On Dec 9, 2011, at 10:19 PM, "wgm4u" <anitaoak...@att.net> wrote:
> Essentially, the prana (kundalini serpent fire) must be awakened and rise to > the 6th and 7th chakra for enlightenment to occur. Whether that is done > through mantra meditation OR concentration (like Patanjali taught) is > secondary, both work according to Swami Yogananda, he believes concentration > is more effective because it deals directly with the prana (pranaYama=prana > control). The important thing that occurs after bindu-bhedhana is the dissolution of ones samskaras and the balanced witness-consciousness that remains uninvolved while the subcoscious unloads it's baggage. Then, after the unloading occurs, the student can get skaktipat.
