TYPES OF YOGAS AND ITS BENEFITS

 

                           

                                       YOGA SUTRAS 

                                   AUM IN THE UPANISHADS

                     SHLOKA 12   💫❤

 

                         AMATRAS CATURTHO VYAVAHARYAH

                            PRAPANCOPASAMAH SIVO DVAITA

                            EVAM AUMKARA ATMAIVA, SAMVISATY

                            ATMANA TMANAM YA EVAM

                             VEDA YA EVAM VEDA

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                        THE FOURTH IS THAT WHICH HAS NO ELEMENT, WHICH CANNOT BE SPOKEN OF, INTO WHICH THE WORLD IS RESOLVED, BENIGN, NON-DUAL. THUS, THE SYLLLABLE AUM IS THE VERY SELF. HE WHO KNOWS IT ENTERS THE SELF WITH HIS SELF.

                  THE KATHA UPANISHAD, AMONG THE PRINCIPLE UPANISHADS, TALKS OF AUM DURING THE INTERESTING DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOUNG NACHIKETAS AND THE LORD OF DEATH, YAMA.

                       TO NACHIKETA'S QUESTION: TELL ME WHICH THOU SEES BEYOND RIGHT AND WRONG, BEYOND WHAT IS DONE OR NOT DONE, BEYOND PAST AND FUTURE?

                         YAMA SAYS:

                          SHLOKA  15, SECTION 2   💫❤

                     SARVE VEDA YAT PADMA AMANANTI TAPAMSI SARVANI CA

               YAD VADANTI, YAD ICCHANTO BRAHMACARYAMCARANTI, TAT TE

                        PADAMSAMGRAHENA BRAVIMI: AUM ITY ETAT

                     THAT WORD WHICH ALL THE VEDAS DECLARE, WHICH ALL THE AUSTERITIES PROCLAIM, DESIRING WHICH PEOPLE LIVE THE LIFE OF THE STUDENT OF THE TRUTH, THAT WORD TO THEE, I SHALL TELL IN BRIEF, THAT IS AUM.

                         SHLOKA 16   💫❤

 

                        ETADD HY EVAKSARAM BRAHMA, ETAD HY

                       EVAKSARAM PARAMETAD HY EVAKSARAM

                       JNATVA, YO YAD ICCHATI TASYA TAT

                          THIS SYLLABLE IS VERILY, THE EVERLASTING SPIRIT. THIS SYLLABLE, INDEED, IS THE HIGHEST END, KNOWING THIS SYLLABLE, WHATEVER ANYONE DESIRES, WILL BE HIS.

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                    THE PRASNA UPANISHAD REFERS TO AUM IN THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN SATYAKAMA AND THE SAGE, PIPPALADA,

                         SHLOKA 1   💫❤

                            SATHA HAINAM SAIBYAS SATYA-KAMAH PAPRACCHA, 

                            SA YO HA VAI TAD, BHAGAVAN,

                            MANUSYESU PRAYANAMTAM AUMKARAM

                           ABHIDHYAYITA, KATAMAM VA VAS

                           A TENA LOKAM JAYANTI

                   VENERABLE SIR, WHAT WORLD DOES HE, WHO AMONG MEN, MEDITATES ON AUM UNTIL THE END OF HIS LIFE, WIN BY THAT?

                      SHLOKA 2   💫❤

                      TASMAI SA HAVACA, ETAD VAI, SATYA-KAMA, PARAM

                      CAPARAM CA BRAHMA YAD AUMARAH, TASMAD

                       VIDVAN ETENAIVAYATANENAIKATARAM ANVETI

                     TO HIM, HE SAID, THAT WHICH IS THE SOUND AUM, O SATYAKAMA, IS VERILY THE HIGHER AND LOWER BRAHMAN. THEREFORE, WITH THIS SUPPORT ALONE, DOES THE WISE MAN REACH THE ONE OR THE OTHER.

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                      MANY  MORE REFERENCE TO THE PRANAVA ARE FOUND IN THE EARLY AS WELL AS LATER TEXTS, BUT THE EXAMPLES QUOTED HERE ARE IMPORTANT AS THEY SHOW THAT THE TEACHINGS ON AUM ARE ANCIENT AND ALSO THAT PATANJALI, THE AUTHOR OF THE YOGA SUTRAS IS AWARE OF IT. IN SPITE OF HIS PREDOMINANTLY SANKHYAN LEANINGS, HE IS READY TO GIVE CREDENCE TO UPANISHADIC TRADITION WHEN REQUIRED, EVEN THOUGH HE DOEST NOT OVERLY ACKNOWLEDGE HIS INDEBTEDNESS

                 HE COMES THROUGH AS A TEACHER WHO IS READY TO EMBRACE NON-SANKHYA TEACHINGS, PROVIDED THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOLE GOAL OF YOGA, WHICH IS KAIVALYA OR LIBERATION.

                    A BRIEF DISCUSSION ON SUTRA 28 OF THE SAMADHI PADA OF THE YOGA SUTRAS IS NECESSARY NOW.THE SUTRA SAYS: REPETITION OF IT AND REALISATION OF ITS PURPOSE".

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                  IF WE LOOK AT AUM AS PURE SOUND, CAPABLE OF OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO THE ATTAINMENT OF SAMADHI OR PURE, INNER CONSCIOUSNESS, AS MENTIONED IN SUTRA 29, THE QUESTION ARISES AS TO HOW IT SHOULD BE REPEATED OR CHANTED AND WHETHER THERE ARE CERTAIN TECHNIQUES TO DO THAT.

                   ALTHOUGH STRICTLY SPEAKING, PRACTICAL METHODS ARE DISCUSSED MORE IN THE SECTION CALLED SADHANA PADA, IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO DISCUSS THE PRACTICE OF PRANAVA SADHANA OR REPETITION OF AUM RIGHT NOW SINCE WE RE ALREADY ON THE SUBJECT.

THE TYPES OF MEDITATION AND ITS USES

                                THE JAPA MEDITATION 

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                                             DHRANA

                              ACCORDING TO SWAMI JNANESHVARA BHARATI, "CONCENTRATION (DHARANA) IS THE PROCESS OF HOLDING OF 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 ANY DISTRACTION IT IS KNOWN AS DHARANA.

                          THE INTERNET CONNECTION IS TOO SLOW. MAM, COME HERE AN CHECK WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THE COMPUTER". THE BOY SAID WHO WAS WORKING AN A PROJECT REPART ASSIGNED TO HIM AS HOME WORK.

                          THE MOTHER CAME IN, PEEPED FOR A SECOND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE COMPUTER SCREEN. AT THAT TIME, THAN TWENTY WINDOWS WERE OPENED. "YOU HAVE OPENED SO MANY WINDOWS THAT'S WHY ITS SPEED SLOWED DOWN. IT YOU OPEN ONLY ONE WINDOW THEN ITS SPEED WILL BE FAST . IN THE SAME WAY IF YOU CONCENTRATE YOUR MIND ON ONE TASK, THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FINISH IT IN LESS TIME".

