Chapter 6

Dyaneshwari

आत्मसंयमयोग
Science of Meditation

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• The presenter is an apprentice seeker and the objective of

Flight to Freedom
this session is to present the content to generate quest in the
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your quest as a seeker
King Dritarashtra –
Did I ask you about
this. Tell me about Sanjay – Dear
the WAR, do not King Krishna is
waste your time in about to tell the
meaningless secret divine
discussions path of attaining
Truth
• Karmayogi and Sanyasi – One and the same
• Without EGO Mother Nature nourishes the
fields, trees and other plants without
expecting any fruit or gain out of them and
does not take any share

• Why should one give up the burden of

family life only to burden himself with the
life of a renunciate?

• To break the Karmic Cycle:

• Do not hold your EGO with your body that is
performing the task

• Do NOT attach intellect to the fruits of labor

• Krishna says “One who follows the yoga path

should not give up the path of actions”
Journey of Yogi  Ashtanga Yoga Process:
Muddy Waters Left to Stand Becomes Clear – Lao Tzu
1. Yama- ethical rules –Nonviolence, Truthfulness, Non-
Stealing, Chastity and Non-possessiveness)

2. Niyama – Virtuous Habits – purity of mind, speech

and body, Contentment, Persistence self-discipline,
study of Vedas, introspection, contemplation of god

3. Asana

4. Pranayama
Result:

5. Pratyahara - process of retracting the sensory • Future disappears Anxiety disappears

experience from external objects
• Past is over  Depression is over
6. Dharana (practicing awareness) • and Yogi meditates and becomes stable in the

7. Dhyana – thoughtless state PRESENT Split Second  You are at PEACE and that

8. Samadhi – Nirvikalp (doubtless)

is the ONLY TRUTH
Characteristics of such a perfect YOGI
• Sensory faculties are wide open BUT Sense Objects do not enter FOUR states of Awareness:
his mind and he is engrossed in the Knowledge of the Self
1. Waking state – conscious of thoughts
• He is not excited by the pleasures and sorrows in the world - and actions

Mindless 2. Dreaming  Physically unaware but

Mind remains active
• Even if he has to perform actions he does not care about the fruits
3. Deep Sleep  Both mind and body
thereof
are relaxed
• The thoughts of hot and cold, happiness and sorrow, honour and

insult are not possible in such a person

4. Turiya  You are AWAKE in all the
• The differences like big and small, a lump of earth, a precious stone
above states
or gold are same to him.
• Permanent state of AWARENESS -
• Ideas about friend and foe, relative or a stranger disappear
Beyond Thoughtlessness (Mind does not

exists)
Sant Tukaram describing the Turiya
1598 - 1650

• अणुरेणिया थोकडा

• अणुरेणियां थोकडा ।

• तुका आकाशाएवढा ॥१॥

• गिळुन सांडिलें कलेवर ।

• भव भ्रमाचा आकार ॥२॥

• सांडिली त्रिपुटी ।

• दीप उजळला घटीं ॥३॥

• तुका म्हणे आतां ।

• उरलो उपकारापुरता ॥४॥

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

• (14.15 – 18.19)
Arjuna asks – Surprising! But WHO is the one who helps these
yogis to reach this STATE

• This is a territory of Non-Duality

• Here NO one can give anything to

anyone

• Equanimity has to be achieved

through self efforts
• In fact JIVA itself is one form of GOD
• We are only blindfolded by our EGO,
ignorance
• At the end of the battle, the victorious Pandava brothers argued among
themselves as to who was responsible for their victory. Krishna suggested that
Barbarika's head, which had watched the whole battle should be allowed to judge.
• Barbarika's head suggested that it was Krishna alone who was responsible for the
victory. Barbarika replies, “All I could see was one thing, a divine chakra spinning
all around the battlefield, killing all those who were not on the side of Dharma.
Listening to this, Pandavas realized that it was Narayana who actually eradicated
the Adharma from the world, and the Pandavas were mere instruments.
• After the war, Barbarika's head was joined with his body and he left that place for
narrating the whole world to maintain peace.
Arjuna – Krishna do I qualify to become Brahm?

