YOGA
The exercises or asanas are only a small part of what our yoga is all about. the asanas are postures to ease, supple and strengthen the system to prepare the body/mind for the true practice of meditation that brings one into a state of ascension and Union with Group Soul and our Om Spirit awakened presence. This Yoga is that state of being, yoga means Sacred Union with GOD. It can also mean integration of body/mind/Spirit. The male/female within. Merging into the Oneness of our Awakened Self, our collective electronic body of blazing light substance that is individualized within each of us.
OM Spirit Yoga of Awakening is my own version of Yoga based on my training with Ananda Yoga and other practices I have learned over the years since I first started doing yoga in the mid-70’s. It is an hour long intermediate practice with holding/breathing/chakra focus adding affirmations and bringing in light and cosmic conscious energy into the postures.
I put together this practice in Bali, adding the components of the Sacred Dance moving into the Yoga, followed with chanting and my usual meditation. It seemed natural to subsitute the Dance for the Energerization of the Ananda yoga practice I was certified in teaching
Since OM is the universe sound for the Godhead it made sense for me to name my practice with this symbol and name.
The Symbol Om Just as the sound of Om represents the four states of Brahman, the symbol Om written in Sanskrit also represents everything. The material world of the waking state is symbolized by the large lower curve. The deep sleep state is represented by the upper left curve. The dream state, lying between the waking state below and the deep sleep state above, emanates from the confluence of the two. The point and semicircle are separate from the rest and rule the whole. The point represents the turiya state of absolute consciousness. The open semicircle is symbolic of the infinite and the fact that the meaning of the point can not be grasped if one limits oneself to finite thinking.
True meaning of yoga
योग: चित्त-वृत्ति निरोध:
(yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ)
– Yoga Sutras 1.2
translates it as “Yoga is the inhibition (nirodhaḥ) of the modifications (vṛtti) of the mind (citta)”The use of the word nirodhaḥin the opening definition of yoga is an example of the important role that Buddhist technical terminology and concepts play in the Yoga Sutra; this role suggests that Patanjali was aware of Buddhist ideas and wove them into his system.Swami Vivekananda translates the sutra as “Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Citta) from taking various forms (Vrittis).”The true meaning of yoga is not about physical exercise. It is not sweating in a hot room or putting on a cute outfit and going off to a class on a designer yoga mat.No, the exercises or asanas are only a small part of what yoga is about. the asanas are stretches to prepare the body/mind for the true practice of meditation that brings one into a state of connection with the Divine. Yoga is that state of being, yoga means Sacred Union with GOD. It can also mean intregration of body/mind/Spirit. The male/female within. It is truly about our final Awakening. This is why I include it here.The asanas are only a prep for what is to follow. Yoga is about a way of life. Patanjali is widely regarded as the founder of the formal Yoga philosophy. Patanjali’s yoga is known as Raja yoga, which is a system for control of the mind.Patanjali’s writing also became the basis for a system referred to as “Ashtanga Yoga” (“Eight-Limbed Yoga”). This eight-limbed concept derived from the 29th Sutra of the 2nd book, and is a core characteristic of practically every Raja yoga variation taught today. The Eight Limbs are:
- Yama (The five “abstentions”): non-violence, non-lying, non-covetousness, non-sensuality, and non-possessiveness.
- Niyama (The five “observances”): purity, contentment, austerity, study, and surrender to god.
- Asana: Literally means “seat”, and in Patanjali’s Sutras refers to the seated position used for meditation.
- Pranayama (“Suspending Breath”): Prāna, breath, “āyāma”, to restrain or stop. Also interpreted as control of the life force.
- Pratyahara (“Abstraction”): Withdrawal of the sense organs from external objects.
- Dharana (“Concentration”): Fixing the attention on a single object.
- Dhyana (“Meditation”): Intense contemplation of the nature of the object of meditation.
- Samādhi (“Liberation”): merging consciousness with the object of meditation.
In the view of this school, the highest attainment does not reveal the experienced diversity of the world to be illusion. The everyday world is real. Furthermore, the highest attainment is the event of one of many individual selves discovering itself; there is no single universal self shared by all persons
There are many types of this ancient practice of yoga out there today. This practice of Om-Spirit yoga is a combination of sacred movement, positive affirmatiions, asanas,chanting and meditation which help to acheive this DIvine Union within. It can help in controlling the body, mind, energy and the senses. It is a safe and unstressed practice, providing quick results. The physical practice itself is a type of Hatha Yoga which is a combined set of postures or asanas and breath control known as pranayama.
Ananda Yoga, which my practice is based on teaches a meditation method that is based on the actual experience of self realization which can occur within each and every human being.
