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Preface
Before starting, I humbly prostrate to ðYvara (God), Who is the creator of all of us.
I bow to the feet of sad-gUrU (unattached realized spiritual guide), who showed
me the ultimate path of spiritualism. Words fail to express my gratitude towards
great sad-gUrU, sages and seers of India.
This presentation is an effort to reveal very basic concept of spiritualism to
educated people. Facts presented in this presentation are mere reproduction of
spiritual teaching of great sad-gUrU, which are based upon veda (ancient
accumulated Holy wisdom of great sages and seers of India).
In order to make the subject simple, at times the explanation in this material may
suffer in depth. There may be some omissions and mistakes in this work, but I am
sure that your suggestions will improve this work to a great extent. Kindly send in
your suggestions at shanky_andy@hotmail.com or shanky_andy@yahoo.com
Peace by means of peace.




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Content
#     Topic                                                                                     Page
1.    Objective................................................................................ 04
2.    An Advise to the Audience................................................... 05
3.    Cause and Effect Theory...................................................... 06
4.    Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy.............................. 10
5.    Separated Consciousness................................................... 13
6.    Axiomatic Truth..................................................................... 15
7.    Three Bodies.......................................................................... 22
8.    Law of karma......................................................................... 24
9.    Birth and Death Cycle........................................................... 26
10.   Four Levels of Consciousness............................................ 29
11.   Five Sheath Principal............................................................ 31
12.   Mind........................................................................................ 35
13.   Subtle energy points............................................................. 44
14.   Methodology.......................................................................... 48
15.   Religion and Spirituality....................................................... 60
16.   Six Verses to Liberation........................................................ 64
17.   Terminology........................................................................... 65



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Objective
Most of the us are at a position where we can neither accept nor reject God.
How do we get answers for very basic fundamental questions such as Who is
God? Is God a mere concept for physically and mentally weak people? Why so
many miseries? What is the purpose of this life? Why death? What is death? What
after death? Why is God so imperfect? Why God is creating problems for all of
us? Who has made Nature? Is everything pre-destined? What is the role of free-
will? What is religion and rituals? Every religious man has their own conviction,
then who is right and who is wrong? What is the definition of right and wrong?
Why blood-shed on the name of religion? How do we meditate and get peace?
And most important question is that who is asking all these questions? Who I
am? What is my origin and the final destination?
In order to get the answers to these valid questions, one has to step out of own
material self and start contemplating upon these questions. veda sheds the light
on these questions and helps us to understand the ultimate reality.
An important point which we need understand is that veda are not confined to any
particular religion, rather veda are generic knowledge on essential spirituality.
veda contain various techniques and methodologies to realize Self and reveal
Beyond.
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An Advise to the Audience
1.   Mirror of consciousness will not reveal anything if it is covered with the dust
     of wrong pseudo spiritualism and material logic, which is based upon five
     imperfect senses and relativity.
2.   In spiritualism, logic is good to some extent, but after that it becomes a
     barrier.
3.   Have a non-critical, unbiased and inventive mind of a Scientist. Prior to an
     invention, a Scientist doesn’t have any logic to prove his work, but even then
     he is fully dedicated and committed to his work, which eventually makes him
     successful.
4.   Mind is clever and always tries to consolidate answers for it’s convenience.
     Have quest for knowledge and live with questions. Borrowed knowledge can
     serve the purpose to some extent. Answers are to be discovered by your own
     self.
5.   Scriptures reveal themselves when read again and again. Read, understand,
     integrate and then implement.
6.   Tons of reading is better than an ounce of practice. Theory is supplementary
     to practical. To quench the thirst, water is needed and not the theory of H2O.
7.   Get rid of crunches of belief and realize the Truth yourself.
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Cause and Effect Theory
Theoretically, to understand a
system, it is essential to
decompose and then again
reunite it’s components.
Apparently, this makes the
system a little more complex, but
this process increases the depth
of knowledge at an intellectual
level, which makes the practical
easy.
Lets try to analyze an experiment,
which is getting conducted in a
laboratory. In this experiment, a
scientist is transforming water
vapors to water, and then water
to ice.
Through this experiment we will
try to understand the various
stages of transformation and
relation between gross, subtle,                   6
cause and source.
Cause and Effect Theory
Now this experiment has following four aspects -
 1. Ice is gross (sthUla).
                                                                                                          Source
 2.   Water is subtle (sUkSma)                                                                        (Intelligence)




                                                                                                                       Understanding is from Gross to Source
                                                              Manifestation is from Source to Gross
                                                              Manifestation is from Source to Gross
 3.   Water vapors are the cause (kAraNa) of water and ice.
 4.   Scientist is the source, the intelligence behind the
      process.                                                                                           Cause
                                                                                                        (Water
Based upon the above experiment, now we can
                                                                                                        vapors)
establish the following facts –
 1.   Cause is subtle and effect is gross. Effect is the
      gross manifestation of the cause.
                                                                                                          Subtle
 2.   Water vapors and ice are subtle water and gross
                                                                                                         (Water)
      water respectively. Substratum (H2O) is the same,
      and difference is in the forms and names only.
 3.   This transformation can happen both ways i.e.
      water vapors to ice and vice versa.
                                                                                                         Gross
 4.   Scientist’s intelligence is the source behind this                                                  (Ice)
      transformation and not involved in the actual                                                                7
      transformation process.
Cause and Effect Theory
1.   Each effect has a cause, as water vapors are the cause of water and ice.
     Similarly, “This” (we, Nature and beyond) are the effects of “That” (Cosmic
     Consciousness), and “That” is the cause of “This”.
2.   Effects are different forms and names (Upadhi) of the same cause, as water
     and ice is the different form and name for water vapors. Similarly, “This” is
     the different forms and names of same “That”. If we drop the idea of forms
     and names, then “This” becomes “That’.
3.   An effect cannot exist without its cause, as water and ice cannot exist
     without water vapors or H2O molecules. Similarly, “This” can not exist
     without “That”. If we take out “That” from “This”, “This” also vanishes.
“This” is the effect of “That” and “That” is the
source of “This”. If one drops of the relative
perspective of “This” and “That”, then “This” is
“That” and “That” is “This”. In other words, cause
is subtler effect, and effect is grosser cause.
Cause of causes is Cosmic Consciousness (ðYvara)
and rest all are Its manifestations. In the infinite
ocean of Cosmic Consciousness, innumerable
waves (Self as a Separated Consciousness) emerge
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and then finally merge back.
Cause and Effect Theory
AuM (~) is the sacred symbol and is the representation of Cosmic
Consciousness and It’s manifestation i.e. creation. AuM is the combination of
following sequence of root sounds -

1.   A-kArA is the sound of “A” (as pronounced
     in up), which represents gross manifested                   3            4
     form of Cosmic Consciousness.
2.   U-kArA is the sound of “U” (as pronounced
     in put), which represents subtle
     manifestation of Cosmic Consciousness.
3.   mA-kArA is the sound of “M” (as
     pronounced in mother), which represents                         2
     cause of Cosmic Consciousness.                        1

4.   Sound of silence, the vibrations and pause
     after mA-kArA represents the Source i.e.
     Cosmic Consciousness Itself. Sound of
     silence or emptiness is the substratum,
     which acts like a canvas on which painting
     with A-kArA, U-kArA and mA-kArA is made.
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Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy
The whole Universe is infinite river of
energy. Where energy is condensed, it
becomes visible in the form of mass, as
whirlpools are visible in a river. This
energy is known as Nature (prakRti).
Energy can convert itself into gross form,
which is called mass and vise versa.
Mass is gross energy and energy is
subtle mass.
In the scientific world, “Wave/Particle
Duality of Light” is an interesting
example, where minutest known                                    Energy
substance, has two contradicting
properties of wave and particle.
Essentially this means that sometimes a             Conversion
wave acts like a particle and vise versa!
From scientific perspective, this is
illogical because, wave is a process of an   Mass
energy whereas particle is a mass.
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Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy

But Energy (prakRti) itself is not intelligent. Some Intelligent Principle behind the
scene is controlling this Energy. This Intelligent Principle, the Universal Law
behind the process is known as Cosmic Consciousness (ðYvara).
That's why Cosmic Consciousness is Immortal, Formless, without Limbs, Action-
less, All-pervading (thus Immovable), Unchanging, Second-less, Indivisible,
Infinite, Eternal and without Attributes (nirguNa).
Cosmic Consciousness has manifested Itself in
It’s Energy (Nature), and from this perspective,                        Sustain
Cosmic Consciousness is with attributes (saguN)
also. It’s like same electricity is getting
manifested in various electrical equipments such
as bulb, fan etc.
                                                    Create        ðYvara
Nature’s cycle does create, sustain and absorb
(to re-cycle and re-fresh) it’s creation.
Cosmic Consciousness is the Source, and
Nature is Its effect. Nature depends upon Cosmic
Consciousness, but inseparable from Cosmic                               Absorb
Consciousness, the way a nail is inseparable
from it’s finger and Sun-light from Sun.                                      11
Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy
Nature has two powers –
1.   Power to veil (AvarNa Yakti) : Nature is untrue existence and true appearance,
     thus called illusion (mAyA). For example your image in the mirror is there, but
     not real.
2.   Power to distract (vikSepa Yakti) is of three types –
        a. Power to know (jJAna Yakti).
        b. Power to desire (IcchA Yakti).
        c. Power of doing action (kiryA Yakti).
     You get the knowledge of an apple through the power-to-know (jJAna Yakti).
     Then a desire arises in the mind to possess that apple, which is the power-to-
     desire (IcchA Yakti). Then you exert to obtain that apple with the help of
     power-of-doing-an-action (kiryA Yakti).
Nature has trinity essences (triguNAtmik Yakti) –
a.   sattva : Saint like tendencies such as
     sentient, goodness, light, purity etc.
                                                        sattva              rajas
b.   rajas : King like tendencies such as kinetic,               ðYvara
     mutative, passion etc.
c.   tamas : Negative tendencies such as static,                            12
     inertia, ignorance, darkness, dullness etc.                  tamas
Separated Consciousness
Apparently, “Free will” Separates Individual Consciousness (Atman or Soul or
Self) from Cosmic Consciousness. The Separated Consciousness has two
natures –
    1. Conditioning through Nature’s veil
    2.   Original form (svarUpa) sat-chitta-Ananda -
              a. sat is existence i.e. truth.
              b. chitta is consciousness.                                      Cosmic
              c. Ananda is bliss.                                           Consciousness
For example, while watching a movie, one gets




                                                                                             Manifestation
                                                            Understanding
associated (gets conditioned) with the false environment
created by the movie. When one witnesses (Yakshi) that
it's projector’s beam, which is making false impression                     Nature as veil
on the inert screen (and not onto himself), he gets
disassociated with the false environment and becomes
established in his own self (svarUpa).
Nature acts as a veil between Separated Consciousness                         Separated
and Cosmic Consciousness. Environment outside and                           Consciousness
inside of a pot is the same. When pot (veil of Nature) is
broken then the environment inside (Separated
Consciousness) becomes one with the environment                                        13
outside (Cosmic Consciousness) of the pot.
Separated Consciousness
All the objects, except Separated Consciousness, under Nature are temporary
and thus unreal. Cosmic Consciousness is real, Nature is unreal, and apparent
Separated Consciousness is Cosmic Consciousness only. Separated
Consciousness is a fraction of Cosmic Consciousness only, and thus above and
beyond Nature.
yogA means union between




                                                                                    Cosmic Consciousness,
Separated Consciousness and
Cosmic Consciousness.




                                                                                       the Substratum
Separated Consciousness is
ever pure and divine, but the




                                                                             Body
                                                                      Veil
                                        Cosmic          Separated
veil of ignorance made of            Consciousness    Consciousness
tamas, rajas and sattva makes
the Separated Consciousness
limited and finite.
sattva is superior to rajas, and rajas is better than tamas. Objective is to morph
ourselves from tamas to rajas, rajas to sattva and then transcend sattva too,
which is known as guNatIta.
The sculpture (Separated Consciousness) already exist in the rock, only
unnecessary rock (veil of Nature) is to be chipped off to get the sculpture out of
the rock. “That” is already there, only veil between “This” and “That” is to 14
                                                                              be
dropped. That’s why we always pray “Reveal Thyself”.
Axiomatic Truth
1.   “That” is sat (Truth), the only nameless
     substance, one without second (non-dual),
     with no beginning or end.                                  sat
                                                              Cosmic
2.   Two aspects of Sat, are chitta and Ananda.            Consciousness
     The interplay of these two aspects of divinity
     causes creation. chitta is love, attraction and
     Cosmic Consciousness. Ananda is will,
     enjoyment and Nature.
3.   The Cosmic Consciousness and Nature in its
                                                  chitta                     Ananda
     aspect of repulsion and attraction vibrates.
     This process emanates a sound known as             attraction & repulsion
     Pranava (AuM).                                vibration emanates AuM sound
4.   praNava (AuM) manifests the idea of –
        a. Time (kAla).
        b. Space (AkaYa).
        c. Units (aNu).
5.   These four ideas of praNava, time, space and
     unit lay down the foundation of creation,
     which together act as a veil reflecting the                           15
     spiritual rays of the Cosmic Consciousness.
Axiomatic Truth
6.   This veil is composed of three essences (guNa) –
     a. sattva : Saint like tendencies such as sentient,
         goodness, light, purity etc.
     b.   rajas : King like tendencies such as kinetic,
          mutative, passion etc.
     c.   tamas : Negative tendencies such as static,
          inertia, ignorance, darkness, dullness etc.
7.   Then the state of equilibrium of the three essences gets disturbed. As a result
     energies get polarized and chain of deformation occurs.
8.   As a consequence of deformation of sattva, Self (Separated Consciousness)
     manifests, which is also known as mahtattva.
9.   Self further gets deformed and manifests as false ego (ahaMkAra), which
     causes repulsion and separation of Self from Cosmic Consciousness.
10. The three essences, although distinguished by their distinctive features, are
    the conglomerates of the same three essences in differing proportions. This
    manifests five fundamental essences, called paJca-tattava i.e. sattva, sattva +
    rajas, rajas , rajas + tamas and tamas.
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Axiomatic Truth
11. Five fundamental essences (paJca-tattava) consist casual body (kAraNa
    Sharir), which is cause of subtle body (sUkSma Sharir or lingadeha) and
    gross material body (sthUla Sharir).
12. From the sattva component, the five knowledge senses (jJanendriya) evolves
    –
       a. Ear (Yrautra).
       b. Skin (tvacha).
       c. Eye (ckShu).
       d. Tongue (jihvA).
       e. Nose (Yrautra).
13. rajas give rise to five subtle organs of action (karmendriya) ––
        a. Speech (vak).
        b. Hand (pAni).
        c. Feet (pAyu).
        d. Genital (upasth).
        e. Anus (pAyu).




