RUNANUBANDHA YOGA

 

                             THE ENERGY OF VASANA

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                                                   💫       SADHANA  💫

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                                 IF YOU WANT TO TEST YOUR OWN LEVELS OF RUNANUBANDHA, YOU COULD TRY SITTING ALONE IN AN UNFAMILIAR PLACE ON AN UNFAMILIAR PIECE OF FURNITURE . OBSERVE YOURSELF CLOSELY. HOW COMFORTABLE IS YOUR BODY? IT IS UNEASY? DOES IT SEEM TO WANT TO BE ELSEWHERE? YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT OLDER PEOPLE OFTEN HAVE A FAVORITE AMCHAIR. IN MANY FAMILIES, PEOPLE GRAVITATE TOWARD THE SAME CHAIRS AT THE DINING TABLE. SOME OF THIS IS A MATTER OF CONVENIENCE OR HABIT. BUT VERY OFTEN WHAT IS AT WORK IS RUNANUBANDHA.

                           THE MORE RUNANUBANDHA YOU BUILD, YOU CAN BE SURE YOU ARE COMING BACKWARD ON THE LADDER OF SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION. KARMA SETS A BOUNDARY FOR YOU. WHEN THAT BOUNDARY BECOMES TOO COMFORTABLE, IT IS TIME TO START BECOMING VIGILANT. THE SAME CHAIR OR ROOM MAY GIVE YOU PHYSICAL PRIVACY, BUT IF YOU FIND YOURSELF GROWING TERRITORIAL ABOUT IT OR DISTURBED AS IF YOUR VERY IDENTITY DEPENDS ON IT, IT IS TIME TO START SHAKING UP YOUR KARMA.

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                      THE REASON MANY  SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS OFFERED MANATERIES AND ASHRAMS TO SEEKERS WAS TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE IN A CIRCUMSCRIBED GEOGRAPHICAL PLACE THAT WAS FREE OF RUNANUBANDHA. THIS SOMETIMES CREATED A NEW SET OF BOUNDARIES AND TERRITORIES, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. BUT THE AIM WAS ALWAYS TO EMPOWER THE SEEKER TO EXPAND HORIZONS, RATHER THAN TO EMPOWER THE SEEKER TO EXPAND HORIZONS, RATHER THAN TO CONTRACT THEM. IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, THEIR RUNANUBHANTA WOULD OFTEN DRAW THEM TO A CERTAIN SET OF PEOPLE OR PLACES OR CIRCUMSTANCES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. KSHETRA SANYAS - A SANSKRIT TERM THAT REFERS TO A VOW TO NEVER LEAVE A CERTAIN CONSECRATED GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE - WAS A WAY FOR SEEKERS TO LIBERATE THEMSELVES FROM THE OVERPOWERING TENTACLES OF PHYSICAL MEMORY.

                        IF YOU WANT TO BE SELF-PROPELLED, IT IS IMPORTANT TO START BY FIXING YOUR INTENTION, MAKE YOUR INTENTION AS ALL-ENCOMPASSING AS YOU CAN. START WITH A SIMPLE RESOLVE. DECIDE TO BE A MOTHER TO THE WORLD. THAT MEANS SEEING EVERYONE AS YOUR OWN. THERE IS NO ONE WHO IS NOT PART OF YOUR CLAN. WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, ARE YOU CAPABLE OF LOOKING UPON EVERYONE WITH THE SAME SWEETNESS OF EMOTION THAT ARISES WITHIN YOU WHEN YOU SEE YOUR CHILD COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL? THIS INTENTION ALONE COULD LIBERATE YOU FROM MUCH AGITATION AND NEGATIVITY AND COULD HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON HOW YOU CRAFT YOUR DESTINY.

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                  IF YOU ARE CONSCIOUS EVERY MOMENT THAT EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE ON THIS PLANET IS YOURS, YOU DO NOT NEED ANY LAWS TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU SHALL OR SHALL NOT DO. YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR FUNDAMENTAL IDENTITY. YOUR KARMIC BOUNDARIES NOW FALL AWAY AND YOU EXPERIENCE A SENSE OF BOUNDLESSNESS. A NEW IDENTITY OF INCLUSIVENESS AND INVOLVEMENT IS BORN.

