Tibetan Meditation

Every arises we bad idea is essentially a delusion. To eliminate confusion, need wisdom. And not only wisdom, but a clear understanding and good concentration. Without a good concentration, with no sharp focus the mind is simply impossible to eliminate errors. In the process of meditation, concentration, the mind becomes clear and transparent so that we can see the tiny particles of this world, so calm and happy, it's impossible to compare with any other conditions of happiness. 

When I was in the mountains, came to me one friend, who was engaged in the practice of unidirectional concentration. On it I saw that we really can do it. But for the Buddhist entry-level and at advanced stages of concentration - the most important practice. This man practiced meditation for three or four years in the mountains. A shamathoy he worked for two years and has already reached the fifth, that is "continuous" level of concentration. Sometimes, during meditation, he thinks that doing this short time, but in reality is a lot of hours. He - my good friend, and when I went to visit him, he always laughed and was happy. I asked him how he did, he said that he had no cause for unhappiness. He has a good sense of humor and we joked with each other. When I looked at him, I saw that this practice can give a promotion or at least, to bring happiness, joy and peace. 

But if we talk about the practice, it is extremely important to know how to practice correctly. Otherwise, you will not advance. 

What place is suitable for the practice shamathi? If you intend to engage intensively, it must be very quiet, secluded place, so there was no danger to life and could easily find food. In addition, you should be provided with everything necessary for the practice, that is - knowledge. But once we can not rush off somewhere in a secluded place. We can do little, and it is too bad. I'll show you how to engage in this practice in everyday life, to move slowly, step by step. Even in the mountains, where people sit in solitude, it is recommended to start with small periods of meditation. So before you retire to the solitude, it is useful doing this brief practice in everyday life, at least once a day. 

When you do meditation, posture is very important. The legs should be crossed. Of course, initially it may be difficult, but if you talk about the future prospects are very useful. Yet, for some people it is almost impossible, so you can just sit on a chair, how convenient. In other cases it is recommended to cross his legs. Hands should be folded at the lower abdomen. Thumbs rest against each other, right hand placed on the left. For men and women are equal. The shoulders should be straight, head slightly bowed. Take this pose. Eyes half-closed. Roth should not be fully opened, or a fly can fly. (Laughter). But we must not and close it completely, so that the mouth does not appear in bad taste. Language should be raised to the sky. You should not be strained, and the back should be straight. In this manner, we sat down. 
It is important to breath. If before you begin meditation, we do not do the 21 breath, the thoughts in your head left so much that we fail to concentrate on really. So first we are doing the meditation on the breath. Adopting a meditative posture (it is called posture Vairochana), we just focus on your breathing. When exhale, then intently watching what we exhale, the same - when we inhale. 

The purpose of this meditation, I will explain with an example. For example, young children play with a knife. You want to pick up, but they do not give. You show them a more interesting thing, and they immediately drop the knife. The same thing with our mind. When we want to focus on the important objects and speak your mind: "Concentrate!" - He does not listen to us. And when we sit down to meditate, the mind wanders. To stop it, we must do the meditation on the breath. In the mind there are various thoughts, ideas. One thought, if we assume it generates a lot of other, and this happens endlessly. Therefore it is important to simply discard it and move attention to another. When we focus on the breath, our mind is distracted from their preferences, anxiety, anger, and gradually calms down. 

So, we sit down and start concentrating monitor your breath: as we inhale, exhale, etc., and doing it for some time. When we exhale and inhale, we believe that "one", etc. And if you can stay in focusing on the breath, without distractions, without interrupting the concentration of thought up to 21 times, then your concentration perfectly. 

This meditation on the breath is useful in daily life. Sometimes when people get angry and do not know how to cope with their irritation, they begin to drink vodka. Why do they do? Because, when drinking, they stop to think about their problem and believe that the problem is solved. This meditation - replacement of vodka! (Laughter). Think it's a good savings in the economy! - Saves money and does not violate health. If you are angry, they have fallen into anger, try to leave the room and make this "meditation, 21-second breath, and you will feel that they have become less irritable and more peaceful. 

Or another. Some had difficulty falling asleep, poor sleep. Why is it difficult? Because there's plenty of thought. One thought comes after another, and they can not stop. They are trying to sleep, but thoughts continue to appear and to appear. 

If you really want to go to sleep, try to lie down and not think about anything. If you stay at any one situation, to think about it, this will prevent you from falling asleep. And do not focus on the thought "I need to sleep", this idea will generate other ideas. Instead, concentrate on your breathing. Do not try to particularly concentrate. If a thought comes into your mind, let her appear and go away. And so, watching the thoughts, allowing them to leave, you gradually fall asleep, and you from meditation on the breath will be a good sleep. 

Let's go back a little back to the theme of the posture for meditation. The pose is very important, it should be clear and well remembered. I want to briefly tell about the real motive is correct posture. The back should be straight, because if you bend forward or backward, it can interfere with concentration. How to explain this at the level of tantra, the central channel, Avadhut should be straight. If it is at least slightly bent, then these places may appear more wind-energy, which would distort the process of meditation. The head should not be raised high and should not be omitted. If the head is raised higher than it should, it would appear overexcited or, if too much is omitted, there will be a spreading of ideas, drowsiness. Shoulders need to stretch. It is important that pillow on which you sit, was flat. In this case the back part of it should be slightly higher than the front. But if the bag is tilted, then after sitting so long, there was tension in the body and it will interfere. 

