THE TYPES OF ASANAS

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                            THE BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE SOULD SO ITS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT. ASANA MEANS THE PRACTICE OF PHYSICAL POSTURES. YOGA POSTURES ARE BENEFICIAL FOR OVERALL HEALTH, STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE. THEY KEEP THE BODY DISEASE FREE. ONE SHOULD NOT DO TOO MANY OR TOO LESS EXERCISES RATHER EXERCISES SHOULD BE DONE IN MODERATE AMOUNT. A STEADY POSTURE HEPS IN CONTROLLING NERVOUS SYSTEM AND IMPROVES BLOOD CIRCULATION. IT HELPS IN CONTROLLING EMOTIONS, CALMING THE MIND AND AND CONCENTRATING ON GOD WITH FAITH. IT HEPS IN BALANCING ONE'S MATERIAL WORLD AND SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

                         WITH A STEADY POSTURE, ONE EASILY OVERCOME THE BODY DISTURBANCE LIKE THIRST, HUNGER AND EVEN CRAWLING OF INSECT ON THE BODY. IF BODY IS NOT MOVING THEN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM GETS DISTURBED AND ONE IS NOT ABLE TO CONCENTRATE HOW HARD ONE MAY TRY.

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                     ONE SHOULD DO YOGA ASANAS REGULARLY NOT TO INCREASE ONE'S EATING CAPACITY RATHER ONE'S PHYSICAL STRENGTH FOR STAYING IN THE SAME POSTURES FOR LONG HOURS. AND NEVER FORGET THAT "A SOUND MIND IS IN THE SOUND BODY" BECAUSE BODY IS THE INSTRUMENT WHICH CAN TAKE ONE TO THE GOAL OF LIFE.

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                              PRANAYAMA MEANS CONTROL OF BREATH. PROPER BREATHING SUPPLIES MORE OXYGEN TO BRAIN WHICH LEADS TO CONTROL OF MIND. IT CONTROLS THE ENERGY (PRANA) IN THE ORGANISMS. 

                        PRANAYAMA INCLUDES VARIOUS EXERCISES TO KEEP THE BODY HEALTHY. THESE EXERCISES INCLUDE BHASTRIKA, KAPALABHATI, THREE BANDHAS - JALANDHARA BANDHA, UDDIYANA BANDHA AND MULA BANDHA, ANULOMA VILOMA, BHRAMARI, SURYA BEDHA, CHANDRA BEDHA AND UJJAYI.

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                        DEEP BREATHING HELPS IN CALMING THE MIND.

                       💫💫  PRATYAHARA💫💫

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                           PRATYAHARA MEANS WITHDRAWAL OF SENSES FROM THE EXTERNAL WORLD. WITH THE FIVE SENSES- EYES, EARS, NOSE, TONGUE AND SKIN ONE PERCEIVE THE OUTER WORLD. IF THESE SENSES ARE CONTROLLED THEN SCATTERED RAYS OF MIND CAN BE MORE EASILY FOCUSED TO A SINGLE POINT.

                        WITH OPEN EYES ONE PERCEIVES A LOT OF MOVEMENT OF SUBJECTS AND OBJECTS. THEREFORE, A BEGINNER SHOULD CLOSE HIS EYES. ALTHOUGH STILL OBJECTS CAN STIR MIND TO A GREAT EXTENT YET WITHDRAWING OF MIND FROM DISTRACTIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

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                      BY CLOSING THE EARS ONE CAN BLOCK THE OUTER SOUNDS OR NOISES WHICH CAN DIVERT MIND FROM THE POIN OF FOCUS.

                      NOSE IS CLOSED FOR SOMETIME TO SLOW DOWN THE BREATHING PROCESS. SLOW BREATHING HELPS IN FOCUSING THE MIND.

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                      TONGUE IS A VERY SMALL ORGAN BUT VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. IF ONE IS ABLE TO CONTROL TONGUE THEN TWO BIRDS ARE KILLED WITH A STONE. ONE CAN SPEAK LESS AND EAT FOR THE BODY RATHER THAN TO PLEASE TASTES BUDS. IF ONE CAN DISCIPLINE ONE'S TONGUE THEN ONE CAN EASILY CONTROL ONE'S MIND.

