Practice Report - Alfredo D. - Monday 9/17/2012
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Date: Posted 5 years before Sep 18, 2017
Alfredo 5 years ago
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Have not been filing daily practice reports lately because they are about the same.
AM Practice
Svadhyaya: Went back to “Uddhava Gita Explained”, Chapter 15.
Dedication: Practice dedicated to Lord Shiva, Lord of Yoga and protector of yogis.
Breath Infusion: 30 minutes of Bhastrika prânâyâma in various asanas. Kundalini struck the head twice, during “full-soliciting” kneeling asanas. For the first time tried kneeling after soliciting standing as recommended by Gurubai Surya. It works.
Meditation: Meditation was conducted by concentrating on the back of the head and thus warding off thoughts. This is a direct application from the book “Astral Projection”, also covered in “Meditation Pictorial”. I did this for about 30 minutes.
Dream recall: Two dream sequences recalled of a goofy nature, which were recorded in dream journal.
PM Practice: PM practice consisted of a small prânâyâma session followed by a 30-minute meditation lying on the back on the hard floor over a silk carpet and with the frontal part and eyes covered with a black cloth.
Both 30-minute meditations were mostly Dharana (Patanjali’s 6th step). Short and sporadic episodes of Dhyana occur. The objective now is to deepen and lengthen the meditation.
As the meditation time has increased, several symptoms have occurred during the day: a) An increase in general calmness b) A decrease in blood pressure c) Better mental sharpness.
Question: Can one “exists” concentrating on the back of the head? I guess that would decrease the thoughts in great number.
MiBeloved 5 years ago
Alfredo wrote:
Both 30-minute meditations were mostly Dharana (Patanjali’s 6th step). Short and sporadic episodes of Dhyana occur. The objective now is to deepen and lengthen the meditation.
MiBeloved's Response:
It is very important that one study Patanjali and know what his words mean, especially words like dharana and dhyana, so that the yogi can honestly assess where he is on the path and then set into motions processes which will allow him to move on.
There should be no fake meditation and a yogi should know when his dhyana practice is sporadic and is not the ideal thing as described by Patanjali. This requires only one thing: Self-honesty.
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Alfredo wrote:
Question: Can one “exists” concentrating on the back of the head? I guess that would decrease the thoughts in great number.
MiBeloved's Response:
Self will always resume its default location which is approximately at the center of the subtle head, but oriented towards the front and not to the back. This is because of the design of the subtle body.
Think of an auto. Can the driver operate the vehicle from hiding out in the trunk or from being in a passenger back seat looking through the rear window where nothing is happening?
Maybe, if you got the manufacturer to redesign the machine. Good luck with that!
However the staying in the back during meditation will have an after-effect which will be lasting if you persist in the practice. I can cite my experience with the same which is that the core-self loses its impulsive interest in the accessories which are in the frontal part of the subtle head.
These are the buddhi intellect organ and the sensual orbs.
What happens is that after doing the back of the head meditation for some time, one suddenly notices that when one is at the front there is a neutral attitude of the core self and a less demanding attitude of the adjuncts. This frees up the yogi from many circumstances and methods of behavior which he had before but which were unwanted.
A yogi also notices the difference in his behavior and interest in material things in comparison with others but he notices it silently and does not mention it to anyone. In other words even his pride in yogic accomplishments diminishes and that protects him from mouthing off about it.
So why am I explaining about it?
To assist a student.
Alfredo 5 years ago
MiBeloved wrote:
[So why am I explaining about it?
To assist a student.]
Alfredo's Reply:
Thanks!