                            THE SMELL OF BONDAGE

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                        AS WE HAVE SEEN, WHATEVER YOU DO WITH YOUR BODY, MIND, OR ENERGY LEAVES A CERTAIN IMPRINT. THESE IMPRINTS CONFIGURE THEMSELVES INTO TENDENCIES. THESE TENDENCIES HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY DESCRIBED IN INDIA BY A WONDERFULLY APT WORD: VASANA. LITERALLY, VASANA MEANS SMELL. THIS "SMELL" IS GENERATED BY A VAST ACCUMULATION OF IMPRESSIONS CAUSED BY YOUR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ENERGY ACTIONS. DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF SMELL YOU EMIT, YOU ATTRACT CERTAIN KINDS OF LIFE SITUATIONS TO YOURSELF.

                     THINK OF A FLOWER. A FLOWER HAS A CERTAIN KIND OF VASANA. IT IS THIS FRAGRANCE THAT DRAWS KINDS OF LIFE TO IT. IT CANNOT MOVE AND IT HAS NO VOLITION, BUT BECAUSE OF ITS FRAGRANCE, IT MAY BE CHOSEN FOR WORSHIP IN A TEMPLE SANCTUM. IN FACT, THANKS TO ITS VASANA, IT GAINS ENTRY WHERE FEW HUMAN BEINGS ARE PERMITTED.

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                      IT IS NOT SO DIFFERENT FOR HUMAN BEINGS. HERE THE WORD SMELL DOES NOT IMPLY AN ODOR. THERE IS NO VALUE JUDGMENT ATTACHED TO THE WORD. IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT IF YOU EXUDE A PARTICULAR KIND OF VASANA, EXISTENCE WILL ENSURE YOU LAND UP IN CERTAIN PLACES AT CERTAIN TIMES. IF YOU EXUDE ANOTHER TYPE OF VASANA, EXISTENCE WILL MAKE SURE YOU LAND UP IN CERTAIN OTHER PLACES. SO WHAT MOVES TOWARD YOU AND ALSO WHAT MOVES AWAY FROM YOU ARE DETERMINED BY THE SMELL THAT EMANATES FROM YOU. YOUR VASANA DEPENDS, OF COURSE, ENTIRELY ON THE KIND OF RESIDUAL MEMORY OR KARMIC CONTENT YOU CARRY.

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                       THIS WORKS IN SUBTLE WAYS. YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF IT, BUT IN WAKEFULNESS AND SLEEP, YOU ARE PERFORMING KARMA. A SIMPLE THOUGHT PATTERN COULD MAKE YOU FUNTION IN SPECIFIC WAYS. IF YOU KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE MOVIES, OR PERHAPS A PARTICULAR PERSON MOVIE STAR, FOR INSTANCE, YOU ARE VERY LIKELY TO SEE A PARTICULAR PERSON IN A CROWD WHO SHARES YOUR PASSION. YOU MIGHT MISS THE OTHERS. THOSE WHO LOVE BOOKS, OR MEDITATION, OR SOMETHING ELSE. IF YOU SEE A THOUSAND FACES BEFORE YOU, YOUR VASANA IS LIKELY TO DRAW YOU TOWARD SOMEONE WHO IS SIMILARLY INCLINED.

                              IT HAPPENED.

MEMORY = KARMA!

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                    THE MEMORY IS YOUR KARMA!

                                         SADHANA 

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                              IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING DEEP EMOTIONAL STRESS, A SIMPLE PRACTICE IS TO REMAIN TO REMAIN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN A POSTURE WHERE YOUR SPINE IS ERECT. THE LUMBER REGION IN PARTICULAR NEEDS TO BE RELAXED AND STRETCHED TO ACTIVATE THE SPINE. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SQUAT FOR LENGTHS OF TIME, THIS IS PARTICULARLY BENEFICIAL BECAUSE THE EXTENSION OF THE SPINE HAS A PROFOUND IMPACT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING.