                      SENSATIONS OF TOUCH ON SKIN ARE DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME. FOR THAT ONE HAS TO DEVELOP ONE'S FOCUSING POWER TO CONCENTRATE ON GOD AND ONLY GOD!

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                           HE HAD OVERCOME THE SENSATIONS OF CRAWLING OF INSECTS ON HIS BODY.

                         YONI MUDRA - IN THE BEGINNING ONE CAN PRACTICE YONI MUDRA. AS TORTOISE WITHDRAW ITS FACE AND LIMBS INSIDE ITS SHELL, IN THE SAME MANNER ONE HAS TO PULL ONESELF INSIDE BY BLOCKING EYES, EARS, NOSE AND MOUTH. ALL THE DISTRACTIONS FROM THE STIMULATIONS OF SENSES HAVE TO BE BLOCKED TO CONCENTRATE MIND ON A SINGLE OBJECT. CLOSE EARS WITH THUMBS, EYES WITH INDEX FINGERS AND NOSTRILS WITH MIDDLE FINGERS. GENTLY PRESS LIPS WITH RING AND LITTLE FINGERS. INHALE AND EXHALE LIGHTLY BY RELEASING THE MIDDLE FINGERS.

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                       ACCORDING TO SWAMI JNANESHVARA BHARATI, "CONCENTRATION (DHARANA) IS THE PROCESS OF HOLDING OR FIXING THE ATTENTION OF MIND ONTO ONE OBJECT OR PLACE". WHEN THE MIND IS CONCENTRATED ON AN OBJECT LIKE FLAME OF LIGHT, SYMBOL OM, IMAGE OF DIETY OR TIP OF NOSE WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS IT IS KNOWN AS DHARANA.

                         SIMILARLY ONE HAS TO ONE'S THOUGHTS ON ONE OBJECT TO ATTAIN SPIRITUAL SUCCESS.

                          SWAMI VENKATESANANDA SAID, "WHEN THE ATTENTION OF THE MIND-STUFF IS DIRECTED IN A SINGLE STREAM TO A CHOSEN FIELD, WITHOUT BEING DISSIPATED AND THUS DISTRACTED THAT IS CONCENTRATION".

PATANJALI MEDITATION

 

                                                     

                                    PATANJALI YOGA

                                          

           

             IN YOGA SUTRAS, THE SAGE PATANJALI COMPILED ASHTANGA YOGA WHICH LITERALLY MEANS EIGHT LIMBS" (AHTA-EIGHT, ANGA-LIMB). THESE EIGHT PROGRESSIVE STEPS ARE GUIDELINES TO PURIFY BODY AND MIND WHICH ULTMATELY LEAD TO SELF REALIZATION. THEY HELP ONE TO LIVE A MEANINGFUL, PURPOSEFUL AND PEACEFUL LIFE AND THEY GUIDE ONE TO GROW SPIRITUALLY . THE EIGHT STEPS OF THE LADDER ARE YAMA, NIYAMA, ASANA, PRANAYAMA, PRATYAHARA, DHARANA, DHYANA AND SAMADHI. THE FIRST FIVE ARE CALLED BAHIRANGA SADHANA I.E. EXTERNAL AIDS TO YOGA. AND THE REST HELP ONE TO GROW INTERNALLY AND ARE KNOWN AS ANTARANGA SADHANA.