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Axiomatic Truth
14. rajas components manifest as five major prANa (subtle life force) –
        a. prANa – breathing.
        b. apAna - excretion of waste and urine.
        c. vayAna - circulation of blood.
        d. udAna - deglutition or swallowing of food.
        e. samAna - digestion of food.
15. From tamas components, five rudimentary principles of the elements
    (tanmAtra) are emerged –
        a. Sound (Yabda).
        b. Touch (sparSa).
        c. Form or color (rUpa).
        d. Taste (rasa).
        e. Smell (gandha).
16. Five rudimentary principles of elements further gets deformed and evolve
    themselves as five gross elements (paJca-mahabhuta) -




                                                                      Subtle to gross
                                                                      Subtle to gross
        a. from Sound to Space (Space).
        b. from Touch to Air (Space + Air).
        c. from Form to Fire (Space + Air + Fire).
        d. from Taste to Water (Space + Air + Fire + Water).
        e. from Smell to Earth (Space + Air + Fire + Water + Earth).
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                Subtle to gross
Axiomatic Truth
17. These five gross elements has a tendency to grossify (paJcnIkarna) i.e. split
    itself into half (50%), and rest of the half (50%) further gets divided into four
    equal parts (12.5%), and then gets unified with other four half (50%) gross
    elements. Below is grossification process for five gross elements –

                                                 Space   Air     Fire   Water   Earth

                     1st Step : Split 50%
    Grossification




                     2nd Step : Split 50% in
                     4 parts i.e. 12.5%



                     3rd Step : 12.5% gets
                     merges with other 50%



       3rd step is the manifested form of Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Together
       these five gross elements constitute the gross material body.
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Axiomatic Truth
18. Fine subtle body consist of following nineteen elements -
        a. Five organs of knowledge.
        b. Five organs of action.
        c. Five prANa.
        d. Inner subtle equipment (antaHkaraNa) -
           i. Emotional Mind (man).
           ii. Intellect (buddhi).
           iii. Chit is basic faculty through which mind operates i.e. combination of
                conscious, subconscious, unconscious, memory and more.
           iv. Ego (ahaMkAra).
19. With the three bodies - casual body, gross material body and subtle body,
    having been formed, the play of repulsion comes to a halt and attraction of the
    Cosmic Consciousness becomes evident.

20. Thus whole macrocosm is within              An object has five aspects –
    microcosm.                                  1.   Name (nAma)         Belongs to
She (Nature) loves Him (Cosmic                                           Nature and
                                                2.   Form (rUpa)         varies
Consciousness) so much that She tries to
capture Him, by constructing nine door          3.   sat (Asti)
temples (human bodies) and establishes                                   Substratum
                                                4.   chitta (bhati)
Him in it.                                                               is the same
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                                                5.   Ananda (priyA)
Axiomatic Truth
                                                                       Axiomatic Truth
                             sat
                             sat                                                     Self
                                                                                     Self
                                                                                                                  Subtle body
                                                                                                                  Subtle body                                                                     Gross body
chitta
chitta                                  Ananda
                                        Ananda
                                                                                      Ego                       prANa          Ear                    Speech              Sound                     Space
                                                                                      Chit
                                                                                      Chit                      apAna          Skin                   Hand                Touch                       Air
    Time               Space                 Unit
                                                                                     Intellect vayAna
                                                                                     Intellect                                 Eye
                                                                                                                               Eye                     Feet
                                                                                                                                                       Feet                Form
                                                                                                                                                                           Form                      Fire
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Fire
   sattva




                                                       tamas
                             rajas




                                                                                     Emotion udAna
                                                                                             udAna                            Tongue Genital                               Taste
                                                                                                                                                                           Taste                    Water
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Water
                                                                                                                              Tongue Genital
                                                                                      Mind
                                                                                      Mind
                                                                                                                samAna         Nose                   Anus                 Smell                    Earth




                                                                                                                                                                          Rudimentary principle

                                                                                                                                                                                from tanmAtra
                                                                                                                                                                               of the elements
                                                                                                                               Organs of knowledge




                                                                                                                                                            from rajas
                                                                                                                                                       organs of action
                                                                                                                                        from sattva




                                                                                                                                                                                                     Gross elements
                                                                                                                 from rajas
                                                                                                                     prANa




                                                                                                                                                                                                         from tamas
                                                                                          Self & inner subtle
                                                                                      equipment from sattva
            sattva + rajas



                                       rajas + tamas




                                                                       Casual body
sattva




                                                               tamas
                               rajas
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Three Bodies
Three bodies are -
     1.   Gross material body is what we see and feel.
     2.   Subtle body drives gross material body.
     3.   Casual body is based on ignorance (avidyA) and is the cause of the
          gross material and subtle body.
The shell of a Mango corresponds to gross
material body. The pulp represents subtle                     1
body and seed corresponds to casual                      Casual body
body. Binding elements for casual, gross                   causes
material and subtle body are –
    1.    Body (deha).
    2.    Action (karma).                              Ego is the main
    3.    Love (rAga).                                 binding element

    4.    Hate (dveSa).                                                       2
                                              3
                                                                         Subtle body
    5.    Egoism (ahaMkAra).              Gross body
                                                                           drives
    6.    Non-discrimination (Aviveka).
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    7.    Ignorance (AjJana).
Three Bodies
Gross material body has nine (and     Gross material body is made up of seven
two hidden) gates –                   primary essences (saptadhAtu) –
        1. Left ear.                          1. Chyle.
        2. Right ear.                         2. Blood.
        3. Left eye.                          3. Flesh.
        4. Right eye.                         4. Fat.
        5. Mouth.                             5. Bone.
        6. Nose.                              6. Marrow.
        7. Navel.                             7. Semen.
        8. Genital.
                                      Fine subtle body consist of following
        9. Anus.
                                      nineteen elements –
Gross material body goes under Five           1. Five organs of knowledge.
modifications –                               2. Five organs of action.
        1. Potential existence.               3. Five prANa (subtle life force).
        2. Born.                              4. Inner subtle equipment -
        3. Grows.                                      a. Emotional Mind.
        4. Matures.                                    b. Intellect.
        5. Decay.                                      c. chitta.
        6. Dies.                                       d. Ego.

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Law of karma

Because of karma (past and present mental and physical actions), Separated
Consciousness becomes conditioned and goes through the purification process
created by Nature. Types of karma are –
   1.   Negative.                    Common man does 1st and 2nd type of karma,
   2.   Positive and negative.       where proportion of negative karma are high.

   3.   Positive.
   4.   Neither positive nor negative : Only yogI
        can achieve this type of karma.

Categories of karma as can be explained via
Bowman's analogy -
   1.   Accumulated (saJcita karma) : The
        bundle of arrows in the quiver.
   2.   Fructifying (prArabdha karma) : The
        arrow shot, which can not be recalled.
   3.   Current (kriyamAna karma) : The
        arrow, which is about to shoot from
        the bow.                                                          24
Law of karma
We have control over accumulated and current karma, provided we use fructifying
karma correctly.
River of “free will” can change it’s course in the pre-defined plan of karma.
Accumulated karma in the latent form are called saMskAra, which is the subtle
base of our manifested desires (vAsana). saMskAra further gets strengthened by
ignorance (avidyA), and because of ignorance one starts considering –

    1.   the short-lived as eternal.
    2.   the impure as pure.
    3.   the painful as pleasurable.
    4.   the non-Soul (body, mind etc.) as Soul.

Result is worldly afflictions (kleSa). Pain and pleasure are two faces of the same
coin, which is called Pain. Pleasure and pain are pain only.
Because of this vicious circle, the Separated Consciousness becomes
conditioned through five senses and as a result emotional mind overpowers and
further traps the Self in karma. Freedom lies in, in controlling the mind and not
getting controlled by mind.
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Birth and Death Cycle
                                                                  Cosmic
Death is separation of gross material body and subtle body.    Consciousness

1.   Gross material body merges back into five gross elements –
        a. Space.                                               Separated
        b. Air.                                               Consciousness
        c. Fire.      Dismantler
        d. Water.
        e. Earth.
                                                                   prANa
2.   Subtle body –
        a. Five subtle senses merges into mind -
                   i. Sound.
                  ii. Touch.                         Sound    Mind    Smell
                 iii. Form or color.
                 vi. Taste.
                  v. Smell.                            Touch         Taste
        b. Mind merges into prANa.                            Form
        c. prANa merges into Separated Consciousness.
        d. Separated Consciousness merges back into Cosmic Consciousness.
At the time of death, five subtle senses merges into mind, and mind into prANa ,
and prANa into Separated Consciousness, and Separated Consciousness into
Cosmic Consciousness.                                                      26
Birth and Death Cycle
This is different from Liberation (mokSa). Here the
shell of the small glass (ignorance) doesn’t let the
water of small glass (Separated Consciousness)
merge with the water of big glass (Cosmic
Consciousness).
Since separated Consciousness is covered with
the veil of ignorance, it comes back to Nature to
exhaust its accumulated karma. The subtle body
along with Casual body transmigrates, and
constructs new gross material gross material
body and again starts watching the same old
movie consisting of six modification i.e. potential
existence, born, grows, matures, decay and dies.
Ego is the binding element between three bodies. Casual body is the cause for
subtle body and gross material body. Subtle body drives gross material body.
Separated Consciousness, is separate from three bodies.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Separated
Coconsciousness is responsible for fruits of it’s karma. Cosmic Consciousness is
just the facilitator and dispenser of the results based upon karma.
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Birth and Death Cycle
Cycle –
   1.     Death.
   2.     Transmigration and birth.                                             1
            a. at a higher level such as Angels.                              Death

            b. at the same level such as human.
                                                       2
            c. at a lower level such as animals. Transmigration                                    8
                                                      and birth                              Result is pain
   3.     Past subtle impressions (saMskAra).
                                                         3
   4.     Relation of senses with an                Past subtle
                                                                      Nature’s vicious circle,
                                                                      Nature’                           7
                                                                     the purification process         karma
          object creates thought ripples            impressions
          in the lake of mind (vRitti).
                                                           4
   5.     Desire.                                    Relation with                                6
                                                       an object                                 Ego
   6.     Ego.                                                                  5
                                                                              Desire
   7.     karma.
   8.     Result is pain.



