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VISAYAVATI VA PRAVRITTIR UTPANNA MANASAH STHITI-
NIBANDHANI
OR A STEADY BRINGING TOGETHER OF THE ORGAN CALLED THE MIND HAPPENS IN COMPLETE INVOLVEMENT WITH A STATE.
OR A STEADY BRINGING TOGETHER OF THE ORGAN CALLED THE MIND HAPPEN IN COMPLETE INVOLVEMENT WITH A STATE.
IN OTHER WORDS, BY GIVING COMPLETE ATTENTION TO AN ACTIVITY, WHICH COULD EVEN BE A SENSE ACTIVITY, FOR EXAMPLE, A DANCE, MUSIC, OR DRAMA, ESPECIALLY OF THE CLASSICAL VARIETY, WHERE EMOTIONS AND RHYTHM ALSO COME INTO PLAY, THE MIND IS IN AN UNDISTRACTED STATE AND IMMERSED IN BLISS.
IN FACT, INDIAN AND WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC IS DESIGNED TO IMMERSE THE MIND IN RHYTHMIC SOUNDS AND PATTERNS, WHICH TAKE ONE TO HEIGHTS OF SPIRITUAL AWARENSS. GREAT SINGERS, DANCERS, ACTORS, PAINTERS AND OTHER CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS WILL VOUCH FOR THIS FACT.
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VISOKA VA JYOTISMATI
OR BY MEDITATION ON PURE LIGHT, SORROWLESSNESS IS ATTAINED.
WHEN ONE MEDITATES ON A LIGHT, WHICH IS INTERNAL, THE MIND CEASES TO BE AGITATED AND ATTINS TRANQUILLITY. IN PRACTICAL MEDITATION, IF ONE KNOCKS THE CENTRE BETWEEN THE EYEBROW A FEW TIMES AND FIXES ATTENTION ON THE CENTRE CALLED AJNA WITH THE EYES CLOSED, BY AND BY, A BLUE LIGHT APPEARS.
MEDITIATING ON THAT LIGHT, ONE ATTAINS TRANQUILLITY AND ENJOYS THE BLISS OF TOTAL CALMNESS THAT SETS IN LIKE A GENTLE BREEZE.
IN FACT, THERE ARE SCHOOLS OF MEDITATION THAT DO JUST THAT AND NOTHING MORE.
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VITARAGA VISAYAM VA CITTAM
OR THE CONDITION OF THE MIND WHICH IS FREE FROM ATTACHMENT.
THE YOGI WHO SEES THE FUTILITY OF BEING OBSESSED WITH SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT PERMANENT RIDS HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM MENTAL SLAVERY AND BECOMES FREE AND LIGHT-MINDED.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO WORK, LOVE AND SERVE OTHERS IN THIS WORLD, WITHOUT BEING OBSESSED, SAYS THE KARMA YOGI. AS ONE ADVANCES IN THIS WAY OF LIFE, THE UN-OBSESSED FREE MIND ACQUIRES THE CAPACITY TO THINK CLEARLY WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND CONSERVE ENERGY, WHICH IS USUALLY LOST IN OBSESSIVE THOUGHT AND ACTION. ONE IS THEN ABLE TO ACCESS A TREMENDOUS SOURCE OF ENERGY WITHIN THE SELF THAT WORKS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF BOTH ONESELF AND THE WORLD, IN A SPIRIT OF SELFLESS LOVE AND COMPASSION. TO PUT IT SIMPLY, THE YOGI LIVES A BEAUTIFUL FREE LIFE WITHOUT BEING BOGGED DOWN BY OBSESSSIONS.
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SVAPNA-NIDRA JNANALAMBANAM VA
OR RESTS ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF DREAM AND DEEP SLEEP.
SEEING THAT DREAMS WHEN ACTUALLY DREAMT, ARE AS REAL AS THE WAKING STATE, THE YOGI LEANRS TO LIVE IN PEACE AND ENJOY THE DREAM EXPERIENCE, KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT IN THE WAKING STATE, THE DREAM EXPERIENCE VANISHES.
ALSO IN DEEP SLEEP, THE YOGI LEARNS TO REST AND REJUVENATE THE MIND AS HE OR SHE IS ALREADY FREE FROM ATTACHMENT AND OBSESSION. SUCH A DEEP SLEEP, WHICH IS BOTH CURATIVE AND BLISSFUL, REJUVENATES ALL THE CELLS OF THE BODY, ESPECIALLY THE BRAIN CELLS.
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YATHA-ABHIMATA-DHYANAD-VA
OR BY THE DESIRE TO MEDITATE.
EQUIPPED WITH THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF MEDITATION, THE YOGI LONGS TO BE IMMERSED IN MEDITATION AND ENJOY THE BLISS OF AN UNDISTRACTED MIND.
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PARAMANU-PARAMA-MAHATTVANTO SYA VASIKARAH
THE MASTERING OF MEDITATION CAN BE APPLIED FROM THE SMALLEST TO THE GREATEST,
THE EXPERT MEDITATOR CAN APPLY HIS SKILLS IN ONE-POINTEDNESS TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING FROM THE SMALLES TO THE GREATEST, FROM ORDINARY THINGS TO THE UNIVERSAL TRUTH.
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KSINA-VRTTER-ABHIJATASY-EVA MANER-GRAHITR-GRAHANA-
GRAHYESU TATSTHA-TADANJANATA SAMAPATTIH
SUCH A MIND WITH MINIMUM FLUCTUATIONS IS LIKE A CLEAR, TRANSPARENT JEWEL AND ASSUMES THE COLOURS OF THE OBJECTS NEAR IT, AND THUS UNITES THE (ONE WHO) GRASPS (THE THING) GRASPED AND THE ACT OF GRASPING.
