for beginners
Spiritualism
Version 07102003
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Preface
Before starting, I humbly prostrate to ðYvara (God), Who is the creator of all of us. I
bow to the feet of sad-gUrU (unattached realized spiritual guide), who showed me the
ultimate path of spiritualism. Words fail to express my gratitude towards great sadgUrU, sages and seers of India.
This presentation is an effort to reveal very basic concept of spiritualism to
educated people. Facts presented in this presentation are mere reproduction of
spiritual teaching of great sad-gUrU, which are based upon veda (ancient accumulated
Holy wisdom of great sages and seers of India).
In order to make the subject simple, at times the explanation in this material may
suffer in depth. There may be some omissions and mistakes in this work, but I am
sure that your suggestions will improve this work to a great extent. Kindly send in
your suggestions at shanky_andy@hotmail.com or shanky_andy@yahoo.com
Peace by means of peace.
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Objective................................................................................ 04
An Advise to the Audience................................................... 05
Cause and Effect Theory...................................................... 06
Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy.............................. 10
Separated Consciousness................................................... 13
Axiomatic Truth..................................................................... 15
Three Bodies.......................................................................... 22
Law of karma......................................................................... 24
Birth and Death Cycle........................................................... 26
Four Levels of Consciousness............................................ 29
Five Sheath Principal............................................................ 31
Mind........................................................................................ 35
Subtle energy points............................................................. 44
Methodology.......................................................................... 48
Religion and Spirituality....................................................... 60
Six Verses to Liberation........................................................64
Terminology........................................................................... 65
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Objective
Most of the us are at a position where we can neither accept nor reject God.
How do we get answers for very basic fundamental questions such as Who is
God? Is God a mere concept for physically and mentally weak people? Why so
many miseries? What is the purpose of this life? Why death? What is death? What
after death? Why is God so imperfect? Why God is creating problems for all of
us? Who has made Nature? Is everything pre-destined? What is the role of freewill? What is religion and rituals? Every religious man has their own conviction,
then who is right and who is wrong? What is the definition of right and wrong?
Why blood-shed on the name of religion? How do we meditate and get peace?
And most important question is that who is asking all these questions? Who I
am? What is my origin and the final destination?
In order to get the answers to these valid questions, one has to step out of own
material self and start contemplating upon these questions. veda sheds the light on
these questions and helps us to understand the ultimate reality.
An important point which we need understand is that veda are not confined to any
particular religion, rather veda are generic knowledge on essential spirituality. veda
contain various techniques and methodologies to realize Self and reveal Beyond.
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An Advise to the Audience
1.
Mirror of consciousness will not reveal anything if it is covered with the dust
of wrong pseudo spiritualism and material logic, which is based upon five
imperfect senses and relativity.
2.
In spiritualism, logic is good to some extent, but after that it becomes a
barrier.
3.
Have a non-critical, unbiased and inventive mind of a Scientist. Prior to an
invention, a Scientist doesn’t have any logic to prove his work, but even then
he is fully dedicated and committed to his work, which eventually makes him
successful.
4.
Mind is clever and always tries to consolidate answers for it’s convenience.
Have quest for knowledge and live with questions. Borrowed knowledge can
serve the purpose to some extent. Answers are to be discovered by your own
self.
5.
Scriptures reveal themselves when read again and again. Read, understand,
integrate and then implement.
6.
Tons of reading is better than an ounce of practice. Theory is supplementary
to practical. To quench the thirst, water is needed and not the theory of H2O.
7.
Get rid of crunches of belief and realize the Truth yourself.
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Cause and Effect Theory
Theoretically, to understand a
system, it is essential to
decompose and then again
reunite it’s components.
Apparently, this makes the
system a little more complex, but
this process increases the depth
of knowledge at an intellectual
level, which makes the practical
easy.
Lets try to analyze an experiment,
which is getting conducted in a
laboratory. In this experiment, a
scientist is transforming water
vapors to water, and then water to
ice.
Through this experiment we will
try to understand the various
stages of transformation and
relation between gross, subtle,
cause and source.
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Now this experiment has following four aspects 1. Ice is gross (sthUla).
Water is subtle (sUkSma)
3.
Water vapors are the cause (kAraNa) of water and ice.
4.
Scientist is the source, the intelligence behind the
process.
Based upon the above experiment, now we can
establish the following facts –
1.
Cause is subtle and effect is gross. Effect is the
gross manifestation of the cause.
2.
Water vapors and ice are subtle water and gross
water respectively. Substratum (H2O) is the same,
and difference is in the forms and names only.
3.
This transformation can happen both ways i.e.
water vapors to ice and vice versa.
4.
Scientist’s intelligence is the source behind this
transformation and not involved in the actual
transformation process.
Manifestation is from Source to Gross
2.
Source
(Intelligence)
Cause
(Water
vapors)
Subtle
(Water)
Gross
(Ice)
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Understanding is from Gross to Source
Cause and Effect Theory
Cause and Effect Theory
1.
Each effect has a cause, as water vapors are the cause of water and ice.
Similarly, “This” (we, Nature and beyond) are the effects of “That” (Cosmic
Consciousness), and “That” is the cause of “This”.
2.
Effects are different forms and names (Upadhi) of the same cause, as water
and ice is the different form and name for water vapors. Similarly, “This” is
the different forms and names of same “That”. If we drop the idea of forms
and names, then “This” becomes “That’.
3.
An effect cannot exist without its cause, as water and ice cannot exist
without water vapors or H2O molecules. Similarly, “This” can not exist
without “That”. If we take out “That” from “This”, “This” also vanishes.
“This” is the effect of “That” and “That” is the
source of “This”. If one drops of the relative
perspective of “This” and “That”, then “This” is
“That” and “That” is “This”. In other words, cause
is subtler effect, and effect is grosser cause.
Cause of causes is Cosmic Consciousness (ðYvara)
and rest all are Its manifestations. In the infinite
ocean of Cosmic Consciousness, innumerable
waves (Self as a Separated Consciousness) emerge
and then finally merge back.
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Cause and Effect Theory
AuM (~) is the sacred symbol and is the representation of Cosmic Consciousness
and It’s manifestation i.e. creation. AuM is the combination of following sequence
of root sounds -
1.
A-kArA is the sound of “A” (as pronounced in
up), which represents gross manifested
form of Cosmic Consciousness.
2.
3
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U-kArA is the sound of “U” (as pronounced in
put), which represents subtle manifestation
of Cosmic Consciousness.
3.
mA-kArA is the sound of “M” (as pronounced
in mother), which represents cause of
Cosmic Consciousness.
4.
