Guest guest Posted June 22, 2002 Report Share Posted June 22, 2002 Sat Nam Pieter, group This is the latest gem from my yoga manual library--well its not really a library. >From 'Kundalini Yoga - Guidelines for Sadhana': "There are two main ways to connect the individual mind to the universal mind and build the supermind. The first method is pratyahar. In this method you inject the universal mind into the individual mind by a contraction process. You watch each thought pattern that enters the mind. You substitute a positive thought for each negative one so you become neutral or at least positive. If you have desires in the individual mind that require action, use the will to act only on those that are universal. Once this choice becomes automatic you are practicing pratyahar. Everything will lead you to connect and draw energy from the universal mind to the individual mind. The second method is Laya. The word itself means devotion, absorption and levitation. The process suspends the self directly in a sense of the infinite rather than by finding the infinite starting with finite things. In Laya yoga techniques, you recognize nothing in yourself except the infinite. These techniques always involve the use of mantra with a special breathing rhythm. The breathing allows the mind to release particular emotional and intuitive energies that power the consciousness to expand . In this technique you go from the individual mind to the universal mind." Blessings Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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