Fighting with the X Factor, A Touchy Proposition

How is the scenery today?
How is the weather?
Moving form the unknown--belief sustaining;
Belief not sustaining...

LIQUID CONTEXT--

This happens sometimes;
I know myself and I am not myself--

This is not me

Missing the point

Traveling and traveling

Schema unknown--

I kind of *get* how conflicts disorder
Not confused but definitely not peaceful; a low order.

Absence, Rather Than Presence

Patchy, incomplete--
Seen in place of me

De facto underwater:
Submerged by

The hunger of the hungry,
Arrange, range, array--
Laughing.

Look out--looking out:
A lighthouse.

A thing, devoid of space;
Signal fire

Not one of us looking out--
Not one of us a searchlight,

Unseen selves
We are all liable as we go--

Stretch beyond your--amplify;
This this.

What are we saying:
Character this; character that
I am not here.

Apparent;
Well aware

More than a few ways to
Push this;

It's not about one person
Don't make it that.

De facto, underwater
Let someone come about.

Apparent; well aware how no one really comes alive from here.
No traces.

(You pull at me and I push back)

We are falling towards one another
Without a trace.

On the edge and beyond the edge, both.
Ladies and gentlemen;

Built into--
The edge; come out.

Inherent blind spot;
Identifier and the identified, together.

Trouble untrue.
An unseen, seeable

Stretch beyond your--amplify;
This this.

Sway

A cut aside, away from
Ask and be asked

Make us mobile--fluid context
Sensing into the cut aside

Clear away now, clear away
Traveling echo

Music of a river
Step into

One of a kind, you know--lone gesture
Washing ways

No sense--simultaneous
Don't pretend

Make us mobile--clearing ways
Simultaneously

Backing Up the Agreement

Sweeping on: a moving action, along with everyone, over and over again, a hundred thousand times. It's the hunger of the hungry (that carry this friction). Form and formless again; a hundred thousand times. An unknown order, we sense into it: a song of many. Tales for a thousand; not one. Tired of receiving, we push back so hard.

We have told enough stories by now.

Backing up the agreement, moving forward: this ever present one-on-one. Commander of the commanded--walk. Followthrough. It is not: dabble in this and see about that...

Finding rubies, rolling them out like dice. This teacher, this me in me has given me something to follow through with; to see, to sense, to know. This me in me has given me something to pray for; a more complete prayer than before.

Giver, giver of the received, ask yourself the question: What are your gifts; your specialty? What is it? It is not about these other things that someone else is giving, those are their gifts. Go inside. Ask yourself. Ask OF yourself.

Listen…

Bring these truths in. Be wild with these truths. Say what you mean. Mean what you say. Agree to agree. Check yourself, there is a gravity about you when you agree. It's a commitment.

A Low Order

No known
Nobodies here

Funny bird
Making me

Move from
My own

Chant

ADI SHAKTI, ADI SHAKTI, ADI SHAKTI, NAMO NAMO, SARAB SHAKTI, SARAB SHAKTI, SARAB SHAKTI, NAMO NAMO,PRITHUM BHAGAWATI, PRITHUM BHAGAWATI, PRITHUM BHAGAWATI, NAMO NAMO, KUNDALINI, MATA SHAKTI, MATA SHAKTI, NAMO, NAMO

This is the First Shakti Mantra tunes into the frequency of the Divine Mother, and to primal protective, generating energy. Chanting it eliminates fears and fulfils desires. Adi Shakti means the "Primal Power," Sarab Shakti means "All Power", and Prithum Bhagawati means "which creates through God."