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Sound of silence, the vibrations and pause
after mA-kArA represents the Source i.e.
Cosmic Consciousness Itself. Sound of
silence or emptiness is the substratum,
which acts like a canvas on which painting
with A-kArA, U-kArA and mA-kArA is made.
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Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy
The whole Universe is infinite river of
energy. Where energy is condensed, it
becomes visible in the form of mass, as
whirlpools are visible in a river. This
energy is known as Nature (prakRti).
Energy can convert itself into gross form,
which is called mass and vise versa.
Mass is gross energy and energy is
subtle mass.
In the scientific world, “Wave/Particle
Duality of Light” is an interesting
example, where minutest known
substance, has two contradicting
properties of wave and particle.
Essentially this means that sometimes a
wave acts like a particle and vise versa!
From scientific perspective, this is
illogical because, wave is a process of an
energy whereas particle is a mass.
Energy
Conversion
Mass
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Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy
But Energy (prakRti) itself is not intelligent. Some Intelligent Principle behind the
scene is controlling this Energy. This Intelligent Principle, the Universal Law
behind the process is known as Cosmic Consciousness (ðYvara).
That's why Cosmic Consciousness is Immortal, Formless, without Limbs, Actionless, All-pervading (thus Immovable), Unchanging, Second-less, Indivisible,
Infinite, Eternal and without Attributes (nirguNa).
Cosmic Consciousness has manifested Itself in
It’s Energy (Nature), and from this perspective,
Cosmic Consciousness is with attributes (saguN)
also. It’s like same electricity is getting
manifested in various electrical equipments such
as bulb, fan etc.
Nature’s cycle does create, sustain and absorb
(to re-cycle and re-fresh) it’s creation.
Cosmic Consciousness is the Source, and
Nature is Its effect. Nature depends upon Cosmic
Consciousness, but inseparable from Cosmic
Consciousness, the way a nail is inseparable
from it’s finger and Sun-light from Sun.
Sustain
Create
ðYvara
Absorb
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Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy
Nature has two powers –
1.
Power to veil (AvarNa Yakti) : Nature is untrue existence and true appearance, thus
called illusion (mAyA). For example your image in the mirror is there, but not
real.
2.
Power to distract (vikSepa Yakti) is of three types –
a. Power to know (jJAna Yakti).
b. Power to desire (IcchA Yakti).
c. Power of doing action (kiryA Yakti).
You get the knowledge of an apple through the power-to-know (jJAna Yakti). Then
a desire arises in the mind to possess that apple, which is the power-to-desire
(IcchA Yakti). Then you exert to obtain that apple with the help of power-of-doingan-action (kiryA Yakti).
Nature has trinity essences (triguNAtmik Yakti) –
a.
sattva : Saint like tendencies such as sentient,
goodness, light, purity etc.
b.
rajas : King like tendencies such as kinetic,
mutative, passion etc.
c.
tamas : Negative tendencies such as static,
inertia, ignorance, darkness, dullness etc.
sattva
rajas
ðYvara
tamas
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Separated Consciousness
Apparently, “Free will” Separates Individual Consciousness (Atman or Soul or Self)
from Cosmic Consciousness. The Separated Consciousness has two natures –
Conditioning through Nature’s veil
2.
Original form (svarUpa) sat-chitta-Ananda a. sat is existence i.e. truth.
b. chitta is consciousness.
c. Ananda is bliss.
Nature acts as a veil between Separated Consciousness
and Cosmic Consciousness. Environment outside and
inside of a pot is the same. When pot (veil of Nature) is
broken then the environment inside (Separated
Consciousness) becomes one with the environment
outside (Cosmic Consciousness) of the pot.
Nature as veil
Separated
Consciousness
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Manifestation
For example, while watching a movie, one gets
associated (gets conditioned) with the false environment
created by the movie. When one witnesses (Yakshi) that it's
projector’s beam, which is making false impression on
the inert screen (and not onto himself), he gets
disassociated with the false environment and becomes
established in his own self (svarUpa).
Cosmic
Consciousness
Understanding
1.
Separated Consciousness
Cosmic
Consciousness
Separated
Consciousness
Body
Separated Consciousness and
Cosmic Consciousness.
Separated Consciousness is
ever pure and divine, but the
veil of ignorance made of tamas,
rajas and sattva makes the
Separated Consciousness
limited and finite.
Veil
yogA means union between
Cosmic Consciousness,
the Substratum
All the objects, except Separated Consciousness, under Nature are temporary
and thus unreal. Cosmic Consciousness is real, Nature is unreal, and apparent
Separated Consciousness is Cosmic Consciousness only. Separated
Consciousness is a fraction of Cosmic Consciousness only, and thus above and
beyond Nature.
sattva is superior to rajas, and rajas is better than tamas. Objective is to morph ourselves
from tamas to rajas, rajas to sattva and then transcend sattva too, which is known as guNatIta.
The sculpture (Separated Consciousness) already exist in the rock, only
unnecessary rock (veil of Nature) is to be chipped off to get the sculpture out of
the rock. “That” is already there, only veil between “This” and “That” is to be
dropped. That’s why we always pray “Reveal Thyself”.
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Axiomatic Truth
1.
“That” is sat (Truth), the only nameless
substance, one without second (non-dual),
with no beginning or end.
2.
Two aspects of Sat, are chitta and Ananda. The
interplay of these two aspects of divinity
causes creation. chitta is love, attraction and
Cosmic Consciousness. Ananda is will,
enjoyment and Nature.
3.
The Cosmic Consciousness and Nature in its
aspect of repulsion and attraction vibrates.
This process emanates a sound known as
Pranava (AuM).
4.
praNava (AuM) manifests the idea of –
a. Time (kAla).
b. Space (AkaYa).
c. Units (aNu).
5.
These four ideas of praNava, time, space and
unit lay down the foundation of creation,
which together act as a veil reflecting the
spiritual rays of the Cosmic Consciousness.
sat
Cosmic
Consciousness
chitta
Ananda
attraction & repulsion
vibration emanates AuM sound
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Axiomatic Truth
6.
This veil is composed of three essences (guNa) –
a.
sattva : Saint like tendencies such as sentient,
goodness, light, purity etc.
b.
rajas : King like tendencies such as kinetic,
mutative, passion etc.
c.
tamas : Negative tendencies such as static,
inertia, ignorance, darkness, dullness etc.
7.
Then the state of equilibrium of the three essences gets disturbed. As a result
energies get polarized and chain of deformation occurs.
8.
As a consequence of deformation of sattva, Self (Separated Consciousness)
manifests, which is also known as mahtattva.
9.
