Guest guest Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Hi. I fall into the category of those who need a tool to control the mind, & then abandon the tool upon reaching a level when its use is no longer required. Could anybody advise the proper(safest) approach to pranayama. I have qigong experience & this has been a great help & very beneficial for my body. Thank you kindly. Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Dear Max, On Google you will find Pranayama Science of the Mind by Swami Sivananda. This very sound, trustworthy and complete. It could help. All best wishes, Alan --- On Wed, 29/4/09, maxamehc <maxamehc wrote: maxamehc <maxamehc pranayama Wednesday, 29 April, 2009, 10:06 AM Hi. I fall into the category of those who need a tool to control the mind, & then abandon the tool upon reaching a level when its use is no longer required. Could anybody advise the proper(safest) approach to pranayama. I have qigong experience & this has been a great help & very beneficial for my body. Thank you kindly. Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Dear Max, I have tried to post an answer before, twice, but it did not reach the site. Any way here goes again. Visit The Science of Pranayama by Swami Sivananda on Google.It is very sound, complete and safe. All best wishes, Alan -- In , " maxamehc " <maxamehc wrote: > > Hi. I fall into the category of those who need a tool to control the mind, & then abandon the tool upon reaching a level when its use is no longer required. Could anybody advise the proper(safest) approach to pranayama. I have qigong experience & this has been a great help & very beneficial for my body. > Thank you kindly. > Max > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Dear Max, The important thing to keep is mind is that Sri Ramana only suggests pranayama and such like as an *aid to concentration* which should be dropped as soon the mind is able to return to Self-enquiry. People sometimes quote what Ramana has said on these topics out of context, giving the impression that Sri Ramana suggested these were practices to be taken up for their own sake. Quite often, if one looks up the source of such quotes we see the context is only that of clarifying a question put by someone about the traditional teachings on such practices. Self-Enquiry in the form " Who am I? " like all approaches requires effort, especially at the beginning stages. So if the mind wanders that should not be a surprise and is not something to criticize oneself about. Bhagavan recommends simply coming back to the question 'to whom does this thought arise?'... It must arise to me... Therefore " Who is this 'me'? " " Who am I? " or " Whence this feeling of 'I' " . There are many practices for using the breath *as an aid to concentration*, such as mentally noting " In " and " Out " on the respective breath. Counting the breaths, up to 10 then starting again, or starting again from number one if the mind gets lost before getting to ten. Practices on pranayama and chanting mantras with their promises of profound effects and pleasant experiences have the potential to be very seductive in drawing us away from the Path of Self-Enquiry. In the Path of Self-Enquiry, or " Who am I? " , there is nothing in it for the ego - which is perhaps why we are so easily drawn aside. Peter > > > On Behalf Of maxamehc > 29 April 2009 10:07 > > pranayama > > Hi. I fall into the category of those who need a tool to > control the mind, & then abandon the tool upon reaching a > level when its use is no longer required. Could anybody > advise the proper(safest) approach to pranayama. I have > qigong experience & this has been a great help & very > beneficial for my body. > Thank you kindly. > Max > > > > --- > > is supported by . New > articles are added there on a continuous basis. Please > register at . You will be kept updated and > get the new articles which are posted on the site very nicely > formatted in your e-mail. > > Friends, after registering at , if you wish > to contribute your writing to the site, please let me know. > Your articles should be original, well written, using > subtitles, and be carefully proofread and polished. For a > list of topics considered, please go to > and take a look at the site. Thanks. > > Namaste and love to all > Harsha > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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