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116 Lessons on The Yoga of Patanjalisteps we have 27 respirations arranged in three groups of threesets of respirations. This forms one unit of practice. You cando one unit in the morning and one unit in the evening or nightaccording to your other items of the routine. Gradually youcan begin conducting a second unit of 27 breaths every day.After the first unit you can take a pause, talk to friends orattend to some work and then conduct the second unit.Sometimes you can continue any number of units accordingto your comfort, leisure and convenience. Let there be a minimumof one unit in the morning and another in the evening, the restbeing according to your convenience. Suppose you are waitingin the Air Port for a flight, or you are taking a flight. Then youcan silently conduct any number of units. After some time itbecomes effortless and automatic. Take care that it is notmechanical (without awareness) or monotonous (withdisinclination). Your awareness is the only thing which lifts youfrom the consciousness of your not-self to that of the Lordconsciousness.This is all about the breathing exercises. Nothingmore should be followed. As far as our group is concernedyou should exclusively follow this method because our grouphas to do everything with Patanjali, the Bhagavadgita and theMasters.Inhalation is called Prana and exhalation is called Apanain the language of Patanjali and Bhagavadgita. Prana includesall the in-drawing pulsations that are responsible for our receiving,reading, understanding, inhaling, eating, drinking etc. Apanaincludes the outpouring pulsations that include giving, offering,explaining, exhaling and excreting. “Prana and Apana shouldbe brought to equilibrium and that is Pranayama” says theBhagavadgita.Having achieved the regulation of these two pulsations,we are directed towards the discipline of our daily activities.Patanjali calls it “The Yoga of Action” (Kriya Yoga). The whole
Lesson - 7 117process is brought under three headings. The first item is aspirated.The second item is your studies. The third item is your preparationfor a total surrender. Aspiration is called Tapas in Sanskrit. D.K. calls it “Fiery aspiration”. Study of the concerned subjects,especially the scriptures is called Swaddhyaaya. A total surrenderto the Lord-consciousness in you is called Ishwara Pranidhana”.These three items put together for the syllabus of the Yogicdiscipline through action (Kriya Yoga) To translate Tapas aspenance etc. is awfully wrong. To translate it as “Fiery Aspiration”as Master D. K. does is highly scientific. The adjective ‘Fiery”will be understood after much experience and practice. Aspirationmay be airy, watery, earthy or fiery. The difference is everysubtle, but, for the time being let is use the word “fiery”. TheSanskrit root “Tap” means warm or fiery. The purpose of it isthe production of the lines of energy in the three fires that pervadeyou. You just open the first page of the book “The Treatise onCosmic Fire”, you will find the three fires explained. They arethe Cosmic Fire, electrical fire and fire by friction.They produce the cosmic activity, the activity of the SolarSystem and the Activity of the chain actions of combustion onthis earth. You should draw lines of energy to serve a doublepurpose, - to neutralize the cross currents of the already producedlines of force This is because you have already produced crosscurrents on three planes by your previous actions. On the physicalplane, for example, you should establish your co-operation(service) with the Devas You have to begin with the DevaKingdom and tackle the Devas without tampering them. Hithertoyou have been tempering the Devas by misusing fire, water, airand earth (solids). Now you should make a beginning to wipeoff the cross-currents and to produce uniform vibrations withan attitude to co-operate. You have to begin with the processof purifying your body, mind and the subtler vehicles. A goodwash of the body internally and externally with plenty of pure
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