Guest guest Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Yoga and Pranayama > > Q: What is pranayama? > > M: Prana is equivalent to Self, soul, Atman, etc, as it is the > life-current. Mind and prana (breath) originate from the same source. > Pranayama is the control of the body, the senses and the intellect through > the breath. Mind is thus controlled and gradually dies down with this > practice. Eventually, mind subsides and then an unconscious "blank" state > is produced, a swoon or trance-like state. Although that is the natural > state, a person who has not controlled the mind is dazed and merged in it. > It is true that it is a state of great peace, but it is temporary, and when > it ends the yogi wants to get it back and so begins breath control again. > It is necessary for the yogi to go beyond pranayama and to gain direct > control of the mind, and thus practice a permanent peace-sahaja samadhi > (natural Self-abidance) -not merely temporary samadhi (absorption in the > Self). > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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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