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                      A NATURAL UPSURGE OF ENERGY WILL HAPPEN IF YOU KEEP YOUR FEET TOGETHER WHEN YOU SQUAT. BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN DO THIS. SO THE NEXT BEST OPTION IS TO WIDEN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FEET WHEN YOU SQUAT, KEEPING YOUR FEET IN LINE WITH YOUR SHOULDERS. MAKE SURE YOUR FEET ARE FIRMLY UPON THE GROUND.

 

                      THIS IS NOT JUST AN EXERCISE. THE SPINE IS NOT MERELY A COLLECTION OF BONES. IT IS THE VERY BASIS OF COMMUNICATION AND PERCEPTION WITHIN THE HUMAN SYSTEM. KEEPING IT IN OPTIMAL CONDITION WILL NOT JUST REVITALIZE AND REJUVENATE THE BODY BUT WILL MAKE A PHENOMENAL DIFFERENCE IN YOUR MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL LIFE AND THE THE WAY YOU FUNCTION.

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                    THERE IS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SEVEN-STEP PRACTICE CALLED THE YOGA NAMASKAR, WHICH IS OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE ON THE SADHGURU APP . THE IS A POWERFUL PROCESS OF ACTIVATING AND STRENGTHENING THE SPINE AND THE MUSCLES ALONGSIDE IT, SO AS ONE AGES, THE SPINAL SYSTEM DOES NOT COLLAPSE AND THE NERVES ARE NOT PINCHED. IF THERE IS ALREADY SPINAL DAMAGE, THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO REGENERATE THE SPINE AND ENSURE ALL-AROUND BENEFITS FOR THE ENTIRE BODY. THIS IS ALSO  A MORE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO UNBLOCKING EMOTIONAL IMPASSESS IN THE HUMAN SYSTEM AND PROMOTING WHAT WE CALL CHITTA VRITTI NIRODHA - THE LIBERATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS FROM FLUCTUATIONS AND BOTTLENECKS.

                           💫   FROM BEING TO DOING TO HAVING 💫

                        THE HUMAN EQUATION WAS ALWAYS MEAN TO BE LIKE THIS: TO MOVE FROM BEING TO DOING TO HAVING. THIS MEANS WE WERE NEVER MEANT TO ACT IN ORDER TO FIND FULFILLMENT. FULFILLMENT WAS SEEN AS AN INNER CONDITION. IT COULD NOT BE PURSUED EXTERNALLY. WE ACT IN ORDER TO EXPRESS OUR FULFILLMENT, NOT TO ACQUIRE IT. WE ACT IN ORDER TO CELEBRATE OUR INNER COMPLETENESS, NOT TO PURSUE IT.

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                   FOR MOST PEOPLE, HOWEVER, THIS SIMPLE EQUATION IS REVERSED. MOST PEOPLE DO IN ORDER TO BE. THEY ACT BECAUSE THEY FEEL INCOMPLETE. THEIR ACTION IS PROMPTED BY A DESIRE TO ACQUIRE SOMETHING OR TO ENHANCE THEIR IDENTITY IN SOME WAY. THIS IS THE ANCIENT HUNTER-GATHERED IMPULSE, WHICH STLL ENDURES HUMAN BEINGS. IT IS THE NEED TO ACT IN ORDER TO ACCUMULATE - WHETHER IT IS PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, OR INTELLECTUAL SATISFACTION. IT IS ACTION IMPELLED BY A DESIRE TO AUGMENT THEMSELVES, TO BECOME MORE THAN WHAT THEY ARE. THEY ACT IN ORDER TO HAVE, THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO BE.

         

                       ALL THAT COMES FROM MEMORY SPELLS KARMIC BONDAGE. I DO NOT COME FROM A PLACE OF KARMA, SO I DO NOT BREED KARMA. IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT. WHAT I SAY COMES FROM INNER EXPERIENCE, FROM A STATE OF KNOWING, NOT FROM PREVIOUSLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS CHITTA, CONTENT-LESS INTELLIGENCE.

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                   THE ONE THING THAT HUMAN BEINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY SUFFER AND CHERISH IS MEMORY. YOU TRY TO ACQUIRE AND FREEZE MEMORY IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE IN IDENTITY, YOU ARE TRYING, THEREFORE, TO DO IN ORDER TO BE. BUT NEITHER YOUR IDENTITY NOR YOUR MEMORY IS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT YOU.