Become a Teacher

Soft bodied, protected
Somehow
A shield of defense--swampy

Acting from a speed
Unoccupied texture
Traveling, becomes a teacher

Remember to take it easy--

Soft bodied, protected
Somehow
A shield of defense

Swampy night dweller,
Magician honoring
Foresight insight hindsight

A patient action--a way to say no
A way to say yes; saying
No to say yes

Swampy night dweller
Soft bodied, protected somehow
Magician--honoring

Acting from a speed
Unoccupied texture traveling, becomes
A teacher

The beauty of usefulness--
Making right
Whatever has been wronged

Say no
To say yes because what drops away--
A swampy texture

Become a teacher
Honoring
Foresight insight hindsight

They, Them, There

Living in and for those
They keep

Having it well know
For all
That pass through

We keep
Living for this place

Some magical pearlescent place
A clean place
Not here

What if you were just here
What if there were no 'there'

No they, them, there
No place to go but here
Have it well know--

You're
Here

What A Drag

Magnum veritable; you know,
The bona fide
Without a doubt
Seen in the usual way--making the most of it.

Definitely

Man made,
An average
Avenue of objects

Not superstitious but
Definitely not secure
His was a daily routine

Fear is easy,
Do something hard
For a change

What Do You Do

Senses developed
From a marked
Moment
He has excellent
Hearing,
I sees
More
Than the
Visible,
Hers is a
Feeling
Too much
Through
The skin,
They say
We are
Different, and
We are

Rat

Rats would
Probably
Not be
So successful
If it weren't
For humans.

Beyond Happened, Zeroing Out

Dangerous basket
Binding
Past and future

Your next step
Beyond happened--
No reflection there

Birth and then
Magic--
Don't cast

Zero-out
Numbers
Now

Outcast

Little whistle
Second scene--

Hers was a cast out role
She said, "Action"

Shape and be seen
Part in part

Don't act
The string's secure
In all things found, formed together--
They teach us
Each other

Maestro
Master of a different keeper

Don't act
The string's secure

Second scene
She said, "Action"

Well Heard

Whistle
Screech
Hoot

Having
Made
Your

Voice
Well
Heard

Make
Some
Noise

You Will

Adjoining space
Legs, arms, ass
Toes, teeth
Adjoining

Fingernails in a moment will____
All these little parts
And you
Will

I'm leaving
Things out
Again,
As usual

Graceful testimony_____
Physical health
Mental clarity
Stability, awakening

When you appear_____
Some people make the
Space around them
More vivid

True grit
A fitting
Impression
Some people make the_____

Guts and beauty
A fitting impression
More vivid
Than most

Adjacent_____
Adjoining_____
And you
Will

Selves

One of the _____
Apparently
Given _____

Blanketed at best, wrapped-up
Around ourselves, tired of ______
No such thing extending

Giving way,
Around our bodies
Shine

Yours was a basic _____
Ability, acute in its
Ultra observing way

Hearing _____ helpful overly, sensitive
Blanketed at best, wrapped-up
Around yourself _____

Queen Bee

Top-dressed
Looking out
Escorted by
A plea, earnestly

Hers was a top-shelf way

Skill

Industrious maneuvers
Steer us well
Yours is a face
We know--
A mother face
Wearing the mask
Of him

Mirror

Your eyes
Reflecting out
Triangle of Triangles
Seen behind
What has been
Seen before

Ocean In Me

Following and
Following

Unbind your
Rhythm rhyme

I put you to sea
Little ocean in me

I am Thou

Sun energy, Moon energy, Earth energy, Infinity.
Moving form one's own, bound up in the universal--we sing songs every day.
Personal sense link-up with the infinite.
Infinite, vibrating and real.
(It doesn't get more real than that.)
Keep your eyes on god.
Watch yourself.

Unconditional

I love you
For no reason

Face To Face

Seen in the unseen
Keen sense
Of freedom
Holding

Pushing
Eager is what
Brought
Us here

A whisper now
In my ear
Beast of
Me

My face
To face
Expression
Erased

Into a personal
Wilderness
Awaiting
Sounds

Beast of
Me
Fief
Functioning

Whispering
In my ear now
Face to face
Pushing

WORLD

The intellect is discarded at the entrance to this mysterious world. The mind dissolves in the breath and breath subsides. Die for an instant. Step outside the house of your house. Step outside the world; beyond mystery. Connect to the infinite. Feel the thread, then the weave, then the texture, then the sound--then make manifest all that your heart expresses. Be that full then EMPTY INTO the pattern of the fabric that you have become. It's your world. It's your world too.

