Practice Report - Alfredo D - Sunday 10/21/2012
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Date: Posted 5 years before Oct 26, 2017
Alfredo 5 years ago
ॐ नमः शिवाय
AM Practice
Practice conducted at home was standard overall and lasted 65 minutes.
Svadhyaya: Continued with “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, Chapter 1 “Samadhi Pada”.
Dedication: 5-minute mantra session invocation of Lord Shiva. Practice dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Breath Infusion: 30 minutes of Bhastrika prânâyâma. Half of the time was used in infusing fresh prana into the thighs, and extracting apana from them. Towards the end, Kundalini was solicited successfully twice before going into meditation immediately.
Meditation: Consisted of 30 minutes with concentration on the back of the head. Naad sound was audible all along. There was the usual struggle to keep the concentration on target, and to elongate it patiently towards the state of flowing concentration without effort (Dhyana).
Dream recall: 2 dreams were recalled distinctly. No need to detail them here, sufficient to say, they were also of troublesome nature, thus reminding me of how much is to be done still with the subtle body.
MiBeloved 5 years ago
Struggle to do samyama which is to move from effortful focus into effortless type and then into continuous effortless type may continue for months or years. Student should be serious enough to not expect that this will be accomplished in one sitting of meditation.
Whatever involvement one was into, has its momentum force which will have to be exhausted through many sessions of practice, before one can get success.
Alfredo 5 years ago
Thank you very much!
This advice is much appreciated and internalized here. This student has no illusions, is in no hurry, as he understands the challenge is a long time, life long, effort, and welcomes it gladly.
I further apologize to all if my reports look drab and dull or too similar, but it is the nature of change in this practice that it comes slowly, and there is nothing wrong with that. I consider that they need to be filed in here anyhow only in that they at least point to the constancy of effort required.
