glossary
# Adharma : opposite of dharma–amorality-unethical
# Atman : person - self – godly and or heavenly spark
# Ahimsa : violencelessness
# Asãna : body postures or asãna’s
# Avatar or Avatãra : traveler of worlds - incarnation of godliness
# Diksha : dis-attachment - both the offering and the renunciation
# Dharma : duty or work 4 humans - ethical code and order - (spiritual practice - Buddhist teachings)
# Jñaña-yoga : knowledge received through yoga
# Jyothi : the ultimate causal Light - well of being and consciousness
# Karma : the law of cause and effect - causality
# KarmaBhuni : Work-planet, representative 4 the present day work-experience-field - our world
# Kavalyam or transcendental pleasure of oneness with the One
# Mãyã : illusion / our world
# Moksha : deliverance from samsara
# Nirvana : deliverance - bliss(fullness) - salvation
# the One or the Absolute, Brahman, tao or dao, Allah, Yahweh, the holy Father, Abraham, God, the Light, etc.
# Prakriti : illusion / our universe - the Separation
# Prãna : the Chinese Chi - electro magnetism – vital energy in (!) air
# Purusha : cause of Life - the Light - the One, God, etc.
# Samãdhi : spiritual vision(s) - intense contemplation of Truth – experiencing oneness and unity - connection - 8th and final stage of Patãnjali's 8 step yoga sutra’s
# Samsara : cycle of uncontrolled birth, death and rebirth
# Yajña : renunciation - both the offerings and the sacrifice
Tag Archives: mindfulness
Bless thoughtlessness, forgetfulness & loss of memory ! Bless amnesia ! Self-knowledge is the supplier of human knowledge, compassion & empathy, which enables knowledge of one’s real needs & real desires by approaching the real Self. Thoughtlessness is maybe not … Continue reading
Separation of the body & soul within a lucid mind ! Induced escape from the body & leaving one’s body, before actual death, is that at all possible ? Like the powers of thought are unlimited, experiences through kriyã-yoga are unlimited. … Continue reading
What is holding of the breath ? The deep & quiet breathing of the autogenous training or basic breathing exercises, mixed with pauses in the breathing, which always have the same length when inhaling or exhaling. This stopping, not blocking … Continue reading
What is thought-focus ? Going from actionlessness within breath- & thought-control, one focusses the mind on ‘one’ thing (breath, an object, the bright-white-light, etc.) only. When breathing-in, imagine like a beaming light wave & when breathing-out, let it enter your … Continue reading
What is mind-focus ? Going from actionlessness within breath- & thought-control, one focusses the mind on a goal & let’s go of everything but the breath-control, as 2 receive thoughts, ideas & problem-solutions one couldn’t have thought of, if it … Continue reading
What is spreading breath ? Coming over from deep-breathing or abdominal breathing one spreads the breath over the body. Breathing-in while pointing our spirit &/or thought(s) & breathing-out, while sweeping our spirit &/or thought(s) downwards with the body, towards the … Continue reading
What is breath control ? It’s converting the breath into mind – a dream-breath – the breath as an act of mind. The first step is 2 relax & unwind. Sit still or lie down & do remain wide-awake ! … Continue reading
Renunciation isn’t about giving-up on friends, family, career, etc., but is about not being overly emotionally disturbed by &/or through them. Renunciation is all about protection of the real Self & the abolishing of the false Self, the ego. Renunciation … Continue reading
Suffering is recognized immediately by everybody while happiness remains mostly unrecognized by the ignorant many 4 happiness gets only recognized by the mindful few, actually by the ones who are really aware.
notes fr' a yogi 