Metaphysical physiology of Samyama

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The metaphysical physiology of concentration and contemplation

leading to Samadhi.

 

A presentation of how this principle affects your daily life and how

can you benefit from mastering this ancient technique of Yoga.

 

Your consciousness and awareness is like an open container. Whatever

the object of your concentration in your daily life, family life,

recreation, job, meditation, ... you will absorb the energy of that

particular object of concentration. This may go as far till you are

completely one with the object of concentration. In Yoga this

extended concentration is called contemplation and is leading to

Samadhi when done successfully.

 

Learn to use this Principle of God's Creation by thoroughly

understanding it and then apply it for your spiritual benefit. Your

spiritual benefit will also become the benefit of your surroundings.

You'll soon know why.

 

If you use God as the object of concentration and contemplation, you

will absorb so much of his Divine energy, his Divine Bliss, Love and

Holy Spirit - that finally you may enter Samadhi or even Nirbikalpa

(Nirvikalpa) Samadhi, a condition of complete Oneness with God while

still having a physical body.

 

These two different states of Samadhi may be described and explained

in an other chapter. Lets first have a look at how this principle

affects you in your present situation and how we can use it to the

mutual benefit of ourselves and our environment.

 

You certainly have heard the saying, that a person being intensely

occupied with a particular work over an extended period - people

sometimes say, he is being absorbed by his work. This is almost

right - however just the opposite way. He is absorbing the energy of

his concentration until he becomes one with it, until he fully

identifies himself with the object of concentration.

 

In our daily life there is a constant flow of energy from others to

us and from us to others. We are a mixture of the energy, the

personality of others and vice versa. Until we have learned to become

our true spiritual nature and become what we always have been, deep

inside - a Divine Being of Love and Divine Light, Children of God,

made to his image.

 

When you want to drink a cup of coffee you'll actually never know

whether this idea has been created by you or by someone else and just

absorbed by you. You'll never know whether what you do is actually

what YOU want to do or whether it is something someone else wants you

to do. A weird but realistic idea that most of us act like a puppet

on a string manipulated by the desire, wanting, fear, ... of others.

But it is true - no matter how weird it may sound to you. Think about

it and think about how nice it could be to really know who you are

and what you want to do yourself - from the depth of your soul.

 

to be continued...