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PERCEPTION OF YOUR SIGHT

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                                    TRAIN YOUR BRAIN                               TO GET GOOD RESULTS                                                        TRAINING THE EYE                                BEFORE THE MEMORY CAN BE STORED WITH SIGHT IMPRESSIONS - BEFORE THE MIND CAN RECOLLECT OR REMEMBER SUCH IMPRESSIONS - THE EYE MUST BE USED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ATTENTION. WE THINK THAT WE SEE THINGS WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM, BUT IN REALITY WE SEE BUT FEW THINGS, IN THE SENSE OF REGISTERING CLEAR AND DISTINCT IMPRESSIONS OF THEM UPON THE TABLETS OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. WE LOOK AT THEM RATHER THAN SEE THEM.                            A BODY MAY BE IMAGED ON THE RETINA WITHOUT INSURING PERCEPTION. THERE MUST BE AN EFFORT TO CONCENTRATE THE ATTENTION UPON THE MANY THINGS THAT THE WORLD PRESENTS TO OUR SENSES. A TEACHER ONCE SAID TO THE PUPILS OF A LARGE SCHOOL, ALL OF WHOM HAD SEEN COWS, I SHOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHETHER A COW'S EARS ARE ABOVE, BELOW, BEHIND,

TRAIN YOUR BRAIN

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                                                    THE POWER OF YOUR  MIND                            IT NEEDS VERY LITTLE ARGUMENT TO CONVINCE THE AVERAGE THINKING PERSON OF THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY. EVEN THEN VERY FEW BEGIN TO REALIZE JUST HOW IMPORTANT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE MIND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE RETENTION OF MENTAL IMPRESSIONS. THE FIRST THOUGHT OF THE AVERAGE PERSON WHEN ASKED TO CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF MEMORY IS ITS USE IN THE AFFAIRS OF EVERYDAY LIFE , ALONG DEVELOPED AND CULTIVATED LINES, AS CONTRASTED WITH THE LESSER DEGREES OF ITS DEVELOPMENT. IN SHORT, ONE GENERALLY THINKS OF MEMORY IN ITS PHASE OF "A GOOD MEMORY" AS CONTRASTED WITH THE OPPOSITE PHASE OF " A POOR MEMORY". BUT THERE IS A MUCH BROADER AND FULLER MEANING OF THE TERM THAT OF EVEN IMPORTANT PHASE.                    IT IS TRUE THAT OUR SUCCEES IN OUR EVERYDAY, BUSINESS, PROFESSION, TRADE OR OTHER OCCUPATION DEPENDS VERY MATERIALLY UPON THE POSSESSION OF A GOOD MEMORY. OUR VALU

SWAMY RAMA EXPLAINED THE SECRETS OF YOGA

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                                   SWAMI RAMA RAISED                                  THE SECRETS OF YOGA                             WHAT IF YOU COULD HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR HOURS, EXPLORING WHOLE OTHER DIMENSIONS OF BEING WHILE YOUR BODY APPEARED TO BE DEAD? WHAT IF YOU COULD HEAL FATAL DISEASES IN A MOMENT, JUST BY FOCUSING YOUR MIND? WHAT IF YOU COULD ESTABLISH YOURSELF IN A STATE OF TRANQUILITY SO DEEP THAT NOTHING IN LIFE COULD EVER DISTURB YOU? THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE STUFF OF FAIRY TALES, PEOPLE CAN'T REALLY DO THESE THINGS. AND YET ADEPTS OF THE ANCIENT YOGA TRADITION CLAIM TO ACCOMPLISH THESE SORTS OF THINGS ROUTINELY. OF COURSE, ILLITERATE PEOPLE FROM SUPERSTITIOUS CULTURES WILL CLAIM ANYTHING.                            THEN IN 1970, SWAMI RAMA, RAISED IN HIMALAYAN CAVE AND TRAINED IN THE CLOSELY GUARDED SECRETS OF YOGA FROM BOYHOOD, WALKED INTO AN AMERICAN RESEARCH LABORATORY. UNDER  THE MOST RIGOROUS EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS, HE SIMULATED DEATH BY VIRTUALLY STOPPING HIS

MEDITATION (KNEE POSE)

