---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote:
Richard, it makes sense to me that Saraswati is your ishta devata but I am curious about how you know that. If it's not too private. Did a jyotishi tell you or did you have an experience? BTW, wonderful knowledge in this post, thank you. Saraswati was obviously by your side when you wrote it (-: On Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:07 AM, Richard J. Williams <punditster@...> wrote: It's a reference to the 'Night Technique', once taught by MMY, otherwise known as 'Laya Yoga' or 'Kundalini Yoga' which is a synthesis of Hatha Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, and Raja Yoga, first mentioned apparently by Swami Sivananda Saraswati back in 1935 in his book 'Kundalini Yoga'. Swami Sivananda Radha wrote that Kundalini yoga is the yoga of awareness, "it aims "to cultivate the creative spiritual potential of a human to uphold values, speak truth, and focus on the compassion and consciousness needed to serve and heal others." So, Laya Yoga is similar to MMYs Night Technique, apparently no longer taught, but which was one of the main components of MMYs series of 'advanced techniques'. Dream yoga is very popular in Tibetan Buddhism (see my recent post to this forum concerning lucid dreaming). The purport of the passage is: By resting your bija at the navel chakra or at the heart chakra, the subtle currents from your istadevata will permeate your entire being. For example, my istadevata is Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning. So, by resting the bija portion of her name, that is, 'sring', at the navel chakra, my intelligence will grow by leaps and bounds, right while I'm sleeping. Then, when I awake in the morning I will feel refreshed and full of knowledge. It's that simple! Most TMers only repeat the bija portion of their mantra when they are meditating. However, according to Swami Sivananda Radha, a bija mantra may be repeated during the first portions of sleep. For example, when I practice MMYs secret Night Technique I often fall asleep with the bija portion of my mantra in mind as I fall into asleep. When practicing the Night Technique Satyanand advised me to be aware of the area just above my abdomen, (heart chakra) and to put your attention there and let it rest. My take on this technique is to be aware of my bija mantra at the heart chakra while in a sitting position and to gently fall into sleep as I assume the corpse pose at the end of the day. So, all you have to do is be aware of the chakra of the heart, start the bija just like any other thought, then just babysit your bija for a few minutes, right on at your heart area. You just set it, and then forget it. This technique was confirmed to me by Vaj in a posting to FFL in 2005. It sure beats counting sheep in order to fall asleep! Yea, M was also teaching laya yoga all along the way. People just did not appreciate it. It was where he was going again in the end with his Ved and Physiology teachings. He was getting to the heart of the matter in that. It's very powerful stuff as finishing the whole subtle nervous system of spirituality. It is where so much of the mature meditating TM community has gone on to in experience. It was always there in seed form.. for instance, http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/night.shtml http://minet.org/www.trancenet.net/secrets/night.shtml I feel real sorry for the quitters along the way. -Buck in the Dome Notes: Yogi Bhajan says that "Kundalini energy is technically explained as being sparked during yogic breathing when prana and apana blends at the 3rd chakra (naval center) at which point it initially drops down to the 1st and 2nd chakras before traveling up to the spine to the higher centers of the brain to activate the golden cord - the connection between the pituitary and pineal glands - and penetrate the 7 chakras." However, this technique was denigrated by Judy in a somewhat inane post denying that MMY bijas were the nicknames of the Istadevatas. Go figure. Works cited: 'Kundalini Yoga for the West' by Swami Sivananda Radha (1979; 2nd ed. 1996) pp. 13, 15 'Kundalini Yoga' by Swami Sivananda Divine Life Society, 1935 page 32 Kundalini Yoga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini_yoga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini_yoga References: 'Realities of the Dreaming Mind: The Practice of Dream Yoga' by Swami Sivananda Radha Timeless Books, 2004 'The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga' by Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon) Dover, 1974 Read more: "Note to newbies: Willytex, aka pundit, punditster, punditmoderator, etc., spouts a great deal of absolute nonsense. Nothing he says about TM (or about much of anything else, but *especially* TM) is to be taken seriously. Just for example, the TM mantras are *not* the names of the Hindu gods. The Hindu gods have perfectly good names of their own." Subject: Re: do you ever repeat your mantra when you are asleep and dreaming? Author: Judy Stein Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: Sat, Dec 17 2005 1:22 pm http://tinyurl.com/9gxse http://tinyurl.com/9gxse "In 30 years, I've never heard a TMer say anything about repeating the mantra when they are asleep, nor have I ever heard a TM teacher mention it." Subject: Re: do you ever repeat your mantra when you are asleep and dreaming? Author: Judy Stein Newsgroups: alt.meditation.transcendental Date: Sat, Dec 17 2005 9:56 am http://tinyurl.com/9gxse http://tinyurl.com/9gxse "I actually got two night techniques, one at Estes Park as my 2nd technique, one on my 6-month course. Neither of them was what you described, but one of them could have been a simple version of it." Subject: Re: The new night technique? Author: Rick Archer Newsgroup: Yahoo! FairfieldLife Date: Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:52 am http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/83577 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/83577 "Yes. That's why I suspect they may be teaching it. If you want to witness deep sleep, rest your awareness in your heart center or feel your mantra there gently and go to sleep." Subject: Re: The new night technique? Author: Vaj Newsgroup: Yahoo! FairfieldLife Date: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:10 am http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/83580 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/83580 "I’m reluctant to describe my night techniques, because I respect the bit about the privacy of personal instruction, but once, in front of about 300 people, Maharishi told me to meditate half an hour before sleep. I’ve been doing that most nights ever since." Subject: Re: The new night technique? Author: Rick Archer Newsgroup: Yahoo! FairfieldLife Date: Thu Dec 29, 2005 11:19 am http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/83581 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/83581 On 11/22/2013 5:26 AM, cardemaister@... mailto:cardemaister@... wrote: As most of us might well know, saMyama (sañyama) "consists" of dhaaraNaa, dhyaanam and samaadhi(H). This seems to be Madhusuudana's definition(?) of dhaaraNaa hRt-puNDariikaadau (hRt-puNDariika+aadau) manasash-cira-kaala-sthaapanaM dhaaraNaa. My attempt at translation: mind's long-time-staying-in the lotus of heart, etc, is dhaaraNaa. mind's (manasaH) long (cira)-time(kaala) -staying-in (sthaapanam) the lotus (puNDariika) of heart (hRt), etc (aadau), [is] dhaaraNaa. http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7874205230/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7874205230/in/photostream/ At the moment, his definitions of dhyaanam and samaadhiH seem too tricky for this sucker... On 11/22/2013 5:26 AM, cardemaister@... mailto:cardemaister@... wrote: As most of us might well know, saMyama (sañyama) "consists" of dhaaraNaa, dhyaanam and samaadhi(H). This seems to be Madhusuudana's definition(?) of dhaaraNaa hRt-puNDariikaadau (hRt-puNDariika+aadau) manasash-cira-kaala-sthaapanaM dhaaraNaa. My attempt at translation: mind's long-time-staying-in the lotus of heart, etc, is dhaaraNaa. mind's (manasaH) long (cira)-time(kaala) -staying-in (sthaapanam) the lotus (puNDariika) of heart (hRt), etc (aadau), [is] dhaaraNaa. http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7874205230/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/66867356@N02/7874205230/in/photostream/ At the moment, his definitions of dhyaanam and samaadhiH seem too tricky for this sucker...
