Dharanas/Concentration/Focus
Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 1: The Empty Cup | Podcast Episode 83 [Excerpt]
“This parable, which I…added some color and detail to that I hope you enjoyed, is often told to emphasize the point that if you want to learn something new, you must first be open-minded and willing to let go of your already solidified preconceived notions…but, Beautiful Creators, let’s dive a little deeper than that today.”
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Sutra Studies Week 62: Reflections On The Fact That Concentration And Focused Absorption Leads To Inner Accomplishment, Power, And Skill | This Is Not Magic; It Is Karma/Cause And Effect (Sutras 3.16-3.35)
“In order to get to these states of being, you must have full access to your prefrontal cortex, the front part of your brain…which means that you have to be in a fully regulated body-mind that directs your energies to this center of awareness for deeper insight.
Practicing, and becoming skilled in, all of the 5 limbs that come before Samyama, which is basically working through the last three limbs on the eightfold path, ensures that you can develop the regulation and awareness that supports you to consciously channel your life-force energy toward higher levels of awareness and being.
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Sutra Studies Week 61: Reflections On Developing Your Mind For True Seeing And Getting To The Point Of Pure Being (Sutras 3.1-3.15) [Excerpt]
“Humans have essentially been working as hard as they can to use their minds and egos to drop their minds and egos long enough to just be their pure undistorted Self for as long as their [perceived] disconnection from who they are has existed.”
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Regulating Your Body-Mind & Coming To Focus | Part 6-Dharana And Concentrating On/Into The Self | Satsang Full Recording | 11-30-21 [With Video Excerpt]
This meeting explores the importance of, and methods for, becoming concentrated in, and concentrating on, the Self for a deeper connection with, and understanding of, the Self.
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