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Four Levels of Consciousness
Four stages of consciousness are -
1.   Wake (jAgrata) state, where ego gets identified with
     gross material body and karma comes into play,
     because "I" becomes doer and enjoyer.
2.   Sleep (svapna) state, ego gets identified with casual    These states are
     body and subtle body. No doer and only enjoyer           experienced by all
     remains.                                                 of us in our normal
                                                              day to day life.
3.   Deep sleep (suSupti) state, ego gets identified with
     casual body and there is neither a doer nor enjoyer.
     Maximum peace without senses and mind, with no
     concept of time, space and unit.
4.   4th satge (turiyA) stage means total absorption. It is   This stage is to be
     whole and encompasses all the above three states. It     discovered
     is transcendental, non-dual and supreme bliss.           in meditation.
Each state exists, but negates other's experience and objects. Though deep sleep
experience is without mind and senses, but joy of deep sleep is incomparable to
sensual pleasure.
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Four Levels of Consciousness
AuM (~) is the sacred symbol and is the representation of Cosmic
Consciousness and It’s manifestation i.e. creation. AuM is the combination of
following sequence of root sounds -

1.   A-kArA is the sound of “A” (as
                                                             3                  4
     pronounced in up), which
     represents wake state.
2.   U-kArA is the sound of “U” (as
     pronounced in put), which
     represents sleep state.
3.   mA-kArA is the sound of “M” (as
     pronounced in mother), which                                2
     represents deep sleep state.                     1
4.   Sound of silence, the vibrations
     and pause after mA-kArA
     represents the 4th stage. Sound of
     silence or emptiness is the
     substratum, on which the music of
     A-kArA , U-kArA and mA-kArA is
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     made.
Five Sheaths Principal
Our internal organs are covered with
various layers made of skeleton,                Food sheath            Gross body
bio-magnetism, muscles and skin
etc. Similarly, Separated
Consciousness is covered with five         Subtle life force sheath
sheaths (koYa). yogi transcend all
these sheaths one by one.
1.   Food sheath (annamaya koYa), is            Mind sheath           Subtle body
     made up of the essence of food,
     and finally it returns to food i.e.
     earth or matter. It belongs to
     gross material body.                    Intellectual sheath

2.   Subtle life force sheath
     (prANamay koYa) is made of                 Bliss sheath           Casual body
     prANa and the five organs of
     action. This sheath controls
     hunger, thirst, heat and cold. The
     gross subtle life force does the               Self
     functions of breathing, digestion,
     excretion, circulation etc., and
     subtle life force generates                                             31
     thoughts.                              Cosmic Conciousness
Five Sheaths Principal
A. Main category of prANa –
    a.   prANa is Yellow in color, located at chest and controls breathing.
    b.   apAna is Orange in color, located at anus and controls excretion of waste.
    c.   vayAna is Rose in color, located in entire body and controls circulation of
         blood.
    d.   udAna is Violet Blue in color, located at throat and controls swallowing of
         food. It takes the Separated Consciousness to rest in Cosmic
         Consciousness during deep sleep state. It separates the subtle body from
         the gross material body at the time of death.
    e.   samAna is Green in color, located at navel and controls digestion of food.
B. Five sub categories of prANa –
    a.   nAga controls belching and hiccough and vomiting.
    b.   kUrma controls closing and opening of eyelids.
    c.   kRkara controls hunger.
    d.   devadatta controls yawning.
    e.   dhanaMjaya nourishes the body, decomposition of the body after death
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         and ejection of the child from the womb.
Five Sheaths Principal
3.   The mind sheath (manomay koYa) consists of the emotional mind, the
     subconscious (chitta) and the the sense organs of knowledge. This sheath
     controls thinking and doubting, anger, lust, exhilaration, depression and
     delusion.
4.   The intellectual sheath (vijJAnamaya koYa) consist of the intellectual and the
     ego working with the help of the five sense organs of knowledge.
     Discrimination and decision or determination, agency of doer-ship and
     enjoyer-ship are the functions of this sheath.
5.   The bliss sheath (Anandamaya koYa) gives bliss during deep sleep state and
     at the time of experiencing the effect of a sattva deeds. It is a modification of
     Nature and consists of the thought ripple in the lake of mind (vRitti) –
     a.    The joy you experience when you look at an object you like (priyA).
     b.    The great joy you feel when you possess the object you like (mod).
     c.    The greatest joy you experience after enjoyment of the object you like
           (pramoda).
You get the knowledge of an apple through power-to-know of the intellectual
sheath. Then a desire arises in the mind to possess apple, which is power-of-
desire of mind sheath. Then you exert to obtain apple with the help of power-of-
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doing-action of Subtle Life Force sheath.
Five Sheaths Principal
Sheath and bodies relation –
    1.   Gross material body has food sheath.
    2.   Subtle body has prANa sheath, mind sheath, intellectual sheath.
    3.   Casual body has bliss sheath.
Relation between sheaths and levels of Consciousness -
    1.   All the five sheaths function during the wake state.
    2.   prANa sheath, mind sheath, intellectual sheath and bliss sheath function
         during sleep state. Intellectual sheath and bliss sheath function partially.
    3.   Bliss sheath functions during deep sleep state.
Six waves in the ocean of this World are –
    1.   Birth and death for the food sheath.
    2.   Hunger and thirst for prANa sheath.
    3.   Grief and delusion for the mind sheath.
Separated Consciousness is after bliss sheath. And beyond Separated
Consciousness is the Cosmic Consciousness – the Source.
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Mind
When we (subject) perceive an object (or an idea), we first evolve that object with
in ourselves. Then as per our conditioning, we categories the object as good or
bad (duality), which gives us pain or apparent pleasure.
Let’s explode the transaction between an object and subject. Objects are made of
five gross elements viz Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. These objects are
perceived by five senses i.e. Sound, Touch, Form, Taste and Smell respectively.
For example we are look at a menu in a restaurant, our senses (eyes) passes on
the perceived menu items to the mind, which is divided into three components -

   1.   Lower mind (man) : Lower mind is directly connected with five
        senses and controls choices, emotions and feelings etc. Polluted
        memory and intellect is known as lower mind. Flipping through
        various food menu items is an activity carried out by lower mind.
   2.   Intelligence (buddhi) : Lower mind passes on the menu choices to




                                                                                  Mind
        intelligence, which sits between lower mind and chitta. Intelligence
        controls discrimination, decision, thought and rationality etc. The
        final selection of a menu item is made by intelligence.
   3.  chitta : chitta is the basic faculty through which mind operates i.e.
       combination of conscious, subconscious, unconscious, memory
       and more. Chit controls wisdom (viveka).                              35
And final action is carried out by ego, and selected item is ordered from the menu.
Mind
And behind this gross and subtle equipments (body with senses, lower mind,
intelligence and chitta), Separated Consciousness acts as a source of energy, the
way electricity is the life for various inert electrical equipments.
Relation with an object activates similar accumulated bubble of past subtle
impression (saMskAra) in the lake of mind. Bubble of accumulated past subtle
impression surface up and burst at the surface of lake of mind, and create thought
ripples, which are known as vRitti.
Because of thought ripples in the lake of
mind, one gets identified with the
multiplicity of the thought waves, which
is created by link list of thoughts and
mind becomes distracted. Thoughts take
multitudes of shapes very similar to your
own distorted reflection in a vibrating
surface of the water and thus one can
not see the base (Separated
Consciousness) in the lake of mind.
These thought ripples are linear (one
after and another) and naturally
controlled by practice (abhyAsa) and
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non-attachment (vairAgya).
Mind
                                                                                   Mind




                                                Body with 5 senses
                    Space            Sound
 5 great elements
 Objects made of




                                                                                                                     Consciousness
                                                                      Lower Mind


                                                                                     Intelligence
                     Air             Touch




                                                                                                                       Separated
                                                                                                        Chit
                    Fire             Form

                    Water            Taste
                    Earth            Smell



                                         tamas                                     rajas                            sattva
                                                                tamas+rajas                         Rajjas+sattva
                                                                      Placement of Ego?


Body and Mind
                                    1-7 years                        7-14          14-21                21-28               28-35 years
growth pattern
                               Gross                                                                                            Subtle
                                Effect   Realization                                                                            Cause
                              Science                                                                                           Astrology
                              Material                                                                Manifestation             Spirit    37
                            Inertness                                                                                           Consciousness
Mind
Body and Separated Consciousness are two complimentary (not opposite) ends,
and mind lies in between. Body and Separated Consciousness is governed by
tamas and sattva respectively. Grip of law of karma is stronger on tamas and
weak on sattva.
Ego can be placed at either end. A materialistic and spiritual person will keep his
ego at body and chitta (and Beyond) respectively. While doing a creative
(scientists and artists) activity, one's ego is at chitta. But it’s different from
spiritualism because still the energy is being used on external material world.
Energy has a tendency to drain out through five senses. If we try to block out one
channel, water flows to rest of the available channels. That’s why blind people
possesses extra-ordinary smelling and hearing powers. Ever since only a small
percentage of mind is used on the external material world and therefore mind has
become atrophied.
Mind is thought, and thought is time. No thought means no-mind and thus
timelessness, which leads to an experience beyond five senses. For example
deep sleep experience is without mind and senses.
From spiritual perspective, spiritualism is rational teaching to an irrational mind.
Our knowledge (base of the logic) is based upon five imperfect senses and
relativity. Thus spiritualism is beyond five senses and logic.
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Mind
Defects of mind are –
1.   Impurities : Removed by self-less service, kindness and mantara.
2.   Distraction : Distractions are of following four types, and can be      3D
     controlled by surrender (upAsanA) and yogA –
     a. Mad or distracted (kSipta), scattered in 3D.




                                                               with human
                                                                Achieved

                                                                  efforts
     b. Foolish or dull (mUdh), scattered in 2D.
     c.   Contemplative or less distracted (vikSipta), line.                 2D

     d.   Concentrated (ekAgra), pointed on a dot.
     e.   Absorbed (niruddha), such as vacuum and emptiness.
3.   Veil of ignorance : Ignorance can be removed by study veda and         Line
     Self. Regulated texts of vedAnta (essence of veda) are UpaniShad
     (YrutI), brahmansUtra (nyaya) and bhagavad gItA (samritI).
     vedAntic contemplation is threefold –
      a. Listen from sad-gUrU (Yravana).                                    Dot
      b. Meditate on Yravana (manann).
     c.   Practice on manann (nidhyAsana) : Theory is meant to be
          practiced. And finally, practice too automatically gets
          dropped and it starts happening automatically.                    Vacuum
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Mind
What are veda? Truth was directly revealed to ancient Sages and Sears in their
deep meditation. Since then this wisdom of Truth was passed on verbally from
gUrU to YhiYhyA (disciple).
In that yuga (era), people were highly spiritual and thus were able to retain this
complex wisdom. At the beginning ofKkali-yuga (name of an era), about 5,099
years ago (at the time of mAhAbhArta), keeping in view the future decline in the
spirituality and limitation of human mind in the next yuga (era), great Sages,
bagwAna vyAsa, created physical books, which are known as veda. vedAntic
literature is the most ancient writings in the world and consists of –
    1.   YrutI (heard) : YrutI are primary scripture and considered to be the divine
         in origin. Now YrutI scriptures include four veda (rig, yajura, sAma and
         atharva) and each veda consists of three main parts -
              a. Philosophical sections, considered as “Head” of veda and also
                  known as UpaniShad (jJAna kAnda).
              b. Considered as “Heart” of veda (upAsanA kAnda).
             c.   Deals with actions and known as “Legs” of veda (karma kAnda).
                  Rituals belong to this portion of veda. Legs without head and
                  heart becomes meaningless.
    2.   samritI (remembered) : samritI is of human origin and were written to
         explain the coded YrutI. samritI represents the portion of the veda 40
                                                                             that
         was authored by various Sages and Seers.
Mind
       brahmansUtra (nyaya) gives
       resolution to the apparently
       conflicting statements in
       UpaniShad and bhagavad gItA.

       bhagavad gItA is cream of veda
       and tells us –
          1.   Energy of equanimity.
          2.   Wisdom of non-doer ship.
          3.   Natural functioning of guNa.
          4.   Sacrifice all motives.




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Mind
Conflict between being and becoming –              Past       Present        Future
   1.   Past is domain of mind.




                                                                Being
   2.   Present is the point of existence
        and life.                                                       Becoming

        Be in the present activity (i.e.             Point of
        mindfulness) and don’t let the              existence
        mind flip around in past and
        future. Past and future are false
        and are extended present only.
        Objective is not to enjoy the          Observe yourself and control
        present activity, but to train the     following six demons –
        mind to live in present, which
                                                   1.     Passion (kAma).
        can be helpful in Meditation.
                                                   2.     Anger (krodha).
   3.   Future is domain of mind.
                                                   3.     Greed (lobha).
                                                   4.     Confusion (Moh).
                                                   5.     Pride (moha).
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                                                   6.     Jealousy (mAtsarya).
Mind
While morphing the mind (from tamas to        The correct hierarchy can be
rajas, rajas to sattva and sattva to          explained by Chariot’s analogy-
guNatIta), yogi’s mind (sAdhaka), object of
                                              1.   Objects are grass.
achievement (sAdhaya) and methodology
(sAdhana) appear to be the same, but they     2.   Body is Chariot.
are not. Subject and object are two
different things, and thus mind cannot        3.   Five senses are horses
change itself. Entity who is witnessing            attached to the Chariot.
(Yakshi) mind, is the Separated               4.   Separated Consciousness is
Conciseness.                                       the Charioteer (controller).
                          4                   5.   Mind acts as reins.
                       guNatIta
                                              6.   Cosmic Consciousness is the
                                                   aim.