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

                           

                         DHYANA💫

                               UNDISTURBED STEAM OF THOUGHTS AND CONTINUED ABSORPTION IN THE POINT FOR LONG TIME RESULTS IN CONTEMPTION.

                          THAT IS THE POWER OF FOCUS! POWER OF FOCUS IS SUCH THAT IT CAN BURN ALL THE NEGATIVITY INSIDE A HUMAN BODY.

                        THE MIND ENTERS IN DEEP CONCENTRATION WHEN THE OBJECT OF CONCENTRATION AND THE ACT OF CONCENTRATION BECOMES ONE. THE MIND BECOMES STILL, SOLO POINTED OR CONCENTRATED. IN SAMADHI ONE DOESN'T HEAR OR SEE. THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CONSCIOUSNESS VANISHES. ONLY SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS LEFT ONE EXPERIENCES ULTIMATE PEACE.

                          TYPES OF SAMADHI💫

                                      SAMADHI IS OF TWO TYPES I.E. SAMPRAJNATA OR SABIJA OR SAVIKALPA AND ASAMPRAJNATA OR NIRVIKALPA. IN SAMPRAJNATA SAMADHI THE KNOWER, KNOWLEDGE AND THE KNOWABLE ARE DISTINCT. ONE EXPERIENCES THIS SAMADHI WHEN THE KUNDALINI ENERGY RISES UP TO SIXTH CHAKRA I.E. AJNA CHAKRA AND OPENS IT. IN THIS SAMADHI THA SANSKARAS (PAST KARMAS) ARE NOT FRIED. WHEN THE TIME COMES THESE SANSKARAS CAN GROW AND CAUSE TROUBLE FOR THE SADHAKA (DEVOTEE) LIKE A SEE WHICH CAN GERMINATE ON RECEIVING FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS. IN SAMPRAJNATA THE KNOWER, KNOWLEDGE AND THE KNOWABLE ARE SAME. THIS SAMADHI IS EXPERIENCED WHEN KUNDALINI ENERGY REACHES SEVENTH CHAKRA I.E. SAHASRARA CHAKRA AND THE THOUSAND PETALS LOTUS FLOWER IS OPENED. NO PAST KARMA'S SEEDS ARE LEFT. THEY ARE ALL FRIED UP. WHEN ASAMPRAJNATA SAMADHI OS CONSTANTLY PRACTISED IT LEADS TO LIBERATION.

                             APARIGRAHA💫

                             IT MEANS NON POSSESIVENESS AND NON HOARDING. ONE SHOULD TAKE WHAT IS NECESSARY AND AVOID BEING GREED. ONE SHOULD BE SATISFIED WITH WHAT ONE HAS AND SHOULD NOT YEARN FOR MORE AND MORE. HOARDING OF THINGS INDICATE "FEAR FOR FUTURE". IF ONE WISHES TO PROGRESS ON SPIRITUAL PATH THEN ONE HAS TO SHED THE FEAR BY NON HOARDING OF THINGS. THE MOST IMPORTANT IS TO SHED ANY ATTACHMENT WITH SUCH THINGS. GET RID OF WORRY ABOUT YOUR MONEY, ABOUT YOUR BELONGING AND ABOUT YOUR FUTURE- GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.

                      IF THE YOGI IS WORRIED ABOUT THE NEXT MEAL IT MEANS HE HAS NOT OVERCOME HIS GREEDINESS AS WELL AS FEAR OF FUTURE.

                               NIYAMA 💫

                        NIYAMA MEANS THE RULES FOR PERSONAL AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE. THEY ARE MORE INTIMATE AND PERSONAL WHEN COMPARED TO YAMAS. THE FIVE NIYAMAS ARE SAUCHA (PURITY) SANTOSH (CONTENTMENT), TAPAS (DISCIPLINE), SWADHYAYA (SELF STUDY) AND ISHVARAPRAMIDHANA (SURRENDER TO GOD).

                         SAUCHA💫

                   SAUCHA MEANS CLEANLINESS OF BODY AND MIND. IT IS EXTERNAL AS WELL AS INTERNAL PURITY. OUTER CLEANLINESS DENOTES THAT ONE SHOULD WASH ONE'S BODY REGULARLY TO KEEP IT FREE FROM DISEASES. WITH A SICK BODY ONE CANNOT CONCENTRATE PROPERLY. AN OLDER PROVERB SAYS "THERE IS A HEALTHY MIND IN A HEALTHY BODY" INNER CLEANLINESS REFERS TO HEALTHY AND PROPER FUNCTIONING OF ORGANS AND CLARITY OF MIND. BY DOING ASANAS AND PRANAYAMAS, ONE CAN PURIFY ONESELF INTERNALLY. REGULAR ASANAS MAKE THE BODY HEALTHY. FIT ANS STRONG WHERE AS REGULAR PRANAYAMAS CLEAN LUNGS, PURIFY BLOOD AND HELP IN PROPER CIRCULATION OF BLOOD. CLEANSIG OF MIND IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLEANSING OF BODY. EMOTIONS LIKE ANGER, JEALOUSY, GREED, LUST, HATRED AND PRIDE SHOULD BE REMOVED AS THEY ARE VERY DISTURBING FOR MIND. A SPECIAL MENTAL BROOM IS NEEDED TO WIPE OUT ALL NEGATIVE SENSATIONS FROM MIND.

                          SANTHOSH💫

                              SANTHOSE IS CONTENTMENT AND SATISFACTION. IT IS THE FEELING THAT ONE IS SATISFIED WITH WHAT ONE KIND HAS. JEIHE VIDHI RAKHE RAM LEIHI VIDHI RAHIYE" MEANS WHAT EVER BE THE CIRCUMSTANCES CREATED BY GOD ONE SHOULD BE HAPPY AND CONTENTED WITH THAT.

                       ONE SHOULD BE CONTENTED EVEN IN DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.

                       TAPAS 💫

                  IT MEANS DISCIPLINE - DISCIPLINE OF THE BODY AS WELL AS MIND. IT MEANS TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE BODY WHICH CAN FURTHER HELP TO CONTROL MIND. IT GUIDES US TO BURN ALL THE DESIRES COMING IN THE PATH OF SELF REALIZATION. TAPAS ALSO INCLUDES DISCIPLINING FIVE SENSES I.E. NOSE, EAR, TONGUE, SKIN AND EYES. TONGUE IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TO DISCIPLINE AS IT ALWAYS WANT TO EAT TASTY FOOD AND TALK GOSSIP. BY DISCIPLINING ONE'S EATING HABITS AND BREATHING ONE CAN EASILY CONTROL BODY AND MIND.