योगस्थ: कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनंजय ।
सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्यो: समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते ।।
(yoga-sthaḥ kuru karmani sangam tyaktvā dhananjaya
siddhy-asiddhyoḥ samo bhutvā samatvam yoga ucyate)
– Bhagavad Gita 2.48
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The Meditation
AWAKENING MEDITATION The practice of Meditation is so important in our Group Evolution into the Oneness. Meditation assists us to release the paradigm of mind and to be present in the current of zero point, to give the space to actualize the new blueprint of Being Awakened in the oneness. It is a simply designed meditation yet one of great discipline in order to break through the resistance to be comfortable in the silence and in the mode of a non attached empty cup, a discipline that the human mind/ego abhors. Our intention is to allow the collective Soul to take over our Awakened state and the reality of material plane imaginings.The purpose is to help everyone recede the personality and to know that that we, ourselves are nothing. It is the I AM Awakened Presence within that does all things. This meditation helps everyone on to the bridge of understanding that self realization is actually group realization.Sit with spine erect in the most comfortable position possible so you can stay like this for one hour at a time is most important. Put on some soft mediation type music that you enjoy. Focus on the zero point between the brows. No thought, keep coming back to no thought space. Using a mantra like the OM is an easy way to to do this.Or as you breath in mental chant OM, as you breath out mentally chant to yourself “I AM AWAKENED”. Continue to breath rhythmically until it is set into you, the sound of eternal OM.
Breathing, focusing on the point between the brows, and mentally chanting OM at the chakras on the way up the spine and the way down the spine is the meditation practice, and is enough
Routine
It is very important to establish a daily routine of Meditation. It is best to meditate at the same time and place everyday to form a habit of a healthy meditation routine.
Below is a routine to follow:
· Sit to meditate- have a special chair or cushion and bolsters that is just for this purpose – some people like to have a meditation shawl or veil to wrap up in as well to contain sacred space and energy.
· Check to see if your posture is correct and that you are comfortable enough to sit for an hour
· Concentrate on the point between the brows and breathe
· Offer a prayer for guidance and connection
· Feel a deep sense of I AM ONENESS at the point between the brows, let that Oneness spread into your brain and throughout your body
· Hold this state of Oneness of the I AM Presence with you as you resume your daily activities or if you do your meditation again at night, as you drift off to sleep
Working with the Chakras for Kriya OM Practice
Muladhara Chakra
Root chakra
Svadhisthana Chakra
Sex chakra
Manipura Chakra
Solar plexus chakra
Anahata Chakra
Heart Chakra
Vishuddha Chakra
Throat chakra
Ajna Chakra
3rd eye
Sahasraram Chakra
Crown chakra – Door to God
Lets first have a look at the divine life force coming from the Oneness. It can be compared to the white light of the sun being transformed into different colors of a rainbow. So is the Kundalini Shakti transformed into a different form of Prana at each Chakra. Prana is the Sanskrit name for the life force, a metaphysical energy beyond the physical body of being. Prana in its different forms is the life creating and sustaining form of energy within any kind of life, be it plants, animals, minerals, humans or purely spiritual beings. Without Prana no life could ever exist. Chakras are acting as some kind of transformers adapting the pure divine life force to the particular needs of each dimension of the metaphysical body of mankind.
Kriya Pranayama Kriya Pranayama is one of the keys to our Group Ascension Life Force and inner Prana. Breathing into the Chakras and chanting OM has been used by Yogi Masters to merge with the Divine over the past millenia – We are now being guided and shown that It is time to upgrade and use this technique of Kriya Yoga as a part of the key to the activation of our new DNA and the birth of Group Soul in Awakened Consciousness.
Here you will find a detailed description of the technique of Kriya practice below. It is for our true and final spiritual benefit to use this practice, with a more Divine Feminine approach. In other words to use pranayama with less rigidity of days of old, bringing more heart, flow and joy into breath and Om.
Below is the standard Kriya breathing practice:
Kriya Pranayama starts in Muladhara Chakra and ends in Ajna Chakra and down to Muladhara Chakra. ONE OM at each chakra on the way up – ONE OM each Chakra on the way down. ONE full cycles consists of a total of 12 OM – two OM into each chakra. Twelve cycles – by definition – are called ONE Kriya. The beginner Kriyaban – sometimes also called Kriya Yogi and for females Kriya Yogini – starts with ONE Kriya – hence 12 cycles of Kriya Pranayama.
There is a time requirement for ONE Kriya Pranayama – cycle. ONE Kriya Pranayama-cycle you should take a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of 60 seconds.
The exact location of all Chakra along your spine is shown in this picture above. ( show pic)
The location shown there is accurate enough to truly find each Chakra on your body.
Kriya Pranayama is done along the spine on your back only. Only on the dorsal side of your body. From Muladhara to Ajna Chakra and down again to Muladhara Chakra.
To make this Kriya Pranayama powerful you truly need to open to I AM within and allow this inner Truth to assist you while doing it. It is our true and sincere devotion to the Transmutation of Group Soul that opens our Sahasrara (crown) Chakra. This is how WE merge is ONE into the I AM Avatar.
Within US now is our true and only Guru. It is all within all as a direct connect to Soul/Source/Oneness/ I AM.
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