                          3
                        sattva
   Human
   efforts




                 1                  2
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               tamas              rajas
Subtle Energy Points
1.   sahasrAra is located             4.   anAhata is located
     at crown of the head                  in heart. It's
     and represents                        represented by
     Cosmic                                lotus with 12 petals.
     Consciousness. It's                   Its element is Air.
     represented by lotus                  Focus of bhakti
     with 1000 petals.                     (surrender) yogA.
     Focus of jJAna                   5.   maNipUraka is
     yogA.                                 located at navel. It's
2.   AjJA is located at                    represented by
     3rd eye (between                      lotus with 10 petals.
     the eyebrows). It                     Its element is Fire.
     controls nervous                      Focus of karam
     system. It's                          (action) yogA.
     represented by lotus             6.   svAdhiSTAna is
     with 2 petals. Focus                  located at
     of rAja yogA.                         reproductive
3.   viYuddhi is located                   organs. It's
     on throat. It's                       represented by
     represented by lotus                  lotus with 6 petals.
     with 16 petals. Its                   Its element is           44
     element is Space.                     Water.
Subtle Energy Points
7.   mUlAdhAra is located at perineum i.e. between
     Anus and Genital organ. It's represented by lotus
     with 4 petals. Its element is Earth. kuNDalini, three
     and a half coiled up subtle dormant energy resides
     at mUlAdhAra.
Vibrations of AuM starts at mUlAdhAra and goes up to sahasrAra chakra. prANa
flows through the subtle energy channels (nAdI). Three main subtle energy
channels are –
     1.   piGgalA : Exhales and brings prANa down. Its attributes are Rajjas, Sun,
          hot, negative and mantra is raM.
     2.   idA : Inhales and brings prANa up. Its attributes are tamas, Moon, cold,
          positive and mantra is huM.
     3.   suSumnA : For common man it is inactive. Its attributes are sattva. To
          awaken the dormant kuNDalini, yogi establish prANa in suSumnA.

kuNDalini at mUlAdhAra awakens and goes up through major subtle energy
channel (suSumnA) and unites with Consciousness in sahasrAra chakra i.e.
localized divine Energy (Yakti) unites with Source of Energy (Yiva). This
happening reveals knowledge by knowing which all knowledge becomes known.
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Subtle Energy Points
                       sahasrAra


                       AjJA



                       viYuddhi



                       anAhata

       suSumnA
                       maNipUraka


            idA        svAdhiSTAna

        piGgalA
                       mUlAdhAra
       kuNDalini                    46
Subtle Energy Points

Seven Worlds (loka) are –                                       satyaloka
    1.   satyaloka.
    2.   tapoloka.                                               tapoloka

    3.   janaloka.
                                                                 janaloka
    4.   mahAloka, which is also known as 10th door (AuM).
    5.   suvarloka.                                             mahAloka
    6.   bhuvarloka.
    7.   bhUloka is gross material body, which contains seven   suvarloka
         subtle energy centers.
                                                                bhuvarloka




                                                                 bhUloka




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Methodology
There are four paths to realize Cosmic Consciousness and they go hand in hand
and can be followed simultaneously -
1.   Wisdom (jJAna) yogA : Gain wisdom and realize Cosmic Consciousness.
     Wisdom yogA is two folds –
     a.   Indirect wisdom from outside (parokSa) such as understanding the theory
          of H2O at intellectual level.
     b.   Direct intuitive experience from inside (AparokSa) such as drinking water
          and experiencing it directly. This gets embedded in our saMskAra.
2.   Surrender (bhakti) yogA : When total surrender (not devotion, but unity)
     happens and one looses his own existence to the Cosmic Consciousness.
     For example when a mother is cooking food, she always has her children in
     the background. This state is called bhAva, in which mother looses her
     existence in her child. Mother's love for her children is from her heart (which
     is illogical) and not from mind (which is logical). Mother will even risk her own
     life to save her child.
3.   Action (karma) yogA : Serve others, assuming others as Cosmic
     Consciousness, without getting attached to the results.
4.   Royal (rAja) yogA : Physic path, which gives power to fry the seeds of
     accumulated past subtle impressions. Fried seeds can never become a tree
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     and bear fruits.
Methodology
Four main goals of the life –
    1.   Liberation (mokSa) is self-realization and re-unification.
    2.   Religion (dharma) is the rightful duty.
    3.   Meaning (artha) is the rightful way to attain material wealth.
    4.   Work (karma) is the rightful way to desire.
Why do we need yogA –
    1.   To have positive attitude and better health.
    2.   To have happiness, peace and bliss.
    3.   To be more creative and productive.
    4.   To reduce dependencies.
    5.   To increase acceptance.
    6.   To cultivate Universal love and harmony.
    7.   To gain higher wisdom.
    8.   To realize the physic abilities (for spiritual practice only).
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    9.   To realize of Self and re-unite with Cosmic Consciousness.
Methodology
yogA sUtra of pataJjali (also known as aSHAGga yogA or rAja yogA) is divine
science of mind based upon sound philosophy and deep psychology. Content are
–
     1. 1st Chapter is known as samAdhi (solution) pAda (step) has 51 sUtra i.e.
         verses containing clues to higher subtle wisdom.
     2. 2nd Chapter is known as sAdhana (spiritual practice) pAda has 55 verses.
     3.   3rd Chapter is known as vibUti (sacred ashes, the outcome) pAda has 55
          verses.
     4.   4th Chapter is known as kaivalya (final stage, Liberation) pAda has 34
          verses.
Delicate plant of spirituality corresponds to samAdhi . sAdhana acts as a fence
and comes after samAdhi. vibUti is the fruit of the plant of spirituality and kaivalya
represents the final enjoyment of the taste of fruit.

Why yogA sUtra of pataJjali ?
    1. Practical.
    2. Authentic.
     3.   Scientific.
     4.   Well defined and compact.
     5.   Independent of religion.                                           50
     6.   Generic and Universally acceptable.
Methodology
Eight limbs of yogA sUtra of pataJjali are –
    1.   Behavioral regulations (yama).
    2.   Ethical recommendations (niyama).
    3.   Posture is sitting in stillness (Asana).
    4.   Breath regulation (prANayAm).
    5.   Detachment and non-ownership (pratyAhAra).
    6.   Glimpses of universal intelligence (dhAranA).




                                                                             samyama
    7.   Meditation without mental activity (dhyAna).
    8.   Absorption, established in equanimity, neither intoxicated nor
         comatose, but in a state that is immune from mental problems
         (samAdhi = samAdhana i.e. solution).
yama, niyama, Asana and prANayAm automatically leads to pratyAhAra,
dhAranA, dhyAna and samAdhi. Never ignore yama and niyama, as they are the
fundamental base and creates conducive environment for absorption (samAdhi
and not meditation) to happen. As sleep, absorption also happens, and is not
result of any direct physical and mental effort. It’s like the way an environment is
created to induce sleep and then finally one automatically glides into sleep. Mind
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made still in not still-mind.
Methodology
A. Behavioural regulations (yama) –
   1.   Truthfulness (satya).
   2.   No over-indulgence or addiction (asteya).
   3.   No acquisitiveness or stealing (aparigraha).
   4.   No malice or animosity, i.e. non-violence (ahiMsA).
   5.   No sensual or sexual misconduct (brahmAcaryA).
B. Ethical recommendations (niyama) –
   1.   Cleanliness (Yauca).
   2.   Contentment (saNtoSa).
   3.   Restraint or austerity (tapa or dama).




                                                                           kiryA yogA
   4.   Giving up borrowed knowledge in order to be open to knowing the
        ego-self (svAdhyAya or dAna).
   5.   The perception of wholeness or compassion for all (ðYvara
        pranidhAna or dayA).
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Methodology
Posture is sitting in stillness (Asana) -
1.   Use same separate isolated personal
     room or corner. With time, the place
     will develop it’s own divine
     vibrations.
2.   Use non-conductor woolen and
     grass mat, which will prevent the
     draining out of the generated energy.
3.   Junction (sandhi) of night and day
     and vice versa is the best time to
     practice meditation. At junction time,
     it’s neither day nor night and duality
     is weak. It is the time when major
     subtle energy channel (suSumnA) is
     open and both nostrils are working
     simultaneously.
4.   Sit facing towards either North or
     East or North East, so that body’s
     bio-magnetic field is in sync with the      53
     Universal magnetism.
Methodology
5.   Any comfortable posture with erect spine
     such as padamAsana (Lotus pose) or
     sidhAsana can be used. padamAsana is
     the most comfortable pose to practice
     meditation. Benefits of padamAsana are -
     a.   Cross legged position diverts the
          blood flow in the upper half of body,
          where subtle energy points are
          located.
     b.   Hand on the knees ensures that spine
          is perpendicular to the floor and not
          tilted forward, backward or sideways.
     c.   Spine is erect and perineum (center of
          gravity) touches the ground. Erect
          spine ensures that all the internal
          organs/muscles are relaxed and not
          exerting pressure on each other.
     d.   Most stable, comfortable and safe
          sitting posture.                         54
Methodology
prANa is an energy, which creates thought ripples in the lake of mind. By
controlling prANa, we can control the thought ripples in the lake of mind i.e. the
linked thought process. prANa is subtle energy generated by food (intake through
five senses). sattva food (simple food without liquor, meat, eggs, onion and garlic
etc.) will generate sattva thought and mind.
prANayAm is a switch from external (gross) to internal (subtle) body. A complete
breath cycle consist of -
1.   Inhale (pUraka)
     a. Fill in the abdomen by budging out diaphragm.
     b.   Fill in middle lungs by expanding rib cage.
     c.   Fill in upper lungs by lifting the shoulders up.
2.   Internal Hold (kuMbhaka).                                       a
3.   Exhale (rechaka).
                                                                     b
     a. Empty your abdomen by pushing diaphragm in.
     b.   Empty lungs by collapsing the rib cage.
                                                                     c
     c.   Empty upper lungs by dropping the shoulders.
4.   External Hold (kuMbhaka).
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Inhale:Hold:Exhale ratio should be 1:2:4.
Methodology
Purification of subtle energy channels (nAdIshudhi) by controlling prANa –
  1.   Close your right nostril with right hand’s thumb and
       inhale from left nostril.
  2.   Close your left nostril with ring finger and exhale
       from right nostril.
  3.   Close your right nostril with right hand’s thumb and
       inhale from right nostril.
  4.   Close your left nostril with ring finger and exhale
       from left nostril.
There are various techniques to reduce the oscillation of the mind -
  1.   Witness your natural inhalation and exhalation, or gap and flip between
       inhalation and exhalation.
  2.   Alternatively, let the thoughts flow and let the Self be a witness, as if you
       are standing on a crossing and witnessing (not moving along with the
       traffic) the movement of thought traffic. Don’t fight with the thoughts.
       Accept all noises and bodily distractions around you.
  3.   Or observe the gap between thoughts.
  4.   Or fix your mind on a divine object, symbol or an idea.                56
Methodology
While chanting AuM (~) sound
vibrations starts at mUlAdhAra and
goes up to sahasrAra chakra.

Do complete inhalation as described
in previous slides and while exhalation        mA-kArA
chant A-kArA, U-kArA and mA-kArA
from abdomen, middle lungs and
upper lungs respectively. At the end of
mA-kArA, this leads to natural external
hold.
                                               U-kArA
Duration of mA-kArA should be triple
then the sound of A-kArA and U-kArA.




                                                A-kArA


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Methodology

Absorption (samAdhi) is natural
state of mind with no mind, without
any duality, where object of
experience, experience and who is
experiencing becomes one. This
absorption is different from sleep,
deep sleep, self-hypnotism,
hypnotism, relaxation,
concentration, meditation,
hallucination and comma etc.
What happens in absorption can
not be explained, because it is an
experience beyond five senses. It
is like explaining a color to a
person, who is blind from birth.
But we get a flash of absorption
when we observe a child who is
totally engrossed with his toys and
looses the concept of time, space
and unit.                                      58
Methodology
Spiritual practice (sAdhana) is fourfold   sat-chitta-Ananda attitude –
1. Discrimination (viveka) used
                                           1.   sat : Pure living through AtithI
    between real and unreal or good
                                                bhAva. That is to live with an
    from bad.
                                                attitude of a guest. No body is a
2. Dispassion (vairAgya) from unreal
                                                permanent resident of this world.
    and bad.
                                                A guest lives without attachment,
3. Six virtues (Sadasamapati) –
                                                but with all sense of proportion.
    a. Tranquility of mind (sAma).
    b. Self-restraint or control of the    2.   chitta : Pure consciousness
         senses (dAma).                         through Yakshi bhAva. That is to
    c. Cessation from worldly activity          exist as an witness, without
         (upArati).                             choice, without converting the
    d. Fortitude or power of endurance          consciousness into a
         (titikSa).                             battleground of competing
    e. Deep illogical conviction in             thoughts. An awareness in which
         Cosmic Consciousness, sad-             equanimity is never compromised.
         gUrU, Scriptures & Self
                                           3.   Ananda : Pure joy (not pleasure)
         (YraddhA).
                                                through samApti bhAva. That is to
    f. Concentration or one-pointed-
                                                have the emphasis on ending and
         ness of mind (samAdhana).
                                                not get caught into the trap of the
4. Yearning for liberation                                                  59
                                                cultivation of opposites.
    (mumuSutva).
Religion and Spirituality
Pearls of wisdom have been integrated in the thread of stories. For a child
(beginner in spiritualism) it is always easy to understand and retain the moral
(wisdom) through interesting stories.
Various Gods and Goddesses in Indian religion are symbolic to one Cosmic
Consciousness. It's the way various maps are used to understand the different
parts of one World or different books by different authors on the same subject.
For example, Yhivalinga represents four level of orgasms i.e. creation -
   1.   At physical level, union between male and
        female.
   2.   In meditation, when mind penetrates the
        third-eye and bliss is released.
   3.   At the time of death, when Separated
        Consciousness unites with Cosmic
        Consciousness and body gets released.
   4.   Creation of this creation.


                                                                           60
Religion and Spirituality
Religion is a cup through which one can
enjoy the tea of spirituality. Content are
more important than container. People
who are obsessed with container
(religion) becomes ignorant and fanatic.
Ignorance creates duality whereas
wisdom creates unity.

Concepts and logics are created by
mischievous mind. Any mental concept
(pseudo religions), which creates division
or structure, is an idea against spirituality.
In fact, road of spirituality starts, where
religion ends.