                    SOME PERSONS PRACTISE TAPAS BY STANDING IN ICE COLD WATER AND SOME BY STANDING ON HOT SAND IN SUMMER FOR LONG TIME. ONE WHO CAN BE BEAR COLD AND HEAT DOES THE PHYSICAL TAPAS. MENTAL TAPAS IS MORE DIFFICULT THAN PHYSICAL TAPAS. ONE WHO CAN BEAR THE INSULT AND HARSH WORDS DOES THE MENTAL TAPAS.

                        SWADHYAYA💫

                        SWADHYAYA MEANS SELF STUDY. IT MEANS READING SACRED SPIRITUAL TEXTS LIKE RAMAYANA, SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA, BIBLE, QURAN AND GURU GRANTH SAHIB. SWADHYAYA CLEARS DOUBT, STRENGTHENS FAITH, ENCOURAGS MOVING FURTHER ON SPIRITUAL PATH AND OVERCOMING ALL OBSTACLES COMING IN THE WAY. IT HELPS IN ANALYSING AND INCORPORATING THE TEACHINGS OF THE SAGES. IT REMOVES NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND THROWS LIGHT ON A NEW POSITIVE OUTLOOK TOWARDS. IT REMOVES NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND THROWS LIGHT ON A NEW POSITIVE OUTLOOK TOWARDS LIFE. ONE'S OWN INTERPRETATION OF FACTS AD INFORMATION HELP IN EVALUATING ONESELF.

                ISHVARAPRANIDHARA 💫

                          IT MEANS SURRENDER TO GOD. IT MEANS PUTTING ALL THE ACTIONS AND THEIR FAITHS TO THE LORD'S FEET. THIS ATTITUDE HELPS IN BECOMING ONE WITH GOD.

                                 

THE NEW TRICK TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOAL

                          WHAT TO DO FOR YOUR GOAL?

 

                        QUESTION 💫❤ : 

                        I SEE I DON'T TRUST LIFE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. NOTHING FEELS POSSIBLE UNLESS I DO. THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN TRUST HAPPENS, BUT WHAT I SUPPOSED TO DO AT OTHER TIMES WHEN I DON'T FEEL IT? PRETENDTING TRUST SEEMS EVEN WORSE. LIVING IN FEAR FEELS NO GOOD EITHER. 

                    ANS :👀👀 

                      RUPA, THAT'S HOW WE GO ON CREATING NEW GOALS. I GO ON TAKING GOALS FROM YOU AND YOU GO ON NEW GOALS. NOW ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST NOW THAT BECOMES THE GOAL. NENETY-NINE PERCENT AND YOU ARE WORRIED.

                  CAN'T YOU SIMPLY BE AS YOU ARE? WHY BOTHER ABOUT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST? TRYING TO BE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT WHEN YOU ARE NOT IS BOUND TO CREATE HYPOCRISY. YOU WILL BECOME ARTIFICIAL, YOU WILL BECOME UNNATURAL.

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                     AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST MEANS? ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST MEANS TRUSTING EVEN IN YOUR MISTRUST- THAT'S WHAT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST MEANS. IF THERE IS A MOMENT OF UNTRUST, YOU TRUST THAT MOMENT TOO! WHAT CAN YOU DO? ONE MOMENT YOU TRUST ME, GOOD, ANOTHER MOMENT YOU DON'T TRUST ME, GOOD. THIS IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST. WHEN ALL IS GOOD IT IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST.

                       NOW YOU ARE AGAIN TRYING TO CREATE TROUBLE ANXIETY FOR YOURSELF. ONE MOMENT YOU TRUST ME GOOD, YOU FEEL VERY GOOD. THEN ANOTHER MOMENT COMES DISTRUST NOW YOU ARE WORRIED, NOW SOMEHOW YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THIS DISTRUST INTO TRUST. NOW YOU ARE AGAIN STARTING A NEW LADDER.

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                     NOW YOU WILL COMPARED. "SOMEBODY HAS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST THIS MOMENT NEVER COMES TO HIM. AND SOMEBODY HAS EVEN LESS TRUST THAN ME". AND YOU ARE BECOMING PART OF A HIERARCHY, YOU HAVE STARTED COMPARING. AND YOU ARE CREATING AMBITION AND FEVER. AND WHEN IT DOES NOT HAPPEN, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? AND ANYTHING DONE BY YOU WILL BE UNNATURAL. SO YOU WILL BECOME ARTIFICIAL, WHEN IT IS NOT THERE YOU WILL PRETEND. YOU WILL AT LEAST BELIEVE THAT IT IS THERE AT LEAST ON THE SURFACE. YOU WILL BECOME AFRAID OF GOING DEEP INTO YOURSELF, BECAUSE IF YOU GO DEEP INTO YOURSELF YOU WILL KNOW THAT IT IS NOT THERE. 

                      ONE HUNDRED PERCEN TRUST MEANS: ACCEPT LIFE WHATSOEVER IT BRINGS TRUST, MISTRUST, LOVE, HATE, GOD, DEVIL, GOOD, BAD. YOU DON'T TRY TO CHANGE ANYTHING, DON'T TRY TO CORRECT ANYTHING. BE IN A LET-GO-THAT IS ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST.

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                     AND LET ME REMIND YOU AGAIN, OTHERWISE, NEXT DAY RUPA WILL BE HERE SAYING, " I CAN ALLOW LET-GO SOMETIMES, BUT SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. THE LET-GO IS NOT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT". LET-GO AGAIN MEANS THE SAME: WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT HAPPENS, WHEN IT DOEN'T HAPPEN, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO A THING.

                    DO ANYTHING AND YOU BECOME ARTIFICIAL AND PEOPLE HAVE BECOME SO ARTIFICIAL. IT IS VERY TRUE, VERY RARE, TO SEE EVEN A SMALL PART INA PERSON WHICH IS NOT ARTIFICIAL. AND IT HAS ALL HAPPENED, THIS CALAMITY HAS HAPPENED,BECAUSE YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT IMPROVER CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING UPON YOURSELF, CORRECTING AND CORRECTING. FROM YOUR VERY CHILDHOOD YOUR PARENTS WERE CORRECTING YOU, THEN YOUR TEACHERS WERE CORRECTING YOU, THEN YOUR PROFESSORS WERE CORRECTING YOU, YOUR PRIESTS WERE CORRECTING YOU, THE WHOLE SOCIETY HAS JUST BEEN CORRECTING YOU. AND NATURALLY, AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF CORRECTION BY EVERYBODY, YOU YOURSELF BECOME A GREAT CORRECTER. THEN YOU START CORRECTING YOURSELF.

