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A MILLION THOUGHTS 1/2 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 20 MIN -1 YEAR-40 MIN -1 YEAR 90 MIN , 100 MIN, 110 MIN, 120 MIN TILL 3 HOURS-1 YEAR-4 HOURS
    - - CROSS LEGGED- This helps in controlling apana vayu or Descending energy
      - STRAIGHT BACK- channelization of prana vayu (vital life force) and samana vayu ( thermal energy)
      - RELAXED ARMS
      - JOINED HANDS- your thumbs should join each other at the tip
      - STRAIGHT HEAD- channelization of udaana vayu (ascending energy). NECK SHOULD NOT BE STRETCHED
      - STILL GAZE- hurdles like burping, hiccups, sneezing removed. pain and numbness begin to disappear
      - GENTLE SMILE- A subtle breeze of calmness starts to flow.
      - POSITION OF TONGUE AND TEETH- tongue touches front part of palate avoiding saliva formation, teeth slightly parted, lips joined
- - - - MEDITATION ON FORM
        
        1.Observe the object for a couple of minutes but no analysis, no why , what if, just observe. 2. close the eyes and visualize the image 3. if the image fades away bring the focus back on image 4. If you can't bring back the image gently open eyes without changing posture and look at image once again for 1-2 min and repeat the process
        
        most difficult but most superior.
        
        Just think of sth that pleases you. like image of diety, sight of ocean, flower, peacock 2. Close eyes and start visualizing 3. Image will keep disappering, just bring this back. This is very difficult
        
        check progress- after 3000 hrs pf practice you will be able to hold image for 4 min.
      - MEDITATION ON BREATH
        
        Breathe deeply for few minutes. 2, close your eyes 3. Simply listen to inhalation 4. Pay attention to small pause between inhalation and exhalation, 5. Listen to exhalation
        
        when to do: when you are restless and anxious. Also when there is difficulty sleeping, lie in your most comfortable position and meditate on breath
      - MEDITATION ON SOUND
        
        Meditate on repetitive sound .
        
        Difference- Chanting a mantra loud, whispering it or mentally chanting is still an act of speaking. The auditory conciousness is still a hindarance. Meditating a mantra means recalling a mantra which requires visualization
        
        Chant a mantra a few times 2. Breathe deeply for abt 5 min 3. close your eyes 4. Start recalling the mantra you just chanted
        
        If you feel restlessness recall the mantra slowly, if you feel torpor recall the mantra faster
      - MEDITATION ON FORMLESS
        
        Deep breathe a few times. 2. close the eyes and just be thoughtfree .UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE- Loss of clarity ( a subtle form of dullness where we feel thoughts have subsided) versus actual thoughtlessness
        
        EXPANSIVE MEDITATION 1. Deep breathe a few minutes 2. Visualize a bright, efflugent light or dark universe 3. Gradually visualize your body is disintegrating and merging in vast, expansive infinite universe
  - - - Sit in comfortable(yogic or non yogic) posture. 2. Take few breaths. 3. Start the process of negation. Keep eliminating what you are not
        
        I am not a body, I am not the senses, I am not the mind, I am not the conciousness, I am not the emotions, I am not the thought, I am not the knowledge, I am eternal and beyond, I am not a man or woman, i am not young or old, I am not beautiful or ugly, I am not a friend or enemy, I am not a father or son, These are mere classifications , I am eternal and beyond, I am not pure or impure, I am not good or bad, I am not hot or cold, I am not moral or immoral, I am not realized or unrealized, These are mere dualities. I am eternal and beyond, I am not bound,not free, I am not hated or loved, I am not happy or unhappy, I am not foolish or intelligent, I am neither successful, nor a loser, These are mere perspectives, I am eternal and beyond. I am not weak or strong, I am not restless or lazy, I am not tired or fresh, I am not healthy or unhealthy, I am not my past, These are temporary states, I am eternal and beyond, I cannot die, I cannot be sick, I cannot be hurt, I cannot be grieved, I know no sorrow, I know no pain, I know no grief, I know no hurt, I know no sickness, I lack nothing. I am beyond the good and bad, beyond praise and criticism, beyond everything that can be thought and written, everything that can be heard or said, for I am , the indestructable, invisbile , infinite, eternal, supereme soul, - the highest realization, the purest conciousness. I am beyond birth and death, I have existed before universe, I am independent unit but part of a complete phenomenon, I am complete
      - Get rid of all the labels you are not and keep searching for one permanent label that defines you
    - - Sit in comfortable(yogic or non yogic) posture. 2. Take few breaths. 3. Start the process of meditation by affirmation.
        
        Check Location 1741 of book