                        YAMA :       YAMA MEANS ABSTENTION. IT DEALS  WITH ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR THAT ONE SHOULD HAVE TOWARDS PEOPLE AND THINGS OUTSIDE ONE'S BODY. IT CAN ALSO BE DESCRIBED AS UNIVERSAL MORTALITY. IT IS THE FIRST STEP OF THE LADDER TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL. IN SHORT IT IS DESCRIBED AS "ONE AS SHOULD TREAT OTHERS AS ONE WOULD LIKE OTHERS TO TREAT ONESELF".  THE FIVE YAMAS ARE AHIMSHA (NON VIOLENCE) SATYA (TRUTHFULNESS), ASTEYA (NON STEALING), BRAHMACHARYA (CONTINENCE) AND APARIGRAHA (NON CONVETOUSNESS). THEY ARE BASIC STEPS TO CHANGE HUMAN NATURE TO DIVINE NATURE. THEY REMOVE NEGATIVE TRAITS LIKE CRUELTY, STEALING, VIOLENCE AND HARSHNESS. THEY FILL THE HEART WITH KINDNESS, LOVE AND PURITY. THESE SHOULD BE PRACTISED BY ALL IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, RACE, POSITION, TIME OR NATION.

                     AHIMSA: AHIMSHA LITERALLY MEANS NOT TO INJURE ANY LIVING BEING WITH ACTIONS, WORDS OR THOUGHTS, IT IS SUPREME LOVE - LOVE FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND OTHER LIVING ORGANISM IN THE WORLD. AHIMSHA MEANS NOT TO SHOW CRUELTY TO ANY LIVING BEING IN ANY WAY AND IN ANY SITUATION ACCORDING TO MAHATMA GANDHI, "WHEN A PERSON CLAIMS TO BE NON VIOLENT, HE IS EXPECTED NOT TO BE ANGRY WITH ONE WHO HAS INJURED HIM. HE WILL NOT WISH HIM HARM. HE WILL WISH HIM WELL. HE WILL NOT SWEAR AT HIM, HE WILL NOT CAUSE HIM ANY PHYSICAL HURT. HE WILL PUT UP WITH ALL THE INJURY TO WHICH HE IS SUBJECTED TO BY THE WRONGDOER" THUS NON-VIOLENCE IS COMPLETE ABSENSE OF ILL-WILL AGAINST ALL LIVING BEINGS. IT THEREFORE EMBRACES EVEN SUB-HUMAN LIFE NOT EXCLUDING NOXIOUS INSECTS OR BEASTS. IT MEANS KINDNESS AND FRIENDLINESS FOR EVERYONE. IN EVERY SITUATION ONE HAS TO BE CONSIDERATE AND NOT HARM ANY CREATURES ON THIS EARTH.

                          MAHATMA GANDHI TAUGHT THE WORLD, "WHEN THERE IS NO DESIRE FOR FRUIT, THERE IS NO TEMPTATION FOR UNTRUTH OR HIMSA. TAKE ANY INSTANCE OF UNTRUTH OR VIOLENCE, AND IT WILL BE FOUND THAT AT ITS BACK WAS THE DESIRE TO ATTAIN THE CHERISHED END". IBE SGIYKD STOP PHYSICAL , SPEAKING  HARSH WORDS AND NEGATIVE, HARMFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE THINKING IMMEDIATELY. VIOLENCE AGITATES ONE'S MID WHEREAS NON VIOLENCE CALMS ONE'S MIND.

                      SATYA - SATYA MEANS TRUTHFULNESS IN ACTION, WORD AND THOUGHT, IT MEANS HONEST COMMUNICATION.

              ONE SHOULD BE HONEST AND TRUTHFULNESS IN ONE'S ACTION.

              ONE SHOULD BE TRUTHFULNESS IN WORDS THAT ONE SPEAKS.

               ONE SHOULD SAY WHAT ONE THINKS. IT IS THE TRUTHFULNESS IN THOUGHTS. SOME BUSINESSMEN MAINTAIN TWO SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. ONE FOR BLACK MONEY AND THE OTHER FOR WHITE MONEY. THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURES OF BOTH ACCOUNTS ARE KEPT SEPARATELY. THEY HIDE ONE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND REVEAL THE OTHER. IF BUSINESSMAN ACCOUNT. IN THE SAME MANNER IF ONE LIES THEN THE MIND HAS TO MAINTAIN ONLY ONE TYPE OF ACCOUNT. ONE FOR TRUTH AND OTHER FOR LIES. TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN MIND MEAN MORE NUMBER OF THOUGHTS. ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS WILL REQUIRE MORE TIME AND ENERGY TO STILL THE MIND. HENCE, SPEAK THE TRUTH". 

