The Mental Body for yoga beginner

The Mental Body for yoga beginner
Part 1

We must now deal with the mental body, which is taken asequivalent to mind for practical purposes. The first thing for aman to do in practical Yoga is to separate himself from themental body, to draw away from that into the sheath next aboveit. And here remember what I said previously, that in Yoga theSelf is always the consciousness plus the vehicle from which theconsciousness is unable to separate itself.

All that is above thebody you cannot leave is the Self for practical purposes, andyour first attempt must be to draw away from your mental body.Under these conditions, Manas must be identified with the Self,and the spiritual Triad, the Atma-buddhi-manas, is to be realisedas separate from the mental body.

That is the first step. Youmust be able to take up and lay down your mind as you do a tool,before it is of any use to consider the further progress of theSelf in getting rid of its envelopes. Hence the mental body istaken as the starting point. Suppress thought. Quiet it. Stillit. Now what is the ordinary condition of the mental body?

As youlook upon that body from a higher plane, you see constant changesof colours playing in it. You find that they are sometimesinitiated from within, sometimes from without. Sometimes avibration from without has caused a change in consciousness, anda corresponding change in the colours in the mental body.

If there is a change of consciousness, that causes vibration in thematter in which that consciousness is functioning. The mentalbody is a body of ever-changing hues and colours, never still,changing colour with swift rapidity throughout the whole of it.Yoga is the stopping of all these, the inhibition of vibrationsand changes alike. Inhibition of the change of consciousnessstops the vibration of the mental body; the checking of thevibration of the mental body checks the change in consciousness.

In the mental body of a Master there is no change of colour saveas initiated from within; no outward stimulus can produce anyanswer, any vibration,ùin that perfectly controlled mental body.The colour of the mental body of a Master is as moonlight on therippling ocean. Within that whiteness of moon-like refulgence lieall possibilities of colour, but nothing in the outer world canmake the faintest change of hue sweep over its steady radiance.If a change of consciousness occurs within, then the change willsend a wave of delicate hues over the mental body which respondsonly in colour to changes initiated from within and never tochanges stimulated from without.

His mental body is never HisSelf, but only His tool or instrument, which He can take up orlay down at His will. It is only an outer sheath that He useswhen He needs to communicate with the lower world.

Yoga Is a Science

Yoga Is a Science For yoga beginner

ext, Yoga is a science. That is the second thing to grasp. Yogais a science, and not a vague, dreamy drifting or imagining. Itis an applied science, a systematized collection of laws appliedto bring about a definite end. It takes up the laws ofpsychology, applicable to the unfolding of the wholeconsciousness of man on every plane, in every world, and appliesthose rationally in a particular case.
This rational applicationof the laws of unfolding consciousness acts exactly on the sameprinciples that you see applied around you every day in otherdepartments of science.

You know, by looking at the world around you, how enormously theintelligence of man, co-operating with nature, may quicken"natural" processes, and the working of intelligence is as"natural" as anything else. We make this distinction, andpractically it is a real one, between "rational" and "natural"growth, because human intelligence can guide the working ofnatural laws; and when we come to deal with Yoga, we are in thesame department of applied science as, let us say, is thescientific farmer or gardener, when he applies the natural lawsof selection to breeding.

The farmer or gardener cannot transcendthe laws of nature, nor can he work against them. He has no otherlaws of nature to work with save universal laws by which natureis evolving forms around us, and yet he does in a few years whatnature takes, perhaps, hundreds of thousands of years to do. Andhow? By applying human intelligence to choose the laws that servehim and to neutralize the laws that hinder. He brings the divineintelligence in man to utilise the divine powers in nature thatare working for general rather than for particular ends.

THE NATURE OF YOGA -

For yoga beginner

In this first discourse we shall concern ourselves with thegaining of a general idea of the subject of Yoga, seeking itsplace in nature, its own character, its object in humanevolution.

Free yoga exercise - Exercise N° 6

Place the fingers of one hand between the fingers of the other, leavingthe thumbs free. Then slowly twirl the thumbs one over the other, with acircular motion. Be sure to keep the attention firmly fixed upon the endof the thumbs.
_N.B._ Exercises Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been culled (with slightmodifications by me) from the works of Yogi Ramacharaka.

Free yoga exercise Number 5

Sit in front of a table, placing your hands upon the table, the fistsclinched and lying with the back of the hand upon the table, the thumbbeing doubled over the fingers.

Fix your gaze upon the fist for awhileand then slowly extend the thumb, keeping your whole attention fixedupon the act, just as if it was of the greatest importance.

Then slowlyextend your first finger, then your second and so on, until they are allopen and extended.
Then reverse the process, closing first the littlefinger and continuing the closing until the fist is again in its originalposition, with the thumb closed over the fingers. Repeat with left hand.Continue this exercise 5 times at a sitting, then increase to 10 times.
Don't forget to keep your attention closely fixed upon the fingermovements. That is the main point.

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Free yoga exercise by A. P. Mukerji

Sit erect in your chair, with your head up, chin out and shouldersback. Raise your right arm until it is level with your shoulders,pointing to the right. Turn your head and fix your gaze on your hand andhold the arm perfectly steady for one minute. Repeat with left arm.Increase the time gradually to 5 minutes. The palms of the hands shouldbe turned downwards.
The following yoga exercises are meant to aid you in getting under control,such mental faculties will produce voluntary movements.