Self further gets deformed and manifests as false ego (ahaMkAra), which causes
repulsion and separation of Self from Cosmic Consciousness.
10. The three essences, although distinguished by their distinctive features, are
the conglomerates of the same three essences in differing proportions. This
manifests five fundamental essences, called paJca-tattava i.e. sattva, sattva + rajas, rajas , rajas
+ tamas and tamas.
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Axiomatic Truth
11. Five fundamental essences (paJca-tattava) consist casual body (kAraNa Sharir), which
is cause of subtle body (sUkSma Sharir or lingadeha) and gross material body (sthUla
Sharir).
12. From the sattva component, the five knowledge senses (jJanendriya) evolves –
a. Ear (Yrautra).
b. Skin (tvacha).
c. Eye (ckShu).
d. Tongue (jihvA).
e. Nose (Yrautra).
13.
rajas give rise to five subtle organs of action (karmendriya) ––
a. Speech (vak).
b. Hand (pAni).
c. Feet (pAyu).
d. Genital (upasth).
e. Anus (pAyu).
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Axiomatic Truth
14.
rajas components manifest as five major prANa (subtle life force) –
a. prANa – breathing.
b. apAna - excretion of waste and urine.
c. vayAna - circulation of blood.
d. udAna - deglutition or swallowing of food.
e. samAna - digestion of food.
15. From tamas components, five rudimentary principles of the elements (tanmAtra)
are emerged –
a. Sound (Yabda).
b. Touch (sparSa).
c. Form or color (rUpa).
d. Taste (rasa).
e. Smell (gandha).
Subtle to gross
16. Five rudimentary principles of elements further gets deformed and evolve
themselves as five gross elements (paJca-mahabhuta) a. from Sound to Space (Space).
b. from Touch to Air (Space + Air).
c. from Form to Fire (Space + Air + Fire).
d. from Taste to Water (Space + Air + Fire + Water).
e. from Smell to Earth (Space + Air + Fire + Water + Earth).
Subtle to gross
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Axiomatic Truth
17. These five gross elements has a tendency to grossify (paJcnIkarna) i.e. split itself
into half (50%), and rest of the half (50%) further gets divided into four equal
parts (12.5%), and then gets unified with other four half (50%) gross elements.
Below is grossification process for five gross elements –
Space
Air
Fire
Water
Earth
Grossification
1st Step : Split 50%
2nd Step : Split 50% in
4 parts i.e. 12.5%
3rd Step : 12.5% gets
merges with other 50%
3rd step is the manifested form of Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Together
these five gross elements constitute the gross material body.
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Axiomatic Truth
18. Fine subtle body consist of following nineteen elements a. Five organs of knowledge.
b. Five organs of action.
c. Five prANa.
d. Inner subtle equipment (antaHkaraNa) i. Emotional Mind (man).
ii. Intellect (buddhi).
iii. Chit is basic faculty through which mind operates i.e. combination of
conscious, subconscious, unconscious, memory and more.
iv. Ego (ahaMkAra).
19. With the three bodies - casual body, gross material body and subtle body,
having been formed, the play of repulsion comes to a halt and attraction of the
Cosmic Consciousness becomes evident.
20. Thus whole macrocosm is within
microcosm.
She (Nature) loves Him (Cosmic
Consciousness) so much that She tries to
capture Him, by constructing nine door
temples (human bodies) and establishes
Him in it.
An object has five aspects –
1.
Name (nAma)
2.
Form (rUpa)
3.
sat (Asti)
4.
chitta (bhati)
5.
Ananda (priyA)
Belongs to
Nature and
varies
Substratum
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is the
Unit
prANa
Ear
Speech
Sound
Space
Chit
apAna
Skin
Hand
Touch
Air
Intellect
vayAna
Eye
Feet
Form
Fire
Emotion
Mind
udAna
Tongue
Genital
Taste
Water
samAna
Nose
Anus
Smell
Earth
organs of action
from rajas
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Ego
Subtle body
Gross elements
from tamas
Rudimentary principle
of the elements
from tanmAtra
Ananda
prANa
from rajas
Self & inner subtle
equipment from sattva
sat
Organs of knowledge
from sattva
Casual body
tamas
Space
tamas
rajas
chitta
rajas + tamas
rajas
sattva
Time
sattva + rajas
sattva
Axiomatic Truth
Self
Gross body
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Three Bodies
Three bodies are 1.
Gross material body is what we see and feel.
2.
Subtle body drives gross material body.
3.
Casual body is based on ignorance (avidyA) and is the cause of the gross
material and subtle body.
The shell of a Mango corresponds to gross
material body. The pulp represents subtle
body and seed corresponds to casual body.
Binding elements for casual, gross material
and subtle body are –
1. Body (deha).
2.
Action (karma).
3.
Love (rAga).
4.
Hate (dveSa).
5.
Egoism (ahaMkAra).
6.
Non-discrimination (Aviveka).
7.
Ignorance (AjJana).
1
Casual body
causes
Ego is the main
binding element
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Gross body
2
Subtle body
drives
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Three Bodies
Gross material body has nine (and
two hidden) gates –
1. Left ear.
2. Right ear.
3. Left eye.
4. Right eye.
5. Mouth.
6. Nose.
7. Navel.
8. Genital.
9. Anus.
Gross material body goes under Five
modifications –
1. Potential existence.
2. Born.
3. Grows.
4. Matures.
5. Decay.
6. Dies.
Gross material body is made up of seven
primary essences (saptadhAtu) –
1. Chyle.
2. Blood.
3. Flesh.
4. Fat.
5. Bone.
6. Marrow.
7. Semen.
Fine subtle body consist of following
nineteen elements –
1. Five organs of knowledge.
2. Five organs of action.
3. Five prANa (subtle life force).
4. Inner subtle equipment a. Emotional Mind.
b. Intellect.
c. chitta.
d. Ego.
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Law of karma
Because of karma (past and present mental and physical actions), Separated
Consciousness becomes conditioned and goes through the purification process
created by Nature. Types of karma are –
1.
Negative.
2.
Positive and negative.
3.
Positive.
4.
Neither positive nor negative : Only yogI
can achieve this type of karma.
Common man does 1st and 2nd type of karma,
where proportion of negative karma are high.
Categories of karma as can be explained via
Bowman's analogy 1.
Accumulated (saJcita karma) : The bundle
of arrows in the quiver.
2.
Fructifying (prArabdha karma) : The arrow
shot, which can not be recalled.
3.
Current (kriyamAna karma) : The arrow,
which is about to shoot from the bow.
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Law of karma
We have control over accumulated and current karma, provided we use fructifying
karma correctly.
