Concentration

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      Mindfullness, Being in the Present

      Being mindful, observant, you can learn by watching the reactions of other people and the consequences of their actions. Quiet that area of the mind which wants to excessively talk ...

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      Color Meditation

      Simple five minute color meditation with 12 sadhanas; auric circle, affirmation such as "I am all right right now", pranayama, flooding the aura with colors [ red light, orange aura, yellow aura, green aura, ...

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      Willpower and Concentration (An upadesha by Bodhinatha)

      An Upadesha given by Bodhinatha on March 14 2011 Bodhinatha explains the relationship between our inner and outer life. Continuity of efforts made in both our inner and outer life ...

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      Becoming Centered

      We welcome Swami Pragyanand from New Delhi, India. Merging with Siva talks about being thrown off center. Being off center is not a negative thing. It is a spiritual opportunity ...

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      The Art of Concentration

      Bodhinatha shares a lesson from "Living With Siva" on The Art of Concentration. He then gives his bhashya on Gurudeva's teachings and indicates how Gurudeva's approach may differ from the standard approach ...

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      What Is Japa?

      Japa links Siddhanta with Vedanta, being a monist and a theist at the same time. Quieting the mind, Aum Saravanabhava. Repetition of the Panchakshara Mantra, Aum Namah Sivaya "...connects you with millions of Siva's devotees." Distinguish ...

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      Yama 6 - Dhriti, Steadfastness

      Yama number 6 - dhriti, steadfastness. Willpower has to be used to be steadfast. Overcoming fear, and perseverance, are steadfastness. Gurudeva said, "consistency is the key to the conquest of karma." Dhriti is also important to progressing on ...

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      How Do We Meditate? Part 1

      "Meditation is a long journey, a pilgrimage into the mind itself." In Gurudeva's approach we start meditation with the physical body then get more and more subtle, withdrawing energy into the spine then not utilizing mental activity. Everything we meditate ...

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      How Do We Meditate? Part 2

      "Adjust yourself to the realization that you are a divine being, a self-effulgent, radiant being of light." Jyoti is the Sanskrit word for inner light. To bestow on devotees terms that were more specific, Gurudeva developed the Shum Language of Meditation. In Shum the word for ...

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      Putting Gurudeva's Teachings to the Best Use, Part 3

      Bodhinatha continues his Gurudeva mahasamadhi observances class with this part on ashtanga yoga, which is the teaching of our Nandinatha Sampradaya's Kailasa Parampara. When you go to study yoga somewhere ...

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      Control of Thought, Includes Purifying the Subconscious

      Mechanism for major change in the subconscious mind from an ordinary to a spiritual state. Vasana Daha Tantra to clear suppressed memories. Be observant of what's going on inside. Devotion ...

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      Will Power - Concentration, Continuity in Striving

      Continuity of effort is needed between our inner and outer life. Control of the mind throughout the day is cumulative. The more we're interested in something the more energy we ...

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      Patanjali's Yoga Sutras - False Knowledge

      Bodhinatha comments on Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Verses 1.5 through 1.12. The restraint of the mental activities of correct knowledge, erroneous knowledge, fantasy, sleep and memory is achieved through practice and ...

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      Concentration and Youth

      Today Gurudeva gives meaning to attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation, samadi. Gurudeva then discusses why parents should not force children into activities for which they do not have aptitudes. Gurudeva gives ...

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      Patanjali - Overcoming Obstacles with Concentration and Friendliness

      Bodhinatha discusses Patanjali's description of the eight obstacles to progress in Raja Yoga. He discusses two of Patanjali's solutions. One is concentration that comes from an intense interest in the ...

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      Living in the Eternity of the Moment

      Today Gurudeva answers a question about how to improve concentration so that one can learn to meditate bettter. ...

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      The Nature of Thought: Awareness Externalized

      Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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      The Nature of Thought: Seeking a New Perspective

      Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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      The Physical and Pranic Bodies: Trace the Source of Prana

      Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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      Maintaining Concentration

      Today Gurudeva explains how to maintain your concentration by sitting up straight, opening up the power of the spine to be fully concentrated in the present--a simple but very useful ...

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      How Do We Strengthen Our Temple?

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami reads from Lesson 62 of the Himalayan Academy publication Path To Siva, discussing our ability to strengthen our Hindu temples by how we approach them ...

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      Controlling Five Kinds of Thoughts

      Each category of thought may be controlled in a different way for successful meditation. Emotion causes us to think about the recent past. Better to be content in the present ...

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      Controlling the Instinctive Mind

      Today Gurudeva talks about the instinctive mind, how to tame it by sitting quietly for 20 minutes a day. He explains how you can separate the light of the mind ...

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      The Fine Art of Meditation: Thought, Diet And Desire

      Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami reads this chapter from his book Merging with Siva ...