• Arjuna, one rule of yoga practice is that he who does

Shankaracharya writes in “Vivek Chudamani”
not perform prescribed actions does not become
Three rare substances are available only to those who
worthy
are blessed by GOD:
• Also, one who, out of obstinacy reduces his diet by
1. Body of human being
suppressing his hunger and thirst and does not sleep
2. Desire for Freedom – “Mumukshu” is a Sanskrit
properly cannot control his body and then how can he
term for one who is focused on attaining
succeed in yoga?
liberation, and a seeker of knowledge and truth
• And when the senses are satisfied in proper
3. Company of GURU
proportions the mind remains satisfied. Once the
external organs become regulated the internal

• Arjuna qualifies all three happiness increases and the yoga is achieved even
without practice
Advice On Kundalini Yoga

• What I am going to tell you now is that Selection of Location

• Feeling of happiness and belongingness sense of dispassion should increase.

Yoga path which is the king of all paths
• Saints should have occupied that place earlier, sitting there the practice of yoga

should occur naturally.

• By this path one gains innumerable • Even an atheist should feel like doing tapas there.

• Away from the crowds of ordinary people.

fruits of detachment through
• Plenty of roots and fruit-laden trees should be available throughout the year
deliberate actions. and water should be available even in dry season especially from natural

fountains.

• It should enjoy mild sun and cool breeze.

• Lord Shiva is even now a follower of
• It should be so thickly wooded that not only wild animals but even bees and
this path. parrots cannot enter.

• But there may be a few water birds around and perhaps cuckoo and occasional

peacock may also be there.

• Arjuna, one should look for such a place carefully looking for a secret cave or a

temple of Lord Shiva.

Preparation of Seat
• The seat should be made of Darbha
grass over which one should put a
deerskin and

• further cover it by a clean washed cloth

• The seat should be level and not too

high or too low from the ground

• In short the seat should be steady and

comfortable.
Sitting Posture - Asana

• Sidhasana

• Mahabandh
• Udiyan Bandh

• Jalandhar Bandh

• Moola Bandh - downward path of

the Apana part of the vital breath (or
life force) gets blocked and it starts
receding inside.
Subtle System

• Kundalini resides

in SACRUM Bone

• Rises upwards and escapes thru Brahmarandra

(Fontanela)

• 3 Granthis - Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra Granthi

Autonomic Nervous System
Controls and regulates the internal organs without any conscious recognition or effort by the organism
 Amygdala
• The main job of the amygdala is to regulate emotions,
such as fear and aggression.

• The fight or flight response causes the body’s

sympathetic nervous system to release stress hormones
such as cortisol. These hormones can boost blood sugar
levels and triglycerides (blood fats) that can be used by
the body for fuel

• Meditation shrinks Amygdala

• Pre-frontal cortex – associated with higher order brain

functions such as awareness, concentration and
decision-making – becomes thicker
Increase of Positive Hormones

• Adrenaline increases your heart rate, • Dopamine is involved in reward, motivation,

memory, attention, and even regulation of body

elevates your blood pressure and boosts
movements
energy supplies

• When dopamine is released in large amounts, it

creates feelings of pleasure and reward, which

• Cortisol, the primary stress hormone,
motivate you to repeat a specific behavior
increases sugars (glucose) in the

bloodstream, enhances your brain's use

65% increase in dopamine production after • In contrast, low levels of dopamine are linked to
meditating
of for 1 hour,
glucose andcompared with
increases theresting quietly
availability reduced motivation and decreased enthusiasm

of substances that repair tissues for things that would excite most people
Increased GMV
• The study shows that long-term practice
of Meditation is associated with larger
grey matter volume overall

• Regional Enlargement in several right

hemispheric cortical and subcortical brain
regions that are associated with
• sustained attention

• Self-control

• Compassion

• Ability to identify, access, understand,

and respond appropriately to the
patterns of internal signals
RAS
Mediation can help overcome cognitive bias

• To conserve energy, the brain loves to run on autopilot. It

does this through a bundle of nerves at the brain stem

called the Reticular Activating System (RAS.)

• Our RAS works with our subconscious mind. The

subconscious mind stores all of our core beliefs. The RAS

works every waking moment to confirm the core beliefs we

hold. This is called cognitive bias

• Each time a cognitive bias is confirmed, a neural pathway is

solidified. The belief becomes stronger and stronger. Our

behaviors are driven by our beliefs. We behave as if our

thoughts are "truth," when they're actually quite subjective

 What Happens
Shri Krishna  Arjuna In Auto Mode
What you do • The Apana breath then hits the Muladhar Chakra and removes all the

impurities accumulated there since childhood.

• Settle in your Asana
• Then the Apana breath rises to the Manipur Chakra
• Watch your breadth • Then the powerful breath enters the abdomen and eliminates the

phlegm and bile.

