Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Yoga and Pranayama > > Q: What is the Sun Path (ravi marga)? What is the Moon Path? Which of > them is easier? > > M: The Sun Path is jnana, (knowledge of Self) and the Moon Path is yoga. > Yogis think that after purifying 12,000 nadis (channels through which > energy flows) in the body, sushumna (the central channel in the spinal > column) is entered and the mind passes up to the sahasrara chakra (the > energy center in the crown of the head), where nectar flows. These are all > mental concepts. The mind is already overwhelmed by the world of concepts > -- better concepts are now added in the shape of this yoga. The purpose of > all these is to rid one of concepts, to make one remain as the pure Self, > i.e. Absolute Consciousness, bereft of thoughts! Why not go straight to > it? Why add new encumbrances to the ones that exist already? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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