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      The Making of a Master

      Master Course Recording. Chapter 2, Gurudeva describes his catalysts and the systematic process of unfoldment. Yogaswami. Initiation. Study Guide: Cultivate the great art of doing nothing. Before listening to Master, ...

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      The Donkey and the Carrot

      Master Course Recording. Chapter 5. Five states of mind. Defining conscious mind. Body of the soul.Defining subconscious mind. Programming subconscious. Attention and concentration. Mulingnishum. Study Guide: Breath is life, and ...

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      Cultivating Will Power

      Master Course Recording. Chapter 9. Six steps to Self Realization. Gurudeva describes moving awareness from attention to samadhi. Swimming pool metaphor. Cultivate willpower. Discover willpower. Awareness = Willpower = Energy. ...

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      There is No Satan or Hell, Focus on the Here and Now

      There is no hell. Only "hellish" states of mind. The state of mind in the here and now is the same state of mind you'll be in in the inner ...

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      Arthur Pacheco interviews Gurudeva Part 5

      Today's cybertalk is part five of a radio interview with Gurudeva conducted by Arthur Pacheco. Arthur Pacheco conducts a weekly radio show in Honolulu, Hawaii and is also a trans-medium. ...

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      Three Spiritual Goals of Life and Willpower

      Three goals of life : realization, liberation and merger. Realization means we have a complete experience of the transcendent absolute. We have to realize God many times to achieve liberation. ...

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      Dealing with Distraction, Lesson 99 of Living with Siva

      The shumif perspective is helpful in detachment. Thoughts are stationary, move awareness to the pattern we want to be in which exists already. Create a pattern of controlling movement. When ...

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      Expanded Consciousness

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly talk in Kadavul Temple at Kauai Aadheenam. Here Satguru reads from lesson 327 of Sivaya Subramuniyaswami's book Merging with Siva, discussing the meditative stages ...

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      Expanded Consciousness-Apex, the Pulse of the Universe

      Disturbance of the mind comes from unwise actions. Control the external, instinctive and intellectual mind. Meditation is man's wisdom. Remember the five steps to enlightenment: attention, concentration, meditation, contemplation to ...

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      Concentrate at the Top of Head, Going Beyond the Light

      Even with the deepest experience, the change within us is gradual until we fully understood and accept it. Experiencing something once isn't enough. Gurudeva distinguishes between devotion and emotion. There ...

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      Steadfastness, Perservance, Dhriti - Yamas

      The Yamas focus on harnessing the tendencies of the instinctive mind. Foster steadfastness, perseverance forbearance; be firm, achieve your goals. "Siva's devotees approach each enterprise with deliberate thoughtfulness and act only after careful consideration." Expect to encounter obstacles in achieving plans; choose to ...

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      The Seventh Dimension-Pure Awareness, Part 2

      Gurudeva's long explanations of the seventh dimension of the mind: "...Enter realms of knowledge resulting from superconscious perceptions of the superconscious itself...Everything learned must be forgotten..." Discard the baggage of accumulated opinions and misunderstandings, unresolved issues, memories, externalizing samskaras. The seventh dimension, endless inner space, ...

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      The Concept of Awareness Part One

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylaswami gives an upadesha on the concept of awareness from the yogic perspective. ...

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      Awareness and Omnipresence-Kaif, Part 5

      Gurudeva created the Shum Tyeif language to be able to have precise descriptions of the realm of meditation. Niif perspective of awareness, fourfold definition. Kaif: pure awareness aware only of ...

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      Awareness and Omnipresence-Iif, Part 6

      In Shum, Gurudeva's language of meditation, 'iif' is awareness traveling, flowing constantly in the fifth and fourth dimensions. 'Nalif' is holding the vibration continuity between meditations. 'Anif' is finding the ...

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      Awareness and Omnipresence-Niif, Iif, Iimf, Part 8

      In Gurudeva's language of meditation, Shum, iimf is awareness traveling in the sixth dimension separate and apart from niimf or iif. M'mimf is the observation of awareness traveling, innersearching. Deep ...

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      Awareness Wandering in Meditation

      Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami gives his weekly Upadesha, discussing the focus of awareness during meditations and the practice of samyama. Samyama is a continuous meditation on a single concept to gain ...

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      Three Points of Concentration, Samyama

      In meditation, focusing the mind on three facts or points of concentration. Its called samyama in the Yoga Sutras. Concentrate on each individually, then meditate upon them collectively. Thought, meaning ...

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      Wailua University - Meditate - Stabilizing Their Mind Force

      Wailua University of Contemplative Arts is formed. Gurudeva responds to a number of things: God is love, not fear. Man's search to find peace of mind, to go within himself. ...

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      Innerversity - Knowledge From Within

      Innerversity: Learning from within through yoga, concentration and meditation. The state of consciousness we achieve in meditation needs to influence us in our daily activities. "The only real, permanent education is your unfoldment into the building of the intuitive mind through the control of the intellect." Gurudeva Master Course Trilogy ...