Osho Dhara (a lively stream of Osho)

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Osho Dhara(a lively stream of Osho)

• Presents
• Samadhi
• Pragya

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• Before we enter the subject of Samadhi Pragya
  it would be useful to understand the word Yoga
  its origin

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What is Yoga? Why Yoga?

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• The word Yoga means unity or oneness.
  It is derived from the word yuj, means to
  join
• Merger of Individual Consciousness with
  Universal Consciousness !

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Why this Unification ?

• Have we gone far away from our Source ?
• Religion Returning to Source
• Remember Re Member
• Yoga Unification, to Re Join
• (not mentally but existentially)

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Believing KnowingWhat is the Difference ?
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• Yoga is a journey towards Knowing
  Experiencing The Self !

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• What is Self ?
• Self is also known as I
• What is this I ?

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Body
Mind
Heart
Consciousness
The Structure Of Self
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• Personality
• Individuality
• Divinity
• Instinct
• Intellect
• Intuition

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Yoga is a journey towards Self Discovery !
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• It is a journey from
• Ignorance to Wisdom
• Unconscious to Super Conscious
• Instinct to Intuition
• Seed to Flower
• Human to Buddha hood
• Darkness to Light
• Death to Deathlessness

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Truth

• Objective
• Subjective

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Journey
Inwards
Outwards
Subjective Science
Objective Science
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Scientists View Point

• Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of
  nature, that is because, in the last analysis, we
  ourselves are part of nature therefore, part of
  mystery that we are trying to solve.
• - Max Planck (Quantum Theory)

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• Different Branches of
• Yoga

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• Yoga can be divided into 4 main branches
• Pipilika Yoga Related to 6
  Chakras
• Sankhya Yoga Yoga of Pure (Kapila
  yoga) Consciousness
• Sahaja Yoga Yoga of
  Spontaneity

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Consciousness Chakras

• Consciousness express itself through Seven
  Chakras
• Muladhara Body Karma
  (action)
• Swadhishthana Senses Bhoga (sensual
  enjoyment)
• Manipura Prana Breath
  Contd..
  
  

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• Anahata Heart - Love
• Vishuddhi Mind - Thoughts
• Agyna Am-ness - Meditation
• Sahastrara Soul - Samadhi
• The humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow
  proposed the theory of hierarchy of human needs
  as per the growth of the individual.
• Contd..

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Hierarchy of Needs Maslows Theory

• Biological needs
• Safety needs
• Affiliation, Love needs
• Self-Esteem, Sense of worth needs
• Cognitive, knowledge needs
• Aesthetic, needs for order, beauty
• Self Actualization need

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Pipilika Yoga

• It is of Six types are related to Six Chakras
  
• i) Karma Yoga Muladhar
  Chakra
• ii) Tantra Yoga Swadhishthan
  Chakra
• iii) Hatha Yoga Manipur Chakra

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Pipilika Yoga

• iv) Bhakti Yoga Anahata
  Chakra
• v) Gyana Yoga Vishuddhi
  Chakra
• vi) Dhyan Yoga Angya Chakra
• vi) Sankhya Yoga Sahstrar
  Chakra

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Karma Yoga

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• The journey of Consciousness from the lowest
  chakra (muladhara) to the highest chakra
  (sahastrara) through karma (action) is called
  Karma Yoga.
• Consciousness express itself through
  Actionkarma..
• This path is suitable for people who are very
  much action oriented Through this they can
  scale higher states of consciousness

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Human needs, Motivation Work

• Man cannot live without action, his needs
  motivate him to work. Work leads him to desires.
  Desires may or may not be fulfilled This creates
  misery.
• If the desires are fulfilled then there may be
  a possibility of the Ego to flourish which
  also may brings misery..
  
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• Karma Yoga is the way to get rid of all misery
  live a harmonious, fulfilled fruitful life

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How our day to day actions (karma) can become
Divine or Yogic (karma yoga) ? Rx.
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• Act with Self-Awareness
• Act as a witness without the notion of the
  Doer or Ego
  
• Act surrendering to the Divine Existence or
  God
  
• Act with love gratefulness accept the
  resultant fruit (negative or positive) with
  grace thankfulness.