Advent

Charming, they skim--dipping themselves out. It's a man, it's a mask, it's a man trapped in a mask under water carried by a deliberate action, second sight, not lost but nothing found; yet.
Following and following, skimming the surface; lead by the weighted impression, a symmetry of sense and senselessness. Significance, help us understand. Prayer of the undertaking. Undertaking a prayer--moments letting moments; breathe. Let us honor what we have chosen.

Next Door

Neither here nor there
Falling from this world to the next, sideways

Yours was a backwards breath

Ruby

Flight of flight (gift of all gifts) claim a territory and call me in, flying back and forth, make an arc. Luminous light building bridges, carry us from place to place, always safe touching untouchables. What has not yet been seen will be known. It is now, light of light; together we create a circle. Light beam brighter than ever before.

Lumen de Lumine
Deum de Deo
Lumen de Lumine
Deum Verum de Deo Vero
Lumen de Lumine*

God of God, God by the way of Light, Light by the way of God, Light of Light
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*Mantra of Light, Gurunam

Decent, Keen

Boundless impassable, we are within you already--serving
A mold; a melody working away while we become

Innocent actually--

Accounting for acute range, and forward wanting--
The teaching, impending--under

Teach me to love you--

Willingness, actually--they hold; not choosing and choosing again--
In service of your one sided safety

Because they are becoming accurately oriented
Imminent, immediate--

Surroundings, a guide
Footsteps are one and one and one and one,

Mirror image--

Acute actually--
Loyal

Happen in an instant--

Light beam brighter than ever before

Light beam
Building bridges,
Flying to make an arc;
Claiming territories that call me in

What has not yet been seen
Will be known
It is now, light of light;
Together we create an arc

Carry us from place to place
Always safe,
Touching
Untouchables

Fasten to Fix

Stories and invented melodies; a track
One thread and we can't help but weave another.
Making: it's a story told
To ourselves
By ourself.

Another page; this one's got no end.
Blazing can, bound
Found in all things--
Believe what you want.

Patterned
Can't recall-- things just are.
Cause and cause
Make yourself wanted; beyond a blaze.

Squandered, misspent
Bound in all things
Cause and cause some more--
A blaze.

Things just are. Crawl out into your own.
Interwoven, entwined
Become a braid--
Cross over.

Time's a thread.
Stick, transmute
Go ahead--
Pull.

Get There

Sharing a background
A hard space, a color
Light; a sound

Our shared space right here--
Home is not so far away
Come through
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Papa says, "It's so easy to love, you just give of yourself."

Temple

Aligning to connect
On the level
Under shelter

Doing the work
Created by
Our bodies

Knowing well
How we'll go out again
Retrieving what is ours

True To Kind

Masters at play, I see you've found your craft--Lasting ability... You've been sensing your way around (shape shifting consummate actions--it's a contradiction) a riddle to spark original design.

Masters at play
Molded accordingly--kind upon kind. Happen.

All The Rage

Carrying nails like a tree grown over
Well kept and
Fashioned after a memory

We can't forget
One more nail not so kind sealing off what became
Cannot become

harmless now--only a shell to speak of--an empty ledger, granting freedom--

expression erased--my wandering through--in my case grazing by no means enough--this place scrubs though me now

Kshtera

We walk through fields of mind and ego to a place where there is held a temple; a sacred space for us to be together--always. All Ways. You sit behind me, I sit before you--you're to my left, to my right, in front and within. We are upon one another; a face inside a face, a mask for all masks. I see that you have become strong in spite of me and I know there is a sea and more seas--that we are an ocean; we are an ocean of people (mostly free).

Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Say So Hung

Lucy died Tuesday at 11:11 am eastern time.

