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Yoga Philosophy and Symbology

Playing with Fire: Yoga Philosophy and the Flames of Concentration

March 2, 2010

Jnana yoga enhances insight and brain activity – but too much can create agitation By meditating on the formulas of yoga philosophy, you can access deep insights very quickly and easily. This practice sharpens the mental capacity for focus and intention. But jnana practice is a double-edged sword, for it is very exciting. As a [...]

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Evolution: Yogic, Scientific and Religious

March 2, 2010

In the 21st century, science and religion are again forming battle lines. They seem to by two fundamentally different types of knowing. As we hear it, science discovers ‘truth’ inductively and first-hand through manifest data. Religion derives ‘truth’ deductively and second-hand through revealed information sources. Yoga enters this discussion in a strange situation. It is [...]

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World Illusion: Buddhist Yoga Systems

March 2, 2010

Using an ancient yoga siddhi technique, the Buddha ‘uses his illusion’ and multiplies mind-made bodies at the Miracle of Shravasti ‘Reality’: the world of experience made up of our consensus realities and ordinary minds. How ironic that the basic nature of this ‘reality’ is that it is an illusion. It seems to exist independently and [...]

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Whose Order Is It? Jnana Yoga and the Art of Reality-Visioning (Part 2)

March 2, 2010

Is the movement ‘really there,’ or is apparent movement an artifact of brain activity? Jnana Yoga begins with a question: when we see order in the world, whose order is it? Is it ‘really there,’ or are we projecting it from our own mental equipment? The goal isn’t to find the ‘right’ answer, but to [...]

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Yoga: Sacred or Secular?

March 2, 2010

Om is certainly a sacred symbol, but anyone can ‘hear’ what it designates – whether you are a secular humanist, a yogi, an atheist or a scientist Recent attempts by the states of Missouri and Virginia to regulate yoga have a lot of people thinking: is yoga a sacred or a secular activity? If it [...]

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Darshana: Jnana Yoga and the Art of Reality Visioning (Part 1)

March 1, 2010

Darshana: Jnana Yoga and the Art of Reality Visioning Ancient Indian scientists of illusion knew that no single philosophical system can by itself contain absolute truth. They therefore called their philosophical systems darshana-s, or  ‘points of view.’ To know the darshana-s is to master the art of ‘reality visioning,’ a practice central to jnana yoga [...]

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