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World
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Body >
Breath >
Mind >
Silence
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At Meditation time:
Next (after Senses) is the Body:
- Next, after making peace with the world and exploring your
senses, explore the body
internally through a variety of methods of inner surveying. (more
on methods of surveying)
- Survey the body
from head to toe and toe to head. Do this systematically; so that
the path you follow each time is similar, though the experience may
be different.
- However you
experience the body is okay: parts, systems, sensations.
- Do this as if you
are really curious to explore within. Be an interior researcher.
- Remain mindful of only the body--not
breath, nor mind--only body.
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Then,
shift awareness still more inward to the breath, then to the mind, and
then to the silence beyond, finally leading to the center of
consciousness. (Next)
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Preparation, Daily
Life, Meditation in Action:
Body: Yoga meditation deals systematically with all the
levels of our being, including working with the body, as well as the
senses, breath, and mind. (See Yoga Sutras,
including sutras 2.46-2.48
on Asana, meditation posture.)
Everybody benefits from a healthy
body: Everybody has a body, and it is of
benefit to all to make the body healthy and strong for spiritual
practices. This involves exercising the body, making it strong and
flexible, eating healthy food, and giving the body proper rest.
Hatha yoga postures: Yoga is
widely known for its benefits to the physical body through the hatha yoga system.
It makes the body supple and flexible so as to be able to do the further
stages of yoga meditation. For meditation, it is quite useful to
first do some stretches or hatha yoga postures before the seated meditation
practice.
Extremely useful for meditation: Many practitioners of hatha yoga incorporate a variety of other physical
programs into their personal routines. Whether one does hatha yoga, prefers
some other systems, or integrates a variety of practices, it is
extremely useful to take care of the body for meditation to be at its
best.
Next
is Breath
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