• Duality – Invoke your Guru
• Then it reaches the centers of the seven essential elements ( viz. flesh,
• SURRENDER –Mind, Body and Intellect blood, muscles, bones, marrow, chyle and semen), gets rid of the fat, and

drives the marrow out from the bones. It cleans the blood vessels and
• Stabilize in your Siddhasana and relaxes the organs. By creating these ailments it throws the diseases out

from the body. That Apana breath brings the solid flesh and bones and
Mahabandh
the liquid blood together

• Remain Alert and AWARE and WITNESS • While this goes on the Kundalini force awakens by virtue of the heat

created by the yogic posture

the internal process
Kundalini reaches Chakras & Purifies Body
• The principle is that Kundalini eats off the Earth principle (solid part) and also licks
• Kundalini swallows the Apana
off completely the Water principle (liquid part) from the body and feeling satiated
• Swallows the fat and excess becomes mild and rests at the Sushumna (middle) nerve in the spine

• Then it searches for the palms and soles, tears • The flow in the Sushumna nerve stops and the functions of the remaining nine

Pranas stop. Because of this the body is without action and becomes still.
open the upper parts and searches every joint

and organ. It extracts the vitality from the • The Ida and Pingala nerves in the spine meet and the three knots get loosened and

the curtains of the six Chakras open.

nails, purifies the skin and makes it touch the

bones. Then it cleans the insides of the bones, • Then the vital airs passing through the right and left

and scrapes the interior of the blood vessels • At this time, the intellect gets stilled and the remaining fragrance in the Prana

enters the central (Sushumna) nerve along with the Kundalini.

with the result that the roots of the hair are

burnt. It then drinks off the seven essential • Then the spiritual nectar situated at the crown of the head spills into the mouth of

the Kundalini and then gets absorbed throughout the body including the ten Pranas
elements and makes the body hot and dry
Body gets Rejuvenated
• The skin which covers the lustre of this nectar and all the organs show their bright
aura

• Now even Death is afraid of it (the body) and the aging process gets reversed
• The yogi gets bright new nails, new teeth,tiny hair grow on the body, palms and
soles become red and the eyes become so clean that even with half-closed eyes the
range of his vision reaches the sky.

• Body becomes light as air because there is no earth and water principle in it now
• He is able to see beyond the seas and understand what is going on in heaven. He is
able to understand what is in an ant's mind and he can ride the wind. Even if he
walks on water his feet do not get wet.

• Thus he attains spiritual powers (Siddhis) like these

Krishna - Gains from Yoga Practice
• Sense organs be disciplined

• Mind remains steady and his awareness

about the body vanishes even if it is
afflicted by severe pains

• Because of the pleasure of the experience

of the Self the mind forgets the desires
and is no longer mindful of the worldly
matters

• Once the mind dissolves everything

becomes full of divine energy
Arjuna's Doubt On Nature OfWMIND 1. kama

(desire),
• "Shri Krishna, the path you have told will not • Shri Krishna replied, "What you are telling
2. krodha
sustain because of the nature of the mind is true.” But Yoga has power to control all
(anger),
TATWAS ..mind is just an initial hurdle
• It tortures the intellect and weakens the 3. lobha

determination and runs away from courage
• It creates desires when one is in a state of
satisfaction and wanders everywhere. It
bounces if oppressed and assists if controlled
• The mind has one good quality and that is (greed),
it develops a liking for a thing it gets
4. Mada
attracted towards it therefore one should
(arrogance),
make it like the experience of the Self
5. moha

• Therefore let your actions be such as to (delusion),

• Because of this it does not appear possible
control the mind and then we shall see and
that the mind will become steady and impart
how it does not become steady 6. matsarya
the sense of equality
(jealousy)
Arjuna's Doubt: What If Seeker Dies
Halfway?
• If the seeker dies before attaining • If he had practiced yoga then he
his goal will have neither the
would have attained liberation
liberation nor the worldly pleasures
before death. But because of
• Thus in spite of having faith he has
lack of speed he had to stop in
lost both
the middle. But liberation is
• Please tell me what happens to such
reserved for him
a person
Shri Krishna Concludes…
• Thus on the strength of his meritorious deeds the person • Because after millions of years and after overcoming
happily is born again into the family of a yogi of high the impediments of thousands of births he has
level. reached on the shores of the Self-realisation, he is
• The person is already loaded even as a child with able to do his spiritual exercises effortlessly
knowledge because of his past. Due to the mature
• He gets the power of discrimination and in time
intellect he knows all branches of knowledge naturally
putting that also behind and going beyond thought
• His intellect develops further from the point when he
he becomes one with the Brahman
died in the earlier birth and he is able to grasp the
• He reaches this state while still in his body
mysterious subjects and even difficult things told by a

