Sunday, December 29, 2013

Patanjali Yoga Sutra – III – 21


 The Invisible Man


Kaya Rupa Samyamath Tadagrahya Shakti Sthambhe Chakshuh Prakasha Samprayoge Antardhanam|


When the yogi is meditating on his own body first with eyes open, either seeing the form in the mirror or seeing directly and then with the eyes closed, bringing the form to the mind’s eye – it soon dissolves in consciousness. With constant practice, the consciousness of a physical form vanishes for the Sadhaka. This invisibility of the body experienced by oneself, with constant practice, will soon begin to influence other minds too and they also experience that invisibility. The aim of this practice is to simply transcend body consciousness and not make any H.G. Wells science fiction attempt of becoming invisible! No separate time needs to be set apart for this too. Each day we do take a look at the mirror to set ourselves right. Instead of getting lost in the image in the mirror, we can take a few seconds to keep the eyes closed and see that the form is actually not there! – SS

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