Everything we do in our leisure is rhythmical .... Our breathing is a rhythm and our labour is a rhythm and life goes on infinitely manifesting growth. “Yoga” comes from the Sanskrit verb
yuj, to yoke or unite. The goal of
yoga is to unite oneself with God. By practicing yoga one takes the path to accomplish this unification to God.
Sanskrit words are very close to Hebrew words I have found often, and meditation or contemplation is another similarity.
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- The word for “routine” in Sanskrit, the language of the Vedas, is “ritam.” Another translation of “ritam”
is “rhythm.” Most people think of “routine” as dull and boring. But
“rhythm”, means music! Rhythm has a tempo, a beat, a pulse and is alive.
- Ritam (rhythm), Bhara (full of), Pragya (mind), in other words means a “mind full of rhythm”. It represents
a state of mind where the thought waves are synchronous with the order
of the universe. It is also the state of the mind where the microcosm
and macrocosm are in coherence with each other.
It
has been said that people who meditate acquire many powers like
telepathy, reverse telepathy, spontaneous fulfillment of desires,
meaningful coincidences, the manipulation of matter, synchrodestiny etc.
From where do these powers come?
Our consciousness or the
soul is the silent state of mind with infinite powers. These powers are
hidden under the smoke of mind, intellect and ego, which in turn are
controlled by the software of action, memory and desires.
The interface between these two layers, the disturbed and the undisturbed state of consciousness, is what the “
ritam bhara pragya”
is. Once you are in this state, the intention becomes powerful, and one
starts experiencing spontaneous fulfillment of desires.
In the
Vedas, this term is loosely translated as “a state where only truth is
known”. It is said that if one can be conscious in this state, a desire
can be manifested, as it is right at the level of manifestation into the
physical plane. This is also the level where one experiences Siddhis,
or the super normal powers described by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras.
This
consciousness level is the “interface” between the most refined
condition of the relative one and the absolute one. It is perceptible
only if the intellect is perfectly pure and is overshadowed by nothing.
When during meditation one becomes non local, one experiences it.
Sometimes one has the rare luck to dive into this level.
Any
question, which is asked at this level is immediately, is completely
and truly answered. It works like a gigantic, cosmic and all-knowing
computer.
Meditation can raise the consciousness level from the limited (‘
seemit’) individualized I-ism to the unlimited universal ‘
aham’ and helps to develop
this ritam bhara pragya in which the untrue, unholy and aberrant thoughts do not occur.
In
meditation, the conscious mind comes to the simplest form of human
awareness, where consciousness is open to itself. This self-referral
state of consciousness is the unified field of natural law.
Through
the regular practice of Meditation for 15-20 minutes twice daily, the
infinite creativity and perfect orderliness of the unified field becomes
increasingly lively in daily life. At the same time, meditation gives
deep rest and releases stresses that impede the optimal functioning of
mind, body, and behavior.
At this level, coincidences
occur which are called ‘meaningful coincidences’. In Deepak Chopra’s
terminology, this state is called “
Acausal Atemporal Non Local Quantum Mechanical Interrelatedness.”
Source:
Giovani Carlo
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