River of “free will” can change it’s course in the pre-defined plan of karma.
Accumulated karma in the latent form are called saMskAra, which is the subtle base of
our manifested desires (vAsana). saMskAra further gets strengthened by ignorance
(avidyA), and because of ignorance one starts considering –
1.
the short-lived as eternal.
2.
the impure as pure.
3.
the painful as pleasurable.
4.
the non-Soul (body, mind etc.) as Soul.
Result is worldly afflictions (kleSa). Pain and pleasure are two faces of the same
coin, which is called Pain. Pleasure and pain are pain only.
Because of this vicious circle, the Separated Consciousness becomes
conditioned through five senses and as a result emotional mind overpowers and
further traps the Self in karma. Freedom lies in, in controlling the mind and not
getting controlled by mind.
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Birth and Death Cycle
Death is separation of gross material body and subtle body.
1.
Cosmic
Consciousness
Gross material body merges back into five gross elements –
a. Space.
Separated
b. Air.
Consciousness
Dismantler
c. Fire.
d. Water.
e. Earth.
prANa
Subtle body –
a. Five subtle senses merges into mind i. Sound.
ii. Touch.
Sound
Mind
Smell
iii. Form or color.
vi. Taste.
v. Smell.
Touch
Taste
b. Mind merges into prANa.
Form
c. prANa merges into Separated Consciousness.
d. Separated Consciousness merges back into Cosmic Consciousness.
At the time of death, five subtle senses merges into mind, and mind into prANa , and
prANa into Separated Consciousness, and Separated Consciousness into Cosmic
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Consciousness.
2.
Birth and Death Cycle
This is different from Liberation (mokSa). Here the
shell of the small glass (ignorance) doesn’t let the
water of small glass (Separated Consciousness)
merge with the water of big glass (Cosmic
Consciousness).
Since separated Consciousness is covered with
the veil of ignorance, it comes back to Nature to
exhaust its accumulated karma. The subtle body
along with Casual body transmigrates, and
constructs new gross material gross material
body and again starts watching the same old
movie consisting of six modification i.e. potential
existence, born, grows, matures, decay and dies.
Ego is the binding element between three bodies. Casual body is the cause for
subtle body and gross material body. Subtle body drives gross material body.
Separated Consciousness, is separate from three bodies.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Separated
Coconsciousness is responsible for fruits of it’s karma. Cosmic Consciousness is
just the facilitator and dispenser of the results based upon karma.
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Birth and Death Cycle
Cycle –
1.
Death.
2.
Transmigration and birth.
a. at a higher level such as Angels.
b. at the same level such as human.
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c. at a lower level such as animals. Transmigration
3.
Past subtle impressions (saMskAra).
4.
Relation of senses with an
object creates thought ripples
in the lake of mind (vRitti).
5.
Desire.
6.
Ego.
7.
karma.
8.
Result is pain.
1
Death
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Result is pain
and birth
3
Past subtle
impressions
Nature’s vicious circle,
the purification process
4
Relation with
an object
7
karma
6
Ego
5
Desire
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Four Levels of Consciousness
Four stages of consciousness are 1.
Wake (jAgrata) state, where ego gets identified with
gross material body and karma comes into play,
because "I" becomes doer and enjoyer.
2.
Sleep (svapna) state, ego gets identified with casual
body and subtle body. No doer and only enjoyer
remains.
3.
Deep sleep (suSupti) state, ego gets identified with
casual body and there is neither a doer nor enjoyer.
Maximum peace without senses and mind, with no
concept of time, space and unit.
4.
4th satge (turiyA) stage means total absorption. It is
whole and encompasses all the above three states. It
is transcendental, non-dual and supreme bliss.
These states are
experienced by all
of us in our normal
day to day life.
This stage is to be
discovered
in meditation.
Each state exists, but negates other's experience and objects. Though deep sleep
experience is without mind and senses, but joy of deep sleep is incomparable to
sensual pleasure.
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Four Levels of Consciousness
AuM (~) is the sacred symbol and is the representation of Cosmic Consciousness
and It’s manifestation i.e. creation. AuM is the combination of following sequence
of root sounds -
1.
A-kArA is the sound of “A” (as
3
pronounced in up), which
represents wake state.
2.
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U-kArA is the sound of “U” (as
pronounced in put), which
represents sleep state.
3.
mA-kArA is the sound of “M” (as
pronounced in mother), which
represents deep sleep state.
4.
Sound of silence, the vibrations
and pause after mA-kArA represents
the 4th stage. Sound of silence or
emptiness is the substratum, on
which the music of A-kArA , U-kArA and
mA-kArA is made.
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Five Sheaths Principal
Our internal organs are covered with
various layers made of skeleton,
bio-magnetism, muscles and skin
etc. Similarly, Separated
Consciousness is covered with five
sheaths (koYa). yogi transcend all these
sheaths one by one.
1.
2.
Food sheath (annamaya koYa), is made
up of the essence of food, and
finally it returns to food i.e. earth
or matter. It belongs to gross
material body.
Subtle life force sheath (prANamay
koYa) is made of prANa and the five
organs of action. This sheath
controls hunger, thirst, heat and
cold. The gross subtle life force
does the functions of breathing,
digestion, excretion, circulation
etc., and subtle life force
generates thoughts.
Food sheath
Gross body
Subtle life force sheath
Mind sheath
Subtle body
Intellectual sheath
Bliss sheath
Casual body
Self
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Cosmic Conciousness
Five Sheaths Principal
A. Main category of prANa –
a.
prANa is Yellow in color, located at chest and controls breathing.
b.
apAna is Orange in color, located at anus and controls excretion of waste.
c.
vayAna is Rose in color, located in entire body and controls circulation of
blood.
d.
udAna is Violet Blue in color, located at throat and controls swallowing of
food. It takes the Separated Consciousness to rest in Cosmic
Consciousness during deep sleep state. It separates the subtle body from
the gross material body at the time of death.
e.
samAna is Green in color, located at navel and controls digestion of food.
B. Five sub categories of prANa –
a.
nAga controls belching and hiccough and vomiting.
b.
kUrma controls closing and opening of eyelids.
c.
kRkara controls hunger.
d.
devadatta controls yawning.
e.
dhanaMjaya nourishes the body, decomposition of the body after death and
ejection of the child from the womb.
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Five Sheaths Principal
3.
The mind sheath (manomay koYa) consists of the emotional mind, the
subconscious (chitta) and the the sense organs of knowledge. This sheath
controls thinking and doubting, anger, lust, exhilaration, depression and
delusion.
4.
