Advanced Meditation with PATANJALI’S Yoga Sutras (Introductory Talk)
Based on Mantra Meditation (SAMATWA YOGA)
Once you have learnt Mantra Meditation and started experiencing Transcendence in your daily practice is the base of our actual understanding of life, purpose of birth as human being and the perception of our daily activities, what one is doing and what for? All reasoning, quests, inquiries, consideration, decision and misunderstanding will be cleared by first day of Transcendence. The next step is reading of Scriptures, discourses, self-analysis and daily practice will establish the status of our presence. Just like light the light of Enlightenment and all the ignorance is vanished. Maharishi Patanjali has narrated about 200 Sutras to practice on different occasions. Lord Shiva has given Shiva Sutras, Brahmarishi Narada had narrated Bhakti Sutras and time to time many great Seers have given their aphorisms for maintaining YAMA and NIYAMA in our life.
There are many Sutras for various purposes to fulfil all the desires of mankind. One wants to be good man or want to gain good health, strength, power or energy, understanding of the self, he need to practice some short of specific Sutras to establish that ideals in his heart. Suppose you want to know, “who you are?’ The answer may come, “You are Brahman” In Sanskrit it is called, “AHAM BRAHMAASMI, TWAM BRAHMASI” You are Soul. Soul is the part of Brahman. Veda says, “Every Soul is Brahman.” Now, how to establish in our consciousness that the statement is correct? You can sit in Mantra Meditation and simply meditate for 15 to 20 minutes with your personal secret Mantra and after 15 minutes when you feel relaxed and calmness, just thing simply, mentally a word, “I am that” say 2 – 3 times and feel transcendence. Daily practice of this easy, simple technique will enhance your feeling, expand your consciousness and gradually it will start establishing an ideal awareness in your consciousness. What is our reality? What is my Origin?
What was my past? And what will be the future? There are many such salient questions will solved.
It will radiate knowledge, intelligence, confidence, understanding, purification and Self-Evolution. After some time your heart function will be much balanced and the feeling of Brahman will be stronger. Mind will be clearer, introvert and far sighted. Thinking will be balanced and a new glow of awareness will radiate in your surroundings. It is not just one day task, but it starts the radiation from very first day. Here from your discipline of daily routine starts. A proper practice of first four paths of yoga is a must. They are fundamentals of eightfold path of yoga discipline called YAMA, NIYAMA, AASANAS and PRAANAAYAAM. That maintains our mind body co-ordination, physical and mental settlement, inner peace, far sightedness and awareness. It is our external purification and the internal is our Mantra Meditation the next step.
Purpose of this advanced Meditation:
Even in busy routine one can maintain the discipline. Purpose of this advanced Meditation program is to develop such awareness in human mind that in all good or bad situations he should not loose its own confidence, discrimination talent, routine, balance on his purpose of life and to have total importance on our evolution. Other than that is immaterial human needs, duties and Karma that one has to fulfil in his life time as a routine of life. Just like education, Job, business, profession, politics, social activities, helping people, community work and many good deeds for fulfilment and self-satisfaction in our daily needs. It is normal duty of life, but purpose of human birth is self-evolution, purification, achievements of manhood, perfection in different fields and understanding of knowledge. It all opens itself without any efforts, just think and gradually it will develop itself.
Lord Krishna said in Gita Chapter 12:
“SHREYO HI GYANAM ABHYASAAT, GYANAT DHYANAM VISHISHYATE |
DHYANAT KARMA PHALATYAGAH TRYAGAT SHANTIR ANANTARAM ||”
-- GITA Chapter 12/ Verse 12.
“It is good to follow the path of knowledge than any other things in life. From knowledge Meditation to God’s name or mantra is very specific. Meditation itself is very much valuable. It remove the desire of the result of Karma and by removal of result of Karma, one can achieve the infinite peace in mind.”
Here we have to fix up our goal of life what one needs to fulfil in this life time. Understanding and self purification is the base of higher achievement in life. Clarity of mind is most important factor in life. Our regular practice of Meditation and follow up program of eightfold path of yoga is very simple, short and easy program As Lord Krishna told in Gita 2nd chapter.
