Enter The Inner Mind

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>From Nothing Exists That is Not Shiva by Swami Muktananda:

 

 

magnah svacittena praviset

 

Becoming absorbed,

one should enter the inner mind.

 

By a subtle mental effort, one merges all states of mind into the Self.

This is the state of the absorbed mind. Let the meditator enter the sushumna,

the subtle central channel, by means of the inner yoga obtained by Guru's grace.

Let him discard all gross techniques like the inhalation, retention, and

exhalation of the breath that constitute pranayama. The prana entering the

sushumna by Kundalini's favor begins to throb subtly. This is mahayoga.

 

Pranayama, concentration, and meditation are physical means. A yogi who has

received grace does not have to practice these. he should strive earnestly to

become absorbed in awareness "I am That." It is pure Consciousness. The inner

pranayama occuring spontaneously in the sushumna is the means by which this

state can be entered. in this sutra, "becoming absorbed" and entering "the inner

mind" refer to the awareness of one's inner nature, or steady So'ham awareness.

 

Bhaktananda

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