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                      IN FACT, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE UNIVERSITY ONLY WHEN YOU START DOING THE WORK OF THE PARENTS AND THE TEACHERS AND THE PROFESSORS AND THE PRIEST ON YOUR OWN THEN THEY ALLOW. THEN THEY SAY, "RIGHT , OW THERE IS NO DANGER. THIS MAN WILL DO WHATSOEVER WE WERE DOING, AND WILL DO IT FAR BETTER BECAUSE HE WILL KNOW FROM THE INSIDE, HE WILL KNOW THE INSIDE STORY".

                     HAVE YOU NOT OBSERVED IT? SOMETIMES DOING SOMETHING. SUDDENLY YOU HEAR YOUR MOTHER'S VOICE: "DON'T DO IT!" IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD IT, TRY TO HEAR, AND YOU WILL FIND YOUR MOTHER STILL SAYING, "DON'T DO IT" ACTUALLY YOUR MOTHER'S VOICE YOU CAN HEAR, OR YOUR FATHER'S SAYING, "THIS IS WRONG. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO THE THING. CORRECT IT". OR YOUR TEACHERS CORRECTING. THEY HAVE CREATED SUCH A RIFT IN YOU THAT YOU HAVE BECOME TWO.

                        THIS WHOLE SOCIETY EXISTS IN A KIND OF SCHIZOPHRENIA. EVERY PERSON IS SPLIT. THIS SOCIETY HAS TRIED THE TRICK OF DIVIDE AND RULE. IT HAS DIVIDED EVERY PERSON INTO TWO. THE CORRECTOR AND THE ONE WHO HAS TO BE CORRECTED. SO EVERYBODY HAS BECOME LIKE A SMALL STUDENT AND THE HEADMASTER - BOTH ARE THERE! AND THE HEADMASTER WITH CANE SHOUTING AND THREATENING, AND THE SMALL CHILD ALWAYS BEING CORRECTED.

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                    PLEASE DON'T TRY ANYTHING UPONG YOURSELF STOP TRYING. LET THINGS BE. LET THINGS BE AS THEY ARE. THEY ARE UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL. ALL UGLINESS IS CREATED BY YOU. YES, SOMETIMES MISTRUST IS PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL. SOMETIMES DOUBT IS GOOD, IT PROTECTS YOU FROM MANY FOOLISHNESSESS. IT PROTECTS YOU FROM GULLIBILITY. SOMETIMES TRUST IS GOOD, SOMETIMES NO TRUST IS GOOD. BUT WHATSOEVER THE CASE, THIS I CALL ONE HUNDRED PERCENT TRUST-THAT YOU ALWAYS SAY, "GOOD, SO THIS IS THE THING IN THIS MOMENT. SO THIS MOMENT GOD WANTS ME TO BE TRUSTFUL AND THIS MOMENT GOD WANTS ME TO BE DOUBTFUL". LEAVE IT TO GOD, AND YOU SIMPLY BE AT THE RECEPTIVE END, A RECEPTACLE, AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED. LIFE WILL START HAPPENING TO YOU AND GOD WILL START HAPPENING TO YOU. 

                          BUT WE ARE TRAINED VERY DEEP DOWN FROM THE CHILDHOOD TO BE FALSE, TO BE UNTRUE, TO BE FORMAL.

THE TRUTH OF BLACK HOLE AND WHITE HOLE

 

                

                       THE MISTERY OF BLACK HOLE AND 

                                       WHILTE HOLE

                              THE SCIENCE OF TRUTH

                           WHAT IS RELIGION? IT IS NOT THE HOWLING WHAT IT HAS BECOME TO THE MASSESS. IF THE MASSES ARE RIGHT, THEN ANIMALS HAVE A GREAT RELIGIOUS SENSE-WOLVES HOWLING, DOGS BARKING AT THE MOON, AT THE DISTANT, AT THE FARAWAY.

                           PAUL TILLICH HAS DEFINED RELIGION AS THE ULTIMATE CONCERN. IT IS EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE. IT IS THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN, NOT THE ULTIMATE CONCERN. INFACT, THE IMMEDIATE IS THE ONLY ULTIMATE THERE IS.

                        RELIGION IS NOT A DESIRE FOR A DISTANT, A CURIOSITY FOR THE FARAWAY. IT IS AN INQUIRY INTO ONE'S OWN BEING.

                         THAT'S WHY BUDDHISM IS NOT CONCERNED WITH GOD AT ALL. IT IS CONCERNED WITH YOU, WITH YOUR REALITY. IT'S WHOLE PROCESS IS LIKE PEELING AN ONION. BUDDHISM CONTINUES TO PEEL YOUR REALITY. LAYER UPON LAYER, IT GOES ON DESTROYING THE ILLUSION, THE DREAMS. AND JUST AS HAPPENS WHEN YOU PEEL AN ONION, ULTIMATELY ONLY NOTHING IS LEFT IN YOUR HANDS.

               THAT NOTHING IS THE SOURCE OF ALL. OUT OF THAT NOTHING ALL ARISES AND SLOWLY DISAPPEARS BACK INTO THAT NOTHING.

                     NOW PHYSICISTS ARE COMING VERY CLOSE TO IT. THEY CALL THAT NOTHING "THE BLACK HOLE" MATTER DISAPPEARS INTO BLACK HOLES, IS UTTERLY ANNIHILATED, BECOMES NOTHING. NOW, AFTER BLACK HOLES, THERE IS TALK IN SCIENTIFIC CIRCLES ABOUT WHILTE HOLES TOO. OUT OF WHITE HOLES, MATTER ARISES. IT SEEMS BLACK HOLES AND WHITE HOLES ARE JUST TWO ASPECTS OF THE SAME REALITY LIKE THE DOOR. ON ONE SIDE OF THE DOOR IW WRITTEN "ENTRANCE", THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SAME DOOR IS CALLED THE "EXIT".

         

                     WHEN THINGS APPEAR OUT OF THE WOMB OF NOTHINGNESS, THE DOOR IS CALLED THE WHILTE HOLE  WHITE BECAUSE GIVES BIRTH, WHITE BECAUSE LIFE COMES OUT OF IT. BY CALLING IT WHILE WE ARE APPRECIATING IT, WE ARE VALUING IT. ONE DAY EVERYTHING DISAPPEARS BACK INTO THE SAME DOOR THEN WE CALL IT BLACK. WE HAVE ALWAYS CALLED DEATH BLACK. MAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN AFRAID OF THE BLACK, OF THE DARK, OF DEATH.

                          BUT IT IS THE SAME REALITY! FROM ONE SIDE IT I" BLACK HOLE" FROM THE OTHER SIDE IT IS "WHITE HOLE". BUDDHA CALLS IT SHUNYATA.

