THE THREE TYPES OF PRACTICE DHARANA, DHYANA AND SAMADHI DHARANA DHARANA IS HOLDING THE MIND ON TO SOME PARTICULAR OBJECT. DHARANA (CONCENTRATION) IS WHEN THE MIND HOLDS ON TO SOME OBJECT, EITHER IN THE BODY, OR OUTSDE THE BODY, AND KEEPS ITSELF IN THAT STATE . DHYANAM AN UNBROKEN FLOW OF KNOWLEDGE TO THAT OBJECT IS DHYANA. THE MIND TRIES TO THINK TO ONE OBJECT, TO HOLD ITSELF TO ONE PARTICULAR SPOT, AS THE TOP OF THE HEAD, THE HEART, ETC, AND IF THE MIND SUCCEEDS IN RECEIVING THE SENSATIONS ONLY THROUGH THAT PART OF THE BODY, AND THROUGH NO OTHER PART, THAT WOULD BE DHARANA, AND WHEN THE MIND SUCCEEDS IN KEEPING ITSELF IN THAT STATE FOR SOME TIME IT IS CALLED DHYANA (MEDITATION). SAMADHI WHEN THAT, GIVING UP ALL FORMS, REFLECTS ONLY THE MEANING, IT IS SAMADHI. THAT IS, WHEN IN MEDITATION ALL FORMS ARE GIVEN UP. SUPPOSE I WERE MEDITATION ON A BOOK, AND THAT I HAVE GRADUALLY SUCCEEDED IN CONCENTRATING THE MIND ON IT, AND PERCEIVING ONLY THE INTERNAL SENSATIONS, THE MEANING, UNEXPRE...
THE CONNECTION OF
BREATH TO BRAIN
THE BRAIN IS THE PHYSICAL MEDIATOR OF CONSCIOUSNESS, LINKING MIND, BODY AND EMOTIONS INTO ONE HARMONIOUS UNIT, THE NEUROSURGEON AFFECTS THE BODY BY STIMULATING THE BRAIN. THE PRACTIONER OF YOGA NIDRA BEGINS AT THE OTHER END OF THE NERVE PATHWAY BY HEIGHTENING THE AWARENESS OF THE BODY IN NERVE PATHWAY BY HEIGHTENING THE AWARENESS OF THE BODY IN ORDER TO STIMULATE THE BRAIN. THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF AWARENESS THROUGH THE PARTS OF THE BODY NOT ONLY INDUCES PHYSICAL RELAXATION, BUT CLEARS ALL THE NERVE PATHWAYS TO THE BRAIN, BOTH THOSE GOVERNING THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND THOSE CONCERNED WITH INCOMING INFORMATION. AT THE SAME TIME WE MAKE A TOTAL RUN THROUGH THE BRAIN SURFACE, FROM INSIDE OUT. IN THIS WAY, YOGA NIDRA RELAXES THE MIND BY RELAXING THE BODY.
- THE AUM WHICH IS THE SYLLABLE OF BRAHMAN, THE ULTIMATE REALITY, STANDS FOR THE MANIFESTED WORLD, THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, AND ALSOTHE UNMANIFESTED ABSOLUTE.
- ONE NEEDS TO ONLY REPLACE THE WORD BRAHMAN WITH PURUSHA TO SEE THAT WHEN PATANJALI TALKS OF THE PATANJALI BEING THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE SELF, FREE FROM ALL CONDITIONINGS AND DISTRACTIONS OF THE CHITTA THAT OBSCURE IT, THE DIFFERENCE IS ONLY IN TERMINOLOGY.
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RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
THE MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP OF MAN IS WITH GOD. IT REMAINS UNCHANGED. THERE IS ONLY LOVE, PEACE AND SENENITY. THE REST OF RELATIONSHIPS GIVE PLEASURE AND PAIN, SMILES AND TEARS AND LOVE AND HATRED. MOREOVER THEY KEEP CHANGING AS TIME PASSESS. MAHATMA GANDI SAID, "I DO DIMLY PERCEIVE THAT WHILST EVERYTHING AROUND ME IS EVER CHANGING, EVERY DYING, THERE IS UNDERLYING ALL THAT CHANGE, A LIVING POWER THAT IS CHANGELESS, THAT HOLDS ALL TOGETHER, THAT CREATES, DISSOLVES AND RECREATES. THAT INFORMING POWER OR SPIRIT IS GOD"
THE POWER OF FORGETTING!
THE BEST WAY TO MAKE MIND A GOOD FRIEND IS TO FORGET. FORGET THE BODY. FORGET THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT. FORGET THE FAMILY AND RELATIVES. FORGET WORRIES. FORGET HAPPINESS. FORGET EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE ABSOLUTE THE TRUTH. GOD OR BRAHMAN. FORGETTING IS NOT EASY HENCE MIND SHOULD BE ENGAGED ALL THE TIME IN GOD'S NAMEOR MANTRA. REMEMBERING GOD WILL HELP TO FORGET ABOUT THE PLEASURES AND PAINS OF THIS MATERIALISTIC WORLD. ON FORGETTING THIS WORLD, ONE ATTAINS SUPREME BLISS.
- MIND IS A SPACE WHERE THOUGHTS GENERATE AND REST. THE THOUGHTS GENERATE IN THE INNER SPACE JUST LIKE THE CLOUDS GENERATE IN THE SKY.
- RAMANA MAHARISHI SAYS THAT MIND IS ONLY A BUNDLE OF THOUGHTS. STOP THINKING AND SHOW ME THEN, WHERE IS THE MIND? STILL MIND LEADS TO THOUGHTS-LESS STATE.
- PRANAYAMA IS THE GHEE AND SOUL IS THE FIRE. SOUL IS PURIFIED BY DOING PRANAYAMA AND MEDITATION. PRANAYAMA IS SIMPLIFIED TERMS MEANS CONTROL OVER PRANA OR REGULATING BREATH BY INCREASING THE TIME PERIOD OF KUMBHAKA, RETENTION OF BREATH.
- ACCORDING TO SWAMI CHIDANANDA SARASWATHI," PRANA IS A SUBTLE INVISIBLE FORCE. IT IS THE LIFE-FORCE THAT PERVADES THE BODY. IT IS THE FACTOR THAT CONNECTS THE BODY AND THE MIND, BECAUSE IT IS CONNECTED ON ONE SIDE WITH THE BODY AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH THE MIND.
- IT IS THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE BODY AND THE MIND. THE BODY AND THE MIND HAVE NO DIRECTION CONNECTION. THEY ARE CONNECTED THROUGH PRANA ONLY".
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