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Meditation, contemplation, prayer, and mantra

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Systematic meditation
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Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced meditation 

50+ Yoga Meditation Methods 

  4 types of meditation on an object
  4 types of objective engrossment
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    10 Indriyas
    5 companion practices
    4 attitudes
    Subtle senses and states of mind
    5 kleshas or colorings of thoughts
    Yamas and niyamas
    5 elements of earth, water, fire, air, space
    5 vayus or inner airs
    Mantra and chakras
    4 functions of mind
  

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 

Introduction and means of practice 
Listing of the 196 of the Yoga Sutras
Chapter outlines of the Yoga Sutra 
7 Keys to practicing the Yoga Sutras 
Questions for review 

Patanjali, codifier of the Yoga Sutra 

  

Yoga Meditation described in 16 Parts

Yoga Meditation in 16 parts 
  Art and science of meditation
  It is a systematic process
  Observing the aspects of yourself
  Accepting those aspects of your being
  Understanding yourself at all levels
  Training yourself
  Each level is dealt with individually
  Levels of your being
  Nature of your being
  Coordinating the aspects of yourself
  Integrating those aspects and levels
  Aspects of yourself
  Ourselves versus our Self
  Dwelling in the center of consciousness
  Direct experience is the goal
  Center of consciousness
  

What is Yoga?

Modern vs. Traditional Yoga
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Mysticism, Yoga, and Religion
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  Mysticism and Yoga are Esoteric
Stages of Enlightenment

Loving with all your parts

  A bridge between Yoga and Christianity
  Yoga is about "All" and "And"
  Four functions of mind and instruments of love
  Loving with all your heart
  Loving with all your soul
  Loving with all your mind
  Loving with all your strength
  Training and coordinating this powerful team
  

Mind and Senses

Meditation on Attitudes 

Witnessing Your Thoughts 

  Am I ready and willing to explore my thoughts?
  5 states of mind to witness
  3 qualities (gunas) to witness
  Klishta and aklishta (Colored and not-colored)
  5 types of thoughts to witness
  5 types of coloring to witness
  4 stages of coloring or uncoloring to witness
  What is useful and not useful?
  Witnessing the 4 functions of mind
  Witnessing the levels of consciousness
  Witnessing in meditation
Witnessing thoughts - Summary page
Thoughts are invited to arise 
  Imagine you are a ticket taker
Klishta and aklishta thoughts

Coordinating the 4 Functions of Mind  

  Discrimination and Self-realization
  Like four spokes on a wheel
  Understanding and coordinating the four
    Manas
    Chitta
    Ahamkara
    Buddhi
  Two meanings of the word "ego"
  Purifying Buddhi is the most important task
  Killing or befriending the ego
  Three freedoms: karma, thought, ignorance
Who's driving your chariot 
  
Senses
Training the 10 Senses or Indriyas 
  The indweller relates through 10 indriyas
  5 active senses (karmendriyas) and meditation
  5 cognitive senses (jnanendriyas) and meditation
  Manas and the 10 senses
  5 chakras, 5 elements, and 10 senses
  A practice in awareness of the indriyas
  Withdrawal of the senses (pratyahara)
Who's driving your chariot 
  
Lifestyle Planning

Lifestyle and Regulating 4 Basic Urges 

  Lifestyle conducive to meditation
  Regulating and observing the four primitive urges
    Food
    Sleep
    Sex
    Self-preservation
Four Ashrams of Life
  
Levels of self-awareness

OM / AUM and 7 Levels of Consciousness  

  Vaishvanara: Waking, conscious, and gross
  Unmani: Transition to the next level
  Taijasa: Dreaming, unconscious, subtle
  Aladani: Transition to the next level
  Prajna: Deep sleep, subconscious, causal
  Samadhi
  Turiya, the fourth state
5 Koshas or Sheaths over the Self 
  Annamaya kosha: Food sheath
  Pranamaya kosha: Energy sheath
  Manamaya kosha: Mental sheath
  Vijnanamaya kosha: Wisdom sheath
  Anandamaya kosha: Bliss sheath
  Atman: Self
Computers and consciousness