Someone who wants to seriously practice shamathu for any specific purpose, should think about diet. Do not eat too much or too little, it will interfere with concentration. One has to choose some measure of its food. Sometimes the concentration is very promotes meat, but a small amount and only sometimes. For those who meditate in the mountains, live mostly on a vegetable diet, and in the body appears a lot of energy - wind power, which leads to imbalance. To balance the energy of a few, it is necessary to use a little meat. 

Earlier, we talked about meditation on the breath. In meditation on the breath is an ordinary and special practice. Usual practice, I have already explained, and seeing your interest, decided to tell a little about the special meditations on the breath. Special meditation on breathing associated with yoga. In addition, they are good for health if you do them in everyday life. 

It is necessary to visualize the three internal channels in the body. The average channel - white. It goes like this: start with "third eye", encircles his head, runs along the spine, ending below the navel. Channels are small, they are very thin and twisted. Center channel a little bit thicker. Right channel - the red color. It starts at the nose and runs along the spine with the right side. In all the chakras, he is tied in knots. That is, the center channel directly, but the side in the chakras curved and tied to the nodes. Left channel - blue. He goes straight from the nose, is tied in a knot at the crown chakra, and then is tied in a knot at the throat chakra, then the heart and navel. This should provide some picture of these three channels. It is not so difficult. Then you visualize what your left channel is in the right channel, as one tube to another. 

Now we add up the hands. First, the thumb, then bends all the rest, except for demonstrative - they remain. And put them on their knees. And then, raising his right hand, we first close the right channel right index finger. Before you start breathing, we try to clearly visualize the channel. Three times we inhale. Inhaling the triple breath, we visualize all the good energy white. All the good merits of the Buddha are we breathing, and passing on the left channel down to a level below the navel, purify the channel from all contaminants. Then exhale triple exhalation through the right nostril, closing the left nostril with his finger and visualizing that now go up pollution along the right channel and from the right nostril are leaving our body. So we do three. 

Now we start on the other side. Close the left nostril with your finger left and repeat the same process. Inhale through the right nostril and inhale all the pollution drove a white light, go down the right channel to the point of connection channels. On the exhale, they rise on the left channel and in the process of triple expiratory leave our body through the left nostril. That is, the same process Repeat three times on the other side. 

And now, for the third time, we visualize these two and the central channel. Then inhale triple breath through both nostrils, while the white part of the good energy through both nostrils into right and left channel, and falling on them, expels all impurities. Then, we visualize that the left and right channels are in the central channel. Contaminants are on them in the central canal, go up the central channel and the exhaled breath leaves the body through a hole on the crown. And before we begin to exhale, lifting these pollution through the central channel, we are literally at the moment are holding the breath, then exhale. 

This is truly useful for health meditation. When I meditated in the mountains, I did not apply to doctors. It was my medicine. Since I went, I was less time for meditation, and I have in Moscow from time to time to see a doctor. This is a preliminary exercise for the development of concentration is very good for health. 

Development shamathi, that is, the serenity of mind, extremely important. Without the development shamathi, neither the implementation of the understanding of emptiness, or the practice of tantra, or the practice of Mahamudra, or practices of Dzogchen. Therefore shamathu can be called the foundation, the foundation of all other implementations. 
Great Atisha said that the development shamathi useful both for themselves and for the benefit of other beings. He explained that it can not fly without wings, bird, well and practicing without shamathi can not fly either for its own benefit or for the benefit of others. 

Shamatha is, in essence, a common practice for Hinduism and Buddhism. But in Buddhism, various techniques to achieve samadhi are better. Compared with other achievements shamatha easier, but not so easily attainable, as it may seem. It also requires effort and constant practice. In addition, you need to know how to develop it properly. Also, if you rush from one method to another, running across from one road to another, you did not come. Pick one method and take possession of them as follows. Then he will lead you to where you want. 

First, about the object of meditation. There are many objects of meditation for shamathi. And the great masters, from the standpoint of the sutras, offer usually choose meditation Buddha. At the level of tantra is sometimes recommended to concentrate on the letter A or B on the bright light, but it will be difficult for us. It is easier to meditate on the image of the Buddha. And it is not easy to represent within itself and outside, because we are all accustomed to thinking about the external world. 

My approach is to do something relatively easy. Then we will enjoy it and quickly move on. If we start immediately with the difficult, then we simply will not work. 

Therefore, although in terms of Mahamudra, Dzogchen need to meditate on his mind, but the first step consists in the fact, to understand what the mind is a great difficulty. Although, in terms of Dzogchen, this first step is the easiest. And in the highest sense to understand the nature of mind is even harder. So first you need to do more simple things. I would not want you to think that I criticize Dzogchen. On the contrary, I'll try to practice Dzogchen, but I find it extremely difficult. Practices of Dzogchen or Mahamudra that the Gelugpa school is essentially the same - it is very difficult practice. If you master the first level shamathi, then Dzogchen, Mahamudra, the comprehension of emptiness, the development of Bodhicitta and denial, everything will become much easier. This will greatly assist in any area of practice. 

