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.

THE MEMORY LOSS OF HUMAN BEING !

 

                        

                            👀    HUMAN BEINGS AS 

                             BAGS OF KARMA 👀

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                     WHEN  I WAS AGE FOUR OR FIVE, I OFTEN SAW PEOPLE AS HAZY FORMS. IF I JUST SAT DOWN IN THE LIVING ROOM AND LOOKED AROUND AT MY FAMILY - MY MOTHER, FATHER, BROTHER, SISTERS - I WOULD SEE THEM AS HAZY BEINGS, LIKE GHOSTS, MOVING HERE AND THERE. IF I WAS MOVING AROUND OR TALKING, THEY APPEARED AS PEOPLE. BUT IF I SIMPLY SAT, I WOULD SEE THEM AS SMOKY FIGURES  FLOATING AROUND. AND ONCE YOU SEE PEOPLE AS SEMI-SOLID SMOKY BEINGS, THE WHOLE DRAMA OF EVERYDAY LIFE BECOMES UTTERLY MEANINGLESS. SUDDENLY, MY DAD WOULD COME AND ASK, "WHAT ABOUT YOUR MATHEMATICS QUARTERLY EXAM? I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE WAS TAKING ABOUT! IT WAS LIKE WATCHING TELEVISION AFTER PRESSING THE MUTE BUTTON.

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                    ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DID NOT REALLY MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPRESSION ON ME WAS A PERSON'S GENDER. THIS WOULD NOT REGISTER IN MY MIND FOR A LONG TIME. EVEN LATER IN MY LIFE, I NEVER PAID VERY MUCH ATTENTION TO THE PHYSICAL FORM OF A PERSON. WHAT ALWAYS DREW MY ATTENTION WAS A LARGER, HAZIER FORM THAT I COULD CLEARLY SEE AROUND THEM. I NEVER FELT THE NEED TO DEFINE THESE FORMS TO MYSELF. BUT I REALIZED LATER THAT THESE WERE ENERGY BODIES THAT EVERY LIVING BEING CARRIES. IN YOGIC TERMINOLOGY, THIS IS TERMED THE PRANAMAYAKOSHA. IT IS POSSIBLE TO CLEARLY SEE KARMA IMPRINTED ON THIS LEVEL.

                        THIS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO GRASP, BUT MY MIND IS NEVER INCLINED TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING THAT I SEE. IF I DON'T SEE CLEARLY, I LOOK AT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE ATTENTIVELY, BUT I DON'T MAKE AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING INTELLECTUALLY. IF YOU WANT TO SEE KEENLY, YOU SIMPLY LEARN TO SHARPEN YOUR PERCEPTION . IF YOU LOOK AT A TREE KEENLY ENOUGH, FOR INSTANCE, YOU DON'T NEED TO READ A GARDENING MANUAL - YOU CAN ASSESS WHETHER IT HAS RECEIVED ENOUGH SUNLIGHT OR WATER.

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                        THAT IS WHAT THE YOGIC DISCIPLINE IS ALL ABOUT. JUST LEARNING TO LOOK. THIS IS WHY I KEEP TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT ME. DON'T LOOK FOR ANYTHING. DON'T LOOK FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE. DON'T LOOK FOR GOD. JUST LOOK - THAT'S ALL. THIS IS THE FUNDAMENTAL QUALITY OF A SPIRITUAL SEEKER, AS LIFE IS ABOUT SEEING WHAT IS THERE, NOT ABOUT SEEING WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

                       SINCE PEOPLE ARE SO IDENTIFIED WITH THEIR OWN INDIVIDUALITY, SHAPED BY THEIR KARMIC SUBSTANCE, THEY REFLECT THE SAME LIMITATIONS. THEY SEE EVERYBODY AS LIMITED INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY SEE THEMSELVES THE SAME WAY. INSTEAD OF SEEING LIFE AS JUST LIFE, THEY IDENTIFY WITH FRAGMENTS OF IT.

                                     💫   THE EIGHT DIMENSIONS💫

                       THE YOGIC TRADITION HAS AN ELABORATE METHOD OF DIFFERENTIATING MEMORY. IT DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN EIGHT DIMENSIONS, OR "MEMBRANCES" OF MEMORY. ELEMENTAL, ATOMIC, EVOLUTIONARY, GENETIC, KARMIC, SENSORY, ARTICULATE, AND INARTICUTE.

                       ALL EIGHT CAN BE SEEN ESSENTIALLY AS HUMAN KARMA. THE FIRST FOUR ARE TYPES OF MEMORY IN WHICH PERSONAL VOLITION PLAYS NO ROLE. THE NEXT FOUR ARE THOSE IN WHICH PERSONAL VOLITION DOES PLAY A ROLE. IN OTHER WORDS, THE FIRST FOUR CONSTITUDE OUR COLLECTIVE KARMA, THE NEXT FOUR CONSTITUTE OUR INDIVIDUAL KARMA.

