Yantra Yoga /sorry typo

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The Divine Science of Yantra Yoga

is a spiritual exploration through

mathematics. Yantra represents a trans-cultural tool based upon a

pan-cultural phenomenon -

mathematics, the universally

acknowledged "Queen of Sciences".

 

To appreciate that numbers are a

key to personal evolution, we can

begin with the Western tradition:

"numbers are the essence of all

things", a saying attributed to

Pythagoras.

 

A statement promulgated by the

Theosophical Society is "all is

vibration'', which is a paraphrase

of the Pythagorean statement. When

we say "Number is the essence of

all things" or "All is vibration"

we are really stating what is now acknowledged as a scientific fact.

The material world of Prakrit

ultimately consists of number,

whether we want to talk about the

Element Number, the Atomic Number,

the Atomic Weight, the Speed of Light

the Speed of Sound or any of the

other "constants" upon which modern

physics is built.

 

Emerging from the metrics of Indian

civilisation is the framework for

our modern mathematics. Hindu

contributions include not only

the Hindu Arabic Numerals Notation

system but also the decimal point,

zero sign, Quadratic equations and

the concept of Infinity and Eternity

To understand that there is a

hidden, esoteric aspect to numbers

we can start with the Greek and

Latin roots of some common terms.

Consider these facts.

 

Mathematics - the Greek root

means "to learn", What is there to

learn? I would phrase it in another

Greek motto "Man Know Thy Self"!

(This is written over the entrance

to the Oracle of Delphi).

 

Arithmetic - from the Latin "Art

of Measuring". Arithmetic came

from the earlier Sanskrit root

ARTHA, i.e. that aspect of life

dealing with the acquisition and

accounting of physical realities.

What is really worth measuring?

Yantra teaches us that it is worth

while to measure the cycles of our

personal lives!

 

Geometry – "Earth measure". The

spiritual principle of Yantra

indicates that the man of the earth

(Adam) is the real subject of

Geometry. Geometry, in an inner

life sense, is about measuring

oneself, for the human comes forth

from the humus and "Man is truly

an earth creature".

 

Algebra - An Arabic word signifying

"the reuniting of broken parts".

It reveals the real

 

Yoga inherent in finding "X". Esoteric Algebra is about "KOHAM", the Zen Ko=

an,

"Who Am I?"

 

Mother India gave birth to her son

Yoga and Yoga progenerated three

children (termed the three great

mystic sciences of the East).

 

-- MANTRA -- -- YANTRA -- -- TANTRA --

 

Mantra from the Sanskrit prefix

"MAN" (mind) and the suffix "TRA"

(tool) is literally the science

of using sound vibration, audible

and inaudible, to bring about the

physical, psychological and psychic

changes. Our Guru often used to

refer to Mantra as a "psychic

elevator'" that changes levels of

consciousness.

 

Yantra is also a "tool" or more

accurately an "instrument" that

allows us to visualise a "magical

diagram". Tantra is the 'tool'

for dealing with solid physical

world as manifested by and experienced

though the physical body").

 

<http://www.yogamagik.com/yogamagik/yantra/>

 

Unlike the visualization of the

deity in representational form -

Sri Yantra is a non-representational

geometric form. This is available

through a visual literature,

transmitted by initiates as a gateway

to the levels of inner experience,

which are 'milked' through

contemplation of the Yantra. It must

always be remembered that this

operation is within the larger

field of psycho-spiritual experiential

operations known as 'sadhana'.

As Ajit Mookerjee writes:

 

     "The diagrams represent

successive stages of visual

realization. Read in the order

shown they illustrate the process

of expanding creation, from the

centre dot and first downward

pointing triangle at the centre

to the outermost ring of lotus

petals."

 

     "Read in the reverse order they

symbolize the yogic process of

withdrawal and focus of the power

expended in creation and return to

the One. Each circuit of triangles

is generated by interlocking male

(upward pointing) and female

(downward pointing triangles."

 

     As in all organic processes,

here we have to pay careful attention

to the sequence. The dot in the

centre of the yantra expands into

ful geometrical form - like the

bindu transforming into the Deity.

The reverse process is also

identical in visualization. The

outer form of the deity is condensed

into the inner, most nucelar form,

which is the BINDU (Dot) in visual

terms, and the Bija (seed-syllable)

in audio, sound form.These are

compact, condensed - nucelar storage

centres.

 

     "Every divine form possesses a

bija mantra or nuclear syllable. Even

in its form as the smallest sound

unit, the bija remains a microcosm

and thus may represent the essential

form of the divinity."

 

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/george/yantra.htm

 

-----K