In the old days shamathu reached during the six months to a year and a half years. First, because it makes a very intense practice, and secondly, because we knew how it should be done. Now one of my friends who tried to implement shamathu been able to do this for three years. And this is also considered to be very fast. Achieving shamathi substantially superior to any other human achievements. Million dollars compared with the achievement shamathi - nonsense. Because with shamathi achieved a peace of mind, such clarity of mind that you never for a million dollars do not buy. Already in this life is extraordinarily beautiful. What can we say about the future lives! 

Thus, the object of meditation, the image of the Buddha, should be small, the size of a thumb. Yellow. And you should feel like the rays emanate from it. In this case, you should not visualize it as a statuette. You have to visualize the living Buddha of the present, to feel that he has the weight. It is up to you somewhere at arm's length. In addition, it is recommended to visualize the Buddha is not too high nor too low - at the level of the forehead. His need to visualize the radiating rays, because it serves as a radiation antidote to dullness of mind. And its hard to visualize because it prevents wandering mind. Because it is heavy, it compels us to hold that the Buddha more intensively. As the teacher says, if we tie an elephant to thin the column, he can easily pull it up with a rope. If you post a heavy, strong, then a wrest pole elephant of our mind is more difficult. 
Why is the image of Buddha is visualized so small? It also has a cause. In visualization there is no random details. Little we visualize it in order to improve the concentration: if we visualize a large image of Buddha, the attention would dissipate. So - is the object of meditation for the development shamathi. 

Now that you have correct posture and you have an object of meditation, we begin to deal with concentration. In this case the eyes should be half closed. Imagine that your eyes are completely open: you can visualize your own home? Perhaps this? When you close your eyes, it is much easier to visualize. But it has its disadvantages, if we bear in mind the long-term studies, ultimately it will be worse. So we try to close my eyes halfway and then visualize the image of the Buddha. It will also be very difficult at first. To make the process easier for meditation, very good for the first time have before him the statuette. You look at this statue from time to time, and then try to reproduce it with visualization. As soon as the mind will get used to the image will be easier to visualize. 

Probably, nobody will not be difficult to imagine the image of a friend whom you know and remember. Your mind is well acquainted with him. Also here: the more your mind will get used to the way of statues, it will be easier to visualize it. Therefore recommended that you use the statuette. Try not to strain your body, relax, and in this state of focus. It does not matter if you do not see it clearly. Initially, it is not necessary. If you present it in front of your mind's eye, at least with any degree of clarity, try to restrain him and stay on it. If it disappears, try to still hold, then the clarity will return. Do not try to make it clear through their efforts, - this will be a hindrance. If you still forfeit the clarity, still hold him, just try to stay on it. Feel that this is not a statuette, a living Buddha. And in any case do not strain - will focus from the state of relaxation. If you tense up your mind shrinks from the effort, as well as the body. Relax. Do not apply too much effort. Hold hands behind his knees. Feel that the reset voltage? Mind clear, fresh. Now define for themselves the need to focus for one or two minutes only on the image of Buddha, and more on anything. 

This process is not easy, so after a while you learn only in the ground, roughly visualize the image of the Buddha. And when his eyes half closed, you can keep in front of this picture, it means you have reached the first level, which is called "discovery of the object of meditation." 

This - the first success. You appeared quite some achievement. I'm talking about these technical details, because when we begin to engage in, any attainment of a designated level gives us the inner satisfaction. We feel that we are moving, that we are on track. 
One American, for example, has now reached the seventh level of samadhi, that is, when an elephant is on the last corner on the right (see picture). This should give us all hope. If she could do it, why can not we? If this was achieved by some of the Tibetans, we could say: "Well, that Tibetans - they have the tradition and culture. Maybe, in their blood that something special." And if it made people from the West, the same as you, then you should understand that you too can. 

Why she was able to achieve such success? Because very ably in this approach. She worked with a great spectator in Dharamsala, Geshe Lamrimpoy. Before she was teaching shamathi from another teacher, but when you start to engage in practice, very well, if there is an experienced master, because during practice raises a lot of small issues. 

Well, now we move on to the point. So, the first stage - the discovery of the object of meditation. It is preceded by practice, which we call "search the object of meditation." First, when we look at the statue, and then try to visualize, - called search. Then, when we found the object of meditation is called discovery. Next we need to hold the object of meditation - is the third stage: "Hold the object of meditation." And the fourth stage - "stay with the object of meditation." Thus, all four stages: search, detection, retention and stay. 

These four stages are very important. For they will help achieve the first stage of the first level of concentration. If you can keep the object of meditation a moment, consider that reached the first stage of concentration. Perhaps you will succeed for one or two weeks. Of course, you will be satisfied and will say: "Oh, I reached the first stage. With this you will gain confidence in the correctness of instructions. But in order to achieve the first stage, one must know what constitutes an error of meditation. In order to achieve samadhi, we have to go through all the steps one by one. And to come to the first of these steps, it is necessary to overcome the obstacles. In order to overcome them, we must understand that they are. And if you do not know what are the mistakes of meditation, the benefits of your meditation no. It will be a waste of time. 

So, if you are repairing a TV, do not know that it spoiled, you can solder the end of the day to end, and all this work would be a waste of time. Therefore, when we see teachers who can concentrate without any effort, and compare themselves, inept, with them, it is clear that for this difference have any reason. I'm telling you that in Buddhist teaching main idea is that everything is progressing as a causal diagram. 

