THE ELEMENTS OF OUR BODY (KARMA)

 

                     KARMA YOGA AND THE PHYSICAL BODY

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                       AS WE HAVE SEEN EARLIER, KARMA BUILDS ITSELF ON THREE FUNDAMENTAL LEVELS : MENTAL FLUCTUATIONS, CHEMICAL REACTIONS, AND SENSATIONS. THE SENSORY BODY IS THE OUTERMOST MANIFESTATION OF THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND. THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND IS RULED BY AN ENORMOUS LIBRARY OF KARMIC MEMORY. THIS KARMIC MEMORY KEEPS MANIFESTING ALL THE TIME WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. SINCE IT IS AN UNCONSCIOUS MANIFESTATION IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE ONE BIG MESS. BUT ONCE YOU MAKE IT CONSCIOUS, IT COULD BE VERY USEFUL INFORMATION.

                        OF THE 114 CHAKRAS, (ENERGY CENTERS ) IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM, THE KARMIC SUBSTANCE CONCENTRATES ITSELF AROUND SOME SPECIFIC ONES. THESE ARE RELATED TO CERTAIN JOINTS AND NEEDS IN THE BODY. CHEMICAL DEPOSITS BUILD UP HERE OVER TIME.

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                            YOU MAY HAVE FRIED MENTALLY TO ALTER CERTAIN SIMPLE HABITS, BUT YOU FIND THAT WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU FALL BACK INTO THEM. IT IS NOT EASY TO COME OUT OF KARMIC LIMITATIONS WITHOUT SIMULTANEOUSLY ADDRESSING THEM ON THE CHEMICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS.

                     HATHA YOGA IS A WAY OF SHEDDING KARMA WITH FULL AWARENESS BY MOVING AND STRETCHING THE BODY IS VARIOUS WAYS. THIS REQUIRES TRAINING, HOWEVER. SO HERE IS A SIMPLE PRACTICE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE FROM OUTER TO INNER, FROM BODY TO MIND. FROM OUTERMOST SENSATION, TO THE CHEMICAL DEPOSITS WITHIN THE BODY, TO THE MIND WITH ITS FIXED WAYS OF THINKING AND ACTING.

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                     CLOSE YOUR EYES . RAISE YOUR HAND IN FRONT OF YOU TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR FACE, AND GENTLY STRETCH THE MUSCLES IN YOUR HAND, WITHOUT NECESSARILY MOVING IT MECHANICALLY, YOU WILL NOTICE LOTS OF  SENSATIONS. WATCH THE SENSATIONS AS KEENLY AS YOU CAN. STRETCH THE HAND FULLY. BECOME AWARE OF THE TWITCH OF EVERY SINGLE MUSCLE IN YOUR HAND.

                   IF YOU ABLE TO NOTICE THE MINUTEST SENSATIONS IN YOUR HAND, YOU ARE READY TO DO THIS FOR THE ENTIRE BODY. CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED. NOW STRETCH EVERY MUSCLE IN THE BODY AND OBSERVE THE SENSATIONS.

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                    DO NOT TURN THIS INTO A MECHANICAL EXERCISE. ALLOW YOURSELF TO MAKE IT A SUBTLE DANCE - LIKE MOVEMENT, VERY GENTLY EXTENDING EVERY FIBER IN YOUR BODY AND OBSERVING EVERY SENSATION.

                    THIS SIMPLE PROCESS CAN HELP RELEASE CHEMICAL DEPOSITS IN THE BODY THAT HAVE BUILT UP OVER TIME BECAUSE OF THE MANY SHIFTS AND FLUCTUATIONS IN THOUGHT AND EMOTION. THIS IS ONE WAY OF RELEASING THEM AND, IN THE PROCESS, SHEDDING KARMIC DEPOSITS AS WELL.  IN THE PROCESS, THE VERY WAY YOU PERCEIVE AND EXPERIENCE THE WORLD WILL BE ALTERED.

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                    ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS A USEFUL WAY TO START CULTIVATING AWARENESS. GENERALLY, PEOPLE INHABIT THE BODY IN UNAWARENESS. ONLY WHEN THEY EXPERIENCE A TOOTHACHE OR A BACKACHE DO THEY SUDDENLY BECOME AWARE OF THE BODY. THE REST OF THE TIME, ALTHOUGH THE BODY IS THERE, IT IS INHABITED UNCONSCIOUSLY. SO ONE OF THE SIMPLEST WAY TO BEGIN CULTIVATING AWARENESS IS TO START WITH PHYSICAL AWARENESS.

                        AWARENESS DOES NOT STOP THERE, IT DEEPENS INTO VARIOUS OTHER DIMENSIONS, BUT STARTING WITH THE BODY - WHICH IS A CONSTANT FACTOR IN YOUR LIFE - OFFERS YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE MAINTAINING YOUR AWARENESS CONTINUOUSLY.

                           HUMAN PERFORMANCE IN ANY SPHERE IS ALWAYS GAUGED IN COMPARISON WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S. IF YOUR CAPACITY TO PERCEIVE IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER'S, HAVE A MAJOR ADVANTAGE OVER THEM. FOR IF YOU ENHANCE YOUR PERCEPTUAL CAPABILITY, OR YOUR ABILITY TO SEE, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF YOUR ACTION WILL BE GREATLY ENHANCED. I OFTE TELL SEEKERS THAT THE AIM IS NOT TO SEE SOMETHING, BUT TO SIMPLY LEARN TO SEE.

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                      IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THIS PERCEPTUAL ABILITY, YOU COULD TRY TO A SIMPLE PRACTICE CALLED THE AKASHI MUDRA. YOU COULD DO THIS PRACTICE PARTICULARLY ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO BE AT YOUR BEST OR TO PERFORM AT YOUR OPTIMAL CAPACITY.

                    THERE IS A POINT OF CONVERGENCE IN YOUR ENERGETIC BODY THAT STRETCHES BEYOND THE PHYSICAL BODY. IT IS APPROXIMATELY SEVENTEEN TO NINETEEN INCHES FROM THE POINT BETWEEN YOUR EYEBROWS. YOU MUST SEARCH FOR THE POINT WHERE THE VISION MEETS AT AN ACUTE ANGLE OF ELEVEN DEGREES. FINDING THAT POINT OF CONVERGENCE BOOSTS TEH AKASHA, OR ETHERIC ELEMENT, WITHIN YOU. THE MOMENT THE ELEMENT OF AKASHA IS DOMINANT, YOU WILL FIND THE CLARITY OF YOUR PERCEPTION HUGELY ENHANCED.