Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Hello, I have a question for the group mind which someone may be willing/able to answer. To ask this question I think I need to explain a little background as to where I'm coming from. I am a British male living in London, UK. By the time I was 12 years old I had already decided I was an aetheist, and this lasted most of my teenage years until I was around 21 years old when I had a very powerful spiritual experience involving amongst many other phenomena a life changing kundalini experience (which took years to adjust to) and which totally changed my view of the world. I would not however describe myself as religious and do not have a religion. If I had to choose one then it would be Hinduism because its the only religion whose sacred books give the esoteric time cycles of the solar system and macrocosm, and also manuals for evolutionary development of the individual. Since the beginning of my awakening I have studied and practiced various kinds of meditation with various results, experiences and conclusions as to their usefulness. The systems I have found most useful are raja yoga by Patanjali, Ramana Maharshi and advaita, the Alice Bailey series and Franz Bardons first book 'Initiation into Hermetics'. To give you an example of how much I appreciate and respect Ramana Maharshi, if he was alive today I would go and live at the ashram for a few years, and learn through direct experience of his energy. Indeed, if anyone believes there is someone of his stature alive today I would be very interested and greatful to here of him/her. My question is on the elements. In step 3 of Franz Bardon's book 'Initiation into Hermetics' he gives a series of exercises on inhaling the elements, and in step 4 he gives exercises on how to accumulate the elements in the body/mind. I have attached the whole of this book in HTML format so you can see what I'm talking about. Franz Bardon says this system has its origin in the east/India, but I have seen no eastern books on working with the elements directly in the way he describes. My question is this. Is there any manual of instruction from India on Raja yoga or similar systems with exercises to practice, that includes working with the elements directly and accumulating them? I am particularly interested in anything that deals with working with the five or seven tattwas. Also can anyone recommend a manual of step by step practical meditation exercises to go with the Raja Yoga system of Patanjali? The books I have give all the rules but no exercies to follow. best wishes Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 > My question is this. > Is there any manual of instruction from India on Raja yoga or similar systems > with exercises to practice, that includes working with the elements directly and > accumulating them? I am particularly interested in anything that deals with > working with the five or seven tattwas. > > Also can anyone recommend a manual of step by step practical meditation exercises > to go with the Raja Yoga system of Patanjali? The books I have give all the rules > but no exercies to follow. > I find this book very useful for Meditation lessons. It's titled " A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga " . The author is "Yogi Ramacharaka" . However this is not an Indian book and neither was the author an Indian. I would highly recommend this book for any anyone aspiring to learn/practice Raja Yoga. Best wishes Guruprasad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Hello Guruprasad thanks for the recommendation, I will try and obtain a copy. best wishes Zach - "v_vedanti" <v_vedanti <advaitin> Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:39 PM Re: accumulation of the elements > I find this book very useful for Meditation lessons. > It's titled " A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga " . The author is > "Yogi Ramacharaka" . However this is not an Indian book and neither > was the author an Indian. I would highly recommend this book for any > anyone aspiring to learn/practice Raja Yoga. > > Best wishes > Guruprasad > > > My question is this. > > Is there any manual of instruction from India on Raja yoga or > similar systems > > with exercises to practice, that includes working with the > elements directly and > > accumulating them? I am particularly interested in anything that > deals with > > working with the five or seven tattwas. > > > > Also can anyone recommend a manual of step by step practical > meditation exercises > > to go with the Raja Yoga system of Patanjali? The books I have > give all the rules > > but no exercies to follow. > > > > > > > Discussion of Shankara's Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of nonseparablity of Atman and Brahman. > Advaitin List Archives available at: http://www.eScribe.com/culture/advaitin/ > To Post a message send an email to : advaitin > Messages Archived at: advaitin/messages > > > > Your use of is subject to > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 Hi, http://www.advaita.org/images/Ramesh2.gif Here is one master that I know. I am not sure, whether he teaches raja yoga or not. But a top class one in Advaita. Rgds --Ranga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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