Tag: prana

Sukshma Pranayama for the beginner

This will be a blog mostly introducing the term sukshma pranayama. If you look for it, you wont find much about information about it online. Even in the shastras – there is paucity of information. The place where you will find some information is in the book by Swami Veda Bharati in his book Yoga …

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SKY breathing

Link to Original Document I just heard about this recently. It stands for Sudarshan Kriya yoga. Sudarshan – vaguely means good vision Kriya yoga – loosely refers to a yoga technique of breathing Yoga – means unite with God. In USA people think of Yoga as some body exercise, breathing , meditation, chanting aum and …

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Pranayama

Link to Original Document This means control of prana. People ordinarily think of prana as breath but that is not true. What is true is one of the function of prana is breathing When shakti is awakened – eventually you experience the difference. After a Guru awakens shakti, if and only if he tells you …

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Yoga can be dangerous – a review on prana

Link to Original Document Many orthopedic injuries have been reported with different kinds of postures. Moreover some posters can cause nerve damage, impotence etc. So one must practice yoga carefully and under guidance of a Guru Now this only refers to asana or posture The other aspect of yoga is pranayama. This past is even …

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Power of vibrations

So vibrations of the soul are very powerful. For Obvious reasons, I will not describe this accurately But as time passes by, couples tend to look alike, behave similarly. Now psychologists will say it is attraction and love but that is not true. There is something deeper and more powerful. Here is an article on …

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Science of fields part 1

Here is an interesting article. It talks about a patient who lost his eyesight but could still navigate around a complex maze ! This is not some hocus pocus or saint blessings by just an extension of ….. How ? Scientifically impossible. The author here considers it as anextension of consciousness But it is not. …

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Introspection and Nidhidhyasana.

Before I forget, I should jot down a few experiences. Gurudev told me about my association with Dinesh uncle.  He told me to do a sankalpa for Moksha for both me and Dinesh uncle.  This occured a few days ago.  I hope this is not in anyway a hint from Gurudev that Dineshuncle is about …

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Meditation – some more pearls

Todays meditation was not as deep as yesterday.  However, it was more satisfying.  This may come as a surprise but allow me to explain Say you are climbing a 100 steps.  If you climb all the way to the top stay there for a few second and come right back versus you climb 85 steps …

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Guidelines for Yoga / Rules of Yoga

I changed the name from rules to guidelines. The reason for calling it rules, is because in my opinion, doing yoga is like going into battle where one is constantly battling ones sanskaras.  In other words, in order to win this battle, certain rules must be followed. If one reads any scriptures regarding Yoga and …

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Gurudev

Deep in my heart, for a long time, I have wanted to touch and hug my Gurudev.  He is everything for me. Yesterday, I my wish was fulfilled.  I spent a lot of time with Gurudev, hugging him, giving him a kiss and bowing repeatedly at his feet.  I told Gurudev, my spritual progress was good.  …

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Meditation

Today’s meditation was exceptionally good. After all it was Christmas ! Yogananda maharaja has described that the halfway meditation is when one is at agnachakra the streams of prana are seen rolling back from the body going back to Agnatha chakra This is what I experienced. The color if the streams of Prana or light …

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Random

Kumbh Mela : A place where many great saints gather.  One should attend to the Kumbh Mela.  In terms of Yoga, Kumbh means or refers to the head and mela is a gathering of the prana (withdrawn from the entire body).  When that happens, one can say, we have attended the kumbh mela.  Here all …

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Pearls

I was asked, do you go to Church.  My answer was no, the Church comes to me.  The real church is where there is love for God. What is purity or a pure person?  A person who only has love and desires only for God, is pure.  Everyone else is impure. Love demands nothing in …

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Law of Miracles – a borrowed title from Paramhansa Yogananda

Ever since the mental aspect of the subconscious has cleared, the shakti is now working on the vital physical of the subconscient.  Unless you are very familiar with the terminology of Sri Aurobindo, it will sound like mumbo jumbo.  What is becoming clear is the law or control over Prana.  How it can be achieved.  …

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March 30, 2009

I tend to forget some of my spiritual experiences. Just a lot to recount. Today, while talking with Tejal auntie, I remembered that on Saturday, everytime I closed my eyes, the third eye would open and I could see different parts of different worlds! This happened quite frequently. Well, the next 2 days were difficult. …

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July 31, 2007

Shaktipat This is a subject for real Gurus. Only a real Guru can fully understand it. However, for the disciple, there are many elementary things for them to know. Otherwise, a disciple seeing differences in the results often starts comparing things falsely. I am writing this based on experiences. It is not based on intellect, …

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