Different religions are like different roads, leading to the same Truth. In the initial
stages, religion can help us to understand Cosmic Consciousness, the way a
stroller helps a kid to learn walking.
The delicate plant of spirituality can be fenced by religion, which enables the plant
to withstand with harsh weather of materialism. Fence without plant is
meaningless.                                                                 61
Religion and Spirituality
Rituals too have deep hidden meaning. For example, in Indian culture, while
meeting one greets other person in the following manner -
    1.   Join both palms and collapse ten
         fingers in front of your heart :
         Collapsing of ten fingers represents
         collapsing of ten Indriya (five organs of
         knowledge and five organs of action).
         This represents that may our relation be
         through our hearts (which is illogical)
         and not through our mischievous minds
         (which works on logic).
    2.   Close eyes : Meditate on the other
         person treating him as fraction of
         Cosmic Consciousness.
    3.   Nodding the head : Mental prostration
         and negating our Ego in front of other
         person.
    4.   Speak namaste : Negating one-self,
         where “I” becomes “You”, and “You”                              62
         becomes “I”.
Religion and Spirituality

sad-gUrU’s blessings are must to attain a meaningful level in spirituality. sad-
gUrU can only show us the seed of spirituality. One has to sow the seed and
cultivate the plant of spirituality by one’s own efforts. At a higher spiritual level,
sad-gUrU is Cosmic Consciousness's energy getting manifested for you through
various mediums.
veda are generic spiritual wisdom and complete
subject in itself and not like one chapter in any other
religion. veda tells us that the main purpose of this
material world is to purify the Separated
Consciousness and finally attain mokSa i.e. liberation
from the cycle of death and birth, and re-unite with
Cosmic Consciousness.

Swami Vivekananda says, “Each Soul is potentially
divine. The goal is to manifest this divine within, by
controlling nature, external and internal. Do it either
by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy
– by one or more, or all of these – and be free. This is
the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogma, or rituals,
or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary
                                                                               63
details”.
Six Verses to Liberation
1.   I am not the mind or the intelligence. Nor am I the thought or the ego. Neither am I the
     ear, the tongue, the nose; I am not the space; neither fire nor wind am I; I am Bliss-
     Consciousness – “That” am I, and I am “That”.

2.   I am no breath, nor the Five-fold subtle life force (prANa, apAna, vayAna, udAna and
     samAna), nor the Seven-fold material (chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and
     semen), nor the five organs; I am not speech, nor hands, nor feet am I. I am Bliss-
     Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”.

3.   I know no aversion, nor any attachment; I covet not, nor does illusion shroud my eyes; I
     have no pride, nor the touch of envy; neither duty nor selfish purpose have I; neither
     desire, nor freedom; I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”.

4.   I have transcended virtue and sin, pleasure and pain; also chants or sacred places,
     veda or sacrifices. I am neither the enjoyer (subject), nor the enjoyer (object), nor the
     enjoyment (experience or action). I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am
     “That”.

5.   Death cannot claim me, nor fear ever shake my calm; I know not division of caste; I
     have no father, no mother even, no brother, no friend, no teacher, no pupil; nor am I
     born. I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”.

6.   I am Changeless, Formless, Omnipresent, All-pervading, and the Lord of all senses. I
     am always equianimous. For me there is neither liberation nor bondage; for I am Bliss-
     Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”.                                 64
                                        AuM tat sat
Terminology