Lucy

Gold and Silver Light Broom
Sweeper of the finite
Beautiful Lucy... the angels will help you
The Essence of Light Broom
Will sweep you towards your star

Healing Mantra

Meditation Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Say So Hung
(Healing Meditation for Self and Others)
(Kundalini Yoga, Shakta Kaur Khalsa, pp. 166 and Meditation as Medicine, Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, p. 272)

Posture: Sit in easy pose or in a chair with a straight spine.

Focus: Eyes are closed and focused at the third-eye point.

Breath: The breath will come automatically as you chant. Inhale deeply before you begin chanting.

Mantra: Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Say So Hung. The mantra should be sung in one complete exhalation. As you chant the first Sa, your navel point is pulled in so that this syllable is abbreviated. You should rest for 4 beats between the first Sa and the second Sa. You should also pull your navel point in as you chant Hung. Hung should be vibrated at the root of the nose. The rest of the syllables are drawn out in a strong, powerful chant. Strive to keep your chant at full volume (loud but not raucous) throughout the meditation.

Meaning of Mantra: Ra=sun energy
Ma=moon energy
Da=earth energy
Sa=infinity, universal energy
Sa=repeat in second half of mantra
Say=the personal embodiment of Sa
So=the personal sense of merger with Sa
Hung=the Infinite, vibrating and real.

The mantra literally means, I am Thou. It is also used to mean, The service of God is within me.

Mudra: Bend the arms and bring the elbows against the side of the rib cage. The palms of the hands are parallel and face the sky. The elbows are snug at your sides with the forearms in close to your upper arms. The hands are at a 60 degree angle, halfway between pointing forward and pointing to the sides.

Time: 11 minutes, increasing gradually to 31 minutes.

End: Inhale deeply, hold your breath and visualize the person you want to send healing to (it can be yourself). Make that image in your mind very clear and see a glowing green light around the person. Keeping that person in your mind, exhale. Inhale deeply, hold your breath and continue to send the person healing green light. Still keeping that vision in your mind, exhale. For the last time, inhale deeply, hold your breath and see the person very clearly, see the green healing light bathing the person, bathing every cell in the body. Exhale and relax.

Comments: This highly effective meditation deals with vayu siddhi, the power of air. It brings health and many other desirable positive changes. If you wish to heal yourself, imagine a glowing green light around yourself as you meditate.

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Temple

A temple aligns and connects the geometries of heaven, i.e. the expanse of the universe, with those of earth.

Having a sacred space helps us humans access the light. Stepping out of darkness, we pass through the doorway of our created space, the temple. In this space we link ourselves to one another and strengthen our capacities to fully engage in the infinite measure of our destiny, i.e. our life. Here we find that we are safe to explore the possibilities of fulfillment (ecstatic fulfillment).

On the deepest level, being safe in the temple we are creating gives us a sense of security with our own bodies (all ten of them) so that we can go out into the world and do our work (so we can be happy). On the extraverted scope of things, knowing that we are here to be with others, the temple can be just that: a place to come together; a container for our power. The temple is the body of us all. We will share this body, making it beautiful.

A shared sacred space, held in balance by many is a gift, one to be experienced and maintained.

Without such a outward space Community has no place to come together. People are strays and our family (of souls) has no place to be at home together. Let's create a temple. Let's go home.

How do we get there? Find grace within the temple of your own body and share your experience with others. Practice yoga. Use your mind to project what is possible, then wait. Be aware of the opportunities that come your way. Open you heart. Love yourself. Love others. And as my Grandfather says, "It's so easy to love. You just give of yourself."

Expect miracles.