                      ASTEYA - ASTEYA MEANS "NON-STEALING" AND NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO ONE. ONE SHOULD RESIST THE DESIRE TO ACCEPT THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO ONE.

                        ONE SHOULD NOT DESIRE MORE THAN REQUIRED IF IT ONE'S OWN. GLUTTONY IS STEALING OF FOOD EVEN IF ONE CAN PAY FOR THAT. HOARDING MONEY IS ALSO STEALING EVEN THOUGH ONE HAS EARNED IT HONESTLY. IT ALSO MEANS NON COVETOUSNESS.

                          BY REDUCING ONE'S WANTS ONE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL ONE'S DESIRE. ONE SHOULT NOT ACCEPT ANY OBJECT OR SERVICE FREE OF COST. ONE SHOULD AVOID STEALING AS WELL AS HOARDING. ONLY THEN ONE WILL PROGRESS ON SPIRITUAL PATH. THE EASIEST WAY TO CONTROL ASTEYA IS "I HAVE ALL I NEED".

                      BRAHMACHARYA - HERE BRAHMACHARYA MEANS TO USE ONE'S SEXUAL ENERGY TO REGENERATE ONE'S CONNECTION TO ONE'S SPIRITUAL SELF. SEXUAL ENERGY IS BROUGHT DOWN DURING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE TO GIVE BIRTH TO A NEW BODY WHEREAS DURING MEDITATION SEXUAL ENERGY IS CONSERVED BY CLOSING ALL THE HOLES OF LEAKAGE AND DIVERTING THE STORED ENERGY INTO PROPER CHANNEL BY PUSHING IT UPWARDS TO GIVEN A NEW BIRTH TO ONE SELF. HENCE, BRAHMACHARYA MEANS TO CONVERT SEXUAL ENERGY TO SPIRITUAL ENERGY AND TO USE IT PROPERLY FOR SELF REALISATION.

                         BRAHMACHARYA MEANS WALKING WITH BRAHMA. CONSIDERING TOUCH AS MOTHERLY TOUCH IS BRAHMACHARYA OF SKIN. NOT WATCHING PORNOGRAPHY IS BRAHMACHARYA OF EYE. NOT HEARING ANY LUSTFUL TALK IS THE BRAHMACHARYA OF EAR. NOT SMELLING BODY ODOUR OF WOMAN IS BRAHMACHARYA OF NOSE. NOT TALKING VULGARLY ABOUT WOMAN IS BRAHMACHARYA OF TONGUE. NOT THINKING ABOUT NUDE WOMEN IS BRAHMACHARYA OF THOUGHTS. MENTAL BRAHMACHARYA CAN BE ATTAINED BY CHANTING GOD'S NAME. MEDITATION AND BY REMOVING DUALITY OF MIND ABOUT MAN AND WOMAN AND CONSIDERING THEM AS ONE BRAHMA OR GOD.

THE FEAR OF GHOST

                       ARE YOU BELIEVE IN THE GHOST?

                              THE AFRAID OF GHOST!

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                       I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS AND YET I AM AFRAID OF THEM.  WHEN I AM ALONE IN THE NIGHT, IF FEEL THAT THEY ARE THERE AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO ME....

                        IN FACT, YOU DENY THINGS WHICH YOU ARE AFRAID. YOUR DENIAL SIMPLY SHOWS YOUR FEAR. YOU SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS. IF YOU REALLY DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS. THEN FROM WHERE CAN THE FEAR COME? THEN WHY SHOULD YOU BE AFRAID? FOR WHAT? BUT YOUR DISBELIEF IS NOTHING BUT A WAY OF HIDDNG YOUR FEAR.