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Spiritualism

  • 1. Version 07102003 for beginners 1 Contact information : shanky_andy@hotmail.com or shanky_andy@yahoo.com
  • 2. Preface Before starting, I humbly prostrate to ðYvara (God), Who is the creator of all of us. I bow to the feet of sad-gUrU (unattached realized spiritual guide), who showed me the ultimate path of spiritualism. Words fail to express my gratitude towards great sad-gUrU, sages and seers of India. This presentation is an effort to reveal very basic concept of spiritualism to educated people. Facts presented in this presentation are mere reproduction of spiritual teaching of great sad-gUrU, which are based upon veda (ancient accumulated Holy wisdom of great sages and seers of India). In order to make the subject simple, at times the explanation in this material may suffer in depth. There may be some omissions and mistakes in this work, but I am sure that your suggestions will improve this work to a great extent. Kindly send in your suggestions at shanky_andy@hotmail.com or shanky_andy@yahoo.com Peace by means of peace. 2
  • 3. Content # Topic Page 1. Objective................................................................................ 04 2. An Advise to the Audience................................................... 05 3. Cause and Effect Theory...................................................... 06 4. Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy.............................. 10 5. Separated Consciousness................................................... 13 6. Axiomatic Truth..................................................................... 15 7. Three Bodies.......................................................................... 22 8. Law of karma......................................................................... 24 9. Birth and Death Cycle........................................................... 26 10. Four Levels of Consciousness............................................ 29 11. Five Sheath Principal............................................................ 31 12. Mind........................................................................................ 35 13. Subtle energy points............................................................. 44 14. Methodology.......................................................................... 48 15. Religion and Spirituality....................................................... 60 16. Six Verses to Liberation........................................................ 64 17. Terminology........................................................................... 65 3
  • 4. Objective Most of the us are at a position where we can neither accept nor reject God. How do we get answers for very basic fundamental questions such as Who is God? Is God a mere concept for physically and mentally weak people? Why so many miseries? What is the purpose of this life? Why death? What is death? What after death? Why is God so imperfect? Why God is creating problems for all of us? Who has made Nature? Is everything pre-destined? What is the role of free- will? What is religion and rituals? Every religious man has their own conviction, then who is right and who is wrong? What is the definition of right and wrong? Why blood-shed on the name of religion? How do we meditate and get peace? And most important question is that who is asking all these questions? Who I am? What is my origin and the final destination? In order to get the answers to these valid questions, one has to step out of own material self and start contemplating upon these questions. veda sheds the light on these questions and helps us to understand the ultimate reality. An important point which we need understand is that veda are not confined to any particular religion, rather veda are generic knowledge on essential spirituality. veda contain various techniques and methodologies to realize Self and reveal Beyond. 4
  • 5. An Advise to the Audience 1. Mirror of consciousness will not reveal anything if it is covered with the dust of wrong pseudo spiritualism and material logic, which is based upon five imperfect senses and relativity. 2. In spiritualism, logic is good to some extent, but after that it becomes a barrier. 3. Have a non-critical, unbiased and inventive mind of a Scientist. Prior to an invention, a Scientist doesn’t have any logic to prove his work, but even then he is fully dedicated and committed to his work, which eventually makes him successful. 4. Mind is clever and always tries to consolidate answers for it’s convenience. Have quest for knowledge and live with questions. Borrowed knowledge can serve the purpose to some extent. Answers are to be discovered by your own self. 5. Scriptures reveal themselves when read again and again. Read, understand, integrate and then implement. 6. Tons of reading is better than an ounce of practice. Theory is supplementary to practical. To quench the thirst, water is needed and not the theory of H2O. 7. Get rid of crunches of belief and realize the Truth yourself. 5
  • 6. Cause and Effect Theory Theoretically, to understand a system, it is essential to decompose and then again reunite it’s components. Apparently, this makes the system a little more complex, but this process increases the depth of knowledge at an intellectual level, which makes the practical easy. Lets try to analyze an experiment, which is getting conducted in a laboratory. In this experiment, a scientist is transforming water vapors to water, and then water to ice. Through this experiment we will try to understand the various stages of transformation and relation between gross, subtle, 6 cause and source.
  • 7. Cause and Effect Theory Now this experiment has following four aspects - 1. Ice is gross (sthUla). Source 2. Water is subtle (sUkSma) (Intelligence) Understanding is from Gross to Source Manifestation is from Source to Gross Manifestation is from Source to Gross 3. Water vapors are the cause (kAraNa) of water and ice. 4. Scientist is the source, the intelligence behind the process. Cause (Water Based upon the above experiment, now we can vapors) establish the following facts – 1. Cause is subtle and effect is gross. Effect is the gross manifestation of the cause. Subtle 2. Water vapors and ice are subtle water and gross (Water) water respectively. Substratum (H2O) is the same, and difference is in the forms and names only. 3. This transformation can happen both ways i.e. water vapors to ice and vice versa. Gross 4. Scientist’s intelligence is the source behind this (Ice) transformation and not involved in the actual 7 transformation process.
  • 8. Cause and Effect Theory 1. Each effect has a cause, as water vapors are the cause of water and ice. Similarly, “This” (we, Nature and beyond) are the effects of “That” (Cosmic Consciousness), and “That” is the cause of “This”. 2. Effects are different forms and names (Upadhi) of the same cause, as water and ice is the different form and name for water vapors. Similarly, “This” is the different forms and names of same “That”. If we drop the idea of forms and names, then “This” becomes “That’. 3. An effect cannot exist without its cause, as water and ice cannot exist without water vapors or H2O molecules. Similarly, “This” can not exist without “That”. If we take out “That” from “This”, “This” also vanishes. “This” is the effect of “That” and “That” is the source of “This”. If one drops of the relative perspective of “This” and “That”, then “This” is “That” and “That” is “This”. In other words, cause is subtler effect, and effect is grosser cause. Cause of causes is Cosmic Consciousness (ðYvara) and rest all are Its manifestations. In the infinite ocean of Cosmic Consciousness, innumerable waves (Self as a Separated Consciousness) emerge 8 and then finally merge back.
  • 9. Cause and Effect Theory AuM (~) is the sacred symbol and is the representation of Cosmic Consciousness and It’s manifestation i.e. creation. AuM is the combination of following sequence of root sounds - 1. A-kArA is the sound of “A” (as pronounced in up), which represents gross manifested 3 4 form of Cosmic Consciousness. 2. U-kArA is the sound of “U” (as pronounced in put), which represents subtle manifestation of Cosmic Consciousness. 3. mA-kArA is the sound of “M” (as pronounced in mother), which represents 2 cause of Cosmic Consciousness. 1 4. Sound of silence, the vibrations and pause after mA-kArA represents the Source i.e. Cosmic Consciousness Itself. Sound of silence or emptiness is the substratum, which acts like a canvas on which painting with A-kArA, U-kArA and mA-kArA is made. 9
  • 10. Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy The whole Universe is infinite river of energy. Where energy is condensed, it becomes visible in the form of mass, as whirlpools are visible in a river. This energy is known as Nature (prakRti). Energy can convert itself into gross form, which is called mass and vise versa. Mass is gross energy and energy is subtle mass. In the scientific world, “Wave/Particle Duality of Light” is an interesting example, where minutest known Energy substance, has two contradicting properties of wave and particle. Essentially this means that sometimes a Conversion wave acts like a particle and vise versa! From scientific perspective, this is illogical because, wave is a process of an Mass energy whereas particle is a mass. 10
  • 11. Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy But Energy (prakRti) itself is not intelligent. Some Intelligent Principle behind the scene is controlling this Energy. This Intelligent Principle, the Universal Law behind the process is known as Cosmic Consciousness (ðYvara). That's why Cosmic Consciousness is Immortal, Formless, without Limbs, Action- less, All-pervading (thus Immovable), Unchanging, Second-less, Indivisible, Infinite, Eternal and without Attributes (nirguNa). Cosmic Consciousness has manifested Itself in It’s Energy (Nature), and from this perspective, Sustain Cosmic Consciousness is with attributes (saguN) also. It’s like same electricity is getting manifested in various electrical equipments such as bulb, fan etc. Create ðYvara Nature’s cycle does create, sustain and absorb (to re-cycle and re-fresh) it’s creation. Cosmic Consciousness is the Source, and Nature is Its effect. Nature depends upon Cosmic Consciousness, but inseparable from Cosmic Absorb Consciousness, the way a nail is inseparable from it’s finger and Sun-light from Sun. 11
  • 12. Cosmic Consciousness and Its Energy Nature has two powers – 1. Power to veil (AvarNa Yakti) : Nature is untrue existence and true appearance, thus called illusion (mAyA). For example your image in the mirror is there, but not real. 2. Power to distract (vikSepa Yakti) is of three types – a. Power to know (jJAna Yakti). b. Power to desire (IcchA Yakti). c. Power of doing action (kiryA Yakti). You get the knowledge of an apple through the power-to-know (jJAna Yakti). Then a desire arises in the mind to possess that apple, which is the power-to- desire (IcchA Yakti). Then you exert to obtain that apple with the help of power-of-doing-an-action (kiryA Yakti). Nature has trinity essences (triguNAtmik Yakti) – a. sattva : Saint like tendencies such as sentient, goodness, light, purity etc. sattva rajas b. rajas : King like tendencies such as kinetic, ðYvara mutative, passion etc. c. tamas : Negative tendencies such as static, 12 inertia, ignorance, darkness, dullness etc. tamas
  • 13. Separated Consciousness Apparently, “Free will” Separates Individual Consciousness (Atman or Soul or Self) from Cosmic Consciousness. The Separated Consciousness has two natures – 1. Conditioning through Nature’s veil 2. Original form (svarUpa) sat-chitta-Ananda - a. sat is existence i.e. truth. b. chitta is consciousness. Cosmic c. Ananda is bliss. Consciousness For example, while watching a movie, one gets Manifestation Understanding associated (gets conditioned) with the false environment created by the movie. When one witnesses (Yakshi) that it's projector’s beam, which is making false impression Nature as veil on the inert screen (and not onto himself), he gets disassociated with the false environment and becomes established in his own self (svarUpa). Nature acts as a veil between Separated Consciousness Separated and Cosmic Consciousness. Environment outside and Consciousness inside of a pot is the same. When pot (veil of Nature) is broken then the environment inside (Separated Consciousness) becomes one with the environment 13 outside (Cosmic Consciousness) of the pot.
  • 14. Separated Consciousness All the objects, except Separated Consciousness, under Nature are temporary and thus unreal. Cosmic Consciousness is real, Nature is unreal, and apparent Separated Consciousness is Cosmic Consciousness only. Separated Consciousness is a fraction of Cosmic Consciousness only, and thus above and beyond Nature. yogA means union between Cosmic Consciousness, Separated Consciousness and Cosmic Consciousness. the Substratum Separated Consciousness is ever pure and divine, but the Body Veil Cosmic Separated veil of ignorance made of Consciousness Consciousness tamas, rajas and sattva makes the Separated Consciousness limited and finite. sattva is superior to rajas, and rajas is better than tamas. Objective is to morph ourselves from tamas to rajas, rajas to sattva and then transcend sattva too, which is known as guNatIta. The sculpture (Separated Consciousness) already exist in the rock, only unnecessary rock (veil of Nature) is to be chipped off to get the sculpture out of the rock. “That” is already there, only veil between “This” and “That” is to 14 be dropped. That’s why we always pray “Reveal Thyself”.
  • 15. Axiomatic Truth 1. “That” is sat (Truth), the only nameless substance, one without second (non-dual), with no beginning or end. sat Cosmic 2. Two aspects of Sat, are chitta and Ananda. Consciousness The interplay of these two aspects of divinity causes creation. chitta is love, attraction and Cosmic Consciousness. Ananda is will, enjoyment and Nature. 3. The Cosmic Consciousness and Nature in its chitta Ananda aspect of repulsion and attraction vibrates. This process emanates a sound known as attraction & repulsion Pranava (AuM). vibration emanates AuM sound 4. praNava (AuM) manifests the idea of – a. Time (kAla). b. Space (AkaYa). c. Units (aNu). 5. These four ideas of praNava, time, space and unit lay down the foundation of creation, which together act as a veil reflecting the 15 spiritual rays of the Cosmic Consciousness.
  • 16. Axiomatic Truth 6. This veil is composed of three essences (guNa) – a. sattva : Saint like tendencies such as sentient, goodness, light, purity etc. b. rajas : King like tendencies such as kinetic, mutative, passion etc. c. tamas : Negative tendencies such as static, inertia, ignorance, darkness, dullness etc. 7. Then the state of equilibrium of the three essences gets disturbed. As a result energies get polarized and chain of deformation occurs. 8. As a consequence of deformation of sattva, Self (Separated Consciousness) manifests, which is also known as mahtattva. 9. Self further gets deformed and manifests as false ego (ahaMkAra), which causes repulsion and separation of Self from Cosmic Consciousness. 10. The three essences, although distinguished by their distinctive features, are the conglomerates of the same three essences in differing proportions. This manifests five fundamental essences, called paJca-tattava i.e. sattva, sattva + rajas, rajas , rajas + tamas and tamas. 16
  • 17. Axiomatic Truth 11. Five fundamental essences (paJca-tattava) consist casual body (kAraNa Sharir), which is cause of subtle body (sUkSma Sharir or lingadeha) and gross material body (sthUla Sharir). 12. From the sattva component, the five knowledge senses (jJanendriya) evolves – a. Ear (Yrautra). b. Skin (tvacha). c. Eye (ckShu). d. Tongue (jihvA). e. Nose (Yrautra). 13. rajas give rise to five subtle organs of action (karmendriya) –– a. Speech (vak). b. Hand (pAni). c. Feet (pAyu). d. Genital (upasth). e. Anus (pAyu). 17
  • 18. Axiomatic Truth 14. rajas components manifest as five major prANa (subtle life force) – a. prANa – breathing. b. apAna - excretion of waste and urine. c. vayAna - circulation of blood. d. udAna - deglutition or swallowing of food. e. samAna - digestion of food. 15. From tamas components, five rudimentary principles of the elements (tanmAtra) are emerged – a. Sound (Yabda). b. Touch (sparSa). c. Form or color (rUpa). d. Taste (rasa). e. Smell (gandha). 16. Five rudimentary principles of elements further gets deformed and evolve themselves as five gross elements (paJca-mahabhuta) - Subtle to gross Subtle to gross a. from Sound to Space (Space). b. from Touch to Air (Space + Air). c. from Form to Fire (Space + Air + Fire). d. from Taste to Water (Space + Air + Fire + Water). e. from Smell to Earth (Space + Air + Fire + Water + Earth). 18 Subtle to gross
  • 19. Axiomatic Truth 17. These five gross elements has a tendency to grossify (paJcnIkarna) i.e. split itself into half (50%), and rest of the half (50%) further gets divided into four equal parts (12.5%), and then gets unified with other four half (50%) gross elements. Below is grossification process for five gross elements – Space Air Fire Water Earth 1st Step : Split 50% Grossification 2nd Step : Split 50% in 4 parts i.e. 12.5% 3rd Step : 12.5% gets merges with other 50% 3rd step is the manifested form of Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Together these five gross elements constitute the gross material body. 19
  • 20. Axiomatic Truth 18. Fine subtle body consist of following nineteen elements - a. Five organs of knowledge. b. Five organs of action. c. Five prANa. d. Inner subtle equipment (antaHkaraNa) - i. Emotional Mind (man). ii. Intellect (buddhi). iii. Chit is basic faculty through which mind operates i.e. combination of conscious, subconscious, unconscious, memory and more. iv. Ego (ahaMkAra). 19. With the three bodies - casual body, gross material body and subtle body, having been formed, the play of repulsion comes to a halt and attraction of the Cosmic Consciousness becomes evident. 20. Thus whole macrocosm is within An object has five aspects – microcosm. 1. Name (nAma) Belongs to She (Nature) loves Him (Cosmic Nature and 2. Form (rUpa) varies Consciousness) so much that She tries to capture Him, by constructing nine door 3. sat (Asti) temples (human bodies) and establishes Substratum 4. chitta (bhati) Him in it. is the same 20 5. Ananda (priyA)
