Category: Yogic Thought
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34. Kundalini Experience – Krishna’s Coaching
అన్ని నీవనుచు అంతరంగమున, తిన్నగా వెదకి తెలిసికొంటినయ్య…Anni neevanuchu antharangamuna thinnagaa vedaki thelisi kontinayya… Realized that “you” are everything by directly probing my inner recess (of the body-mind-intellect complex) – …
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33. Kundalini Descent
…tad eva me darśhayadeva rūpaṁ prasīda deveśha jagan-nivāsa Please have mercy on me and again show me your familiar form, O God of gods, O Omni-present One – 11.45 From a yoga standpoint of view, rishis incorporated an extremely critical point here – the return to ground state through control. This aspect is critical…
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32. Kundalini Ascent – Arjuna’s Reaction
daṁṣṭrā-karālāni ca te mukhāni dṛṣṭvaiva kālānala-sannibhāni|diśo na jāne na labhe ca śarma prasīda deveśa jagan-nivāsa|| 11.25 “Having seen your many mouths bearing your terrible teeth, resembling the raging fire at the time of annihilation, I forget where I am and do not know where to go. O Jagan-nivasa, the omni-present one; please have mercy on…
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31. Niyama 5: “Īśvara” – The Yogic Model for “God”
Continuing on with what Arjuna saw in the universal form of Krishna: पश्यादित्यान्वसून् रुद्रानश्विनौ मरुतस्तथा | बहून्यदृष्टपूर्वाणि पश्याश्चर्याणि भारत || paśhyādityān vasūn rudrān aśhvinau marutas tathā bahūny adṛiṣhṭa-pūrvāṇi paśhyāśhcharyāṇi bhārata ||11.6|| Behold Arjuna, the (twelve) sons of Aditi, the (eight) Vasus, the (eleven) Rudras, the (twin) Ashwins, as well as the (forty-nine) Maruts and many…
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30. Niyama 5: Kundalini Awakening and “Īśvara”
ॐ sahasra-śīrṣā puruṣaḥ, sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | sabhūmiṃ viśvato vṛtvā, atyatiṣṭhad-daśāṅgulam- – Puruṣa-sūkta (Rg Veda 10.90) Of Infinite heads, infinite eyes, infinite feet… engulfing the entire manifest universe, earth, extending beyond the ten-finger arithmetic… is “puruṣa”, the Universal-form, the ocean of self! _/\_ My fellow-seekers, this is what we are expected to see on full Kundalini Awakening. All chakras line…
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29. Niyama 5: Īśvara Praṇidhāna
Surrender to “God”! Let’s go with this popular translation first. So, if surrender-to-god is a Niyama, an internal discipline, then Yoga is meant for believers only? How about atheists? Who should atheists surrender to, for this niyama? Long story short, no, we can all be assured that yoga is for everyone – believers, non-believers and…
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28. Niyama 4: Svādhyāya – Self-guided Study
Svādhyāya offers thought seeds as oblation into the “fire” of Tapas… They are tightly coupled niyamas that run in spirals. We Individually select the question/s, analyze, set the investigative program, determine the method of study, we individually walk the path, and finally, we individually realize the vision (Darśana). That’s the blueprint for Svādhyāya. Never to take…
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27. Niyama 3: Tapas (Askesis)
Niyama #3: Tapah (Tapas: Intense Meditation) “Education is the manifestation of perfection present already in (hu)man.” – Vivekananda paraphrasing Rishi’s doctrines “Knowledge of Platonic Idea is innate, so that learning is the development of ideas buried deep in the soul…” – paraphrasing Plato (in Wiki) Tapas literally means “intensely focusing to attain….” Sometimes this involves…
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26. Niyama 2: Saṁtoṣa – Contentment
Saṁtoṣa is the second niyama or “happiness as inner attitude”. The word itself is derived from two roots: our favorite “sam” (the prefix co-, associated, together) and, “tush” (inner satisfaction or happiness). So saṁtoṣa loosely translates to – being associated or being together with our own inner happiness. This sensation or feeling of happiness or…
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25. Niyama 1: Śaucha – Cleanliness
A clean action requires a clean intention Niyama Niyamas shift the focus onto the Me-Mine axis of the I-triangle, from the Me-notMine axis. The external world provides the required contrast for my own assessment of mine. The entire exercise of niyamas is to clean up that relativistic picture. Here are the top-5 niyamas Patanjali included…
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