                      THERE IS EVERY POSSIBILITY THAT MODERN PHYSICS WILL COME EVERY DAY MORE AND MORE CLOSE TO BUDDHA. IT HAS TO COME. IT HAS TO RECOGNIZE BUDDHA'S INSIGHT INTO REALITY, BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE EVER DARED TO CALL NOTHINGNESS THE SOURCE OF ALL. HOW DID BUDDHA STUMBLE UPON THE FALL? HE WAS NOT A PHYSICIST. HE WAS NOT WORKING INTO THE DEEPEST REALITY OF MATTER, BUT HE WAS WORKING INTO THE DEEPEST REALITY OF MATTERS, BUT HE WAS WORKING INTO THE DEEPEST REALITY OF HIS OWN PSYCHOLOGY.

                     YOU HAVE TO BE REMINDED OF THAT ALSO. BUDDHISM IS NOT A METAPHYSICS. METAPHYSICS IS ALWAYS A CONCERN WITH THE ULTIMATE. "META" MEANS BEYOND BEYOND PHYSICS, BEYOND THAT WHICH CAN BE SEEN, BEYOND THE EARTH, BEYOND THE VISIBLE, THE TANGIBL, THE SENSUOUS. METAPHYSICS MEANS ALWAYS THE FARAWAY, THE DISTANT REALITY, THE GOD.

                         BUDDHISM IS BASICALLY PURELY A PSYCHOLOGY, IT IS NOT CONCERNED WITH METAPHYCIS. IT CONCERN WITH THE REALITY OF THE MIND, HOW THE MIND FUNCTIONS, WHAT CONSTITUTES THE MIND. AND IT GOES ON PENETRATING DEEPER INTO THE LAYERS OF THE MIND, AND FINALLY COMES TO THE REALIZATION THAT DEEPEST, AT THE BOTTOM CORE, THERE IS NOTHINGNESS.

                            BUDDHA WAS NOT BELIEVED BY PEOPLE, BECAUSE WHO CAN BELIEVE IN NOTHINGNESS? WHO WANTS NOTHINGNESS IN THE FIRST PLACE? MODERN PHYSICS IS ALSO PUZZLING PEOPLE, DRIVING THEM CRAZY. BUT REALITY IS AS IT IS, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT IS NOT THE QUESTION. YOUR LIKING OR NOT LIKING IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT. YOUR LIKING AND DISLIKING CAN ONLY KEEP YOU IN ILLUSIONS. REALITY HAS TO BE SEEN AS IT IS. AND TO BE CAPABLE OF SEEING THAT IS ALL THAT IS NEEDED TO BECOME RELIGIOUS., THE COURAGE TO SEE REALITY IN ITS NAKED TRUTH, IN ITS NAKEDNESS, UNDISGUISED, UNCOVERED, UNDRESSED.

                     AND ONCE YOU HAVE SEEN REALITY AS IT IS, ONCE YOU HAVE HAD A GLIMPSE OF THE REAL MAN, A GREAT TRANSFORMATION HAPPENS OF ITS OWN ACCORD THAT VERY INSIGHT TRANSFORMS YOU, TRANSMUTES YOU, YOU ARE NEVER AGAIN THE SAME, BECAUSE ALL ILLUSIONS DISSAPEAR. SEEING THE REALITY, HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO DELUDE YOURSELF? HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE TO DREAM? HOW CAN YOU CONTINUE IN YOUR PREJUDICES? HOW CAN YOU GO ON KEEPING FALSE OPINIONS? HOW CAN YOU CARRY ON WITH DOCTRINES AND PHILOSOPHIES AND SCRIPTURES? SEEING THE REALITY, ALL SIMPLE DISSPEARS, ONLY REALITY IS THERE. AND TO BE WITH THAT REALITY IS LIBERATION.

                       JESUS IS RIGHT WHEN HE SAYS, TRUTH LIBERATES. TRUTH IS LIBERATION. THER IS EVERY POSSIBILITY THAT JESUS LEARNT THE SECRETS OF THE TRUTH THROUGH BUDDHIST MASTERS. THERE IS EVERY POSSIBILITY THAT BEFORE HE STARTED HIS WORK IN ISRAEL, HE WAS IN INDIA, IN NALANDA, WITH BUDDHIST MASTERS. NALANDA WAS ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT BUDDHAFIELDS, A GREAT UNIVERSITY OF MONKS. NEVER BEFORE AND NEVER AFTER HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT EVERY EXISTED AGAIN.

HOW TO BECOME FREE FROM KARMA

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                       THE PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR 

                                      BECOMING FREE 

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                        ACTIVITIES OF SENSE GRATIFICATION, MEANT ONLY TO PLEASE ONE'S MIND ANS SENSES, ARE THE CAUSE OF MATERIAL BONDAGE, AND AS LONG AS ONE ENGAGES IN SUCH FRUITIVE ACTIVITIES, THE SOUL IS SURE TO CONTINUALLY TRANSMIGRATE FROM SPECIES TO SPECIES.

                   LORD RSABHADEVA, AN INCARNATION OF KRSNA, WARNED, "PEOPLE ARE MAD AFTER SENSE GRATIFICATION, WHEN A PERSON CONSIDERS SENSE GRATIFICATION THE AIM OF LIFE, HE CERTAINLY BECOMES MAD AFTER MATERIALISTIC LIVING AND ENGAGES IN ALL KINDS OF SINFUL ACTIVITY. HE DOES NOT KNOW THAT DUE TO HIS PAST MISDEEDS HE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED A BODY, WHICH ALTHOUGH TEMPORARY, IS THE CAUSE OF HIS MISERY.  ACTUALLY, THE LIVING ENTITY SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN ON A MATERIAL BODY, BUT HE HAS BEEN AWARDED THE MATERIAL BODY FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION. THEREFORE, I THINK IT NOT BEFITTING AN INTELLIGENT MAN TO INVOLVE HIMSELF AGAIN IN THE ACTIVITIES OF SENSE GRATIFICATION, BY WHICH HE PERPETUALLY GETS MATERIAL BODIES ONE AFTER ANOTHER. AS LONG AS ONE DOES NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL VALUES OF LIFE, ONE IS DEFEATED AND SUBJECTED TO MISERIES ARISING FROM IGNORANCE. BE IT SINFUL OR PIOUS, KARMA HAS ITS RESULTANT ACTIONS. 

                              IF A PERSON IS ENGAGED IN ANY KIND OF KARMA, HIS MIND IS CALLED KARMATMAKA,OR COLORED WITH FRUITIVE ACTIVITY". AS LONG AS THE MIND IS IMPURE, CONSCIOUSNESS IS UNCLEAR, AND AS LONG AS ONE IS ABSORBED IN FRUITIVE ACTIVITY, HE HAS TO ACCEPT A MATERIAL BODY. WHEN THE LIVING ENTITY IS COVERED BY THE MODE OF IGNORANCE, HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE INDIVIDUAL LIVING BEING AND THE SUPREME LIVING BEING, AND HIS MIND IS SUBJUGATED TO FRUITIVE ACTIVITY. THEREFORE, UNTIL ONE HAS LOVE FOR GOD, HE IS CERTAINLY NOT DELIVERED FROM HAVING TO ACCEPT A MATERIAL BODY AGAIN AND AGAIN".