The Brain and Nerve System

Electrical System of the Body
Central Nerve System
Peripheral Nerve System

The Central Nerve System

The Brain
The Brain Stem
The Spinal Chord

The Peripheral Nerve System

Twelve pairs of Cranial Nerves (which emerge from the brain)
31 pairs of Spinal Nerves (which emerge form the spinal chord)

The Brain

Forebrain
Brain Stem

The Brain Stem

Mid Brain
Hind Brain

Forebrain

Cerebral Hemispheres (2)
The Corpus Callosum
The Pineal Gland
Thalamus
Hypothalamus
Pituitary Gland
Brain Stem
Spinal Chord

Cerebral Hemispheres

Receive Sensations
Involved in Perception
Thinking
Intelligence
Memory
Decision Making
Movement of Body Parts

Right Cerebral Hemisphere

Inner Perceptions
Creativity
Intuitive Processes
Art, Music
Spatial Perception

Left Cerebral Hemisphere

Outward Perceptions
Logical linear thinking

The Corpus Callosum

Band of Nerve Tracts (connecting the right and left brain together enabling the two hemispheres to communicate)
The Corpus Callosum, the right brain and the left brain also control pineal gland.

The Pineal Gland

Endocrine Gland
Secretes a Hormone (that stimulates the hypothalamus)

Thalamus

Relays Information and Instructions (back and forth from the cerebrum and the senses)

The Hypothalamus

Coordinates the central nervous system
Controls sleep, body temperature, appetite and other life processes in the body
Secretes hormones that stimulate the pituitary gland (which is attached to the lower part of the hypothalamus)

The Pituitary Gland

Endocrine Gland (coordinates all the other endocrine glands)

The Brain Stem

Mid brain
Hind brain

The Mid Brain

Highest Part of the Brain Stem
Relay Station (for messages to and from the brain)

The Hind Brain

The Cerebellum
The Pons
Medulla Oblongata

The Cerebellum

Maintains Posture
Coordinates Complex Body Movements

The Pons

Affects Breathing
Conducts Information (back and forth between areas of the brain and the body)

The Medulla Oblongata

Communicates Information (between the higher brain centers and the spinal chord)
Regulates the Rate and Strength of the Heart Beat
Regulates the Rate of Respiration
Regulates the Diameter of the Blood Vessels

The Spinal Chord

Contains Nerve Circuits
Conveys Information to and from the Brain. The spinal chord is located in the

Spinal Cavity

Contains the Spinal Chord (we call this the vertebral column) Inside the spinal cavity is
Inside the Spinal Cavity is Cerebrospinal Fluid

Cerebrospinal Fluid

Circulates in the Spinal Cavity (in and around the brain as well)

The Peripheral Nerve System

12 Pairs of Cranial Nerves (associated with the Five Senses and their related functions)
31 Pairs of Spinal Nerves (associated with the different regions of the Vertebral Column carring sensory and motor information to and from glands, organs and muscles to the spinal chord)

Of the 12 Pairs of Cranial Nerves 2 Pairs emerge from the brain (10 pairs emerge from the brain stem)
The 31 Pairs of Spinal Nerves emerge from the five regions of the vertebral column:

Cervical- 8 pairs of cervical spinal nerves- carries impulses to and from areas of the head, neck, chest, shoulders, arms and hands. (reflections of The Eightfold Path)

Thoracic- 12 pairs of thoracic spinal nerves- carries impulses to and from the areas of the chest and ribs. (Reflections of the 12 anatomical aspects of the Transcendental Creator)

Lumbar- 5 pairs of lumbar spinal nerves- carries impulses to and from the areas of the abdomen, pelvic and thighs. (reflections of the Body, Mind, Soul, Spirit and Will)

Sacral- 5 pairs of sacral spinal nerves- carries impulses to and from the areas of the thighs legs and feet. (Reflections of the Body, Mind, Soul, Spirit and Will)

Coccyx- one pair of coccygeal spinal nerves- carries impulses to an from the area around the base of the spine. (Reflections of the One Creator of the Higher Self)


The Central Nerve System/Peripheral Nerve Systems are divided into two systems according to function:

The Somatic Nerve System

Voluntary Control System (controls things like voluntary muscle movement of locomotion, etc.)

The Autonomic Nerve System

Involuntary Control System (controls things like digestion and other internal bodily functions)

Some organs are controlled by both voluntary and involuntary nerve functions.
Breathing which is involuntary most of the time can also be controlled voluntarily.