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Wisdom from the Scripture Geeta

• The human right is for action only, never for
  the resultant fruit of action. Do not be desirous
  of the fruit for thy action, neither allow
  thyself attachment to inaction Ch.
  2 47

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• The three aspects
• of
• Karma

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• Goal Action Result
• Future Present Future
  (Past)
• Karma Yoga says Goal should be there, the
  Action should be total but as per action the
  result should be there, this expectation should
  not be there.

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Work Joy Worship

• If you work without love you are working like a
  slave. Your work is your joy, your work is your
  dance. Your work is your poetry, and when you
  work with love you bind yourself to yourself, to
  another to God.
• --OSHO--

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Work based on Love

• Novelist John Irving, who would work 12hrs. a
  day on a book for days, said
• the unspoken factor is Love. The reason I work
  so hard at my writing is that it is not work for
  me.

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• Q. You have been working at least 15 hrs. a day,
  every day, for the last 50 years.
• Dont you think it is about time you took
  vacation ?
• Ans. I am always on vacation
  --Mahatma Gandhi--

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• The Great Sage Patanjali has called Karma Yoga
  as Kriya Yoga..
• The Stages of it

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• i) Tapah (great effort) (tarikat)
• ii) Swadhyaya (self-study) (shariyet)
• iii) Iswarpranidhana ( act dedicated to God
  (tasya vachaka pranava)

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Pragya Geet

• Karmsthal ban jaye mandir, ghar ko
  aashram ban jane do..
• Har saans bodh ke saath chale, Har baat bhajan
  ban jane do..

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Tantra Yoga (The Path Sensual Awareness)
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Tantra Yoga

• The journey of Consciousness from the
  Swadhishtana Chakra (2nd Chakra)
  to Sahastrara Chakra is the path of Tantra
  Yoga..
• Consciousness express itself through
  indulgence (bhoga).
• It is most suitable for people who are very
  much sensuous

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How our sensuousness or indulgence with the
senses can become Divine or Yogic ?Rx.
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• Indulgence with
  Self-Awareness
• Awareness of sensual experiences (touch,
  smell, taste, balance, sight hearing)
  Awareness of the one who is experiencing it.

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Great scripture of Tantra
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• It is called Vigyan Bhairav Tantra.It
  consists of a dialogue between Shiva and his
  female consort Devi Parvati or Shakti, the
  active aspect of the ultimate Principle.

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• In this Scripture, Vigyan
  Bhairav Tantra Maha Yogi Lord Shiva
  imparts 112 techniques of Meditation to his
  consort Devi Parvati for Salvation.

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Tantra Yoga Eight main Branches
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• Darshana Yoga Enjoying beautiful sights
  with Self - Awareness
• Shravan Yoga Enjoying music with Self
  Awareness
• Gandha Yoga Enjoying fragrance with Self
  Awareness
• Sparsha Yoga Enjoying a touch or Sex with
  Self Awareness

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• Swad Yoga Enjoying a taste with Self
  -Awareness
• Madir Yoga Enjoying imbalance with Self
  Awareness (Tantrikas)
• Aghore Yoga Enjoying horrible situations
  with Self Awareness
• Vibhuti Yoga Enjoying Yogic powers with
  Self Awareness

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Pragya Geet

• Saaki rakh gayee bhari botal
• hai jaam saja mere aage
• Sab rind jama ho pooch rahe
• Jo aaya bhoge ya tyage..

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Hatha Yoga
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Hatha Yoga

• The Journey of Consciousness from the Manipuri
  Chakra (3rd Chakra) to the 7th Chakra (Sahastara)
  is path of Hatha Yoga
• Consciousness express itself through breathing
  (prana)

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Founders

• Lord Shiva known as Great Yogi
• Sri. Matseyndranath
• Maharshi Patanjali
• Great Guru Gorakhnath
• Swami Swatmaram

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Hatha Yoga

• It is a path of Breathing with Self
  - Awareness. Hatha Yoga has the following
  segments
• i) Asanas ii) Pranayamas iii)
  Mudras iv) Bandhs v) Shat
  Karmas

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Asana

• Asanas are body postures, regular practice of
  the same makes the body healthy, flexible
  graceful
• It should be learnt from a competent teacher
• It easier for a person with a healthy body to
  move inwards scale higher states of
  consciousness.