                     BUT BECOMING FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH REQUIRES MORE THAN JUST THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING. JNANA, OR KNOWLEDGE THAT ONE IS NOT THE MATERIAL BODY BUT A SPIRIT SOUL, IS NOT SUFFICIENT SOUL. THIS IS CALLED DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, WHICH INCLUDES MANY PRACTICAL TECHNIQUE FOR BECOMING FREE FROM KARMA AND REINCARNATION.

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                     👇       POINT NO.1👀

               THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF DEVOTIONAL SERVICE IS THAT ONE SHOULD ALWAYS CHANT THE HARE KRISHNA MANTRA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA , HARE RAMA, RAMA, RAMA, HARE HARE.

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                      👇     POINT NO.2 👀

                     ONE SHOULD ALSO REGULARLY STUDY THE VEDIC LITERATURES, ESPECIALLY BHAGAVAD-GITA AND SRIMAD-BHAGAVATAM, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THE SELF, THE LAWS OF KARMA, THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION, AND THE MEANS FOR BECOMING SELF-REALIZED.

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                     ONE SHOULD EAT ONLY SPIRITUALIZED VEGETARIAN FOODS. IN BHAGAVAD-GITA, LORD KRISHNA SAYS THAT ONE SHOULD EAT ONLY FOOD THAT IS OFFERED TO HIM IN SACRIFICE, OTHERWISE, ONE WILL BECOME IMPLICATED IN THE REACTIONS OF KARMA.

                     IF ONE OFFERS ME WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION A LEAF, A FLOWER, FRUIT, OR WATER, I WILL ACCEPT IT".  IT IS CLEAR FROM THIS VERSE THAT THE LORD IS NOT INTERESTED IN OFFERINGS OF LIQUOR, MEAT, FISH OR EGGS, BUT SIMPLE VEGETARIAN FOODS PREPARED WITH LOVE AND DEVOTION.

                      WE SHOULD REFLECT ON THE FACT THAT FOOD CANNOT BE PRODUCED BY MEN WORKING IN FACTORIES. MEN CANNOT EAT GASOLINE, PLASTIC, MICROCHIPS, OR STEEL. FOOD IS PRODUCED BY THE LORD'S OWN NATURAL ARRANGEMENTS, AND OFFERING FOOD TO KRISHNA IS A FORM OF RECOGNIZING OUR DEBT TO GOD. HOW DOES NOT OFFER FOOD TO KRISHNA? THE TECHNIQUE IS VERY SIMPLE AND EASY TO PERFORM. ANYONE MAY KEEP A SMALL ALTAR IN ONE'S HOME OR APARTMENT, WITH A PICTURE OF LORD KRISHNA AND THE SPIRITUAL MASTER ON IT. THE SIMPLEST FORM OF OFFERING IS TO PLACE THE FOOD BEFORE THE PICTURES AND SAY, "MY DEAR LORD KRISHNA, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS HUMBLE OFFERING", AND CHANT HARE KRISHNA. THE KEY TO THIS SIMPLE PROCESS IS DEVOTION. GOD IS NOT HUNGRY FOR FOOD, BUT FOR OUR LOVE, AND EATING THIS PURIFIED FOOD THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY KRISHNA FREES ONE FROM KARMA AND INOCULATES HIM AGAINST MATERIAL CONTAMINATION.

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                  👇    POINT NO.4 👀

                          THE POSITIVE PRINCIPLE OF OFFERING VEGETARIAN FOOD TO KRISHNA AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDES THE NEGATIVE PRINCIPLE OF AVOIDING MEAT, FISH, AND EGGS. EATING MEAT MEANS PARTICIPATING IN THE BUSINESS OF UNNECESSARILY KILLING OTHER LIVING BEINGS. THIS LEADS TO BAD KARMIC REACTIONS IN THIS LIFE OR THE NEXT. THE LAWS OF KARMA STATE THAT IF ONE KILLS AN ANIMAL TO EAT IT, THEN IN HIS NEXT LIFE THE KILLER WILL ALSO BE KILLED AND EATEN. THERE IS ALSO KARMA INVOLVED IN TAKING THE LIVES OF PLANTS, BUT THIS IS NEGATED BY THE PROCESS OF OFFERING THE FOOD TO KRISHNA, BECAUSE HE SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT SUCH VEGETARIAN OFFERINGS. ONE SHOULD ALSO GIVE UP INTOXICANTS, INCLUDING COFFEE, TEA, ALCOHOL, AND TOBACCO. INDULGING IN INTOXICATION MEANS ASSOCIATING WITH THE MODE OF IGNORANCE AND MAY RESULT IN ONE'S TAKING A LOWER BIRTH IN THE NEXT LIFE.

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                   👇  POINT NO.5 👀

                 OTHER TECHNIQUE FOR BECOMING FREE FROM THE CYCLE OF REINCARNATION INCLUDE OFFERING THE FRUIT OF ONE'S WORK TO GOD. EVERYONE MUST WORK FOR SIMPLE BODILY SUSTENANCE. BUT IF WORK IS PERFORMED ONLY FOR ONE'S OWN SATISFACTION, ONE MUST ACCEPT THE KARMIC RESULTS AND RECEIVE GOOD AND BAD REACTIONS IN FUTURE LIVES. THE BHAGAVAD-GITA WARNS THAT WORK MUST BE PERFORMED FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE LORD. THIS WORK, KNOWN AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, IS KARMA FREE. WORKING IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS MEANS SACRIFICE. THE HUMAN BEING MUST SACRIFICE HIS TIME OR MONEY FOR THE SATISFACTION OF THE SUPREME. WORK DONE AS A SACRIFICE FOR VISHNU HAS TO BE PERFORMED. OTHERWISE WORK CAUSES BONDAGE IN THIS MATERIAL WORLD". WORK PERFORMED AS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE NOT ONLY SAVES ONE FROM KARMIC REACTION, BUT GRADUALLY ELEVATES ONE TO TRANSCENDENTAL LOVING SERVICE OF THE LORD- THE KEY TO ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

                        IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO CHANGE ONE'S OCCUPATION. ONE MAY BE A WRITER AND WRITE FOR KRISHNA, AN ARTIST AND PAINT FOR KRISHNA, A COOK AND COOK FOR KRISHNA. OR, IF ONE IS NOT ABLE TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE ONE'S TALENTS AND ABILITIES IN SERVING KRISHNA, ONE MAY SACRIFICE THE FRUITS OF ONE'S WORK BY CONTRIBUTING A PORTION OF ONE'S EARNINGS TO HELP PROPAGATE KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. ONE SHOULD, HOWEVER, ALWAYS EARN ONE'S LIVING BY HONEST MEANS. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE SHOULD NOT WORK AS A BUTCHER OR GAMBLER.

