEDITATION WILL HELP IN LIBERATION. BUT IF MEDITATION IS JUST ANOTHER THING, THEN WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH LIBERATION? WE VERY WELL KNOW THAT IF YOU WANT TO BE LIBERATED, THEN YOU HAVE TO HONESTLY ADMIT AND CHALLENGE YOUR BONDAGES.

                           SO, THAT'S WHAT YOU MUST ASK YOURSELF, IS YOUR MEDITATION REALLY CHALLENGING THE REAL BONDAGE OF YOUR LIFE? OR IS MEDITATION JUST A SMALL THING IN A SMALL PART OF YOUR LIFE, VERY DISTANT FROM, VERY REMOVED FORM THE PART OF YOUR LIFE WHERE STRONG BONDAGE ACTUALLY EXIST?

                       MOSTLY THE KIND OF MEDITATION THAT WE PRACTICE IS ORNAMENTAL, IT REALLY DOES NOT ADDRESS THE CORE PROBLEM. IT IS LIKE A TRIBUTE PAID TO LIBERATION - A CEREMONIAL THING, NOT ACTUAL. MAN HAS A GREAT CAPACITY TO CO-OPT EVEN FREEDOM INTO HIS SLAVERY.

                          A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE CALL AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE EXISTS JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM. ADDRESSING THE REAL PROBLEM REQUIRES GUTS AND FAITH. AND IT IS NOT AS IF WE ARE SO NAIVE THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE AND WHAT THE ISSUE IS, WE KNOW THAT, BUT WE FAIL TO SUMMON THE COURAGE AND THE FAITH TO TAKE THE BULL BY ITS HORNS. WE WOULD RATHER MEDITATE.

                            REAL MEDITATION IS THE COURAGE TO LET THE LIFE CHANGE.

                          STRANGE SOUNDS DURING

                                         MEDITATION !

                           CAN YOU QUESTION SOMETHING WITHOUT NOTICING IT ? IF YOU DON'T EVEN NOTICE THE SOUND, WOULD YOU QUESTION WHO IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE SOUND, WHO IS RECEIVING OR PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SOUND?

                      SO, A BETTER PRACTICE WOULD PROBABLY BE TO ASK, WHY DOES THE SOUND MATTER TO ME AT ALL? IF YOU ASK, "TO WHOM ARE THESE SOUNDS? THEN THE ANSWER WILL NOT TAKE YOU VERY FAR, BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS. THESE SOUNDS ARE TO THE QUESTIONER, NOBOBY ELSE. THE INCIDENT OF ASKING THE QUESTION ITSELF REVEALS THE ONE WHO IS COGNIZANT OF THOSE SOUNDS.

                     SO, THAT MATTER IS SETTLED. NOW WE COME TO THE NEXT QUESTION.

                           THERE ARE VARIETY OF SOUNDS ALWAYS ENTERING MY SENSORY SPACE, ARE THERE NOT? WHY DO I FEEL ATTRACTED TO OR CHARMED BY OR OFFENDED BY A FEW OF THEM, AND WHY ARE A FEW OTHERS NOT SIGNIFICANT TO ME? THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURE OF YOUR MIND, THE CONSTITUTION OF YOUR INNER PRAKRITI (NATURE). AND THIS KNOWLEDGE HELPS.

                        EGO THAT STARTS KNOWING ITSELF DOES NOT REMAIN CHARMED BY ITSELF FOR TOO LONG.

                   SEE WHAT IS IT THAT YOU RESPECT  IN YOUR DAILY LIFE. AND IF YOU ARE RESPECTING ALL THE SOURCES AND AGENTS OF TROUBLE AND WORRY AND ANXIETY, THEN HOW WILL YOU EVER RESPECT THE RIGHT ONE?

                         IT TRUTH IS TO BE RESPECTED, IF PEACE IS TO BE LOVED, THAT LOVE HAS TO BE UNCONDITIONAL AND ABSOLUTE, TOTALLY UNDIVIDED, UNFRAGMENTED, RESERVED ONLY FOR THE ONE.

                    SPIRITUALITY HAS TO BE A 24/7 OCCUPATION. YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, NOT POLICE YOURSELF.