No. of main Asanas - 84
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Pranayama

• It is made of two words
• Prana Vital life force or energy
• Ayama Expansion or Extension
• It is a technique by which the life force can be
  activated regulated to go beyond ones normal
  boundaries limitations..

Main Pranayamas i) Inhalation ii) Exhalation
iii) Internal retention iv) External retention
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Mudra

• Mudras are an integral part of the science of
  Yoga. Certain Mudras along with Pranayama helps a
  great deal in harmonizing the Body-mind. It
  affects the Physical, Mental the Pranic Bodies
  directly.
• Some of the Mudras Pran, Apan, Vyan, Gyan,
  Vayu, Khechari, Bhairavi, Kaki, Vajroli, Akash
  etc.

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Bandha

• The Sanskrit word Bandha means to hold,
  tighten or lock. The aim of it is to lock the
  prana so that it is pulled up to higher
  Chakras to activate them. They are
• Moola Bandha Uddiyan Bandha
  Jalandhara Bandha
• Maha Bandha

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The Shat Karmas

• The aim of Hatha Yoga and Shatkarmas is to
  create harmony between the two major pranic
  flows, IDA PINGLA. Shatkarmas purifies the body
  it is also balances the three doshas in the
  body kapha (mucus), pitta (bile), vata
  (wind).
• Contd..
  

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The Shatkarmas are

• Neti It is a process of cleansing the nasal
  passage. (Jala neti Sutra neti).
• Dhauti It is a process of cleansing the in
  side of the mouth small intestine.
• Nauli It is a process of massaging
  strengthening the abdominal organs.
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• Basti It is a process of washing and
  toning the Large Intestine.
• Kapalbhati It is a breathing technique
  used for purifying the frontal region of the
  Brain.
• Trataka It is a process of intense gazing
  at one point or at a flam or at the picture of
  ones Guru. It makes the eyes powerful helps
  to develop concentration and ESP.

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Pragya Geet

• Sab ek saal me ek baar holi ka parva manate
  hai Yogi saalo bhar mastee ka
  gulaal-abeer udate hai..

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Bhakti Yoga
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• The Journey of Consciousness from the 4rth
  Center, (Anahata Chakra) to 7th Center,
  (Sahastrara) is the path of Bhakti Yoga
• Consciousness express itself through Love
• It is most suitable for people who are very
  much emotional,
• Heart oriented

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• Love Meditation
• Meditation directed towards others becomes
  Love.
• Love directed towards oneself becomes
  Meditation..

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From Love to PrayerThe 4 -Aspects

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• i) Love towards younger ones, it is called
  Sneha.
• ii) Love towards the same age group, it is
  called Friendship or Love.
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• iv) Love towards the Guru or Master, it is
  called Shraddha.
• V) Love towards God or the total existence,
  it is called Devotion or Bhakti.
• When Love is attachment, it is impure Love
  when love is free from attachment it is Bhakti
  or Devotion.

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Bhakti or DevotionThe Two Types
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• Gouni Bhakti (The
  Beginning)
• Para Bhakti (The Peak)

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Gouni Bhakti

• It is the first step on the path of Bhakti
  Yoga .
• Idol worship, Studying Scriptures, Visiting
  Temples, All kinds of worship, To be with a Guru
  etc. are part of Gouni Bhakti. In Gouni Bhakti
  Duality exists between the Seeker the Sought,
  Form Formless and Self Awareness dose not
  exist ..

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Para Bhakti

• In Para Bhakti the object of attention is The
  Formless. All pervading Consciousness. The
  totality of Existence. Not on any particular
  object , With Self Awareness the
  Awareness that the Whole existence is showering
  its blessing on you.

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Bhakti YogaPoints to remember
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• Mundane Love (out going) without self-awareness
  leads to Blind attachment
• Mundane Love with Self-awareness leads to Prem
  Yoga (no ego state), Freedom. Shraddha,
  devotion with self awareness leads to higher
  states of consciousness

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• Shraddha, devotion without Self-awareness leads
  to Blind Faith or slavery
• Love, devotion towards the Formless Divine
  Existence or Omkar with Self-awareness leads to
  Liberation

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Pragya Geet

• Jag kahata usko dusharitra, jo pyaar kisi se
  karta hai.. Aour sacharitra kahata usko jo
  rookha-sookha rehta hai..