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                          VAJRASANA (KNEELING POSE)                                      SIT IN A KNEELING POSITION WITH THE HEAD, NECK, AND TRUNK STRAIGHT. REST THE HANDS, PALMS DOWNWARD, ABOVE THE KNEES. THIS POSTURE IS MOTSTLY PRACTICED IN NON-YOGIC TRADITIONS SUCH AS ZEN ANDTHE ISLAMIC TRADITION. IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR MEDITATION, BUT IF IT IS CONTINUED FOR A LONG TIME, IT CAN SOMETIMES CAUSE PULLED MUSCLES BY OVERSTETCHING THE LIGAMENTS OF THE FOOT.                                       HAVING ATTAINED A COMFORTABLE, STABLE, AND EASY POSTURE, THE STUDENT WILL THEN BE ABLE TO BECOME AWARE OF HIS BREATH. BREATH AWARENESS IS A RELIABLE GUIDE FOR EXPERIENCING THE HIGHER LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND FOR MAKING THE MIND ONEPOINTED. IT PREPARES THE MEDITATOR FOR APPLYING SUSHUMNA.                                          ALTHOUGH THE WORD SUSHUMNA CANNOT BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, ACCORDING TO ME, IT MEANS THE STATE OF MIND THAT IS UNDISTURBED AND JOYOUS, AND WHICH OCCURS WHEN THE BREATH

THE SCIENCE OF BREATH

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                                      PLAVINI PRANAYAMA                    PLAVINI IS ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED PRANAYAMA EXERCISES. IN THIS PRACTICE, THE STOMACH IS FIRST FILLED COMPLETELY WITH AIR. THEN, WHILE THE AIR REMAINS IN THE STOMACH, THE LUNGS ARE FILLED COMPLETELY. THE BREATH IS RETAINED, AND THEN FINALLY EXHALED. THIS METHOD OF INHALATION, RETENTION, AND EXHALATION IS REPEATED THE DESIRED NUMBER OF TIMES, AND WHEN THE EXERCISE IS FINISHED, THE AIR IS REGURGITATED THROUGH THE MOUTH.                     THERE ARE A FEW, MORE RARE, ADVANCED PRANAYAMA EXERCISE WHICH ARE MEANT EXCLUSIVELY FOR ADEPT YOGIS. SUCH EXERCISE ARE TRADITIONALLY IMPARTED TO ADVANCED STUDENTS BY THEIR PRECEPTORS.                      PATANJALI, THE CONDIFIER OF THE YOGIS SUTRA, WHILE EXPLAINING VARIOUS WAYS OF BRINGING THE MIND UNDER CONTROL, ALSO INCLUDES THE METHOD OF PRANAYAMA. THE WHOLE SECRET OF THE SCIENCE OF BREATH LIES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF SUTRA. HERE PATANJALI USES DIFFERENT WORDS FOR INHALATI

THE PRINCIPLE REASON FOR FAILURE

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                             UNDERSTAND THE TRICK                      THE PRINCIPLE REASONS FOR FAILURE ARE : LACK OF CONFIDENCE AND TOO MUCH EFFORT. MANY PEOPLE BLOCK ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS BY FAILING TO FULLY BLOCK ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS BY FAILING TO FULLY COMPREHEND THE WORKINGS OF THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. WHEN YOU KNOW HOW YOUR MIND FUNCTIONS, YOU GAIN A MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE. YOU MUST REMEMBER WHENEVER YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND ACCEPTS AN IDEA, IT IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO EXECUTE IT. IT USES ALL ITS MIGHTLY RESOURCES TO THAT END AND MOBILIZES ALL THE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL LAWS OF YOUR DEEPER MIND. THIS LAW IS TRUE NEGATIVELY, IT BRINGS TROUBLE, FAILURE, AND CONFUSION.                      WHEN YOU USE IT CONSTRUCTIVELY, IT BRINGS GUIDANCE, FREEDOM, AND PEACE OF MIND.                       THE RIGHT ANSWER IS INEVITABLE WHEN YOUR THOUGHTS ARE POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE, AND LOVING.                      FROM THIS IT IS PERFECTLY OBVIOUS THAT THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO OVER

THE POWER OF BELIEF

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                             THE LAW OF LIFE IS BELIEF                      ALL RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD REPRESENT FORMS OF BELIEF, AND THESE BELIEFS ARE EXPLAINED IN MANY WAYS. THE LAW OF LIFE IS BELIEFS. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ABOUT YOURSELF , LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE? IT IS DONE UNTO YOU, AS YOU BELIEVE.                      BELIEF IS A THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND, WHICH CAUSES THE POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS TO BE DISTRIBUTED INTO ALL PHASES OF YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO YOUR THINKING HABITS. YOUR MUST REALIZE THE BIBLE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR BELIEF IN SOME RITUAL, CEREMONY, FORM, INSTITUTION, MAN, OR FORMULA. IT IS TALKING ABOUT BELIEF ITSELF. THE BELIEF OF YOUR MIND IS SIMPLY THE THOUGHT OF YOUR MIND. IF THOU CANST BELIEV, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH.                   IT IS FOOLISH TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING TO HURT OR HARM YOU. REMEMBER, IT IS NOT THING BELIEVED IN THAT HURTS OR HARMS YOU, BUT THE BELIEF OR THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND, WHICH CREATES THE RESULT. ALL YOUR EXPERIENCES, ALL