THE DETAILS OF ISHA FOUNDATION

 

                       

                                       ISHA FOUNDATION

                                                   

                                                                            

   

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                                  ISHA FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT HUMAN-SERVICE ORGANIZATION, FOUNDED BY SADHGURU AND SUPPORTED BY OVER TWO MILLION VOLUNTEERS IN OVER 150 CENTERS WORLDWIDE. RECOGNIZING THE POSSIBILITY OF EACH PERSON TO EMPOWER ANOTHER, ISHA FOUNDATION HAS CREATED A MASSIVE MOVEMENT THAT IS DEDICATED TO ADDRESS ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN WELLBEING, WITHOUT ASCRIBING TO ANY PARTICULAR IDEOLOGY, RELIGION OR RACE. FROM ITS POWERFUL YOGA PROGRAMS TO ITS INSPIRING PROJECTS FOR SOCIETY AND ENVIROMENT, ISHA ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED T CREATE AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE THAT IS THE BASIS FOR GLOBAL HARMONY AND PROGRESS.

                   ISHA FOUNDATION IS ALSO INVOLVED IN SEVERAL PATH-BREAKING OUTREACH INITIATIVES, ACTION FOR RURAL REJUVENATION (ARR) ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF RURAL LIFE THROUGH HEALTHCARE AND DISEASE PREVENTION, COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION, WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, THE CREATION OF SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS AND YOGA PROGRAMS. ISHA VIDHYA EMPOWERS RURAL CHILDREN WITH QUALITY EDUCATION. PROJECT GREENHANDS (PGH) INITIATES MASS TREE PLANTING AND CREATES A CULTURE OF CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO KEEP THIS PLANET LIVEABLE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA'S HIGHEST ENVIROMENTAL ACCOLADE, THE INDIRA GANDHI PARYAVARAN PURASKAR.

                      ISHA'S UNIQUE APPROACH IN CULTIVATING HUMAN POTENTIAL HAS GAINED WORLDWIDE RECOGNITION AND REFLECTS IN ISHA FOUNDATION'S SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL (ECOSOC) OF THE UNITED NATIONS. THE FOUNDATION IS HEADQUARTERED AT THE ISHA YOGA CENTER, SET IN THE LUSH RAINFOREST IS THE BASE OF THE VELLIANGIRI MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHERN INDIA, AND AT THE ISHA INSITUTE OF INNER-SCIENCES ON THE SPECTACULAR CUMBERLAND PLATEAU IN CENTRAL TENNESSEE, USA.

                                     ISHA ENGINEERING

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                           INNER ENGINEERING IS OFFERED AS AN INTENSIVE PROGRAM FOR PERSONAL GROWTH. THE PROGRAM AND ITS ENVIRONMENT ESTABLISH THE POSSIBILITY TO EXPLORE THE HIGHER DIMENSIONS OF LIFE AND OFFERS TOOLS TO REENGINEER ONE'S SELF THROUGH THE INNER SCIENCE OF YOGA. ONCE GIVEN THE TOOLS TO REJUVENATE, PEOPLE CAN OPTIMIZE ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH, INNER GROWTH AND SUCCESS. FOR THOSE SEEKING PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL EXCELLENCE, THIS PROGRAM OFFERS KEYS FOR MEANINGFUL , AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WITHIN ONE'S SELF.

                      INNER ENGINEERING CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS A SYNTHESIS OF HOLISTIC SCIENCES TO HELP PARTICIPANTS ESTABLISH AN INNER FOUNDATION AND VISION FOR ALL DIMENSIONS OF LIFE AND FIND THE NECESSARY BALANCE BETWEEN TEH CHALLENGES OF A HECTIC CAREER AND THE INNER LONGING FOR PEACE AND WELLBEING. 

                        THE APPROACH IS A MODERN ANTIDOTE TO STRESS, AND PRESENTS SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL PROCESSESS FROM YOGIC SCIENCE TO PURIFY THE SYSTEM AND INCREASE HEALTH AND INNER WELLBEING. PROGRAM COMPONENTS INCLUDE GUIDED MEDITATIONS AND TRANMISSION OF THE SACRED SHAMBHAVI MAHAMUDRA. WHEN PRACTICED ON A REGULAR BASIS, THESE TOOLS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE ONE'S EXPERIENCE OF LIFE ON MANY LEVELS.

                                   ISHA YOGA CENTER

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                              ISHA YOGA CENTER, FOUNDED UNDER THE AEGIS OF ISHA FOUNDATION, IS LOCATED ON 150 ACRES OF LUSH LAND AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE VELLIANGIRI MOUNTAINS THAT ARE PART OF THE NILGIRIS BIOSPHERE, A RESERVE FOREST WITH ABUNDANT WILDLIFE.

                      

                      CREATED AS A POWERFUL STHANA (A CENTER FOR INNER GROWTH), THIS POPULAR  DESTINATION PEOPLE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. IT IS UNIQUE IN ITS OFFERING OF ALL ASPECTS OF YOGA- GNANA (KNOWLEDGE),  KARMA (ACTION), KRIYA (ENERGY), AND BHAKTI (DEVOTION) AND REVIVES THE GURU-SHISHYA PARAMPARYA (THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER FROM MASTER TO DISCIPLE).

                        ISHA YOGA CENTER PROVIDES A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE TO SHIFT TO HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE, IMPROVE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, SEEK A HIGHER LEVEL OF SELF-FULFILLMENT AND REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

                        THE CENTER S LOCATED 30 KM WEST OF COIMBATORE, A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CITY IN SOUTH INDIA WHICH IS WELL CONNECTED BY AIR, RAIL AND ROAD. ALL MAJOR NATIONAL AIRLINES OPERATE REGULAR FLIGHTS INTO COIMBATORE FROM CHENNAI, DELHI, MUMBAI, AND BANGALORE. TAIN SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FROM ALL MAJOR CITIES IN INDIA. REGULAR BUS AND TAXI SERVICES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM COIMBATORE TO THE CENTER.

                             VISITORS ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE CENTER FOR AVAILABILITY AND RESERVATION OF ACCOMMADATION WELL IN ADVANCE, AS IT IS GENERALLY HEAVILY BOOKED.

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                       THE DHYANALINGA IS A POWERFUL AND UNIQUE ENERGY FROM CREATED BY SADHGURU FROM THE ESSENCE OF YOGA SCIENCES. SITUATED AT THE ISHA YOGA CENTER, THE DHYANALINGA IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND TO BE COMPLETED IN OVER 2000 YEARS. THE DHYANALINGA IS A MEDITATIVE SPACE THAT DOES NOT ASCRIBE TO ANY PARTICULAR FAITH OR BELIEF SYSTEM NOR DOES IT REQUIRE ANY RITUAL, PRAYER, OR WORSHIP.

