Light of the Soul - Daily: Wednesday, 26th of March Book 2 - Sutra 29 29. The eight means of yoga are: the Commandments or Yama, the Rules or Nijama, posture or Asana, right control of life-force or Pranayama, abstraction or Pratyahara, attention or Dharana, meditation or Dhyana, and contemplation or Samadhi. Excerpt: It may be of use here if (before we take up the consideration of the means, one by one) we tabulated them carefully, giving their synonyms where possible: [1. The Commandments (5). Yama. Self-control or forbearance. Restraint. Abstention from wrong acts. 2. The Rules. Nijama. Right observances(5). 3. Posture. Asana. Right Poise. Correct attitude. Position. 4. Right control of the life-force. Pranayama. Suppression of the breath. Regulation of the breath. 5. Abstraction. Pratyahara. Right withdrawal. Restraint. Withdrawal of the senses. 6. Attention. Dharana. Concentration. Fixation of the mind. 7. Meditation. Dhyana. 8. Contemplation. Samadhi. Means 1-4. see prior posts] Means V. Abstraction. Pratyahara. Right withdrawal. Restraint. Withdrawal of the senses. Here we get back of the physical and the etheric bodies, to the emotional body, the seat of the desires, of sensory perception and of feeling. Here can be noted the orderly method which is followed in the pursuit of yoga or union. The physical plane life, external and internal is attended to; the correct attitude to life in its triple manifestation is cultivated. The etheric body is organized and controlled and the astral body is reoriented, for the desire nature is subdued and the real man withdraws himself gradually from all sense contacts. The next two means relate to the mental body and the final one to the real man or thinker. Means VI. Attention. Dharana. Concentration. Fixation of the mind. Here the instrument of the Thinker, the Real Man, is brought under this control. The sixth sense is coordinated, understood, focused and used.
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