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                   LET US EXAMINE THE FIRST FOUR ASPECTS OF MEMORY, THE ONES IN WHICH PERSONAL VOLITION PLAYS ON ROLE:

                   ELEMENTARY MEMORY REFERS TO THE WAY THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF YOUR SYSTEM - EARTH, WATER, FIRE, AIR, AND ETHER - SHAPE WHO YOU ARE. THEY CARRYT WITH THEM MEMORIES FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF CREATION.

                       ATOMIC MEMORY - THE FLUCTUATING PATTERNS OF ATOMS THAT MAKE UP YOUR BODY - MOLDS YOUR SYSTEM FURTHER.

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                       EVOLUTIONARY MEMORY HONES YOUR BIOLOGY. IT IS THIS EVOLUTIONARY SOLFTWARE THAT MAKES YOU A HUMAN BEING, FOR INSTANCE, AND NOT AN ANIMAL. EVEN IF YOU EAT DOG FOOD, YOU REMAIN A HUMAN BEING! THIS EVOLUTIONARY CODE IS IMPRINTED DEEPLY UPON YOUR DNA.

HOW TO HANDLE YOUR UNCONTROLLED THOUGHTS

   

                                   WHEN MY ENERGIES 

                                      TOUCHED THE PEAK 

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                               THE WAY IN WHICH ENERGY TRANSFORMATION CAN MANIFEST PHYSICALLY IS SOMETHING I KNOW FIRSTHAND. AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE, WHEN I HAD MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF LIFE BEYOND MY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL FACULTIES ON A HILL IN THE CITY OF MYSORE, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT HAD HIT ME.

                          THINGS STARTED CHANGING RAPIDLY AFTER THAT. MUCH WAS INTERNAL, BUT THERE WERE EXTERNAL CHANGES, TOO, THAT NO ONE COULD MISS. MY VOICE CHANGED, FOR ONE. THE TIMBRE AND QUALITY WERE DISTINCLY DIFFERENT. THE QUALITY OF MY GAZE, EVEN THE SHAPE OF MY EYES, SEEMED TO CHANGE, AND MY GAIT WAS DRAMATICALLY ALTERED. I TRIED TO RESUME MY OLD WAY OF WALKING, BUT I COULD NOT. THE VERY SHAPE OF MY BODY HAD CHANGED. AND I AM IN ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT THAT THE SHAPE OF MY BRAIN CHANGED AS WELL!

                 THE REALIGNMENT OF THE CHAKRAS - OR ENERGY CENTERS - IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM CAN PRODUCE DRAMATIC RESULTS. ENERGY INTERVENTIONS CAN COMPLETELY REWIRE THE SYSTEM AND ALTER THE IMPACT OF GENETIC, EVOLUTIONARY, AND ELEMENTAL MEMORY. IT IS THESE DIMENSIONS OF MEMORY THAT UNCONSCIOUSLY RESTRICT US IN MANY WAYS. TO BECOME FREE FROM THEIR IMPACT OR TO LEARN TO DISCONNECT FROM THEM WHEN NECESSARY IS A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF YOGIC PRACTICE.

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                      DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME OR TYPE OF KARMA YOU HAVE GATHERED, YOU HAVE DEVELOPED CERTAIN VASANAS THAT MAKE YOU MOVE IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS AND ATTRACT CERTAIN LIFE SITUATIONS AND PEOPLE TOWARD YOU.

                    IF YOU FIND THAT YOU ARE CONSTANTLY ATTRACTING THE WRONG PEOPLE INTO YOUR LIFE OR DRAWING UNPLEASANT SITUATIONS TOWARDS YOU, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAUSE, TAKE A BACKWARD TOWARD YOU, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PAUSE, TAKE A BACKWARD STEP, AND SEE HOW TO RE-DRAW THIS SOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN UNCONSCIOUSLY WRITTEN INTO YOURSELF.

                 IT IS LIKE THIS, SUPPOSE YOU ARE DRIVING AND YOUR CAR GOES OUT OF CONTROL, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO? YOU MIGHT WANT TO GIFT IT TO YOUR ENEMY, PERHAPS ! BUT AFTER THAT TEMPTING THOUGHT, THE FIRST THING TO DO IS TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND STOP IT, ISN'T IT? IT IS THE SAME WITH YOUR LIFE. WHEN THINGS ARE GOING OUT OF CONTROL FOR NO EXPLANABLE REASON, YOU NEED TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR A WHILE.

                       BRING THE WHOLE MACHINERY OF THOUGHT, EMOTIONS, AND ACTION TO A HALF FOR A SHORT WHILE. JUST THE ACT OF PAUSING AND ATTENDING TO YOUR INTERIORITY FOR A SHORT PERIOD WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. YOU WILL SEE, THINGS WILL CORRECT THEMSELES.

                     YOU NEED TO DO NOTHING ELSE. YOU DO NOT NEED TO CALL FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION. YOU NEED NOT CALL FOR ANGELIC HELP OR ASTRAL GUIDANCE. YOU SIMPLY NEED TO PAUSE. YOU WILL FIND THAT YOUR MIND AND BODY WORK MIRACULOUSLY AFTER THIS, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU GAVE YOUR SYSTEM THE NECESSARY TIME TO FIX AND RE-DRAW ITSELF THE WAY IT WANTS.