So, there are five major mistakes of meditation. The first of them - laziness. It is easy to stop all of us. Second mistake - forgetting the object of meditation. This happens because the mind goes somewhere to the side, and we forget that we contemplate. Then the dual obstacles: on the one hand - excitement, on the other hand - drowsiness and blurred, when the mind dissolves and ceases to be clear. The essence of the first lies in the fact that, as we have affection, the mind begins to digress from the subject of meditation and should be in the usual way, heading, for example, to family, home or to other, familiar to the objects themselves. When the mind is excited by stereotypical thinking, this error is called the mental stimulation. A mental dullness, if literally translated - is the disappearance of clarity of mind. When dullness becomes stronger, we fall asleep. Then we have an hour is a very good meditation. (Laughter). - Without any interruptions and interference. These two problems together constitute a third error of meditation. 

The fourth is that we do not use an antidote against the errors when you need to apply. For example, in the fifth, sixth and seventh phases will happen next: we keep the object of meditation in the mind, but at some point feel that there is a loss of clarity. We see how it appears, at first small, but do not use an antidote. This error is typical for relatively high levels of meditation. At first it did not happen. 

The fifth error of meditation is that we continue to apply the antidote, when this is no longer necessary. This may be the eighth or ninth stage, although at these stages there is no need to apply the antidote. This is only hindering meditation. You relax and the mind must be paralyzed. This is just like an eagle soars. As soon as it rises, it uses its wings, but when it reaches the desired height, it just floats, it need not flicker. Also at the eighth and ninth stages of meditation. 

These are the five basic vices of meditation. If you win these five mistakes, it means you have reached shamathi. If you are not precluded to reach this level, you reach it. On the first and second stages shamathi goal actually is to eliminate the interference. When they are removed, you are progressing. So if the repair of the TV out of five faults, you have eliminated the first two, the screen has something to appear. And when you eliminate the rest, the TV will work fine. 

It is important to know about the antidote to these five mistakes. People who are really seriously involved in meditation, with pleasure pay a hundred dollars, without hesitation, that I told about these antidotes. 

By the way, I note that Tibetan teachers always taught free of charge, so students sometimes do not value teaching, believing that it is always available. So I think that sometimes it makes sense to somehow emphasize the value of teaching. Here in the old days, when Tibetan Buddhists went to the teachings in India, they had to overcome a lot of obstacles, and no one gave them the words so easily as you. Typically, the teacher replied: "I do not know, go on." Take the famous example from Marpa-Lotsawa. How much work he had suffered, until finally, Naropa has not begun to teach him little by little! Prior to that, he made Marpa lot of work to gain virtue. And only after that began to open his teachings. It seems to me that, thus demonstrating their compassion, the Indian teachers have demonstrated a very clever method, and should use it now. So, when I'm going to tell, please do not take this as something that is dragged along the road. Please treat these doctrines as things are extremely valuable. Okay? 

To overcome the errors, there are eight antidotes. The first four of them belong to the first error - laziness. It is very difficult to remove. But if you have the antidote, then simply remove laziness. 

The first of the antidotes - a reflection of the benefits that can bring the achievement shamathi - faith. The more you think about the merits shamathi, the stronger becomes the conviction that you must cultivate it. And when you have faith and belief in the virtues shamathi, then naturally arises inspiration to practice. 

This inspiration and is the second antidote. It derives from the belief in the dignity shamathi. The better you understand what shamatha - this is fine, the stronger the desire to strive for its attainment. And when there is inspiration, then increases and enthusiasm. 

Enthusiasm, third antidote, in this case we call pleasure, the pleasure of training this practice. Those who do not like football, do not believe that playing football is important. If they were forced to play, they would consider it a punishment. Must run, someone can knock your foot hurt, it's torture! And if the boy to tell about how cool to be able to play football? You can tell him: "You're going to play like Maradona!" And he was filled with enthusiasm and will chase the ball, in spite of fatigue, either at the injuries. And if the claw, he did not even notice and say: "I enjoy!"

Meditation Essence

About Meditation Essence 

Take a simple pose, keep the spine straight. Relax your right hand and put it on his knee, thumb index closes (Gyan Mudra). Bend your left arm at the elbow and place it in front of chest so that the palm was open towards the heart center, at 15 cm from the chest. This starting position. Take a breath and do the following: 

1. Move your hand at 10 cm to the chest, saying: "I am". 
2. Move your hand at 25 cm from the chest and say: "I am" 
second time. 
3. With breath back hand in the original position, 
move it to the chest 15 cm 

Continue this cycle for 11 minutes and gradually bring the time up to 31 minutes. 

Comments 

The mantra "I am, I am" relates the finiteness of the first "I am" with the infinity of the second "I am". If you just mentally pronounce: "I am" in your mind a question, "I have that?", And the mind begins to search for the answer to this question. This creates a kind of limb and would not mind to go beyond the limited "I". But if you just pronounce the second "I AM", the thought arises, "I am what I am", and the essence of truth and the nature of reality is to be who you really are. 