The intellectual sheath (vijJAnamaya koYa) consist of the intellectual and the ego
working with the help of the five sense organs of knowledge. Discrimination
and decision or determination, agency of doer-ship and enjoyer-ship are the
functions of this sheath.
5.
The bliss sheath (Anandamaya koYa) gives bliss during deep sleep state and at the
time of experiencing the effect of a sattva deeds. It is a modification of Nature
and consists of the thought ripple in the lake of mind (vRitti) –
a.
The joy you experience when you look at an object you like (priyA).
b.
The great joy you feel when you possess the object you like (mod).
c.
The greatest joy you experience after enjoyment of the object you like
(pramoda).
You get the knowledge of an apple through power-to-know of the intellectual
sheath. Then a desire arises in the mind to possess apple, which is power-ofdesire of mind sheath. Then you exert to obtain apple with the help of power-of33
doing-action of Subtle Life Force sheath.
Five Sheaths Principal
Sheath and bodies relation –
1.
Gross material body has food sheath.
2.
Subtle body has prANa sheath, mind sheath, intellectual sheath.
3.
Casual body has bliss sheath.
Relation between sheaths and levels of Consciousness 1.
All the five sheaths function during the wake state.
2.
prANa sheath, mind sheath, intellectual sheath and bliss sheath function
during sleep state. Intellectual sheath and bliss sheath function partially.
3.
Bliss sheath functions during deep sleep state.
Six waves in the ocean of this World are –
1.
Birth and death for the food sheath.
2.
Hunger and thirst for prANa sheath.
3.
Grief and delusion for the mind sheath.
Separated Consciousness is after bliss sheath. And beyond Separated
Consciousness is the Cosmic Consciousness – the Source.
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Mind
When we (subject) perceive an object (or an idea), we first evolve that object with
in ourselves. Then as per our conditioning, we categories the object as good or
bad (duality), which gives us pain or apparent pleasure.
Let’s explode the transaction between an object and subject. Objects are made of
five gross elements viz Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. These objects are
perceived by five senses i.e. Sound, Touch, Form, Taste and Smell respectively.
For example we are look at a menu in a restaurant, our senses (eyes) passes on
the perceived menu items to the mind, which is divided into three components Lower mind (man) : Lower mind is directly connected with five senses
and controls choices, emotions and feelings etc. Polluted memory
and intellect is known as lower mind. Flipping through various food
menu items is an activity carried out by lower mind.
2.
Intelligence (buddhi) : Lower mind passes on the menu choices to
intelligence, which sits between lower mind and chitta. Intelligence
controls discrimination, decision, thought and rationality etc. The
final selection of a menu item is made by intelligence.
3.
chitta : chitta is the basic faculty through which mind operates i.e.
combination of conscious, subconscious, unconscious, memory
and more. Chit controls wisdom (viveka).
Mind
1.
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And final action is carried out by ego, and selected item is ordered from the menu.
Mind
And behind this gross and subtle equipments (body with senses, lower mind,
intelligence and chitta), Separated Consciousness acts as a source of energy, the
way electricity is the life for various inert electrical equipments.
Relation with an object activates similar accumulated bubble of past subtle
impression (saMskAra) in the lake of mind. Bubble of accumulated past subtle
impression surface up and burst at the surface of lake of mind, and create thought
ripples, which are known as vRitti.
Because of thought ripples in the lake of
mind, one gets identified with the
multiplicity of the thought waves, which
is created by link list of thoughts and
mind becomes distracted. Thoughts take
multitudes of shapes very similar to your
own distorted reflection in a vibrating
surface of the water and thus one can
not see the base (Separated
Consciousness) in the lake of mind.
These thought ripples are linear (one
after and another) and naturally
controlled by practice (abhyAsa) and nonattachment (vairAgya).
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Mind
Fire
Form
Water
Taste
Earth
Smell
tamas
rajas
tamas+rajas Rajjas+sattva
Separated
Consciousness
Touch
Chit
Air
Intelligence
Sound
Lower Mind
Space
Body with 5 senses
Objects made of
5 great elements
Mind
sattva
Placement of Ego?
Body and Mind
growth pattern
1-7 years
Gross
Effect
Science
Material
Inertness
7-14
14-21
21-28
Realization
Manifestation
28-35 years
Subtle
Cause
Astrology
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Spirit
Consciousness
Mind
Body and Separated Consciousness are two complimentary (not opposite) ends,
and mind lies in between. Body and Separated Consciousness is governed by tamas
and sattva respectively. Grip of law of karma is stronger on tamas and weak on sattva.
Ego can be placed at either end. A materialistic and spiritual person will keep his
ego at body and chitta (and Beyond) respectively. While doing a creative (scientists
and artists) activity, one's ego is at chitta. But it’s different from spiritualism
because still the energy is being used on external material world.
Energy has a tendency to drain out through five senses. If we try to block out one
channel, water flows to rest of the available channels. That’s why blind people
possesses extra-ordinary smelling and hearing powers. Ever since only a small
percentage of mind is used on the external material world and therefore mind has
become atrophied.
Mind is thought, and thought is time. No thought means no-mind and thus
timelessness, which leads to an experience beyond five senses. For example
deep sleep experience is without mind and senses.
From spiritual perspective, spiritualism is rational teaching to an irrational mind.
Our knowledge (base of the logic) is based upon five imperfect senses and
relativity. Thus spiritualism is beyond five senses and logic.
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Defects of mind are –
Mind
Impurities : Removed by self-less service, kindness and mantara.
2.
Distraction : Distractions are of following four types, and can be
controlled by surrender (upAsanA) and yogA –
a. Mad or distracted (kSipta), scattered in 3D.
3.
b.
c.
d.
Foolish or dull (mUdh), scattered in 2D.
Contemplative or less distracted (vikSipta), line.
Concentrated (ekAgra), pointed on a dot.
e.
Absorbed (niruddha), such as vacuum and emptiness.
Achieved
with human
efforts
1.
Veil of ignorance : Ignorance can be removed by study veda and
Self. Regulated texts of vedAnta (essence of veda) are UpaniShad (YrutI),
brahmansUtra (nyaya) and bhagavad gItA (samritI). vedAntic contemplation is
threefold –
a. Listen from sad-gUrU (Yravana).
b. Meditate on Yravana (manann).
c. Practice on manann (nidhyAsana) : Theory is meant to be practiced.
And finally, practice too automatically gets dropped and it
starts happening automatically.
3D
2D
Line
Dot
Vacuum
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Mind
What are veda? Truth was directly revealed to ancient Sages and Sears in their deep
meditation. Since then this wisdom of Truth was passed on verbally from gUrU to
YhiYhyA (disciple).