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Free yoga Exercise N° 3

Free yoga Exercise N° 3

Fill a wine glass full of water and taking the glass between the fingers,extend arm directly in front of you.

Fix your eyes upon the glass andendeavour to hold your arm so steady that no quiver will be noticeable.

Commence with one minute exercise and increase until the 5 minutes limitis reached. Alternate right and left arms. Increase to 15 minutes.

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Free yoga exercise - Exercise N° 2

Free yoga exercise N° 2

Well I hope you enjoy the last exercise, today it's a new yoga exercise. Have fun

Cultivate a self-poised attitude and demeanour in your everyday life.Avoid a tense, strained, nervous, fidgety manner and an over-anxiousappearance.

Be easy, self-possessed and dignified in your bearing.

Be courteous, thoughtful and quiet.

Mental exercise and Will-Culturewill enable you to acquire the proper carriage and demeanour. Stopswinging your feet and moving your hands or rocking your selfbackwards in your chair while talking or sitting. Stop biting your nails,chewing your moustaches, rolling your tongue in your mouth or anyother unnecessary movement such as may have become "second nature"with you while studying, reading or writing.

Never twitch or jerk yourbody. Never wink your eyes or look blank.

Train yourself to standsudden and loud noises with equanimity and composure. Such thingsbetray lack of control.

Do not let anything outside (or even within you)disturb your composure. When engaged in conversation let your speechbe calm and measured and your voice well-controlled and even. A certaindegree of reserve should always be observed.

In short, keep yourselfwell under control on all occasions.

You can acquire this poise byalways carrying the thoughts of "Firmness," "Self-Control", and"Self-Respect" in your mind and letting these express themselves in youroutward bearing. Avoid bluster, self-assertion, gossip, levity or lighttalk, too much laughter, excitement and so forth. Too much laughterweakens the will. Be a quiet, earnest-thinking being. Be serious. Regard"solitude" as the greatest medium of self-development.

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Free yoga exercise - Exercise N°1

Yoga Exercise 1.

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Today is the first exercise.

Yoga Exercise 1.
Sit still; relax your body all over and then neck, chest, and head heldin a straight line; legs crossed one under the other and weight of thebody resting easily upon the ribs; right hand on right leg, left handon left leg.

There should not be a single movement of the muscles inany part of the body. Mind, you must avoid all rigidness and tension ofthe body. There should not be the least strain on muscles.

You shouldbe able to "relax" completely.

Start with 5 minutes. Continue till youcan accomplish the 5 minutes sitting without any conscious effort,increase to 15 minutes which is about all you need. The aim is to giveyou absolute dominion over all involuntary muscular movements. It is alsoan ideal "rest-cure" after fatiguing physical and mental exercise orexertion.

The principal thing is "STILLNESS" and you can, if you like,practise it even sitting on a chair or anywhere else; the idea is one of"relaxation" and physical and mental quietude. Let not the apparentsimplicity of this exercise deceive you.

It is not so very easy afterall. You will find that by concentrating the mind upon a particulartrain of thoughts or ideas or by joining the mind to the Larger Self,you can easily lose all idea of the body and thus maintain this stillnessfor a considerable length of time.

Genius, inspiration and intuitionare more or less the scientific and psychological results ofself-forgetfulness. "When he sits down to meditate," it was said ofVivekananda, "in 10 minutes he becomes quite unconscious of the bodyalthough it may be black with mosquitoes." Do you understand now?

Absolute physical self-forgetfulness is essential to deep concentration.Dr. Fahnestock called it the "STATUVOLIC" condition or that state inwhich the Will-Power is really active and the 'outer-self' is totally inabeyance and forgotten.

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Free yoga exercise Preliminary steps

Free yoga exercise

"The first requisite," for free yoga exercise says Mr. Atkinson, "of concentering is theability to shut out outside thoughts, sights and sounds; to conquerinattention; to obtain perfect control over the body and mind.

The bodymust be brought under the control of the mind; the mind under thedirect control of the Will.

The Will is strong enough, but the mind needsstrengthening by being brought under the direct influence of the will.The mind, strengthened by the impulse of the will, becomes a much morepowerful projector of thought vibrations than otherwise and thevibrations have much greater force and effect."

The first four yoga exercises are meant to train the mind to readily obey thecommands of the mind.

Take them in the privacy of your own room and nevertalk of them to others. Also do not let their apparent simplicity leadyou to neglect them.

If you are one of those empty-brained men who goabout talking of their yoga exercises hoping in this way to win praise, youwill never succeed.

Be serious, earnest and sincere in your work. Giveup, once for ever, all fickle-mindedness and learn to accumulate Power insilence and through work. Prayer gives you strength to "work"--the answercomes from your Larger Self--which is the Spirit of God "brooding" overall and pouring strength into all. But do not fly in the face of DEITY byexpecting it to "do the work" for you while you go about loafing afteroffering your prayer. Nonsense.

That man prays who works constantly,silently, patiently, unceasingly and intelligently.

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