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(Anonymous) Date: 2023-08-14 05:17 am (UTC) wrote:
"...begin by directing unceasing efforts to keeping the mind free of attachment to any specific idea, concept, or exercise, even while actively engaged in its practice. Strive to exist solely in the moment, in God—every act, every thought, an offering to God—letting the past, the future, the “10,000 things” take care of themselves. Endeavor to maintain as pure a state of objectivity as possible, observe each and every thing around and within, tangible and intangible, animate and inanimate, with equal care and thoroughness, yet cling to nothing. As various thoughts, emotions, and sensations manifest themselves, examine them, trace each to its source, but allow no opinion, no prejudice, no preference to take root."
The above instructions are a type of Gyana (alt spelling: Jnana) yoga sadhana that develops one's higher transcendent wisdom aspect.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev says Gyana yogis never let "the editor/commentor/the critic/the nagger, etc" interfere when doing the above type of yoga sadhana. The moment a Gyana/Jnana yogi does their development of a keen, penetrating wisdom (that manifests as flashes of instantaneous, deep insight) is stopped dead in its tracks.
What is not mentioned in the above instructions is that the number of breaths one takes per minute and the number of thoughts you have per minute are very closely linked. You can read more in-depth about this link between thoughts and breaths-per-minute in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.
Sadhguru says most of today's billions suffer from "monkey mind" or as he puts it - "mental diarrhea". It's mental diarrhea because their mind is doing it to them despite their sincere wishes that it would not. Simply wishing that it would not chatter so incessantly is not enough to make it quiet down simply because you want it to. It's a capability that takes training because it's changing the structure of your higher-level sheaths.
For reference the average person takes about 15-16 breaths per minute. That should give you an idea of how to track the success of the above instructions as well. You'll actually notice the number of breaths you take per minute begin dropping. You'll notice the space between each thought arising gets a little bit longer and longer as well. This also means you'll have pushed your prana/chi a little bit larger than the perimeter of your physical body too. If you can maintain that prana stably pushed beyond the body even while REM sleeping you will get total relief from the constant inner chatter.
As Sadhguru put it one day (I'm paraphrasing somewhat):
Erase the chalkboard (the mental diarrhea), then train yourself to clearly "write" one single thought that you Purposefully Will.
Congrats! You are well on your way to gaining the Pragna (alt spelling: Prajna) Halo around your head! I mean that quite literally as the above practice, should you choose to invest serious time and effort into it (basically similar to the commitment of somebody who trains to become a pro athlete) - you will gain the Transcendent Purified Wisdom Halo (know as Pragna/Prajna in Sanskrit) someday around your head. Those whom have opened their 3rd Eye will be able to perceive it. Sadhguru has an entire video discussing exactly this and the above practice is one of the ways you can train to gain it.
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(Anonymous) Date: 2023-08-14 05:17 am (UTC) wrote:
"...begin by directing unceasing efforts to keeping the mind free of attachment to any specific idea, concept, or exercise, even while actively engaged in its practice. Strive to exist solely in the moment, in God—every act, every thought, an offering to God—letting the past, the future, the “10,000 things” take care of themselves. Endeavor to maintain as pure a state of objectivity as possible, observe each and every thing around and within, tangible and intangible, animate and inanimate, with equal care and thoroughness, yet cling to nothing. As various thoughts, emotions, and sensations manifest themselves, examine them, trace each to its source, but allow no opinion, no prejudice, no preference to take root."
The above instructions are a type of Gyana (alt spelling: Jnana) yoga sadhana that develops one's higher transcendent wisdom aspect.
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev says Gyana yogis never let "the editor/commentor/the critic/the nagger, etc" interfere when doing the above type of yoga sadhana. The moment a Gyana/Jnana yogi does their development of a keen, penetrating wisdom (that manifests as flashes of instantaneous, deep insight) is stopped dead in its tracks.
What is not mentioned in the above instructions is that the number of breaths one takes per minute and the number of thoughts you have per minute are very closely linked. You can read more in-depth about this link between thoughts and breaths-per-minute in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.
Sadhguru says most of today's billions suffer from "monkey mind" or as he puts it - "mental diarrhea". It's mental diarrhea because their mind is doing it to them despite their sincere wishes that it would not. Simply wishing that it would not chatter so incessantly is not enough to make it quiet down simply because you want it to. It's a capability that takes training because it's changing the structure of your higher-level sheaths.
For reference the average person takes about 15-16 breaths per minute. That should give you an idea of how to track the success of the above instructions as well. You'll actually notice the number of breaths you take per minute begin dropping. You'll notice the space between each thought arising gets a little bit longer and longer as well. This also means you'll have pushed your prana/chi a little bit larger than the perimeter of your physical body too. If you can maintain that prana stably pushed beyond the body even while REM sleeping you will get total relief from the constant inner chatter.
As Sadhguru put it one day (I'm paraphrasing somewhat):
Erase the chalkboard (the mental diarrhea), then train yourself to clearly "write" one single thought that you Purposefully Will.
Congrats! You are well on your way to gaining the Pragna (alt spelling: Prajna) Halo around your head! I mean that quite literally as the above practice, should you choose to invest serious time and effort into it (basically similar to the commitment of somebody who trains to become a pro athlete) - you will gain the Transcendent Purified Wisdom Halo (know as Pragna/Prajna in Sanskrit) someday around your head. Those whom have opened their 3rd Eye will be able to perceive it. Sadhguru has an entire video discussing exactly this and the above practice is one of the ways you can train to gain it.