Kshtera

We walk through fields of mind and ego to a place where their is held a temple; a sacred space for us to be together--always. All Ways. You sit behind me, I sit before you--you're to my left, to my right, in front and within. We are upon one another; a face inside a face, a mask for all masks. I see that you have become strong in spite of me and I know their is a sea and more seas--that we are an ocean; we are an ocean of people (mostly free).

Naad Yoga

THE YOGA OF SOUND By Russill Paul

Over the past twenty years, yoga and music – two powerful approaches to optimal health – have garnered enormous credibility in the western world. Health, we are fast realizing, is not simply the absence of disease: it is a condition of soul that invigorates our being, enabling us to derive the most from life. The yoga of sound is a highly specialized yogic system and methodology that brings together universal healing principles found in yoga and music into a unified approach. Requiring neither the extreme flexibility of yoga postures, nor the complexities of music, the yoga of sound combines the best of both these worlds.

Largely unknown in the West, yet developing alongside the popular form of hatha yoga that has swept the world, the yoga of sound is a broad term for a 3500-year old spiritual system that we can effectively use today to reduce stress, develop our health, and realize spiritual awakenings leading to enlightenment. It is no longer possible to ignore or downplay the role of spiritual practice upon our health and well-being. Healing and spiritual enlightenment are the two faces of the genuine happiness coin.

For thousands of years, Hindu spirituality, which has given the world Yoga, as well as Ayurveda – the world’s oldest medical system, has understood the profound effect that sound has on our well-being. Western medicine is rapidly rediscovering this today in employing sound and music to successfully compliment the treatment of varied health problems including Alzheimer’s, cancer, pre and post-surgical trauma, insomnia and even the dissolving of kidney stones. Overwhelming clinical studies verify that the application of sound therapies helps lower heart rate, reduce blood pressure, produce endorphins (the body’s natural painkillers), nourish DNA, and generate important proteins in body such as interleukin-1.

Vocal chanting is particularly effective because the palate and the human ear (much like the hand and foot in reflexology) function as blueprints for the body’s energy system. This is why, the use of our voice through increased dynamics in speech and chanting can stimulate a wide spectrum of energy releases in our body, contributing effectively to increased health and vitality. Consider the fact that the pituitary gland, which governs our immune system, is located only millimeters from our palate. Then there is the vagus nerve that services the heart, lungs and kidneys, which is located in the throat. Sound yoga deliberately uses sound, in the form of the highly refined syllables of the Sanskrit language, to manipulate the flow of energy in and through the body.

The yoga of sound, as a spiritual system, develops sound as a yoga path by integrating four powerful streams of sacred sound that evolved in India over four millennia – shabda yoga, shakti yoga, bhava yoga, and nada yoga. Shabda yoga is “word yoga” used to strengthen the mind. Shakti yoga is “energy yoga” that employs techniques of sound to build energy in the body and reinforce the nervous system. Bhava yoga is the devotional stream that addresses the needs of the heart, our emotional fulfillment. Nada yoga, the official term for sound yoga, essentially deals with the perception of subtle vibrations in the body and the development of meditation techniques involving deep listening. The other three streams – shabda, shakti and bhava – deal with mantras, and derive from the Vedic, Tantric and Bhakti traditions of Hinduism.

Mantras are spiritual pharmaceuticals that can be used to dissolve obstructions in the flow of our energy, boost the charge of our nervous system and connect our being to vast reservoirs of energy within ourselves. Recent discoveries in quantum physics reveal that the manifest universe is composed of vibrating frequencies of energy – sound, in other words. Mantras are constructed upon exactly the same notion – the individual letters of the Sanskrit alphabet being derived from the basic strands of energy vibrating at the core of our existence. This astounding parallel lends immense credibility to the crucial role that sonic technology – and particularly mantras – can play in determining a comprehensive approach to our health and well-being.

