YOGA SUTRAS

 

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                   MAITRI ADISU BALANI

                BY CONTEMPLATING ON FRIENDLINESS AND SO ON, CORRESPONDING POWERS ARE ATTAINED.

             

  

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                   BALESU HASTI -BALA- ADINI

              CONTEMPLATING ON POWERS SIMILAR TO THE ELEPHANT AND SO ON.

               BOTH THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH OF A HUMAN BEING IS NOT USED TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONING THAT THE THOUGHT CREATES. IT'S A KIND OF SELF-HYPNOSIS WHERE A PERSON THINKS HE IS WEAK AND CANNOT DO ANYTHING  BEYOND A CERTAIN POINT. AT TIMES OF DANGER TO HIS OWN LIFE, THE LIMBIC SYSTEM IN THE BRAIN TAKES OVER AND HUMAN BEINGS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE PERFORMED STUPENDOUS TASKS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR OWN BODY.

              HERE, THE HINT GIVEN IS THAT ONE CAN IMPROVE ONE'S CAPACITY BY CONTEMPLATING ON THE STRENGTH OF LARGE ANIMALS AND BY DEHYPNOTISING ONESELF FROM THE IDEA THAT ONE IS WEAK.

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                PRAVRITTY-ALOKA- NYASAT - SUKSMA - VYAVAHITA - 

                VIPRAKRSTA- JNANAM

              BY THE CASTING OF LIGHT ON ACTIVITY, THERE IS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIDDEN AND THE DISTANT. BY CLARITY OBTAINED THROUGH SAMYAMA, CONTEMPLATION, THE YOGI CAN SEE BEYOND  THE OBVIOUS AND LEARNS TO READ INTUITIVELY WHAT THE PERSON THINKS EVEN THOUGH THE OUTWARD SIGNS ARE MEANT TO DISTRACT. YOGIS DON'T GET DISTRACTED. SO THEY ALSO LEARN TO SEE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE FUTURE IN THE CLUES OFFERED BY THE PRESENT.

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                  BHUVANA- JNANAM SURYE - SAMYAMAT

                FROM SAMYAMA ON THE SUN AND ITS MOVEMENTS, YOU CAN PERCEIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COSMIC REGIONS.

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                CANDRE TARAVYUHA - JNANAM

                  FROM STUDING THE MOON, YOU CAN DETERMINE THE ORDERING 

                   OF THE STARS.

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                 DHRUVE TADGATI - JNANAM

              BY STUDYING THE POLE STAR, YOU CAN DETERMINE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES.

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                    NABHI - CAKRE - KAYA - VYUHA - JNANAM

                     BY CONTEMPLATING ON THE NAVEL CHAKRA IN THE NAVEL, YOU CAN OBTAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE NADIS OF THE BODY.

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                    KANTHA - KUPE KSUT - PIPASA NIVRTTIH

              BY CONTEMPLATION ON THE VISHUDDHI CHAKRA AT THE HOLLOW OF THE THROAT, YOU CAN FREE YOURSELF OF THE DESIRE TO DRINK OR EAT.

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                   KURMA - NADYAM STHAIRYAM

                  BY CONTEMPLATION ON THE KURMA NADI, A CERTAIN INTERNAL CHANNEL, THE MIND BECOMES STABLE.