                     THE DHYANALINGA WAS CONSECRATED BY SADHGURU AFTER THREE YEARS OF AN INTENSE PROCESS OF PRANA PRATISHTHA. HOUSED WITHIN AN ARCHITECTURALLY STRIKING PILLARLESS DOME STRUCTURE, THE DHYANALINGA'S ENERGIES ALLOW EVEN THOSE UNAWARE OF MEDITATION TO EXPERIENCE A DEEP STATE OF MEDIATIVENESS, REVEALING THE ESSENTIAL NATURE OF LIFE.

                    A SPECIAL FEATURE OF THE DHYANALINGA COMPLEX ARE THE THEERTHAKUNDS, CONSECRATED SUBTERRANEAN WATER BODIES, ENERGIZED BY RASALINGA. A DIP IN THESE VIBRANT POOLS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES ONE'S SPIRITUAL RECEPTIVITY AND IS A GOOD PREPARATION TO RECEIVE THE GRACE OF TEH DHYANALINGA. THE WATERS OF THE THEERTHAKUNDS ALSO REJUVENATE THE BODY AND BRING HEALTH AND WELLBEING.

                    THE DHYANALINGA DRAWS MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE EVERY WEEK, WHO CONVERGE TO EXPERIENCE A  DEEP SENSE OF INNER PEACE.

SUCCESS IN MEDITATION

 

                          

                          EASY STEPS TO PRACTICE  

                                      MEDITATION !

                     HOW TO PRACTICE THE MEDIATION REGULARLY

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                             ONE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUTER WORLD BUT CAN BE DISSATISFIED FROM INSIDE. IF ONE ACHIEVES WHAT ONE EXPECTS THEN ONE FEELS SATISFIED. THE UNFULLFILLED EXPECTATIONS LEAD TO DISSATISFACTION. ACCORDING TO RYAN REYNOLDS, "WHEN YOU HAVE EXPECTATIONS, YOU ARE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR DISSAPOINTMENT.

               IN MEDITATION, EXPECTING NOTHING IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

                      LIKEWISE, BEGINNERS TOO ARE IN A HURRY TO GET SUCCESS IN MEDITATION. A MISTAKE THAT ONE SHOULD ESCAPE FROM COMMITTING. SWAMI VISHNUDEVANANDA SAIS, "MEDITATION DOES NOT COME EASILY. A BEAUTIFUL TREES GROWS SLOWLY. ONE MUST WAIT FOR THE BLOSSOM, THE RIPENING OF THE FRUIT AND THE ULTIMATE TASTE. THE BLOSSOM OF MEDITATION IS AN EXPRESSIBLE PEACE THAT PERMEATES THE ENTIRE BEINGS, ITS FRUIT... IS INDESCRIBABLE".

                    TRYING TO CONTROL ONE'S MIND IS PRACTICE AND DOING IT REPEATEDLY IS REGULARITY. REGULARITY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED BY DOING MEDITATION DAILY. IT SHOULD BE DONE AT THE SAME PLACE AND SAME TIME. IRREGULARITY IN MEDITATION DOESN'T GIVE GOOD RESULTS SO NOT A SINGLE DAY SHOULD BE SKIPPED. DOING MEDITATION FOR 2-3 DAYS AND MISSING IT FOR NEXT TWO DAYS WILL NOT GIVE PROGRESS IN MEDITATION. EVERY DAY ONE SHOULD MEDITATE WITH OR WITHOUT SUCCESS. PRACTICE SHOULD BE DONE REGULARLY ONLY THEN ONE WILL BE ABLE TO PROCEED FURTHER ON MEDITATION PATH.

                      THE PRACTICE AND PERSISTENCE EVEN A STUPID CAN BECOME INTELLIGENT JUST LIKE UP AND DOWN MOTIONS OF SOFT ROPE ON HARD STONE MAKES A MARK. SOFT ROPES WERE USED FOR DRAWING OUT WATER FROM THE WELLS. THE REPEATED MOTIONS OF EVEN SOFT ROPES CREATED IMPRESSIONS ON THE STONE OF RIM OF WELL.

                         THE SAME IS WITH THE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE. ONE SHOULD MOVE CONTINUOUSLY STEP BY STEP WITH SLOW PACE TOWARDS THE GOAL. WITH REGULARITY, PATIENCE, DETERMINATION, MOTIVATION, DEDICATION AND CAPACITY TO FIGHT ALL ODDS COMING IN THE PATH ONE CAN ACHIEVE SUCCESS ON SPIRITUAL PATH.

                              IN SRIMAD BHAGAVAD GITA, SRI KRISHNA SAYS, "O BRAVE ARJUNA, UNDOUBTEDLY THIS MIND IS VERY FICKLE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL! BUT IT CAN BE CONTROLLED BY PRACTICE AND NON-ATTACHMENT FROM SENSUOUS OBJECTS". CONCENTRATE THE MIND ON A GOAL. IF MIND IS DIVERTED FROM THE GOAL THEN IGNORE ALL OTHER POINTS OF DISTRACTION BY CONSIDERNG THEM BASELESS AND POINTLESS. THIS WILL BRING THE MIND BACK ON THE DESIRED GOAL.

                          WE ARE LIVING IN THE CITIES WHERE THOUSANDS OF SENSUOUS OBJECTS POP UP EVERY DAY TO STIMULATE OUR SENSES. MIND IS DISTRACTED WITH THESE EXTERNAL STIMULI. CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE IN HABITS AND ATTITUDE SUCH THAT MIND DOESN'T FIGHT BACK. SLOW AND GRADUAL TRANSFORMATIONS SHOULD BE MADE SO THAT THEY DON'T GIVE A CHANCE TO THE MIND TO APPLY REVERSE GEAR.

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                     * I DO REGULAR EXERCISE EVEN THEN MY WEIGHT IS NOT REDUCING". AND ELDERLY LADY COMPLAINED.

                    * WHAT EXERCISE DO YOU DO? THE DOCTOR ASKED.

                    * I DO ALL KITCHEN WORK".

                    * DOING WORK IN KITCHEN WITH MODERN ELECTRIC GADGETS DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY PHYSICAL WORK. THEREFORE, IT IS NOT CONSIDERED ON EXERCISE. REGULAR MORNING OR EVENING WORK ARE CONSIDERED EXERCISES".

                  * WHAT IS THE USE OF DOING KITCHEN IF IT IS NOT CONSIDERED EXERCISE MOREOVER, NOBODY GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR TOILING THE WHOLE DAY. WHAT A THANKLESS JOB IT IS!,

                      SHE VENTED OUT HER FRUSTRATION.

                  * SWEEPING AND MOPPING FLOORS ARE GOOD EXERCISES".