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Gyana Yoga or Sannyasa Yoga
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• The journey of Consciousness from the 5th
  Chakra (Vshuddhi) to the 7th Center (Sahastrara)
  called Gyana Yoga
• Consciousness express itself through the
  Mind.
• It is most suitable for people who are head
  or thinking oriented.

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How Thinking,
Contemplation, Self-Analysis
etc.can be a door to Self-Realization ?Rx.
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• It is a path of Self-Study, Contemplation,
  Deep thinking with Self-Awareness.
• It is to Understand the Mind its ways of
  functioning minutely ..
• It is not repressing the nuances of the mind
  but becoming aware of the same
• The Art of moving beyond all Dualities
  
  

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• Gyan Yoga is an ideal path to remove the Six
  main obstacles of the mind called shat ripus
• They are Desires, Anger, Greed, Attachment,
  Jealousy Hostility

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• Desires It is expectation of results as per
  our objective or expecting from others to act as
  per our wish. Such desire is rooted in fiction
  that favorable results are good unfavorable
  results are bad for us. If we drop our fiction
  then we will be able to get rid of the miseries
  created by our expectations.
• Learning from others experiences Learning
  from ones own understanding
  
  Contd..

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Anger

• It usually arises whenever there is a failure
  in meeting our expectation. There are three types
  of anger
• Anger of the Past (accumulated anger)
• Antidote Catharsis
• Anger of the Present
• Antidote Awareness (Moment to moment)
  (Engaging oneself in Creativity)
• Anger of the Future
• Antidote To know our Ghost

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Greed

• It is wanting more more.. It leads to
  hoarding The root cause of many of the social
  evil, problems, poverty etc. is Greed.
• Antidote Sharing, Charity

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Attachment

• It is clinging to our possessions, to be
  possessive. Attachment is one of the main reasons
  of misery in our life. Attachment with things,
  people etc. Antidote Deep understanding of life
  Self-love In life every thing is perishable,
  short lived, this understanding, realization
  will help us to get rid of miseries created by
  attachment. To be in love with the Eternal in us.
  

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Jealousy

• We become jealous whenever we find some one in
  a better position than us. We do not respect
  others their achievements.
• Antidote Self Respect Respect for
  others. Acknowledging the fact that others are
  successful because they deserve it, they have
  worked hard for it.

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Hostility

• Hostility is thinking ill of others, whom we do
  not like or those who have done some harm to us.
  It is very surprising that we think more of our
  enemy than people whom we love.
• Antidote Forgiveness putting our energy in
  Creativity.

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Pragya Geet

• Mandir, Maszid, Gurudware me jaa kab tak sheesh
  jhukaoge.. Kab tak Ramayan Geeta se, apne man ko
  bahlaoge ???

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Dhyana Yoga Or Raja Yoga
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• The journey of Consciousness from the 6th
  Chakra (Angya) to 7th Chakra (Sahstrara) is the
  path of Dhyana Yoga
• Consciousness express itself through
  Awareness.
• From the 1st center to 5th center i.e. from
  Karma Yoga to Gyana Yoga the seeker uses Choice
  full Awareness. But at the 6th Center he uses
  Choice less Awareness .. The seeker is free to
  choose any one of the above mentioned path

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How our Dhyana or Awarenesscan becomeDhyana
Yoga ?Rx.
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Let us understand the word Meditation !

• What
• is
• Meditation ?

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• Awareness, Dhyana or Meditation has three
  parts
• i) Objective Awareness
• ii) Subjective Awareness
• iii) Total Awareness

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Objective Awareness
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• It could be understood in the following steps
  

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First Step
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• 1)a) To become aware of the objects, events
  around us
• b) To become aware of the Space in which the
  objects or events are
• 2)a) To become aware of the feelings,
  reflections (in the inner space) of the
  outside objects, or events
• b) To become aware of the Inner Space
  where these are happening

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Second Step
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• Who is becoming Aware of all these ?
• (Outer space, objects, events out side its
  reflections, Feelings etc. inside also the
  Inner space).

