Category: Yogic Thought
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54. Mind – Yajña, Fire altar and Prajāpati
yajñyo yajñyena kalpatāmYajña is created by Yajña yajñena yajñamayajanta devāhGods accomplished Yajña through Yajña Yajña, this element of effort with smallest karmic footprint, is at the core of yogic thought, and spirals down into an egg-from-the-chick conundrum at the beginning of creation. It folds onto itself – yajna is created by yajna – as fundamental…
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53. Prāṇayāma – the Mind, and its Prāṇic nature
prāṇá vai visve devʰáḥPrana is all “gods”[controlling breath is to control the “god” forces](Taittiriya Samhita 5.4.6) brahmaṇas patir etā saṃ karmāra ivādhamat “Brahmaṇaspati filled these gods with breath as a blacksmith (with his bellows); in the first age of the gods the existent was born of the non-existent.”(Rig Veda 10.72.2) prāṇá evá paśubandʰáḥ Prana indeed is…
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52. Pain, Deep Sleep and Brain Waves
Vātadrute naasti ruja – Sushruta SamhitaWithout the support of Vāta, there is no pain[Modify the food intake to lower the vata dosha to control pain]. Unclench your way out of pain!Yoga nidra is that technique… One whose mind is not yoked to the body, no afflictions of body can bother them – Yogavasista[When there is…
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51. Being Happy – Prāṇa
prāṇá vai visve devʰáḥ All “gods” are Prāṇa indeed (Taittiriya Samhita 5.4.6) Breathe to your lungs’ content It’s the oxytocin – which makes us feel connected Wanna be happy? Then breathe a lot, slowly and rhythmically! It’s free too! Preferably at <6 times a minute. Stop several times during the day to just do that, to breathe…
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50. Mātṛkā Śakti – The Power of Mantra
You are a mantra in motion! You are trillions and trillions of vibrations strapped together. Mantras are not for Gods/Goddesses … Mantras ARE Gods/Goddesses – Tantras …on the lip of that cup (mouth) sit the seven ṛṣis. With the tongue as the eight, that cup communicates with Brahman! – Satapata Brahmana (14.5.3) Yoga schools of…
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49. Mantra and Heart – Hṛ Seed
हृदये शिवस्तिष्ठतु। In the “heart” is established Śiva Yogic word for Heart, as in Heart Chakra, is Hṛdaya. Hŗ appears in a lot of seed (bija) mantras also, including those for the first six chakras – they are Hṛam (root), Hṛeem (sacral), Hṛum (navel), Hṛaim (heart), Hṛaum (throat) and Hṛaha (brow point). From a practice standpoint, the udana…
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48. Vātā – Tantra, Mantra and Fourier
Vātā is the sign of life itself, according to Vasishta! Essentially, without vāta is to be without life. There are two other fundamental forces that play a critical role in running our lives – pitta and kapha – we will get there in the near future. Closely related to Vāta are Mantra and Tantra, which…
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47. Desires, Reincarnation, and “I”
काममय एवायं पुरुष इति स – You are what your deepest driving desire is यथाकामो भवति तत्क्रतुर्भवति – As your driving desire is, so is your will यत्क्रतुर्भवति तत्कर्म कुरुते – As your will is, so is your deed यत्कर्म कुरुते तदभिसम्पद्यते – As your deed is, so is your…
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46. Yogic Model of Everything – the Five Elements
…existence was born out of non-existence – Rg Veda 10.72, Rg Veda 10.129 … there are worlds within an atom – Yogavasistha 6.2.56-94 … observation brings forth discrete reality out of quantum unreality – Wheeler Yes, apparently there are worlds within atoms! Where was this universe at and before the big bang? Probably in a miniscule…
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45. “It from Bit”: Subtle bodies, OBEs, and Randomness…
… nothing happens randomly in the universe. “Chance is only a measure of our ignorance” – Poincaré …when he dies, and they place him on the (funeral) fire, then he is reproduced out of that fire. [Here, it is the fire (of the deepest desire) that separates the subtle purusha component from the…
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