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                           REMEMBER: YOUR BELIEF IS OUT OF FEAR, YOUR DISBELIEF IS OUT OF FEAR. IF YOU LIVE IN FEAR, WHATSOEVER HAPPENS TO YOU IS GOING TO HAPPEN OUT OF FEAR. I SEE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE GOING TO THE TEMPLES AND THE MOSQUES AND THE CHURCHES OUT OF FEAR, AND I SEE ATHEISTS DENYING GOD OUT OF FEAR. IF I LOOK DEEPLY I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE THEIST AND THE ATHEIST. THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME REACTING DIFFERENTLY, BUT THE SITUATION IS THE SAME AND FEAR IS THE SAME. THEIR DIFFERENCE ARE ONLY SUPERFICIAL.

                          IN EACH ATHEIST THE THEIST IS HIDDEN. AND IN EACH THEIST THE ATHEIST IS HIDDEN THAT'S WHY IT IS SO EASY TO CONVERT THEM. 

                        THESE ARE NOT REALLY TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. 

                         YOU SAY, I DON'T BELIEVE IN GHOSTS...

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                        YOU BELIEVE. YOU ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO DECEIVE YOURSELF. HENCE THE FEAR. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE ONE IN THE NIGHT THEY ARE THERE. BUT YOU ARE UNNECESSARILY AFRAID OF POOR GHOSTS. COMPARED TO HUMAN BEINGS, THEY ARE VERY INNOCENT PEOPLE. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF ANY GHOSTS TURNING INTO AN ADOLF HITLER? OR CHENGHIS KHAN OR TAMURLANG? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF GHOSTS CREATING HIROSHIMA, NAGASAKI, PREARING FOR THE THIRD WORLD WAR? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF GHOSTS DOING ANY HARM? THEIR HARM, IF SOMETIMES YOU HEAR SOME STORIES, IS MORE OR LESS TRIVIAL SMALL THINGS.

                     I HAVE HEARD ABOUT ONE YOUNG GHOST. THE YOUND GHOST GOT VERY SCARED WHEN HIS FRIENDS TOLD HIM TOO MANY HUMAN STORIES. 

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                        THEY ARE ALSO AFRAID OF YOU. AND YOU SAY, YOU ARE AFRAID THAT WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IN THE NIGHT I FEEL THAT THEY ARE THERE AND THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO ME...

                       I HAVE ALSO HEARD. THE FATHER GHOSTS TOLD HIS SON, SPOOK ONLY WHEN YOU ARE SPOKEN TO....

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                     SO, TO ME, THOSE THINGS ARE IRRELEVANT. FEAR IS THE BASIC THINGS. WHY IS MAN AFRAID? DON'T GO INTO REASONS CAUSES AND EXPLANATIONS GO DIRECTLY INTO THE FEAR. SO NEXT TIME WHEN YOU ARE ALONE IN THE ROOM, JUST CLOSE THE EYES GO INTO YOUR FEAR. DON'T BOTHER ABOUT GHOSTS JUST GO INTO THE FEAR. TREMBLE IF TREMBLING COMES, BUT DON'T FIND ANY EXPLANATION THAT YOU ARE TREMBLING BECAUSE OF THE GHOSTS. THAT IS JUST AN EXPLANATION TO EXPLAIN AWAY THE FEAR JUST GO INTO TREMBLING. TREMBLE FOR NO REASON AT ALL. IF YOU FEEL LIKE SCREAMING, SCREAM FOR NO REASON AT ALL BUT GO INTO THE FEAR ITSELF. DON'T BRING ANYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN YOU AND THE FEAR. THAT IS A TRICK OF THE MIND. AND IF YOU CAN GO DEEP DOWN INTO THE FEAR, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. THE DEEPER YOU GO, THE MORE AND MORE FEAR DISSIPATES, DISAPPEARS. AND WHEN YOU TOUCH THE VERY CORE, THE VERY BOTTOM CORE OF IT, IT HAS DISSAPEARED. YOU ARE SIMPLY THERE, UTTERLY SILENT. THERE IS NO GHOSTS THERE, EVEN YOU ARE NOT THERE. ALL IS SILENT, UTTERLY SILENT, ABSOLUTELY SILENT. THAT SILENCE IS JOY, THAT SILENCE IS FEARLESSNESS.