Almanac "Guide to the attainment of the Absolute Balance", p. 118, ed. first, 2005 

How to pronounce the mantra "I Am" 

Saying "I am" the first time (the hand moves toward the chest) focuses on the word "I". 
Saying "I am" for the second time (the hand moves in the direction of the breast) focuses on the word "IS" 

The first part of it is self-identification "I", the second - the existence of "IS". 
Every time you move the hand extends itself beyond the physical limitations of the body. 

Meditation with Adi mantra or "Morning Call" 

Take a simple pose and do a throat lock. 

Mudra: The fingers form Gyan wisely or are in the mudra of the Buddha in the groin. Hold down the throat lock. 
Mantra: EC OH (D) CAR SAT NAAM SIRI BA Hay GURU 

translation: 
The Creator created this Creation. Truth - His Name. 
The greatness beyond description - it is his infinite wisdom. 

Comments 

Yogi Bhajan said about this mantra that it is Ashtanga Mantra for the Age of Aquarius. It contains eight of vibrations, and she describes the glory of God. 
Master said: "If you chant this mantra quietly and harmoniously over two and a half hours before sunrise, when most channels are clean, you merge with God." She opens the solar plexus, which, in turn, changes the solar centers. Man gets connection with cosmic energy, and thus freed from the cycle of time and karma. Those who meditate in a calm atmosphere with this mantra, change their solar centers and merged with the Divine. That's why I tell you to sing this mantra and meditate with her. " 

"All mantras are good and serve the awakening of man to the Divine, but this mantra is very effective, is the mantra this time. Therefore, my dear students, according to the will of my masters, I bring to you the greatest key to the divine. In this mantra eight levels, and it can open the lock time, the vibration of eight. Thus, when this mantra is sung with Gorlov lock at the point where Prana and Apana meet Sushumna, its vibrations open this lock, and a man united with the Divine. " (YB) 

This mantra is the cornerstone of the morning Sadhana, and also has the name "Long EC OH (D) CAR" or "Morning Call". This mantra awakens the Kundalini and creates a relationship of the individual soul with the universal soul. It balances all the chakras. This mantra is part of the morning Sadhana, but it can be practiced separately at any time. 
How to sing: 

Sing for 2,5 breaths as follows: 
Take a deep breath, and sharply pulling navel center, Sing EC. Then Sing OH (D) KAAr. 
OH (D) and CAR are the same duration. 

Take a deep breath again, and sharply pulling navel center, Sing SAT. Then, continuing to breathe, long sing NAAM. 
Nearly exhaling all the air, quickly say SIRI. 

Breathe in half, and dramatically plunging the navel center, Sing VA. Then, on the remaining exhalation - Hey Guru (pull the sound guru, but not very long). 
OH (D) and NAAM KAR SIRI same duration. BA Hay GURU is equal to the length of the OH (D). 

Do not fall in pitch. Let the sound resonate in your head when you close the back part of the language throat. It also vibrates the upper sky, and the sound comes out through the nose.

Meditation: First Quarter

Full moon and new moon - two important nodal point in human consciousness. In fact, all mental activity is the Earth's creatures, possessing the biological mechanism that is subject of the moon, as well as the magnetic attraction of organic and inorganic kingdoms of our Earth and the capabilities that we call the birth and reproduction. 

If your entire constitution can not provide you any resistance at all, then you exist, and the whole constitution ceases to exist for you. Such is the state of meditation, which contributes to the growing moon. During the growing moon, you will experience is an advantage, since the lines of force coming from your mind to your body, are in harmony, and a state of complete health and ease in all the lower conductors no resistance to the inner you, and if you live in, and it is - meditation . One of the secrets of meditation is that meditation is not reached, but simply eliminate some other condition that is not meditation, because that's what we call meditation - is the natural state, and what we call reactive activity - an unnatural state. So it is only the removal nemeditatsii, rather than entering into meditation. Goodness - it does not achieve something good, but only removing what is not good, that is a good person you are failing to do bad deeds. 

Aging moon causes great excitement in the subject field. Begin to monitor their activities at home and at work. Check the phase of the moon and the state of affairs in your home. In the hours after the full moon in your home routine changes occur. You have something to start something to finish, or start something completely new. It may be a dispute with someone, for example with his wife, because you want to do something well, but she wants the same things differently. And while you can not regulate this reaction from the outside, you follow the path of the moon, but given the course of the moon, you can get from this advantage. 

New Moon and Full Moon - the best days in order to conduct meditation within themselves, and these are days of great opportunities to come into contact with higher powers within you and outside you. With those higher powers, which we call Devas, and those whom we call Masters, you can enter into contact and a full moon day and the day of the new moon. I think many of you have read the book "Discipleship in the New Century" and treated her with great respect. How in touch with the teacher on the day of the full moon? The first thing you need to know the full moon at least three days to prepare for yoga, meditation, and then have contact with the higher powers. Then each month you'll make it easy, but if you remember the full moon just before, but you will have an appointment, you can not fix anything - in fact for a western man to disrupt the meeting - it's worse than death. He does not own the art order things according to their importance. As a result, the entire full moon day will be spent on formal meetings with friends, all sorts of "bonjour" and "merci" and end the party. Maybe luck next time. But in the next month, again not given opportunities. That's the fate of ordinary Western man, who is a slave of formalities. Excuse me, but it's true. You ask - what then happens with the Indians or other Easterners? I can close my eyes, even now come my friend, because it is easy to understand and sit next to me in meditation, as if he has any case, he quietly leave and never remember what I told him, " bonjour. We in India's freedom for yoga. You too can be free - there is nothing to get up your way, if you know the art of ordering their affairs. 