  • 21. Axiomatic Truth Axiomatic Truth sat sat Self Self Subtle body Subtle body Gross body chitta chitta Ananda Ananda Ego prANa Ear Speech Sound Space Chit Chit apAna Skin Hand Touch Air Time Space Unit Intellect vayAna Intellect Eye Eye Feet Feet Form Form Fire Fire sattva tamas rajas Emotion udAna udAna Tongue Genital Taste Taste Water Water Tongue Genital Mind Mind samAna Nose Anus Smell Earth Rudimentary principle from tanmAtra of the elements Organs of knowledge from rajas organs of action from sattva Gross elements from rajas prANa from tamas Self & inner subtle equipment from sattva sattva + rajas rajas + tamas Casual body sattva tamas rajas 21
  • 22. Three Bodies Three bodies are - 1. Gross material body is what we see and feel. 2. Subtle body drives gross material body. 3. Casual body is based on ignorance (avidyA) and is the cause of the gross material and subtle body. The shell of a Mango corresponds to gross material body. The pulp represents subtle 1 body and seed corresponds to casual Casual body body. Binding elements for casual, gross causes material and subtle body are – 1. Body (deha). 2. Action (karma). Ego is the main 3. Love (rAga). binding element 4. Hate (dveSa). 2 3 Subtle body 5. Egoism (ahaMkAra). Gross body drives 6. Non-discrimination (Aviveka). 22 7. Ignorance (AjJana).
  • 23. Three Bodies Gross material body has nine (and Gross material body is made up of seven two hidden) gates – primary essences (saptadhAtu) – 1. Left ear. 1. Chyle. 2. Right ear. 2. Blood. 3. Left eye. 3. Flesh. 4. Right eye. 4. Fat. 5. Mouth. 5. Bone. 6. Nose. 6. Marrow. 7. Navel. 7. Semen. 8. Genital. Fine subtle body consist of following 9. Anus. nineteen elements – Gross material body goes under Five 1. Five organs of knowledge. modifications – 2. Five organs of action. 1. Potential existence. 3. Five prANa (subtle life force). 2. Born. 4. Inner subtle equipment - 3. Grows. a. Emotional Mind. 4. Matures. b. Intellect. 5. Decay. c. chitta. 6. Dies. d. Ego. 23
  • 24. Law of karma Because of karma (past and present mental and physical actions), Separated Consciousness becomes conditioned and goes through the purification process created by Nature. Types of karma are – 1. Negative. Common man does 1st and 2nd type of karma, 2. Positive and negative. where proportion of negative karma are high. 3. Positive. 4. Neither positive nor negative : Only yogI can achieve this type of karma. Categories of karma as can be explained via Bowman's analogy - 1. Accumulated (saJcita karma) : The bundle of arrows in the quiver. 2. Fructifying (prArabdha karma) : The arrow shot, which can not be recalled. 3. Current (kriyamAna karma) : The arrow, which is about to shoot from the bow. 24
  • 25. Law of karma We have control over accumulated and current karma, provided we use fructifying karma correctly. River of “free will” can change it’s course in the pre-defined plan of karma. Accumulated karma in the latent form are called saMskAra, which is the subtle base of our manifested desires (vAsana). saMskAra further gets strengthened by ignorance (avidyA), and because of ignorance one starts considering – 1. the short-lived as eternal. 2. the impure as pure. 3. the painful as pleasurable. 4. the non-Soul (body, mind etc.) as Soul. Result is worldly afflictions (kleSa). Pain and pleasure are two faces of the same coin, which is called Pain. Pleasure and pain are pain only. Because of this vicious circle, the Separated Consciousness becomes conditioned through five senses and as a result emotional mind overpowers and further traps the Self in karma. Freedom lies in, in controlling the mind and not getting controlled by mind. 25
  • 26. Birth and Death Cycle Cosmic Death is separation of gross material body and subtle body. Consciousness 1. Gross material body merges back into five gross elements – a. Space. Separated b. Air. Consciousness c. Fire. Dismantler d. Water. e. Earth. prANa 2. Subtle body – a. Five subtle senses merges into mind - i. Sound. ii. Touch. Sound Mind Smell iii. Form or color. vi. Taste. v. Smell. Touch Taste b. Mind merges into prANa. Form c. prANa merges into Separated Consciousness. d. Separated Consciousness merges back into Cosmic Consciousness. At the time of death, five subtle senses merges into mind, and mind into prANa , and prANa into Separated Consciousness, and Separated Consciousness into Cosmic Consciousness. 26
  • 27. Birth and Death Cycle This is different from Liberation (mokSa). Here the shell of the small glass (ignorance) doesn’t let the water of small glass (Separated Consciousness) merge with the water of big glass (Cosmic Consciousness). Since separated Consciousness is covered with the veil of ignorance, it comes back to Nature to exhaust its accumulated karma. The subtle body along with Casual body transmigrates, and constructs new gross material gross material body and again starts watching the same old movie consisting of six modification i.e. potential existence, born, grows, matures, decay and dies. Ego is the binding element between three bodies. Casual body is the cause for subtle body and gross material body. Subtle body drives gross material body. Separated Consciousness, is separate from three bodies. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Separated Coconsciousness is responsible for fruits of it’s karma. Cosmic Consciousness is just the facilitator and dispenser of the results based upon karma. 27
  • 28. Birth and Death Cycle Cycle – 1. Death. 2. Transmigration and birth. 1 a. at a higher level such as Angels. Death b. at the same level such as human. 2 c. at a lower level such as animals. Transmigration 8 and birth Result is pain 3. Past subtle impressions (saMskAra). 3 4. Relation of senses with an Past subtle Nature’s vicious circle, Nature’ 7 the purification process karma object creates thought ripples impressions in the lake of mind (vRitti). 4 5. Desire. Relation with 6 an object Ego 6. Ego. 5 Desire 7. karma. 8. Result is pain. 28
  • 29. Four Levels of Consciousness Four stages of consciousness are - 1. Wake (jAgrata) state, where ego gets identified with gross material body and karma comes into play, because "I" becomes doer and enjoyer. 2. Sleep (svapna) state, ego gets identified with casual These states are body and subtle body. No doer and only enjoyer experienced by all remains. of us in our normal day to day life. 3. Deep sleep (suSupti) state, ego gets identified with casual body and there is neither a doer nor enjoyer. Maximum peace without senses and mind, with no concept of time, space and unit. 4. 4th satge (turiyA) stage means total absorption. It is This stage is to be whole and encompasses all the above three states. It discovered is transcendental, non-dual and supreme bliss. in meditation. Each state exists, but negates other's experience and objects. Though deep sleep experience is without mind and senses, but joy of deep sleep is incomparable to sensual pleasure. 29
  • 30. Four Levels of Consciousness AuM (~) is the sacred symbol and is the representation of Cosmic Consciousness and It’s manifestation i.e. creation. AuM is the combination of following sequence of root sounds - 1. A-kArA is the sound of “A” (as 3 4 pronounced in up), which represents wake state. 2. U-kArA is the sound of “U” (as pronounced in put), which represents sleep state. 3. mA-kArA is the sound of “M” (as pronounced in mother), which 2 represents deep sleep state. 1 4. Sound of silence, the vibrations and pause after mA-kArA represents the 4th stage. Sound of silence or emptiness is the substratum, on which the music of A-kArA , U-kArA and mA-kArA is 30 made.
  • 31. Five Sheaths Principal Our internal organs are covered with various layers made of skeleton, Food sheath Gross body bio-magnetism, muscles and skin etc. Similarly, Separated Consciousness is covered with five Subtle life force sheath sheaths (koYa). yogi transcend all these sheaths one by one. 1. Food sheath (annamaya koYa), is Mind sheath Subtle body made up of the essence of food, and finally it returns to food i.e. earth or matter. It belongs to gross material body. Intellectual sheath 2. Subtle life force sheath (prANamay koYa) is made of Bliss sheath Casual body prANa and the five organs of action. This sheath controls hunger, thirst, heat and cold. The gross subtle life force does the Self functions of breathing, digestion, excretion, circulation etc., and subtle life force generates 31 thoughts. Cosmic Conciousness
  • 32. Five Sheaths Principal A. Main category of prANa – a. prANa is Yellow in color, located at chest and controls breathing. b. apAna is Orange in color, located at anus and controls excretion of waste. c. vayAna is Rose in color, located in entire body and controls circulation of blood. d. udAna is Violet Blue in color, located at throat and controls swallowing of food. It takes the Separated Consciousness to rest in Cosmic Consciousness during deep sleep state. It separates the subtle body from the gross material body at the time of death. e. samAna is Green in color, located at navel and controls digestion of food. B. Five sub categories of prANa – a. nAga controls belching and hiccough and vomiting. b. kUrma controls closing and opening of eyelids. c. kRkara controls hunger. d. devadatta controls yawning. e. dhanaMjaya nourishes the body, decomposition of the body after death 32 and ejection of the child from the womb.
  • 33. Five Sheaths Principal 3. The mind sheath (manomay koYa) consists of the emotional mind, the subconscious (chitta) and the the sense organs of knowledge. This sheath controls thinking and doubting, anger, lust, exhilaration, depression and delusion. 4. The intellectual sheath (vijJAnamaya koYa) consist of the intellectual and the ego working with the help of the five sense organs of knowledge. Discrimination and decision or determination, agency of doer-ship and enjoyer-ship are the functions of this sheath. 5. The bliss sheath (Anandamaya koYa) gives bliss during deep sleep state and at the time of experiencing the effect of a sattva deeds. It is a modification of Nature and consists of the thought ripple in the lake of mind (vRitti) – a. The joy you experience when you look at an object you like (priyA). b. The great joy you feel when you possess the object you like (mod). c. The greatest joy you experience after enjoyment of the object you like (pramoda). You get the knowledge of an apple through power-to-know of the intellectual sheath. Then a desire arises in the mind to possess apple, which is power-of- desire of mind sheath. Then you exert to obtain apple with the help of power-of- 33 doing-action of Subtle Life Force sheath.
  • 34. Five Sheaths Principal Sheath and bodies relation – 1. Gross material body has food sheath. 2. Subtle body has prANa sheath, mind sheath, intellectual sheath. 3. Casual body has bliss sheath. Relation between sheaths and levels of Consciousness - 1. All the five sheaths function during the wake state. 2. prANa sheath, mind sheath, intellectual sheath and bliss sheath function during sleep state. Intellectual sheath and bliss sheath function partially. 3. Bliss sheath functions during deep sleep state. Six waves in the ocean of this World are – 1. Birth and death for the food sheath. 2. Hunger and thirst for prANa sheath. 3. Grief and delusion for the mind sheath. Separated Consciousness is after bliss sheath. And beyond Separated Consciousness is the Cosmic Consciousness – the Source. 34
  • 35. Mind When we (subject) perceive an object (or an idea), we first evolve that object with in ourselves. Then as per our conditioning, we categories the object as good or bad (duality), which gives us pain or apparent pleasure. Let’s explode the transaction between an object and subject. Objects are made of five gross elements viz Space, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. These objects are perceived by five senses i.e. Sound, Touch, Form, Taste and Smell respectively. For example we are look at a menu in a restaurant, our senses (eyes) passes on the perceived menu items to the mind, which is divided into three components - 1. Lower mind (man) : Lower mind is directly connected with five senses and controls choices, emotions and feelings etc. Polluted memory and intellect is known as lower mind. Flipping through various food menu items is an activity carried out by lower mind. 2. Intelligence (buddhi) : Lower mind passes on the menu choices to Mind intelligence, which sits between lower mind and chitta. Intelligence controls discrimination, decision, thought and rationality etc. The final selection of a menu item is made by intelligence. 3. chitta : chitta is the basic faculty through which mind operates i.e. combination of conscious, subconscious, unconscious, memory and more. Chit controls wisdom (viveka). 35 And final action is carried out by ego, and selected item is ordered from the menu.
  • 36. Mind And behind this gross and subtle equipments (body with senses, lower mind, intelligence and chitta), Separated Consciousness acts as a source of energy, the way electricity is the life for various inert electrical equipments. Relation with an object activates similar accumulated bubble of past subtle impression (saMskAra) in the lake of mind. Bubble of accumulated past subtle impression surface up and burst at the surface of lake of mind, and create thought ripples, which are known as vRitti. Because of thought ripples in the lake of mind, one gets identified with the multiplicity of the thought waves, which is created by link list of thoughts and mind becomes distracted. Thoughts take multitudes of shapes very similar to your own distorted reflection in a vibrating surface of the water and thus one can not see the base (Separated Consciousness) in the lake of mind. These thought ripples are linear (one after and another) and naturally controlled by practice (abhyAsa) and 36 non-attachment (vairAgya).
  • 37. Mind Mind Body with 5 senses Space Sound 5 great elements Objects made of Consciousness Lower Mind Intelligence Air Touch Separated Chit Fire Form Water Taste Earth Smell tamas rajas sattva tamas+rajas Rajjas+sattva Placement of Ego? Body and Mind 1-7 years 7-14 14-21 21-28 28-35 years growth pattern Gross Subtle Effect Realization Cause Science Astrology Material Manifestation Spirit 37 Inertness Consciousness
  • 38. Mind Body and Separated Consciousness are two complimentary (not opposite) ends, and mind lies in between. Body and Separated Consciousness is governed by tamas and sattva respectively. Grip of law of karma is stronger on tamas and weak on sattva. Ego can be placed at either end. A materialistic and spiritual person will keep his ego at body and chitta (and Beyond) respectively. While doing a creative (scientists and artists) activity, one's ego is at chitta. But it’s different from spiritualism because still the energy is being used on external material world. Energy has a tendency to drain out through five senses. If we try to block out one channel, water flows to rest of the available channels. That’s why blind people possesses extra-ordinary smelling and hearing powers. Ever since only a small percentage of mind is used on the external material world and therefore mind has become atrophied. Mind is thought, and thought is time. No thought means no-mind and thus timelessness, which leads to an experience beyond five senses. For example deep sleep experience is without mind and senses. From spiritual perspective, spiritualism is rational teaching to an irrational mind. Our knowledge (base of the logic) is based upon five imperfect senses and relativity. Thus spiritualism is beyond five senses and logic. 38
  • 39. Mind Defects of mind are – 1. Impurities : Removed by self-less service, kindness and mantara. 2. Distraction : Distractions are of following four types, and can be 3D controlled by surrender (upAsanA) and yogA – a. Mad or distracted (kSipta), scattered in 3D. with human Achieved efforts b. Foolish or dull (mUdh), scattered in 2D. c. Contemplative or less distracted (vikSipta), line. 2D d. Concentrated (ekAgra), pointed on a dot. e. Absorbed (niruddha), such as vacuum and emptiness. 3. Veil of ignorance : Ignorance can be removed by study veda and Line Self. Regulated texts of vedAnta (essence of veda) are UpaniShad (YrutI), brahmansUtra (nyaya) and bhagavad gItA (samritI). vedAntic contemplation is threefold – a. Listen from sad-gUrU (Yravana). Dot b. Meditate on Yravana (manann). c. Practice on manann (nidhyAsana) : Theory is meant to be practiced. And finally, practice too automatically gets dropped and it starts happening automatically. Vacuum 39
  • 40. Mind What are veda? Truth was directly revealed to ancient Sages and Sears in their deep meditation. Since then this wisdom of Truth was passed on verbally from gUrU to YhiYhyA (disciple). In that yuga (era), people were highly spiritual and thus were able to retain this complex wisdom. At the beginning ofKkali-yuga (name of an era), about 5,099 years ago (at the time of mAhAbhArta), keeping in view the future decline in the spirituality and limitation of human mind in the next yuga (era), great Sages, bagwAna vyAsa, created physical books, which are known as veda. vedAntic literature is the most ancient writings in the world and consists of – 1. YrutI (heard) : YrutI are primary scripture and considered to be the divine in origin. Now YrutI scriptures include four veda (rig, yajura, sAma and atharva) and each veda consists of three main parts - a. Philosophical sections, considered as “Head” of veda and also known as UpaniShad (jJAna kAnda). b. Considered as “Heart” of veda (upAsanA kAnda). c. Deals with actions and known as “Legs” of veda (karma kAnda). Rituals belong to this portion of veda. Legs without head and heart becomes meaningless. 2. samritI (remembered) : samritI is of human origin and were written to explain the coded YrutI. samritI represents the portion of the veda 40 that was authored by various Sages and Seers.
  • 41. Mind brahmansUtra (nyaya) gives resolution to the apparently conflicting statements in UpaniShad and bhagavad gItA. bhagavad gItA is cream of veda and tells us – 1. Energy of equanimity. 2. Wisdom of non-doer ship. 3. Natural functioning of guNa. 4. Sacrifice all motives. 41