The simple joy in using one’s voice to pronounce certain sounds in rhythmic combinations and vary a few tones is enough to generate powerful chemicals in the body. Along with the use of mantras, the yoga of sound is a holistic approach to health and enlightenment that combines some simple postures, special types of breathing and certain body motions while using sound. Sound is closely associated with the soul — the part of us that reflects something deep and eternal. This is why most illnesses indicate soul issues, and why therefore both sound and music — the language of our soul — can help restore and increase our health.

In our fast-paced lives, dominated by deep-seated fears and the frequent adaptation to changes, we are all manipulated by varying aspects of sound vibrations through radio, television and constant noise everywhere. In response, we must become more knowledgeable of how sound affects us. We must also learn how to use sound, especially those we can produce by means of our own vocal chords, to optimize our health and make our world a better place. This is the yoga of sound.

8 Limbs

Yama - code of conduct, self-restraint: Ahimsa (non-violence), Satya (truthfulness), Asteya (non-stealing), Brahmacharya (celibacy), and Aparigraha (non-covetousness).

Niyama - commitments to practice, such as study and devotion: Shaucha (internal and external purity), Santosha (contentment), Tapas (austerity), Svadhyaya (study of text and repetitions of Mantras), and Ishvarapranidhana (self-surrender to God, and His worship).

Āsana - integration of mind and body through physical activity: posture is mastered by releasing tension and meditating on what is infinite or limitless; recognize infinity (within)

Pranayama - regulation of breath leading to integration of mind and body: Active regulation of breathing naturally requires concentration on the process, a prelude to control of the thinking process, the final goal of Raja yoga.

Pratyahara - abstraction of the senses, withdrawal of the senses of perception from their objects: The objective of Prathyahara is to disrupt the communication from the sense organ to the brain. Light, sound, smell etc. stimuli received by the sense organs are blocked from the brain centers and thus could not distract from concentration of the mind

Dharana - concentration, one-pointedness of mind: (from Sanskrit धारणा dhāraṇā) is translated as 'collection or concentration of the mind (joined with the retention of breath)', or 'the act of holding, bearing, wearing, supporting, maintaining, retaining, keeping back (also in remembrance), a good memory', or 'firmness, steadfastness, certainty'. (The word dharana is related to the verbal root dhri to hold, carry, maintain, resolve.)

Dhyāna - meditation (quiet activity that leads to samadhi): Sleep, tossing of mind, attachment to objects, subtle desires and cravings, laziness, lack of Brahmacharya, gluttony are all obstacles in meditation. Reduce your wants. Cultivate dispassion. You will have progress in Yoga. Vairagya thins out the mind. Do not mix much. Do not talk much. Do not walk much. Do not eat much. Do not sleep much. Do not exert much. Never wrestle with the mind during meditation. Do not use any violent efforts at concentration. If evil thoughts enter your mind, do not use your will force in driving them. You will tax your will. You will lose your energy. You will fatigue yourself. The greater the efforts you make, the more the evil thoughts will return with redoubled force. Be indifferent. Become a witness of those thoughts. Substitute divine thoughts. They will pass away. Never miss a day in meditation. Regularity is of paramount importance. When the mind is tired, do not concentrate. Do not take heavy food at night.
The mind passes into many conditions or states as it is made up of three qualities-Sattva, Rajas and Tamas. Kshipta (wandering), Vikshipta (gathering), Mudha (ignorant), Ekagra (one-pointed), and Nirodha (contrary) are the five states of the mind.

Samādhi - the quiet state of blissful awareness, superconscious state: Avidya (ignorance), Asmita (egoism), Raga-Dvesha (likes and dislikes), Abhinivesha (clinging to mundane life) are the five Kleshas or afflictions. Destroy these afflictions. You will attain Samadhi.

WORLD

The intellect is discarded at the entrance to this mysterious world. The mind dissolves in the breath and breath subsides. Die for an instant. Step outside the house of your house. Step outside the world; beyond mystery. Connect to the infinite. Feel the thread, then the weave, then the texture, then the sound--then make manifest all that your heart expresses. Be that full then EMPTY INTO the pattern of the fabric that you have become. It's your world. It's your world too.