Guru • This union of love between him and me can be

• Somehow, Yoga practice also comes easily to him and he described only as he being the soul in the body

can attain the samadhi state without efforts. which is I

• Even in the stage of a seeker he attains Siddhis

 Takeaways
• There is no difference between a Karma yogi and Yogi
• Signs of progress
• Each one of us has a built-in capacity to achieve
• Improvement in Health
Moksha
• Awareness of our own thoughts and actions 
• Meditation is an Autonomous Living Process, it
happens when we surrender and witness Shifting from LIMBIC to Frontal Cortex

• Kundalini has its own intelligence, She is our • Improvement in relationships

Primoradial Mother and awaiting to purify us and take • Change in Priorities  Reality based balance
us on a journey to meet Shiva (Yoga with our FATHER)
• Improvement in Discretion  We become our own
• Process of Ascent is independent of our Knowledge
GURUs (inner guidance)
and Intelligence
• Less dependence on other people for advice and
• Important to lead our life in Balance and Moderation
decision making karmayogi and Sanyasi
Warkari Bhakti Movement and Mauli
Spirituality Democratized

• Wari  21 days 242 kms from Alandi to Pandharur

• The tradition existed for more than 800 years

• One theory credits Saint Dnyaneshwar (13th century) and

Saint Tukaram (17th century) to have started the pilgrimage

• The Dindi that witnessed participation of over 5 lakh

devotees last year

• Saints who stitched the Varkari movement belonged to

different castes. While Dnyaneshwar was a Brahmin,

Tukaram–a farmer, Namdev–a tailor, Narhari Sonar–a

goldsmith, Savtoba–a gardener, Gora–a potter….all are

equal in the eyes of Vitthal.

• Mauli  Mother
Dnyaneshwar Maharaj Mandir Alandi
Boron – 1275
Sanjivan Samadhi, Year 1296
Adi Shankarcharya on Kundalini
Mahim muladhare kamapi manipure huthavaham

Sthitham svadhistane hridi marutamakasam upari;

Mano'pi bhruu-madhye sakalamapi bhittva kula-patham

Sahasrare padme saha rahasi patyaa viharase.

Oh Goddess mine, You live in seclusion with your consort,

In the lotus with thousand petals,
Reached after breaking through the micro ways,
Of the power of earth in Mooladhara,
Of the power of water of Mani poora,
Of the power of fire of Swadhishtana,
Of the fire of air in the heart,
And of the power of ether in between the eyelids Aham Brahmasi Tatwa Masi
- Ananda Lahari (Soundarya Lahari) by Adi Sankaracharya
Paramahansa Yogananda
• "The coiled creative life force at the base of the astral spine,
kundalini, has always been symbolized as a serpent.

• When this creative force is "asleep" in delusion, it flows down

and outward and feeds all the senses; uncontrolled, its
stinging venom causes insatiable lusts.

• But when the pure kundalini force is "awakened" by the yogi,

it rises to the brain and is transformed into the bliss of Spirit.

• This uplifting serpentine current is Vasuki, the supreme force

for human liberation."
5th Jan, 1893 – 7th March 1952
~ Yogananda
 Born 1440, Varanasi—died 1518, Maghar

Born 858 – executed on the banks of Tigris River Kabira dhara agamki, Sadguru dai lakhai
Baghdad - 26 March 922 Ulat tahi padhiye sada,swami sang lagai
– Sant Kabira on Kundalini
I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart
I asked, 'Who are You?'
He replied, 'You'
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Let us resume our battle of Kurukshetra…inside-out

• O Arjuna, the Spirit that dwells in the body of

all beings is eternally indestructible.

Therefore, you should not mourn for anybody.

• Considering also your duty as a warrior you

should not waver like this. Because there is

nothing more auspicious for a warrior than a

righteous war.

• You will go to heaven if killed on the line of

duty, or you will enjoy the kingdom on the

earth if victorious.
References
• Rajayoga – Swami Vivekananda

• Autobiography of Yogi – Paramahansa Yogananda

• Left brain stopped working bcoz of haemorrage – only right brain

was working and the limitation of existence in the body vanished

- ‘My Stroke of Insight’ by Jill Bolte Taylor Neurologist (TED talk on

you tube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

• Dyaneshwari Ch 6 –Handout

• Sahajayoga.org

• Shri M – lectures on youtube

• Google