NEHAA BHIKRAM NAASOSTI PRATYAVAYO NA VIDYATE |
SWALPAM APYASYA DHARMASYA TRAAYATE MAHATO BHAYAAT || Gita 2/40
“In the path of yoga it is totally effortless process, simple, natural and innocent. That takes no time to transcend the mind without any obstacles. A little practice of this process regularly makes the man free from great fear of the future. (Karmic debt)” Gita 2/40
Little practice of Meditation for 15 to 20 minutes twice daily is simple process of purification. It makes a wonderful change in human life. It is root of understanding of the self. It is process of researching the self. Who am I? What is my purpose of being on Earth as human being? What is my past and what will be the future? When question comes the answer lies behind it and gives a clear path of understanding. It needs some patience, self analysis and regular practice. Further on our next step starts.
We will go through the teachings of Maharishi PATANJALI the World teacher of his time. We will select few Sutras to start the program and will see the effect in our mind, body and in our surrounding. Maharishi Patanjali had written the Yoga Sutras in the state of Transcendence. The name of first chapter (PADA) is SAMADHI PAD. It means his further teaching starts from the state of Samadhi (Transcendence). The first Sutra is YOGAS CHITTAVRITTI NIRODHAH.
It’s a definition of Yoga that the state where mental activities are inactive for time being during our practice then it balances our thinking, feeling and clears our concept. Automatically we reach to the state of Yoga. It happens itself, no effort is needed and applying any force to stop the mental activities will not be right process of Yoga. Let it happen itself. Once the state of Yoga is experienced our Nervous System is intoned by nature and the process of Yoga will establish its position in our consciousness. As much we allow it to be happen itself, it will grow and purify us spontaneously. We have to just allow the system to grow.
In this process our approach will be just to be positive, make up our mind for some certain desire to be established in our awareness like; our food, living, routine, rest and high thinking etc. You are Soul, born as human being, at present what duty is allotted to you by almighty, it is your duty (Karma), time to time as positive thought radiates in mind that becomes your Karma of that time. Forget about any mental bindings, need not to make any commitments. Every soul is God, time is factor for our presence. Every being on earth has come for some purpose and are free to fulfil their purpose. We have no right to restrict them. Humanity is one Religion for mankind. Non-violence by any way should be our routine. We behave friendly, truthfully, compassionately, indifferently and always happy. No one has right to be egoistic, angry, sorry, impatience or to heart any one for any reason.
Action and reaction has two different modes. Follow the routine of action. Perform your duties and always abandon yourself for reaction in any circumstances or reason. If by any reason you observe that is reaction was performed by you. Just realise and confess yourself. (Why did you loose your confidence). For example: a criminal may commit any crime, you are not criminal, so don’t react against the action, but what is right and lawful that you must do. No one is doing wrong, but they are motivated by nature, may by ignorance or misunderstanding, but we see, thing what is right or wrong and then we take right decision and try to rectify the situation by our right understanding. This is the effect of Meditation, purification and higher evolution of our consciousness.
Further we will prepare for the introduction of Maharishi PATANJALI’S yoga sutras: First of all we start prayer of our Great Masters, Seers and Servers. Those who have given guidance since ages to the people on Earth and their teachings have become the guideline for our daily action and activities. We keep a picture or symbol of Masters, Guru, Lord or our favourite God before starting the practice. The vision of the Symbol will inspire our practice, evolution and purpose of achievements.
There are three qualities of nature effective all the time. It is called; Satwa (Purity) Tamas (Negativity) and Rajas (Mixed form of both purity and impurity) Human body is mixed with both the qualities. We see Tamas (Impurity) is more in the nature, but Satwa is less. So to balance the impurity we follow the path of Satwa (purity). Veda says: “Be together, Enjoy together and be vital together, but don’t entertain negativities. So for positive thinking we prefer purity to balance in nature.
Preparation for Practice: We light the light and incense before performing prayers. We offer some of our sacrifice and at the end we offer flowers with bow down to Guru Dev before starting our practice.
In this introductory talk we clarify all the fundamental questions and clear the passage of further practice. Then we go through the next chapters where we have the explanation of different Yoga Sutras. In Meditation we take a Mantra. It is not necessary to know the meaning of the mantra, but it is name or seed of some specific God whom we believe. Here Yoga Sutra should be one or two, but it should be meaningful and one should understand what is going to do and what result he wants to achieve with it. So no matter we translate the word in their native language to know understand and adopt according to our perception.
Important: We have prepared the set of Sutras to provide all the participants under the Guidance for practice and we keep on guiding our participants. So that any experience, questions whether it is relevant or irrelevant that all can be considered and explained to the participants. Because it is a very delicate evolutionary process of human nervous system. No such practice is allowed without guidance to avoid misunderstanding and roughness in our evolution.
So let your-self prepare and ready for the next step.
All glory to our Masters Seers and Servers.
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