                        THINK ABOUT IT.

                    WHEN YOU ARE SITTING IN A CAFE, DRINKING YOUR CAPPUCINO, YOU CAN ENJOY ONLY YOUR FOUR DOLLARS' WORTH OF COFFEE. WHETHER YOU HAVE TEN BILLION DOLLARS IN THE BANK IS IRREVANT. THE MONEY EXISTS ONLY IN YOUR MEMORY. TO CARRY MONEY AROUND IN YOUR MEMORY MEANS YOU ARE A CREATURE OF THE PAST. IF YOU BASE YOUR FUTURE ON YOUR PAST, YOU ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD!

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                   AND THIS IS WHY FACES AROUND US ARE BECOMING SO GRAVE. THE GRAVE IS, AFTER ALL, THE ABODE OF THE PAST! AND THAT IS KARMA, TOO. A HABITAT OF THE PAST.  YOUR ACTIONABLE KARMA IN THE FUTURE ENSURES THAT YOUR FUTURE IS EXACTLY LIKE YOUR PAST. WHEN NOTHING NEW HAPPENS TO YOU, IT IS TIME TO REST IN PEACE!

HOW TO BECOMING STRESS - FREE

 

                              THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FRINCTION

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                                         THE STRESS

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                           COMMON KARMIC FRICTIONS

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                        PEOPLE EXPERIENCE SOME COMMON PSYCHOLOGICAL FRICTIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE - FRICTIONS THAT THEY CALL STRESS. STRESS IS CAUSED WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO RUN THEIR LIFE ENGINE WITHOUT ADEQUATE LUBRICATION. HOWEVER, SOME BASIC YOGIC PRACTICES CAN OFFER THE NEEDED LUBRICATION FOR EVERYONE'S LIFE.

                         THERE ARE MORE COMPLEX LEVELS OF FRICTION WHEN THE KARMIC INHERITANCE DOESN'T FIT WELL WITH ONE'S PHYSICAL BODY - FOR INSTANCE, WHEN A CERTAIN KARMIC INHERITANCE DOES NOT FIND THE RIGHT KIND OF WOMB. THERE ARE ALSO TIMES WHEN THE ENERGY BODY DOES NOT FIT WELL INTO THE PHYSICAL BODY. (FOR SOME REASON, I SEE MORE SUCH PEOPLE IN THE EAST COAST OF AMERICA THAN IN THE WEST, OR IN THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA THAN IN THE SOUTH. THIS MIGHT BE CONNECTED TO THE NATURE OF THE LAND ITSELF, THE KIND OF MEMORY THE GEOGRAPHY CARRIES, THE GENERAL ATMOSPHERE, OR VARIOUS HISTORICAL FACTORS).

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                           THE PRACTICE OF HATHA YOGA HELPS TO KNEAD THE PHYSICAL BODY AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM (INCLUDING THE KARMIC SYSTEM) IN A WAY THAT SMOOTHES THESE FRICTIONS OUT. AFTER SUSTAINED HATHA YOGA PRACTICE, WHEN YOU SIMPLY SIT, YOU FEEL NO SENSE OF DISCOMFORT OR STRESS. NOW YOU CAN SIT STILL IF YOU WANT TO , AS  WELL AS NEGOTIATE  THE OUTSIDE WORLD WITH GREAT EASE AND CAPABILITY.

 

                       SOMETIMES, BECAUSE OF EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, ALTERED SOCIAL SITUATIONS, OR A CERTAIN ACQUIRED COMPETENCE, PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ATTAIN A STATE OF WELL-BEING EVEN THOUGH THEIR CURRENT KARMIC SITUATION DOES NOT ALLOW IT. THEY LIVE LIVES THAT ARE WAY BEYOND THEIR KARMIC BLUPRINT . IN SHORT, THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FAR BETTER LIFE SITUATIONS THAN THEIR KARMA ALLOWS.