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• Observer or
• Knower !
• Can you become aware of the knower ?

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Third Step
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• The Observer or the Knower is witnessing or
  knowing or Observing the Inner Space only
  without any content in it
• It is called Meditative Awareness The Zen
  people call it a No Mind state.

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Forth Step
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• ii) Subjective Awareness
• It is a state in which the
• Observer is only aware of itself the
  Subjectivity..
• It is also called Tathata Such-ness

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Fifth Step
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• iii) Total Awareness
• In this state the Observer is aware of itself
  and also the outer world i.e. Objectivity the
  Observed
• It is also called Double Arrowed
  Consciousness

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Pragya Geet

• Kitna aapadhapi dhan ka, pad, maan, kamini,
  kanchan ka Yeh doud kaha le jayegi kya saar
  yehee hai jeevan ka ?.......

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Sankya Yoga or Kapila Yoga
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Specialty of Sankhya Yoga

• From Karma Yoga to Dhyana Yoga Awareness has
  been added to some medium (action,
  sense indulgence, breathing, love, thoughts
  etc.), whereas Sankhya Yoga proposes that only
  Awareness is enough, it is an end in itself

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• From Karma Yoga to Dhyana Yoga there is a
  duality of the Knower the Known, the Observer
  the Observed.
• But Sankhya Yoga proposes the Non-Dual aspect
  from the very beginning. It says one is already
  THAT TATVAMASI.. for which one is aspiring for
  

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Founders of Sankhya Yoga

• Maharshi Kapil
• Maharshi Ashtavakra
• Sage King Janaka
• Sage Mahakashyap
• Maharshi Raman
• Sri. J. Krishnamurthy

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Zen

• The Zen people say it beautifully
• Sitting silently doing nothing the Spring comes
  the Grass grows by itself..
• Sudden Enlightenment

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Awareness at its Peak

• Neither there is any path nor any journey..
  You are already there.. Just break your false
  identities with the body-mind-emotions
• Just remember that you are pure Awareness
  Identification with pure Awareness is
  Liberation
• Sage Ashtavakra

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Experiment Experience
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• Sit with closed eyes.
• Become aware of the body Who is
  becoming aware ?
• Become aware of the thoughts.. Who is becoming
  aware ? Become aware of the emotions
  feelings. Who
  is becoming aware ?

Who am I ?
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Sit with closed eyes

• Take some deep breaths exhale deeplyNow take
  deep breath hold it for some time look into
  your closed eyes this is inner skyjust like the
  vast sky out side.. Go on looking at it it will
  be seen as three dimensional
• Identification with this Form less, Limit
  less sky to live according to its wisdom is
  the path of Sankhya Yoga..

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Pragya Geet

• Kuch log jama hai mandir me, kuch log jama
  maykhane me..
• Kuch ulajh gaye hai pooja me, kuch ulajh geye
  paimaane me

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Sahaja Yoga The Yoga of Spontaneity
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The word Sahaja has twomeanings. Both are
meaningful !
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• i) Simple ii) Born together
• i) We were born as very simple beings, but
  we have become very complex
• ii) We are born with the Divine Sound
  Omkar..
• We have gone far.. far away from Omkar
  To return to it is the path of Sahaja Yoga

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Sahaja Yoga
It has got Six Variations !
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• Surati Yoga Merger with the Soundless
  Sound
• Nirati Yoga Merger with the Divine Light
• Amrit Yoga Merger with the Deathless aspect
• 
  Contd..

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• Divya Yoga Merger with the Divine
  Taste, Smell, Ecstasy Energy
• Ananda Yoga Merger with the Divine Touch
  Bliss
• Prem Yoga Merger with the Love aspect

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A Road map to Sahaj Yoga

• i) Naam Swadhyaya ii)
  Naam Satsang iii) Naam Guru
  iv) Naam Deeksha
  v) Naam Shravan
  vi) Naam Sumiran vii) Naam
  Samadhi

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Pragya Geet

• Ab ek paheli boojo to jaanu too bada sayana
  hai kya vastu guru deta jisko santo ne amolak
  maana hai