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Yoga Practice and Posture

Religion and Symbol Systems: How We Shape Reality (Symbolism Part 2)

March 3, 2010

The Jewish Tree of Life is a fully-integrated, multi-media mystic symbol system, comparable to the Chakra system in Yoga Religions are deeply interwoven symbol-systems. Like their component symbolic complexes, religions are neither true nor false: they are reality-creating systems. They create a cultural world as our adaptive niche, and then project this culturally-mediated world externally [...]

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Symbol Power: How We Shape Experience (Symbolism Part 1)

March 3, 2010

This Dreamtime Pathway from Australia is both a symbol and a map Humans are symbol-making creatures. Symbolic expression permeates our lives, giving them meaning and order. When concentrated and coordinated, symbols begin to form systems. When webbed together into systems, symbols start to function in a new way: they begin to generate and sustain the [...]

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Interrogating the Ego: Jnana Yoga and the Art of Reality Visioning (Part 3)

March 2, 2010

After all, you’re not who you think you are at all If we are to see through the jillion illusions out of which the ‘real’ world is made, it is important to be curious about and to question appearances. A powerful means of interrogating illusion comes from the tradition of jnana yoga, the yoga of [...]

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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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