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                        AT SUCH TIMES, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO UPGRADE YOURSELF. OTHERWISE, YOU WILL END UP SUFFERING YOUR WELL-BEING! THIS IS A COMMON MALAISE IN THE WORLD TODAY. MOST PEOPLE'S PROBLEM IS NOT A LIFE THAT IS HELLISH, BUT A LIFE THAT IS TOO HEAVENLY! THESE ARE THE AILMENTS OF PRIVILEGE. PEOPLE'S SYSTEMS GROW CONFUSED BECAUSE THE INFORMATION WITHIN THEM SAYS ONE THING, BUT THEIR LIFE EVENTS SAY ANOTHER.

                      THERE ARE WAYS TO ADDRESS THIS MALAISE. LEARNING TO LIVE IN GRATITUDE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IS CREATES THE RIGHT ATTITUDE. IT IS ALSO VITAL TO KEEP UPGRADING ONE'S SOFTWARE, AS IT WERE. DAILY HATHA YOGA AND KRIYA CAN HELP ENORMOUSLY TO SHED KARMIC BURDENS, TO UPGRADE ONE'S SYSTEM AND ADJUST ONE'S SOFTWARE.

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                         ALL THESE YOGIC SADHANAS HELP ONE TO MAINTAIN AN INNER STATE THAT IS UNTOUCHED BY THE OUTSIDE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER YOU ARE IN A PLACE OR A HUT, YOU ARE THE SAME PERSON. WHEREVER YOU ARE , YOU DO THE SAME THING. WHEN YOU MAINTAIN THIS EQUANIMITY, YOU WILL SEE THA SITUATIONS AROUND YOU KEEP GETTING BETTER. BUT WITHOUT KARMIC UPGRADING AROUND YOU KEEP GETTING BTTER. BUT WITHOUT KARMIC UPGRADING, OLD COMPULSIONS WILL OVERWHELM YOU. THEY WILL PUSH YOU TOWARD CERTAIN ATMOSPHERE AND SITUATIONS AND WILL NOT PERMIT YOU TO COME TO TERMS WITH YOUR NEW REALITY.

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HOW TO DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM KARMA

 

                            DISTANCE YOURSELF 

                                         FROM YOUR MIND

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                              MOST HUMAN  BEINGS DO NOT REALIZE THE TREMENDOUS POWER OF CREATIVITY THEY HAVE BEEN ENDOWED WITH. THIS IS BECAUSE MOST OF THEIR CREATIONS ARE DETERMINED BY THEIR COMPULSIVENESS, NOT BY THEIR FREEDOM. ANYTHING CREATED BY LIMITATION WILL BE LIMITED. ANYTHING CREATED BY LIMITATION WILL BE LIMITED. BUT IF YOU SEE YOUR ABILITY TO RESPOND AS LIMITLESS, THE POWER TO CREATE IS SUPERENHANCED.

                      HERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TRY FOR YOURSELF. IF YOU DROP YOUR SELF-IMAGE COMPLETELY, YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF IN A STATE OF GREAT FREEDOM. YOU NOW HAVE THE POWER TO LIVE WITHOUT A SELF-IMAGE AT ALL. YOU ALSO HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM YOUR IMAGE ALTOGETHER. BASICALLY, YOU CAN PICK UP AN IMAGE AND DROP IT AT WILL. NOTHING WILL STICK TO YOU.

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                    I WILL NOT TELL YOU HOW YOU SHOULD BE. BUT STOP NOW AND CREATE YOURSELF ANEW IN YOUR MIND. START WITH THE SKELETAL STRUCTURE. SLOWLY, MOVE INTO THE FLESH AND BLOOD. 

                         CLOSE YOUR EYES AND VISUALIZE HOW YOU WOULD LIKE OTHER PEOPLE TO EXPERIENCE YOU. HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE OF YOUR THOUGHT AND EMOTION TO BE? WHAT KIND OF IMPACT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE ON THE WORLD? 

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                       CREATE A WHOLE NEW BEING.

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                      THEN SEE IF THIS NEW IMAGE IS ANY CLOSER TO YOUR NOTION OF THE DIVINE THAN THE OLD. IS IT REALLY BETTER THAN THE EARLIEAR IMAGE? EXAMINE IT IS GREAT DETAIL. IS THIS NEW IMAGE MORE CAPABLE, MORE HUMAN, MORE LOVING, MORE BLISSFUL?

