Posts Tagged ‘emotions’
The meditation practice is divided into three main stages:
Initial: At this stage the student thinks he/she is practicing, but actually he/she is preparing for practice. In this case the practice consists of collecting the necessary means and resources to begin to stay in the path.
Intermediate: At this stage, a students is fully equipped with all the resources he/she needs to practice. His/Hes time and energyare not involved in collecting means and learning methods, rather he spends his time in practice.
Last stage: achievement : At this stage, a student experiences the Truth. He/She may have only momentary glimpses of Truth, but at least is direct experience, which helps him/her understand the greatness of the Truth. Spiritual practice or Sadhana consists in trying to maintain that state. As his/her practice matures , he/she becomes and adept, then he/she needs no to try any more, for the experience of non-dual Reality is maintained effortlessly and spontaneously.
From A Call to Humanity by Swami Rama.
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Sunshine Yoga Academy
There are many Paths to Self- Realization but the four principal ones are:
Karma Yoga – The Yoga of Action
Bhakti Yoga – The Yoga of Devotion
Jnana Yoga – The Yoga of Knowledge and Discrimination
Raja Yoga – The Royal Path
Raja Yoga includes the teachings of all different Paths and it concerns itself with three dimensions or realms :
-Physical
-Mental
-Spiritual
When we master Raja Yoga , we achieve mastering of the three realms, leading us to Self-Realization. The origins of Raja Yoga are unknown, but they are considered Teaching’s of Divine Origin.
It is a true Gift to be able to practice Raja Yoga or also called Astanga_Yoga.
Care to join us?
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Sunshine Yoga Academy
What to do to regulate our emotional life so we can grow? How to expand our consciousness?
The less developed our consciousness is, the more we get caught up in unpleasant emotional states. The more we expand our awareness, our emotional life becomes more balanced so that anger, jealousy, depression and guilt begin to disappear. The energy we once used for those emotions becomes purified and transforms into peace, joy, love and compassion. Let’s transform ourselves.
Namaste,
Sunshine Yoga Academy