In that yuga (era), people were highly spiritual and thus were able to retain this
complex wisdom. At the beginning ofKkali-yuga (name of an era), about 5,099 years
ago (at the time of mAhAbhArta), keeping in view the future decline in the spirituality
and limitation of human mind in the next yuga (era), great Sages, bagwAna vyAsa, created
physical books, which are known as veda. vedAntic literature is the most ancient
writings in the world and consists of –
1. YrutI (heard) : YrutI are primary scripture and considered to be the divine in
origin. Now YrutI scriptures include four veda (rig, yajura, sAma and atharva) and each
veda consists of three main parts a. Philosophical sections, considered as “Head” of veda and also
known as UpaniShad (jJAna kAnda).
b.
c.
2.
Considered as “Heart” of veda (upAsanA kAnda).
Deals with actions and known as “Legs” of veda (karma kAnda). Rituals
belong to this portion of veda. Legs without head and heart
becomes meaningless.
samritI (remembered) : samritI is of human origin and were written to explain
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the coded YrutI. samritI represents the portion of the veda that was authored
by
various Sages and Seers.
Mind
brahmansUtra (nyaya) gives resolution to
the apparently conflicting
statements in UpaniShad and bhagavad gItA.
bhagavad gItA is cream of veda and tells
us –
1.
Energy of equanimity.
2.
Wisdom of non-doer ship.
3.
Natural functioning of guNa.
4.
Sacrifice all motives.
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Mind
1.
Past is domain of mind.
2.
Present is the point of existence
and life.
Be in the present activity (i.e.
mindfulness) and don’t let the
mind flip around in past and
future. Past and future are false
and are extended present only.
Objective is not to enjoy the
present activity, but to train the
mind to live in present, which
can be helpful in Meditation.
3.
Future is domain of mind.
Past
Present
Being
Conflict between being and becoming –
Future
Becoming
Point of
existence
Observe yourself and control
following six demons –
1. Passion (kAma).
2.
Anger (krodha).
3.
Greed (lobha).
4.
Confusion (Moh).
5.
Pride (moha).
6.
Jealousy (mAtsarya).
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Mind
While morphing the mind (from tamas to rajas,
rajas to sattva and sattva to guNatIta), yogi’s mind
(sAdhaka), object of achievement (sAdhaya) and
methodology (sAdhana) appear to be the
same, but they are not. Subject and object
are two different things, and thus mind
cannot change itself. Entity who is
witnessing (Yakshi) mind, is the Separated
Conciseness.
4
guNatIta
The correct hierarchy can be
explained by Chariot’s analogy1.
Objects are grass.
2.
Body is Chariot.
3.
Five senses are horses
attached to the Chariot.
4.
Separated Consciousness is
the Charioteer (controller).
5.
Mind acts as reins.
6.
Cosmic Consciousness is the
aim.
Human
efforts
3
sattva
1
tamas
2
rajas
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Subtle Energy Points
1.
2.
sahasrAra is located at
4.
crown of the head
and represents
Cosmic
Consciousness. It's
represented by lotus
with 1000 petals.
Focus of jJAna yogA.
5.
3.
heart. It's
represented by
lotus with 12 petals.
Its element is Air.
Focus of bhakti
(surrender) yogA.
viYuddhi is located on
throat. It's
represented by lotus
with 16 petals. Its
element is Space.
maNipUraka is located
at navel. It's
represented by
lotus with 10 petals.
Its element is Fire.
Focus of karam
(action) yogA.
AjJA is located at 3rd
eye (between the
eyebrows). It
controls nervous
system. It's
represented by lotus
with 2 petals. Focus
of rAja yogA.
anAhata is located in
6.
svAdhiSTAna is located
at reproductive
organs. It's
represented by
lotus with 6 petals.
Its element is
Water.
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Subtle Energy Points
7.
mUlAdhAra is located at perineum i.e. between Anus
and Genital organ. It's represented by lotus with 4
petals. Its element is Earth. kuNDalini, three and a half
coiled up subtle dormant energy resides at mUlAdhAra.
Vibrations of AuM starts at mUlAdhAra and goes up to sahasrAra chakra. prANa flows through
the subtle energy channels (nAdI). Three main subtle energy channels are –
1.
piGgalA : Exhales and brings prANa down. Its attributes are Rajjas, Sun, hot,
negative and mantra is raM.
2.
idA : Inhales and brings prANa up. Its attributes are tamas, Moon, cold, positive
and mantra is huM.
3.
suSumnA : For common man it is inactive. Its attributes are sattva. To awaken
the dormant kuNDalini, yogi establish prANa in suSumnA.
kuNDalini at mUlAdhAra awakens and goes up through major subtle energy channel
(suSumnA) and unites with Consciousness in sahasrAra chakra i.e. localized divine Energy
(Yakti) unites with Source of Energy (Yiva). This happening reveals knowledge by
knowing which all knowledge becomes known.
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Subtle Energy Points
sahasrAra
AjJA
viYuddhi
anAhata
suSumnA
idA
piGgalA
kuNDalini
maNipUraka
svAdhiSTAna
mUlAdhAra
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Subtle Energy Points
Seven Worlds (loka) are –
1.
satyaloka.
2.
tapoloka.
3.
janaloka.
4.
mahAloka, which is also known as 10th door (AuM).
5.
suvarloka.
6.
bhuvarloka.
7.
bhUloka is gross material body, which contains seven
satyaloka
tapoloka
janaloka
mahAloka
suvarloka
subtle energy centers.
bhuvarloka
bhUloka
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Methodology
There are four paths to realize Cosmic Consciousness and they go hand in hand
and can be followed simultaneously 1. Wisdom (jJAna) yogA : Gain wisdom and realize Cosmic Consciousness. Wisdom
yogA is two folds –
a.
Indirect wisdom from outside (parokSa) such as understanding the theory of
H2O at intellectual level.
b.
Direct intuitive experience from inside (AparokSa) such as drinking water and
experiencing it directly. This gets embedded in our saMskAra.
2.
Surrender (bhakti) yogA : When total surrender (not devotion, but unity) happens
and one looses his own existence to the Cosmic Consciousness. For example
when a mother is cooking food, she always has her children in the
background. This state is called bhAva, in which mother looses her existence in
her child. Mother's love for her children is from her heart (which is illogical)
and not from mind (which is logical). Mother will even risk her own life to save
her child.
3.
Action (karma) yogA : Serve others, assuming others as Cosmic Consciousness,
without getting attached to the results.
4.