                         VISUALIZE THIS NEW IMAGE AS POWERFUL AS YOU CAN. MAKE IT COME ALIVE WITHIN YOU. IF YOUR THOUGHT IS POWERFUL ENOUGH, IF YOUR VISUALIZATION IS POWERFUL ENOUGH, IT CAN EVEN BREAK THROUGH THE BONDS OF KARMA.

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                            HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FUNDAMENTAL ALL YOUR LIMITATIONS OF THOUGHT, EMOTION, AND ACTION. HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSCIOUSLY CRAFT YOURSELF TO BECOME THE CREATION YOU WANT TO BE.

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                          CREATING DISTANCE FROM THE KARMIC STRUCTURE

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                        THE PRIMARY AIM OF MEDITATIONIS TO CREATE A CERTAIN DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND ENERGY BODIES. YOUR MENTAL BODY IS A MAJOR MANUFACTURING UNIT OF KARMA. IF YOU SEE THAT YOUR MIND IS THE PHYSICAL SOURCE OF KARMA, YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH. ONCE THERE IS A DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE MIND, THERE IS A DISTANCE FROM THE PAST. NOW ALL THOSE MEMORIES ARE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU NEED THEM, BUT THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE POWER TO RULE YOU.

                        THE AIM IS ONE DAY TO CREATE A SITUATION WITHIN YOU IN WHICH YOU HAVE THE LIVING EXPERIENCE I AM NOT THE ACCUMULATIONS OF MY MIND. NOW YOUR KARMA HAS NO POWER OVER YOU. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD FREEDOM.

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                     THERE IS A GROWING TREND OF ATTEMPTING PAST-LIFE REGRESSIONS IN THE HOPE OF LOOKING INTO ONE'S KARMIC STRUCTURE. THIS IS ABSOLTELY UNNECESSARY IF ONE IS ON A SPIRITUAL PATH. SIFTING THROUGH THE CONTENT OF YOUR MIND IS AN ENDLESS AND POINTLESS EXERCISE. THE SPIRITUAL SEEKER DOES NOT WANT TO DROP KARMA SELECTIVELY. THE AIM IS TO DROP THE PACKAGE ENTIRELY.

                     ONCE THERE IS A CLEAR SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR MIND, YOUR KARMA EMPTIES VERY RAPIDLY. YOU HAVE NOW STOPPED CREATING NEW STOCK, WHICH HELPS ENORMOUSLY. THE OLD STOCK WILL FLOW OUT VERY QUICKLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME.

                  YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO SEE MY MIND BELONGS TO ME, BUT I AM NOT MY MIND. IT IS LIKE DRIVING A CAR. THE ENGINE RESPONDS TO EVERYTHING YOU INTEND IT TO DO, BUT IT IS NOT YOU. WHEN YOU GET DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH YOUR CAR, YOU MAY SEE IT AS AN EXTENTION OF YOURSELF. MANY PEOPLE DO! BUT WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM YOUR MIND, YOUR CAPACITY TO MAKE IT DO WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO INCREASES. ONCE YOU CAN SEPARATE YOURSELF THIS WAY, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KARMA AGAIN.

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                     THE BASIS OF KARMA IS SIMPLE, YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL YOUR BAGGAGE. WHEN YOU CLEARLY PERCEIVE THIS, YOUR ESSENTIAL QUALITY CHANGES. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE ELSE AS THE SOURCE, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE DISTRACTED, DISORIENTED, BITTER, FRUSTRATED, AGITATED, AND ANGRY. WHEN YOU SEE YOURSELF AS THE SOURCE, YOU ARE CENTERED. YOUR ENERGIES ARE NOW FOCUSED WITHIN YOU. YOU ARE NO LONGER ENACTING RITUALS OF BLAME AND RAGE IN YOUR HEAD. YOU ARE NO LONGER ENSLAVED TO YOUR EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT OR TO YOUR MIND.

                      ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND KARMA AS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, YOU ARE FREE. ONCE YOU DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM YOUR MIND, YOU ARE ALSO FREE. BOTH APPROACHES WORK.

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.