Remember that to prepare for the full moon must be at least five days, because if it would have on a Sunday, then it disappears again. Let the output is lost, but do not miss the full moon. Hold on to it, because next Sunday will be a week later, a full moon - only a month later. A Moon - it is a great opportunity. In the Vedas it is called a door between you and the outside world, and the reason is that the Moon rules your mind and the mind is the door between you and the rest. In the full moon day "I am in you affects the mind and the other, to put it beautifully and harmoniously. If you notice the mind inward, harmony will focus in yourself, and the mind will be directly in front of you. Um - is a mirror. If you put a mirror in front of him, you see yourself, and if you put it is not at the correct angle, you'll face someone else. 

Object activity is neutralized by the commission of meditation a full moon day. Log in themselves and live in yourself, and you automatically will carry on a different plan. In the days of full moon and new moon is easily achieved by the plans, referred to as volatile and buddhicheskim. If you meditate on the etheric plane, your astral body is behaving well, but if you want to meditate on the astral plane, and live on it, it will be like a leap into the ocean where the waves will carry you, but you can not find the ground under their feet. A person living the astral plane, can not control events. It will be a puppet of emotions - will be easy to cry, to laugh. This person said too much, emotionally, and saying emotionally, he can immerse themselves in mediumship. When he delivers a lecture, it can be captured in spirit, and for 15-20 minutes, it can enter a completely different guy, who recently died, and the lecture, and he will think that this is his inspiration. That's the fate of people flowing into mediumship and meditating on the astral plane. Fourth divine plan, which leads us up - it is ethereal plan and buddhichesky plan. Many people do not believe that meditate on buddhicheskom plan, but choosing a person living in buddhicheskom plan and meditating on it you without even knowing it, have themselves will be on buddhicheskom plan. A teacher is always on buddhicheskom terms, it acts on the terms of the higher will. Every saint who has perfect control over the senses and mind, will work through its buddhichesky plan, and if you zavedet friendship with him, it will help to contact him in meditation. Behave with him so that you appreciated it, and that he communicate with you on buddhicheskom plan. This is one of the practical secrets of yoga. Man who wants to achieve good results in the practice of yoga should be close to a saint, such as the Mahatma and the sadhus who live without violence, not cause anyone pain and are satisfied with what they have. It is necessary to approach them and sit for a while next to them - even one visit would be very valuable. Sit next to a man 15 minutes, and he will set you buddhichesky contact, because these people are always happy to help others. They do this for any logical reasons, they help people for nothing. If you sit next to you will receive assistance in the form buddhicheskogo contact. Such contact is called telepathic rapport. 

Then, when you close your eyes in the full moon day, just think about it holy, and you already find yourself on buddhicheskom plan. This method in two or three days may make the state, which reached a ten-year practice. Remember these people in the full moon and new moon, but also prepare for this and the physical body. These days you need to take less than solid food and more liquid. I do not mean alcohol, and natural beverages. Of course, alcohol also gives some spirit, but this is not spiritualism, and spirtualizm. These are two opposite poles. Taking alcohol, we lose ourselves, and accepting spirit, we find ourselves - that's the whole difference. So be on a good liquid diet and avoid any dinners or banquets. Do not promise that you will attend a day at dinner. Indeed, for Western man is a great danger. Unsubscribe from dinner - this is only to change the order of importance. A true friend - someone who does not understand you correctly when you do not come to him for lunch. How can a true friend, who understands you wrongly? So take into account only real friends, the others being just with sympathy. Do not allow yourself to heavy meals and always make sure your choice of food was in your hands. Eat a little less than usual, the full moon in the previous and subsequent days, the same applies to the new moon. One friend asked me - if there are so six days a month, then there many days left to have refreshments? But the practice of yoga - not for those whose food is the main entertainment. Foods must be for you, but you are not for eating. In ancient times, practiced the holy office. The posts are in all religions. In Catholicism and Hinduism are the days of fasting, when in general do not eat, but it is bad. Fasting and the more dry fast - the practice of yoga, as Lord Krishna describes yoga as a balance and equilibrium. In the Bhagavad Gita, he requires only that regulate food and sensual pleasure. 

This means that there is yoga for those who eat too much or too little. Eat not as much as expected as the owner or adopted. Your light is not outside, but inside - according to him, and eat. This regulation is important during a new moon and full moon. In this case, the body does not get up your way and your meditation will be like flying, but did not trip on the train. Rail travel is accompanied by a multitude of noise, as tied to the earthly plane. In India, some people brought to the plane 10-12 suitcases at the airport but it appears that they have to send it back, and accompany friends drag them back home. So meditation should be air travel. Immediately climb in themselves. No body, no mind and memory of existence, you will live in themselves, because you will not remember himself. This is simply being, and you will live on the plan, which called buddhicheskim. Then start working consistently ethereal plan. You'll find that every part of your body is very light, yet full of feeling, and in the spinal column is found a particular activity, not painful, but pleasant. This activity kundalini and chakras. 