4 Levels and 3 Dimensions of Consciousness

  Waking, dreaming, deep sleep
  Conscious, unconscious, subconscious
  Gross, subtle, causal
  Waking, conscious, gross
  Dreaming, unconscious, subtle
  Deep sleep, subconscious, causal
  Consciousness, absolute, fourth

Beyond the Subtle & Causal realms

  There appears to be two worlds
  There are really three realms
  The construction of the traveler
  The traveler falls asleep and forgets
  Truth is seen to be beyond the subtle
  At what level is enlightenment?
  After knowing the Absolute or Self

The Self behind the Paint and the Canvas

  Imagine a blank canvas
  Starting to look inward
  Steps of finding the canvas
  Intuiting behind the canvas
  
Karma

Karma, actions, speech, and thoughts

  Actions and speech
  Thoughts
  Emotion and ahamkara/ego
  Fulfilled and unfulfilled desires
  Emotion of kama/desire
  Samskaras/karma
  Four primitive fountains
  Center of consciousness

Archery and 3 kinds of karmas 

  Sanckita karma / arrows in the quiver
  Prarabhda karma / arrows in flight
  Kriyamana karma / arrows in hand
  Improving your aim
  Letting stray arrows fall
  Reducing arrows in the quiver
  Being a peaceful archer
  Meditation in archery
Driving your chariot 
  Who's driving your chariot?
Klishta and aklishta thoughts

Clearing the clouded mind 

  The external world keeps changing
  The senses are unreliable
  The mind is clouded
  Clearing the clouded mind
  

Keeping it simple

The Simplest Meditation
Short cut to Self-Realization
A One-Line "Short Course" in Yoga Meditation
  World
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  Breath
  Mind
  Silence
  
Relaxation
Relaxation before Meditation
  Tense and Release Relaxation
  Complete Relaxation
  61-Points Exercise
  Spinal Breath
  Navel Center with Spinal Breath
  Elongated Breath (Shitali Karana)

Chakra Meditation - Bhuta Shuddhi

  
Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra
  Yoga Nidra and meditation
  How consciousness recedes
  Brain waves are at delta
  Purifying samskaras, deep habit patterns
  Chakras and Yoga Nidra
  Yoga Nidra begins to come naturally
5 Methods of Yoga Nidra
 
Breathing Practices and Pranayama
Diaphragmatic Breathing
20 Breathing Practices
  Basics of Breath
  Balancing Breathing
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  Advanced Practices
  
Mantra
Mantra and 13 tips on using them
Mantra, brain, and words
Soham Mantra
Soham Mantra online practice
Soham Mantra and breath
OM Mantra and 7 Levels of Consciousness
7 Methods of using OM Mantra
Japa and ajapa-japa with mantra
Mala and 108 Beads
Maranatha mantra
  
Kundalini Awakening
Index to Kundalini Awakening
Kundalini Awakening main page
  1) Prana usually flows in Ida or Pingala
  2) Prana is made to flow in Ida and Pingala
  3) Prana is made to flow in Sushumna
  4) Kundalini energy is awakened
  5) Kundalini is lead upwards
  6) Kundalini rises to Sahasrara
Kundalini, Shakti, and a River

Chakra Meditation - Bhuta Shuddhi

  

Tradition

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  9 Suggestions for Holistic Health
  

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This site is devoted to presenting the ancient Self-Realization path of the Tradition of the Himalayan masters in simple, understandable and beneficial ways, while not compromising quality or depth. The goal of our sadhana or practices is the highest Joy that comes from the Realization in direct experience of the center of consciousness, the Self, the Atman or Purusha, which is one and the same with the Absolute Reality. This Self-Realization comes through Yoga meditation of the Yoga Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the intense devotion of Samaya Sri Vidya Tantra, the three of which complement one another like fingers on a hand. We employ the classical approaches of Raja, Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti Yoga, as well as Hatha, Kriya, Kundalini, Laya, Mantra, Nada, Siddha, and Tantra Yoga. Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer finally converge into a unified force directed towards the final stage, piercing the pearl of wisdom called bindu, leading to the Absolute.