Royal (rAja) yogA : Physic path, which gives power to fry the seeds of
accumulated past subtle impressions. Fried seeds can never become a48tree
and bear fruits.
Methodology
Four main goals of the life –
1.
Liberation (mokSa) is self-realization and re-unification.
2.
Religion (dharma) is the rightful duty.
3.
Meaning (artha) is the rightful way to attain material wealth.
4.
Work (karma) is the rightful way to desire.
Why do we need yogA –
1.
To have positive attitude and better health.
2.
To have happiness, peace and bliss.
3.
To be more creative and productive.
4.
To reduce dependencies.
5.
To increase acceptance.
6.
To cultivate Universal love and harmony.
7.
To gain higher wisdom.
8.
To realize the physic abilities (for spiritual practice only).
9.
To realize of Self and re-unite with Cosmic Consciousness.
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Methodology
yogA sUtra of pataJjali (also known as aSHAGga yogA or rAja yogA) is divine science of mind
based upon sound philosophy and deep psychology. Content are –
1.
2.
3.
4.
1st Chapter is known as samAdhi (solution) pAda (step) has 51 sUtra i.e. verses
containing clues to higher subtle wisdom.
2nd Chapter is known as sAdhana (spiritual practice) pAda has 55 verses.
3rd Chapter is known as vibUti (sacred ashes, the outcome) pAda has 55
verses.
4th Chapter is known as kaivalya (final stage, Liberation) pAda has 34 verses.
Delicate plant of spirituality corresponds to samAdhi . sAdhana acts as a fence and
comes after samAdhi. vibUti is the fruit of the plant of spirituality and kaivalya represents
the final enjoyment of the taste of fruit.
Why yogA sUtra of pataJjali ?
1.
Practical.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Authentic.
Scientific.
Well defined and compact.
Independent of religion.
Generic and Universally acceptable.
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Methodology
1.
Behavioral regulations (yama).
2.
Ethical recommendations (niyama).
3.
Posture is sitting in stillness (Asana).
4.
Breath regulation (prANayAm).
5.
Detachment and non-ownership (pratyAhAra).
6.
Glimpses of universal intelligence (dhAranA).
7.
Meditation without mental activity (dhyAna).
8.
Absorption, established in equanimity, neither intoxicated nor
comatose, but in a state that is immune from mental problems
(samAdhi = samAdhana i.e. solution).
samyama
Eight limbs of yogA sUtra of pataJjali are –
yama, niyama, Asana and prANayAm automatically leads to pratyAhAra, dhAranA, dhyAna and samAdhi.
Never ignore yama and niyama, as they are the fundamental base and creates
conducive environment for absorption (samAdhi and not meditation) to happen. As
sleep, absorption also happens, and is not result of any direct physical and
mental effort. It’s like the way an environment is created to induce sleep and then
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Methodology
B.
Behavioural regulations (yama) –
1.
Truthfulness (satya).
2.
No over-indulgence or addiction (asteya).
3.
No acquisitiveness or stealing (aparigraha).
4.
No malice or animosity, i.e. non-violence (ahiMsA).
5.
No sensual or sexual misconduct (brahmAcaryA).
Ethical recommendations (niyama) –
1.
Cleanliness (Yauca).
2.
Contentment (saNtoSa).
3.
Restraint or austerity (tapa or dama).
4.
Giving up borrowed knowledge in order to be open to knowing the
ego-self (svAdhyAya or dAna).
5.
The perception of wholeness or compassion for all (ðYvara pranidhAna or
dayA).
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kiryA yogA
A.
Methodology
Posture is sitting in stillness (Asana) 1.
Use same separate isolated personal
room or corner. With time, the place
will develop it’s own divine
vibrations.
2.
Use non-conductor woolen and
grass mat, which will prevent the
draining out of the generated energy.
3.
Junction (sandhi) of night and day and
vice versa is the best time to practice
meditation. At junction time, it’s
neither day nor night and duality is
weak. It is the time when major
subtle energy channel (suSumnA) is
open and both nostrils are working
simultaneously.
4.
Sit facing towards either North or
East or North East, so that body’s
bio-magnetic field is in sync with the
Universal magnetism.
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Methodology
5.
Any comfortable posture with erect spine
such as padamAsana (Lotus pose) or sidhAsana can
be used. padamAsana is the most comfortable
pose to practice meditation. Benefits of
padamAsana are a.
Cross legged position diverts the
blood flow in the upper half of body,
where subtle energy points are
located.
b.
Hand on the knees ensures that spine
is perpendicular to the floor and not
tilted forward, backward or sideways.
c.
Spine is erect and perineum (center of
gravity) touches the ground. Erect
spine ensures that all the internal
organs/muscles are relaxed and not
exerting pressure on each other.
d.
Most stable, comfortable and safe
sitting posture.
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Methodology
prANa is an energy, which creates thought ripples in the lake of mind. By controlling
prANa, we can control the thought ripples in the lake of mind i.e. the linked thought
process. prANa is subtle energy generated by food (intake through five senses). sattva
food (simple food without liquor, meat, eggs, onion and garlic etc.) will generate
sattva thought and mind.
prANayAm is a switch from external (gross) to internal (subtle) body. A complete
breath cycle consist of 1.
Inhale (pUraka)
a.
b.
c.
Fill in the abdomen by budging out diaphragm.
Fill in middle lungs by expanding rib cage.
Fill in upper lungs by lifting the shoulders up.
2.
Internal Hold (kuMbhaka).
a
3.
Exhale (rechaka).
b
4.
a.
b.
Empty your abdomen by pushing diaphragm in.
Empty lungs by collapsing the rib cage.
c.
Empty upper lungs by dropping the shoulders.
External Hold (kuMbhaka).
Inhale:Hold:Exhale ratio should be 1:2:4.
c
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Methodology
Purification of subtle energy channels (nAdIshudhi) by controlling prANa –
1.
2.
3.
4.
Close your right nostril with right hand’s thumb and
inhale from left nostril.
Close your left nostril with ring finger and exhale
from right nostril.
Close your right nostril with right hand’s thumb and
inhale from right nostril.
Close your left nostril with ring finger and exhale
from left nostril.
There are various techniques to reduce the oscillation of the mind 1.
Witness your natural inhalation and exhalation, or gap and flip between
inhalation and exhalation.
2.
Alternatively, let the thoughts flow and let the Self be a witness, as if you
are standing on a crossing and witnessing (not moving along with the
traffic) the movement of thought traffic. Don’t fight with the thoughts.
Accept all noises and bodily distractions around you.
3.
Or observe the gap between thoughts.
4.
Or fix your mind on a divine object, symbol or an idea.