Some complain about the great difficulties associated with the chakras and kundalini. But it is not connected with the chakras, or kundalini, and with arthrosis or neurosis. An interesting experience was in my Lyon. Came to me a gentleman and said that this Madame is suffering from severe pain in the Muladhara and asked me to come see it and give advice. I asked how long it lasts, and he said that for eight years. Then I asked to bring her to me, so I looked at her, but he replied that she could not move, and three years as bedridden - since, as chakra started to vigorous activity, it was concerned about kundalini. And kundalini - the cause of her troubles. But this is not the case at all. When the kundalini chakras, or became active, all the old pain disappear. There is a cessation of all diseases. You will feel that you are very helpful. When the chakras are, the feeling in the spine is very pleasant. In the full moon and the previous day, you can very easily feel it even before you can learn meditation. In those days, if you are ready, even at the preliminary stages of yoga can be wonderful experiences. First, in the spinal column feels like something to come and go, and then something opens, and then it's not something that a certain sensation. Then it is not a feeling but a feeling, and then - not a feeling, but the presence. It is only the presence in varying degrees. What is the difference between the arms paralyzed and healthy? In their degree of presence in the hand. 

Full moon day your presence is given to all parts of the body. In this and the biggest secret. And since your heart and your spine contain the essence of your presence, you feel like this activity themselves. In fact, you feel that it is you come and go in these areas. You can very easily move up and down the spinal column. Imagine that you have water, and now go up and down, you can understand it easy. All this - happiness, pleasure, joy, presence, and this experience can refer to the full moon day, unless you have treated themselves to this day, holiday or not preoccupied with other matters. On this day, the external ethereal plan is in direct contact with the inner. You come into contact with the etheric bodies of others, because it does not really etheric body in us, and we - in the etheric body. We swim in the air space, and because of this ether is in us. And the broadcast, which came into us from outside, we call "our" etheric body, as if it we inherited from his grandfather. It is not our etheric body and the etheric body. Thus, in the meditation of the full moon, beginning with his ethereal body, you begin to swim in the etheric body, which represents the ocean of air that surrounds our planet. On a solid surface of the globe is a liquid layer, called the ocean above it - the gaseous layer, called the atmosphere, and the air is above the atmosphere, it penetrates herself and the entire globe. Because of the ether the Earth rotates on its axis and around the Sun. Sun and planets like the Earth all floating in the ocean of ether. This is the state of the etheric body, and a full moon day all the barriers between our ether and the ether removed, the door opened, and you already live in it. There is an analogy with the glass placed in a pond or pool with water - water in it, and he - in the water, and water are not isolated in it, as happens in a closed bottle. So you, like this glass, swimming in the air. For your mind disappears feeling of the presence of the body because the mind is lost in yourself, and walking down the street in full moon day, you can find so many miracles. Before you go man, and suddenly you feel that while he seems to be worth it. And then he stops. If you think that this mental suggestion, it is easy to see that it is not so, because the second time he did so not stop. If you come to a lecture, sit in a chair, and sits in front of you another person who closes on you the speaker, you may feel that it would be good to move to the new location. Here he feels that he wants peresest, gets up and sits down on any other chair. But if this mental suggestion from your side, it has already begun to black magic. In the meantime, it is white magic, because it does not control his thoughts and action of a single ether, because the two bodies floating in a stream or ocean air. Remember the universal nature of the ether. He lives in him and in you - if you make a request here, where he fulfills the request, but if you require, it would deal a blow to you. So please - it is white magic, and the requirement - black. On the spiritual level, you have no right to demand. Of course, in politics and other areas, you have the right to struggle and suffer the consequences. But on the spiritual plane, which is the plan for the reconciliation of all truths, claim you are not eligible. We have no right to demand that a man got up and moved to another chair. But we have every opportunity to ask. So what we call the rules of civilized life, these are rules that govern well and ethereal life. On invisible plans no new regulations - there all the old rules, already known, but followed them stricter than the physical plane. And the full moon day you will experience all these wonders. You will experience existence, one in all. 

Is it hard to get in touch with one of the teachers? It is easy to communicate with those your brothers who are not yogis and not at all difficult to touch on the day of full moon with one of the Masters, because it will only request, not a requirement. When two or three people think coherently, sympathetic, others will also be easier to reach an understanding. This way you can easily achieve the merger of many societies. This should be a full moon day, unless of course we all want to achieve. If in any place there are many associations of yoga, it shows the lack of it most of yoga, because yoga is a unity and synthesis. Imagine a city where hundreds of trade unions - in fact it only shows the lack of unity among workers. Union means unity, and when more than one union, the union and no. So many companies do not mean yoga yoga, but only the society. Better to yoga without society than a few societies without yoga. And this holy work of union can be carried out during the full moon. Thanks to the work and the amalgamation of societies kundalini becomes more conscious.

Yoga Meditation's "Some Important principles"

1. Choose a fixed time - early morning and evening is ideal. 

2. Choose a special place to practice, so that can help you find a sense of tranquility and easy access to state of yoga meditation. 

3. Using the same time and place, so that the spirit of relaxation and calm down more quickly. 

4. To sit down, let back, neck and head remain the same directly facing the north or east. 

5. In the meditation process, to keep the body warm (cold days when you can give the body surrounded blankets), to guide your awareness to stay calm. 