  • 42. Mind Conflict between being and becoming – Past Present Future 1. Past is domain of mind. Being 2. Present is the point of existence and life. Becoming Be in the present activity (i.e. Point of mindfulness) and don’t let the existence mind flip around in past and future. Past and future are false and are extended present only. Objective is not to enjoy the Observe yourself and control present activity, but to train the following six demons – mind to live in present, which 1. Passion (kAma). can be helpful in Meditation. 2. Anger (krodha). 3. Future is domain of mind. 3. Greed (lobha). 4. Confusion (Moh). 5. Pride (moha). 42 6. Jealousy (mAtsarya).
  • 43. Mind While morphing the mind (from tamas to The correct hierarchy can be rajas, rajas to sattva and sattva to explained by Chariot’s analogy- guNatIta), yogi’s mind (sAdhaka), object of 1. Objects are grass. achievement (sAdhaya) and methodology (sAdhana) appear to be the same, but they 2. Body is Chariot. are not. Subject and object are two different things, and thus mind cannot 3. Five senses are horses change itself. Entity who is witnessing attached to the Chariot. (Yakshi) mind, is the Separated 4. Separated Consciousness is Conciseness. the Charioteer (controller). 4 5. Mind acts as reins. guNatIta 6. Cosmic Consciousness is the aim. 3 sattva Human efforts 1 2 43 tamas rajas
  • 44. Subtle Energy Points 1. sahasrAra is located 4. anAhata is located at crown of the head in heart. It's and represents represented by Cosmic lotus with 12 petals. Consciousness. It's Its element is Air. represented by lotus Focus of bhakti with 1000 petals. (surrender) yogA. Focus of jJAna 5. maNipUraka is yogA. located at navel. It's 2. AjJA is located at represented by 3rd eye (between lotus with 10 petals. the eyebrows). It Its element is Fire. controls nervous Focus of karam system. It's (action) yogA. represented by lotus 6. svAdhiSTAna is with 2 petals. Focus located at of rAja yogA. reproductive 3. viYuddhi is located organs. It's on throat. It's represented by represented by lotus lotus with 6 petals. with 16 petals. Its Its element is 44 element is Space. Water.
  • 45. Subtle Energy Points 7. mUlAdhAra is located at perineum i.e. between Anus and Genital organ. It's represented by lotus with 4 petals. Its element is Earth. kuNDalini, three and a half coiled up subtle dormant energy resides at mUlAdhAra. Vibrations of AuM starts at mUlAdhAra and goes up to sahasrAra chakra. prANa flows through the subtle energy channels (nAdI). Three main subtle energy channels are – 1. piGgalA : Exhales and brings prANa down. Its attributes are Rajjas, Sun, hot, negative and mantra is raM. 2. idA : Inhales and brings prANa up. Its attributes are tamas, Moon, cold, positive and mantra is huM. 3. suSumnA : For common man it is inactive. Its attributes are sattva. To awaken the dormant kuNDalini, yogi establish prANa in suSumnA. kuNDalini at mUlAdhAra awakens and goes up through major subtle energy channel (suSumnA) and unites with Consciousness in sahasrAra chakra i.e. localized divine Energy (Yakti) unites with Source of Energy (Yiva). This happening reveals knowledge by knowing which all knowledge becomes known. 45
  • 46. Subtle Energy Points sahasrAra AjJA viYuddhi anAhata suSumnA maNipUraka idA svAdhiSTAna piGgalA mUlAdhAra kuNDalini 46
  • 47. Subtle Energy Points Seven Worlds (loka) are – satyaloka 1. satyaloka. 2. tapoloka. tapoloka 3. janaloka. janaloka 4. mahAloka, which is also known as 10th door (AuM). 5. suvarloka. mahAloka 6. bhuvarloka. 7. bhUloka is gross material body, which contains seven suvarloka subtle energy centers. bhuvarloka bhUloka 47
  • 48. Methodology There are four paths to realize Cosmic Consciousness and they go hand in hand and can be followed simultaneously - 1. Wisdom (jJAna) yogA : Gain wisdom and realize Cosmic Consciousness. Wisdom yogA is two folds – a. Indirect wisdom from outside (parokSa) such as understanding the theory of H2O at intellectual level. b. Direct intuitive experience from inside (AparokSa) such as drinking water and experiencing it directly. This gets embedded in our saMskAra. 2. Surrender (bhakti) yogA : When total surrender (not devotion, but unity) happens and one looses his own existence to the Cosmic Consciousness. For example when a mother is cooking food, she always has her children in the background. This state is called bhAva, in which mother looses her existence in her child. Mother's love for her children is from her heart (which is illogical) and not from mind (which is logical). Mother will even risk her own life to save her child. 3. Action (karma) yogA : Serve others, assuming others as Cosmic Consciousness, without getting attached to the results. 4. Royal (rAja) yogA : Physic path, which gives power to fry the seeds of accumulated past subtle impressions. Fried seeds can never become a tree 48 and bear fruits.
  • 49. Methodology Four main goals of the life – 1. Liberation (mokSa) is self-realization and re-unification. 2. Religion (dharma) is the rightful duty. 3. Meaning (artha) is the rightful way to attain material wealth. 4. Work (karma) is the rightful way to desire. Why do we need yogA – 1. To have positive attitude and better health. 2. To have happiness, peace and bliss. 3. To be more creative and productive. 4. To reduce dependencies. 5. To increase acceptance. 6. To cultivate Universal love and harmony. 7. To gain higher wisdom. 8. To realize the physic abilities (for spiritual practice only). 49 9. To realize of Self and re-unite with Cosmic Consciousness.
  • 50. Methodology yogA sUtra of pataJjali (also known as aSHAGga yogA or rAja yogA) is divine science of mind based upon sound philosophy and deep psychology. Content are – 1. 1st Chapter is known as samAdhi (solution) pAda (step) has 51 sUtra i.e. verses containing clues to higher subtle wisdom. 2. 2nd Chapter is known as sAdhana (spiritual practice) pAda has 55 verses. 3. 3rd Chapter is known as vibUti (sacred ashes, the outcome) pAda has 55 verses. 4. 4th Chapter is known as kaivalya (final stage, Liberation) pAda has 34 verses. Delicate plant of spirituality corresponds to samAdhi . sAdhana acts as a fence and comes after samAdhi. vibUti is the fruit of the plant of spirituality and kaivalya represents the final enjoyment of the taste of fruit. Why yogA sUtra of pataJjali ? 1. Practical. 2. Authentic. 3. Scientific. 4. Well defined and compact. 5. Independent of religion. 50 6. Generic and Universally acceptable.
  • 51. Methodology Eight limbs of yogA sUtra of pataJjali are – 1. Behavioral regulations (yama). 2. Ethical recommendations (niyama). 3. Posture is sitting in stillness (Asana). 4. Breath regulation (prANayAm). 5. Detachment and non-ownership (pratyAhAra). 6. Glimpses of universal intelligence (dhAranA). samyama 7. Meditation without mental activity (dhyAna). 8. Absorption, established in equanimity, neither intoxicated nor comatose, but in a state that is immune from mental problems (samAdhi = samAdhana i.e. solution). yama, niyama, Asana and prANayAm automatically leads to pratyAhAra, dhAranA, dhyAna and samAdhi. Never ignore yama and niyama, as they are the fundamental base and creates conducive environment for absorption (samAdhi and not meditation) to happen. As sleep, absorption also happens, and is not result of any direct physical and mental effort. It’s like the way an environment is created to induce sleep and then finally one automatically glides into sleep. Mind 51 made still in not still-mind.
  • 52. Methodology A. Behavioural regulations (yama) – 1. Truthfulness (satya). 2. No over-indulgence or addiction (asteya). 3. No acquisitiveness or stealing (aparigraha). 4. No malice or animosity, i.e. non-violence (ahiMsA). 5. No sensual or sexual misconduct (brahmAcaryA). B. Ethical recommendations (niyama) – 1. Cleanliness (Yauca). 2. Contentment (saNtoSa). 3. Restraint or austerity (tapa or dama). kiryA yogA 4. Giving up borrowed knowledge in order to be open to knowing the ego-self (svAdhyAya or dAna). 5. The perception of wholeness or compassion for all (ðYvara pranidhAna or dayA). 52
  • 53. Methodology Posture is sitting in stillness (Asana) - 1. Use same separate isolated personal room or corner. With time, the place will develop it’s own divine vibrations. 2. Use non-conductor woolen and grass mat, which will prevent the draining out of the generated energy. 3. Junction (sandhi) of night and day and vice versa is the best time to practice meditation. At junction time, it’s neither day nor night and duality is weak. It is the time when major subtle energy channel (suSumnA) is open and both nostrils are working simultaneously. 4. Sit facing towards either North or East or North East, so that body’s bio-magnetic field is in sync with the 53 Universal magnetism.
  • 54. Methodology 5. Any comfortable posture with erect spine such as padamAsana (Lotus pose) or sidhAsana can be used. padamAsana is the most comfortable pose to practice meditation. Benefits of padamAsana are - a. Cross legged position diverts the blood flow in the upper half of body, where subtle energy points are located. b. Hand on the knees ensures that spine is perpendicular to the floor and not tilted forward, backward or sideways. c. Spine is erect and perineum (center of gravity) touches the ground. Erect spine ensures that all the internal organs/muscles are relaxed and not exerting pressure on each other. d. Most stable, comfortable and safe sitting posture. 54
  • 55. Methodology prANa is an energy, which creates thought ripples in the lake of mind. By controlling prANa, we can control the thought ripples in the lake of mind i.e. the linked thought process. prANa is subtle energy generated by food (intake through five senses). sattva food (simple food without liquor, meat, eggs, onion and garlic etc.) will generate sattva thought and mind. prANayAm is a switch from external (gross) to internal (subtle) body. A complete breath cycle consist of - 1. Inhale (pUraka) a. Fill in the abdomen by budging out diaphragm. b. Fill in middle lungs by expanding rib cage. c. Fill in upper lungs by lifting the shoulders up. 2. Internal Hold (kuMbhaka). a 3. Exhale (rechaka). b a. Empty your abdomen by pushing diaphragm in. b. Empty lungs by collapsing the rib cage. c c. Empty upper lungs by dropping the shoulders. 4. External Hold (kuMbhaka). 55 Inhale:Hold:Exhale ratio should be 1:2:4.
  • 56. Methodology Purification of subtle energy channels (nAdIshudhi) by controlling prANa – 1. Close your right nostril with right hand’s thumb and inhale from left nostril. 2. Close your left nostril with ring finger and exhale from right nostril. 3. Close your right nostril with right hand’s thumb and inhale from right nostril. 4. Close your left nostril with ring finger and exhale from left nostril. There are various techniques to reduce the oscillation of the mind - 1. Witness your natural inhalation and exhalation, or gap and flip between inhalation and exhalation. 2. Alternatively, let the thoughts flow and let the Self be a witness, as if you are standing on a crossing and witnessing (not moving along with the traffic) the movement of thought traffic. Don’t fight with the thoughts. Accept all noises and bodily distractions around you. 3. Or observe the gap between thoughts. 4. Or fix your mind on a divine object, symbol or an idea. 56
  • 57. Methodology While chanting AuM (~) sound vibrations starts at mUlAdhAra and goes up to sahasrAra chakra. Do complete inhalation as described in previous slides and while exhalation mA-kArA chant A-kArA, U-kArA and mA-kArA from abdomen, middle lungs and upper lungs respectively. At the end of mA-kArA, this leads to natural external hold. U-kArA Duration of mA-kArA should be triple then the sound of A-kArA and U-kArA. A-kArA 57
  • 58. Methodology Absorption (samAdhi) is natural state of mind with no mind, without any duality, where object of experience, experience and who is experiencing becomes one. This absorption is different from sleep, deep sleep, self-hypnotism, hypnotism, relaxation, concentration, meditation, hallucination and comma etc. What happens in absorption can not be explained, because it is an experience beyond five senses. It is like explaining a color to a person, who is blind from birth. But we get a flash of absorption when we observe a child who is totally engrossed with his toys and looses the concept of time, space and unit. 58
  • 59. Methodology Spiritual practice (sAdhana) is fourfold sat-chitta-Ananda attitude – 1. Discrimination (viveka) used 1. sat : Pure living through AtithI between real and unreal or good bhAva. That is to live with an from bad. attitude of a guest. No body is a 2. Dispassion (vairAgya) from unreal permanent resident of this world. and bad. A guest lives without attachment, 3. Six virtues (Sadasamapati) – but with all sense of proportion. a. Tranquility of mind (sAma). b. Self-restraint or control of the 2. chitta : Pure consciousness senses (dAma). through Yakshi bhAva. That is to c. Cessation from worldly activity exist as an witness, without (upArati). choice, without converting the d. Fortitude or power of endurance consciousness into a (titikSa). battleground of competing e. Deep illogical conviction in thoughts. An awareness in which Cosmic Consciousness, sad- equanimity is never compromised. gUrU, Scriptures & Self 3. Ananda : Pure joy (not pleasure) (YraddhA). through samApti bhAva. That is to f. Concentration or one-pointed- have the emphasis on ending and ness of mind (samAdhana). not get caught into the trap of the 4. Yearning for liberation 59 cultivation of opposites. (mumuSutva).
  • 60. Religion and Spirituality Pearls of wisdom have been integrated in the thread of stories. For a child (beginner in spiritualism) it is always easy to understand and retain the moral (wisdom) through interesting stories. Various Gods and Goddesses in Indian religion are symbolic to one Cosmic Consciousness. It's the way various maps are used to understand the different parts of one World or different books by different authors on the same subject. For example, Yhivalinga represents four level of orgasms i.e. creation - 1. At physical level, union between male and female. 2. In meditation, when mind penetrates the third-eye and bliss is released. 3. At the time of death, when Separated Consciousness unites with Cosmic Consciousness and body gets released. 4. Creation of this creation. 60
  • 61. Religion and Spirituality Religion is a cup through which one can enjoy the tea of spirituality. Content are more important than container. People who are obsessed with container (religion) becomes ignorant and fanatic. Ignorance creates duality whereas wisdom creates unity. Concepts and logics are created by mischievous mind. Any mental concept (pseudo religions), which creates division or structure, is an idea against spirituality. In fact, road of spirituality starts, where religion ends. Different religions are like different roads, leading to the same Truth. In the initial stages, religion can help us to understand Cosmic Consciousness, the way a stroller helps a kid to learn walking. The delicate plant of spirituality can be fenced by religion, which enables the plant to withstand with harsh weather of materialism. Fence without plant is meaningless. 61
  • 62. Religion and Spirituality Rituals too have deep hidden meaning. For example, in Indian culture, while meeting one greets other person in the following manner - 1. Join both palms and collapse ten fingers in front of your heart : Collapsing of ten fingers represents collapsing of ten Indriya (five organs of knowledge and five organs of action). This represents that may our relation be through our hearts (which is illogical) and not through our mischievous minds (which works on logic). 2. Close eyes : Meditate on the other person treating him as fraction of Cosmic Consciousness. 3. Nodding the head : Mental prostration and negating our Ego in front of other person. 4. Speak namaste : Negating one-self, where “I” becomes “You”, and “You” 62 becomes “I”.
  • 63. Religion and Spirituality sad-gUrU’s blessings are must to attain a meaningful level in spirituality. sad- gUrU can only show us the seed of spirituality. One has to sow the seed and cultivate the plant of spirituality by one’s own efforts. At a higher spiritual level, sad-gUrU is Cosmic Consciousness's energy getting manifested for you through various mediums. veda are generic spiritual wisdom and complete subject in itself and not like one chapter in any other religion. veda tells us that the main purpose of this material world is to purify the Separated Consciousness and finally attain mokSa i.e. liberation from the cycle of death and birth, and re-unite with Cosmic Consciousness. Swami Vivekananda says, “Each Soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divine within, by controlling nature, external and internal. Do it either by work, or worship, or psychic control, or philosophy – by one or more, or all of these – and be free. This is the whole of religion. Doctrines, or dogma, or rituals, or books, or temples, or forms, are but secondary 63 details”.
  • 64. Six Verses to Liberation 1. I am not the mind or the intelligence. Nor am I the thought or the ego. Neither am I the ear, the tongue, the nose; I am not the space; neither fire nor wind am I; I am Bliss- Consciousness – “That” am I, and I am “That”. 2. I am no breath, nor the Five-fold subtle life force (prANa, apAna, vayAna, udAna and samAna), nor the Seven-fold material (chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen), nor the five organs; I am not speech, nor hands, nor feet am I. I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”. 3. I know no aversion, nor any attachment; I covet not, nor does illusion shroud my eyes; I have no pride, nor the touch of envy; neither duty nor selfish purpose have I; neither desire, nor freedom; I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”. 4. I have transcended virtue and sin, pleasure and pain; also chants or sacred places, veda or sacrifices. I am neither the enjoyer (subject), nor the enjoyer (object), nor the enjoyment (experience or action). I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”. 5. Death cannot claim me, nor fear ever shake my calm; I know not division of caste; I have no father, no mother even, no brother, no friend, no teacher, no pupil; nor am I born. I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”. 6. I am Changeless, Formless, Omnipresent, All-pervading, and the Lord of all senses. I am always equianimous. For me there is neither liberation nor bondage; for I am Bliss- Consciousness - “That” am I, and I am “That”. 64 AuM tat sat