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Methodology
While chanting AuM (~) sound
vibrations starts at mUlAdhAra and goes
up to sahasrAra chakra.
Do complete inhalation as described
in previous slides and while exhalation
chant A-kArA, U-kArA and mA-kArA from
abdomen, middle lungs and upper
lungs respectively. At the end of mAkArA, this leads to natural external hold.
Duration of mA-kArA should be triple then
the sound of A-kArA and U-kArA.
mA-kArA
U-kArA
A-kArA
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Methodology
Absorption (samAdhi) is natural state
of mind with no mind, without any
duality, where object of experience,
experience and who is
experiencing becomes one. This
absorption is different from sleep,
deep sleep, self-hypnotism,
hypnotism, relaxation,
concentration, meditation,
hallucination and comma etc.
What happens in absorption can
not be explained, because it is an
experience beyond five senses. It
is like explaining a color to a
person, who is blind from birth.
But we get a flash of absorption
when we observe a child who is
totally engrossed with his toys and
looses the concept of time, space
and unit.
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Methodology
Spiritual practice (sAdhana) is fourfold
1. Discrimination (viveka) used between
real and unreal or good from bad.
2. Dispassion (vairAgya) from unreal and
bad.
3. Six virtues (Sadasamapati) –
a. Tranquility of mind (sAma).
b. Self-restraint or control of the
senses (dAma).
c. Cessation from worldly activity
(upArati).
d. Fortitude or power of endurance
(titikSa).
e. Deep illogical conviction in
Cosmic Consciousness, sad-gUrU,
Scriptures & Self (YraddhA).
f. Concentration or one-pointedness of mind (samAdhana).
4. Yearning for liberation (mumuSutva).
sat-chitta-Ananda attitude –
1.
sat : Pure living through AtithI bhAva.
That is to live with an attitude of a
guest. No body is a permanent
resident of this world. A guest
lives without attachment, but with
all sense of proportion.
2.
chitta : Pure consciousness through
Yakshi bhAva. That is to exist as an
witness, without choice, without
converting the consciousness into
a battleground of competing
thoughts. An awareness in which
equanimity is never compromised.
3.
Ananda : Pure joy (not pleasure)
through samApti bhAva. That is to have
the emphasis on ending and not
get caught into the trap of the
cultivation of opposites.
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Religion and Spirituality
Pearls of wisdom have been integrated in the thread of stories. For a child
(beginner in spiritualism) it is always easy to understand and retain the moral
(wisdom) through interesting stories.
Various Gods and Goddesses in Indian religion are symbolic to one Cosmic
Consciousness. It's the way various maps are used to understand the different
parts of one World or different books by different authors on the same subject.
For example, Yhivalinga represents four level of orgasms i.e. creation 1.
At physical level, union between male and
female.
2.
In meditation, when mind penetrates the
third-eye and bliss is released.
3.
At the time of death, when Separated
Consciousness unites with Cosmic
Consciousness and body gets released.
4.
Creation of this creation.
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Religion and Spirituality
Religion is a cup through which one can
enjoy the tea of spirituality. Content are
more important than container. People
who are obsessed with container
(religion) becomes ignorant and fanatic.
Ignorance creates duality whereas
wisdom creates unity.
Concepts and logics are created by
mischievous mind. Any mental concept
(pseudo religions), which creates division
or structure, is an idea against spirituality.
In fact, road of spirituality starts, where
religion ends.
Different religions are like different roads, leading to the same Truth. In the initial
stages, religion can help us to understand Cosmic Consciousness, the way a
stroller helps a kid to learn walking.
The delicate plant of spirituality can be fenced by religion, which enables the plant
to withstand with harsh weather of materialism. Fence without plant is
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Religion and Spirituality
Rituals too have deep hidden meaning. For example, in Indian culture, while
meeting one greets other person in the following manner 1.
Join both palms and collapse ten
fingers in front of your heart :
Collapsing of ten fingers represents
collapsing of ten Indriya (five organs of
knowledge and five organs of action).
This represents that may our relation be
through our hearts (which is illogical)
and not through our mischievous minds
(which works on logic).
2.
Close eyes : Meditate on the other
person treating him as fraction of
Cosmic Consciousness.
3.
Nodding the head : Mental prostration
and negating our Ego in front of other
person.
4.
Speak namaste : Negating one-self, where
“I” becomes “You”, and “You” becomes
“I”.
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Religion and Spirituality
sad-gUrU’s blessings are must to attain a meaningful level in spirituality. sad-gUrU can
only show us the seed of spirituality. One has to sow the seed and cultivate the
plant of spirituality by one’s own efforts. At a higher spiritual level, sad-gUrU is
Cosmic Consciousness's energy getting manifested for you through various
mediums.
veda are generic spiritual wisdom and complete subject
in itself and not like one chapter in any other religion.
veda tells us that the main purpose of this material
world is to purify the Separated Consciousness and
finally attain mokSa i.e. liberation from the cycle of death
and birth, and re-unite with Cosmic Consciousness.
Swami Vivekananda says, “Each Soul is potentially
divine. The goal is to manifest this divine within, by
controlling nature, external and internal. Do it either
by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy
– by one or more, or all of these – and be free. This is
the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogma, or rituals,
or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary
details”.
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Six Verses to Liberation
1.
I am not the mind or the intelligence. Nor am I the thought or the ego. Neither am I the
ear, the tongue, the nose; I am not the space; neither fire nor wind am I; I am BlissConsciousness – “That” am I, and I am “That”.
2.
I am no breath, nor the Five-fold subtle life force (prANa, apAna, vayAna, udAna and samAna), nor the
Seven-fold material (chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen), nor the five
organs; I am not speech, nor hands, nor feet am I. I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That”
am I, and I am “That”.
3.
I know no aversion, nor any attachment; I covet not, nor does illusion shroud my eyes; I
have no pride, nor the touch of envy; neither duty nor selfish purpose have I; neither
desire, nor freedom; I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”.
4.
I have transcended virtue and sin, pleasure and pain; also chants or sacred places, veda
or sacrifices. I am neither the enjoyer (subject), nor the enjoyer (object), nor the
enjoyment (experience or action). I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am
“That”.
5.
Death cannot claim me, nor fear ever shake my calm; I know not division of caste; I
have no father, no mother even, no brother, no friend, no teacher, no pupil; nor am I
born. I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”.
6.
I am Changeless, Formless, Omnipresent, All-pervading, and the Lord of all senses. I
am always equianimous. For me there is neither liberation nor bondage; for I am BlissConsciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”.
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AuM tat sat
Terminology
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