6. Let your breathing regular conduct of - do first 5 minutes of deep breathing, and then let the breath stabilized. 

7. The establishment of a structure of rhythmic breathing - breathing 3 copy, and then exhale for 3 seconds. 

8. When you start wandering consciousness, do not take too much notice, and do not force yourself to settle down. 

9. Quiet down later, so that awareness of stay in a fixed target above the eyebrows, or in the location of the heart. 

10. The use of meditation techniques you choose to enter the meditative state. 

11. In a very pure state before the arrival of meditation, not force, so that the state free to continue to exist naturally. 

12. After a period of practice, free state of mind will gradually message, and eventually enter the pure samadhi (the highest state of consciousness of consciousness). 

Entering the formal meditation stage, it should note the following points: 

Choose one you feel comfortable, relaxed posture to practice, if you can, with the lotus sitting posture; but if you can not do this kind of position, you can choose to sit easy to practice. Correct and stable sitting posture is the key to successful meditation, as an unstable posture would of thought, conscience has become unstable. 

Meditation is not as far as possible before eating, as it would affect your focus on mental state. 

Try once a day, beginning meditation, the future can be increased to twice a day. Meditation time from 5 minutes and slowly increased to 20 minutes or longer, but do not force yourself to sit for long periods. 

If you are using a meditation practice several times by the way do not feel comfortable, then you can give up this way, choose another more appropriate in their own way.

Meditation can prevent many diseases

Meditation and reflection will enable patients suffering from cardiovascular disease reduced risk of heart disease by half. Meditation is an ancient cultivation methods, refers to the deep in thought and imagination. This relaxed approach has been very popular. This lasted for nine-year study also found that meditation meditation can greatly reduce the chance of premature death.

According to the British "Daily Mail" report, a new study shows that meditation has obvious health function, not only can reduce stress, but also to prevent heart disease from occurring. 

201 researchers the average age of 59-year-old African-American people, for as long as several years of follow-up investigation, these people are suffering from cardiovascular disease, arterial stenosis. These people randomly to participate in "Meditation meditation" practice, or participate in the diet and exercise health education curriculum. Practice "meditation and reflection" of the patients were asked two times a day meditating with eyes closed, each of at least 20 minutes. The study found that practicing "meditation and reflection" in patients with arterial wall thickness significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and death, the probability is lower than the control group 47%. 

"This is the first long-term practice that meditation can reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease in clinical trials, including heart disease, stroke and the resulting deaths." 

Meanwhile, some British scientists that the "meditation and reflection" can ease the physical tension, and tense is one of the factors to reduce immunity. Medical experts suggested that people should be "Meditation Meditation" as a simple and effective fitness method, stick to lower risk of cardiovascular disease lot of good

Every day Meditation allows you to better health

Meditation has the role to help people reduce stress. Regularly meditation, adjustable large brain, so that the brain is under pressure to relax. Therefore, meditation were more likely than the average person to achieve a calm and happy state. The famous actress Heather Graham under the guidance of Dr. Zeng Zai began practicing meditation, every day in practice and in the afternoon after getting up 20 minutes, she said: "In the past because of some little things I always worry about long-term worries, in fact meaningless. meditation let me know, peace of mind is the most important, if you have had this calm, you have everything. " 

Some large brain systems experts used sophisticated imaging technology to do testing, more exciting conclusion: In the depth of meditation, the brain as the body will experience the same subtle changes, meditation mind can be trained and re-transformation of the brain institutions; can be in the brain the face of depression, over-excitement and other spiritual dimensions, the reconstruction of a balance. 

Functional diseases in the body, the meditation has also played a major role. Many medical studies have shown: meditation can prevent coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, prostate disease, but also to prevent, reduce or control of AIDS, cancer and other chronic diseases, pain arising from the same time, can improve the body's immunity. There the researchers said, meditation techniques of those higher immune system function better. Qiongkabeite founder of the first meditation Zien decompression clinics. Over the years, he used meditation has helped more than 14,000 people to alleviate the pain caused due to sickness.

Yoga consists of the following eight categories.

Now Suppository method, care style, sense of system, just in case and whey, taken into account static, Zanmai.  

Eight sectors, the general "支8" I tend to be written, and I personally respect the origins and "law of eight limbs" and has representation. 

In terms of content and will become deeper and from outside to inside. However, it has been like a stair-step to the next second is the fact that when you are not, I would like to point out. Speaking of an analogy, it is important to all of the limbs, just eight practices in daily life one way, it is best if you can do in the range simultaneously. 

Kai Yama Niyama禁be set and each & Kai intuition in everyday life, "it's better not" & "The better to" be on the act of a division 1 & 2. 

Second method is know 3 suppository is a yoga pose called. 

Care and four second tone is also Puranayama breathing. 

System of five second sense in Sanskrit and Puratihara is good to control the senses, to quell the movement of the mind. From here until the second eight will enter the realm of so-called meditation. 

6 or concentrated whey second sense Dalarna, the mind does not shake how to make other想念we are concentrating on one thing. One of those techniques, as reported in a recent workshop, has been uploaded. 

7 taken into account the second static (same solicitude) is Diana, it means that meditation. "Zen" became the source of the word, the Chinese translation of the word "charity Na Zen" Dasou. 

And the second is at 8 Zanmai samadhi, the ultimate goal of yoga, is said to be the goal. 

Today, First, I outline said. Future, and little by little, we will write about their practices.