Union via Psychic Control is known as Raja Yoga. Raja means King and this Yoga is defined as the Regal Yoga or the king of all the yogas.
Raja Yoga has eight limbs called Ashtanga Yoga.
The Eightfold Raja Yoga
Yama - Observance of Right Conduct ( Non-violence Cowboys Ezekiel Elliott Jersey , Truth, Non- covetousness, continence, not receiving donations )
Niyama - Meditation, Self-Study, contentment Cowboys Tony Pollard Jersey , purity internal & external, & reverence for the Lord
Asanas - Physical exercises that relax and tone up our muscles Pranayama - Breath control exercises that slows our breathing and regulates the flow of Prana Pratyahara - Withdrawal from the outer world or disconnecting the mind from the sensory world. Dharana Concentration Dhyana - Meditation Samadhi - Achievement of Cosmic Consiousness.
Without control of the mind, nothing spiritual can be achieved. Mind binds, mind liberates.Mind is the cause of all bondage.
Controlling mind is the most difficult thing in the world. You may be able to control everything but never the mind.
Mind is subtle matter,according to Indian Philosophy. ( Indian Philsophy is a humiliating term given to the twelve positive sciences in the Vedas ).
There are many definitions of mind. One definition is that Mind is finer matter in vibration. Another definition is that Mind is a steady stream of thoughts. We can say that, like a river flowing Cowboys Connor McGovern Jersey , continous thought flow is Mind.
Mind has been compared to a monkey. It jumps from one thing to another. Controlling this monkey is very difficult due to its jumping nature.
Once upon a time, there was a monkey ( Mind ). Someone gave it alcohol and it became intoxicated. Later a scorpion called Avarice bit him. Later,it was bitten by the sting of Jealousy.Then all of a sudden an evil spirit by the name of Pride possessed him. Just imagine how difficut it is to control such a mind!
The Unified Vital Energy , the Cosmic Prana
“The Unified Field is the only Reality “ said Einstein. “This Unified Field is the Brahman of the Vedists and the Tao of the Chinese “ averrs Dr Fritjof Capra in his book “ The Tao of Physics “.
All the four basic forces in the Universe - weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force, electricity & magnetism - are but different manifestations of that Unified Power which the Vedists call Prana.
As per Raja Yoga Cowboys Trysten Hill Jersey , there are only two powerful forces in the Universe- Akasha ( Ether-principle ) and the Cosmic Energy, Prana.
All that we see around us, taste, touch and feel is simply one of the many manifestation of this Akasha. This all pervasive energy manifests as the sun, the moon, the stars Cowboys Amari Cooper Jersey , the earth etc. The other elements - Vayu ( air ), Agni ( Fire ), Apa ( water ) & Prithvi ( earth ) are only its grosser manifestations.
Our bodies belong to the Ocean of gross matter & our minds belong to the Ocean of subtle matter ( mind ). So long as Prana is active, there is life; when Prana goes to sleep, as it were, life ceases to be.
If we can find a method of returning gross matter to its origin, we will be amazed to observe that it vanishes leaving only subtle matter behind. and if we can still return this subtle matter to its Cause, we shall observe that it disappears, leaving only the Self behind.
This method of Self-purification is what is called the “returning process“. My body will vanish when it becomes pure. Vanish ? Not literally but figuratively which means I will live as if my body were not there. My body wont assert its demands and I wont feel its weight.
This “returning process“, if applied to the mind ( The word Religion is derived from the Latin Relegaire - “ to go back“ ) can make it invisible: it wont boss me, drag me hither and thither and I wont feel trapped in it. This process of self- purification will reveal to us “ finer and finer dimensions of our being “ Byron Jones Color Rush Jersey , until we reach the finest “ The Self or the Divine “, or the Ocean of Consciousness.
I am the Silence which is more than sound! If therewithin Thou lose thee, Thou art found! The Nameless shoreless Ocean which is “I“ Thou cannot breathe, but in its bosom drowned! ( Tennyson )
Look at the Oceans of Matter, Mind & Consciousness
As waves what we should do is to look at the Ocean of the Triune Being- Matter, Mind and Consciousness. We Maliek Collins Color Rush Jersey , as waves, belong to the Ocean.
The Absolute is like an infinite Ocean. In order to merge in the Absolute we can meditate like this
Above, it is full of me; below, it is full of me; in the middle it is full of me. I am in all beings, and all beings are in me. Om Tat Sat, I am It. I am existence above mind. I am the One Spirit of the Universe. I am neither pleasure nor pain.
The body eats Jaylon Smith Color Rush Jersey ,drinks and so on. I am not the body. I am not the mind.... I am Consciousness, Knowledge. Bliss.
I am the essence and the nectar of Knowledge. Through Eternity, I change not. I am calm, resplendent and unchanging.
I am That, whereof Being is the likeness Mine, the Amrit is; And immortality is Mine And Mine perfect felicity ! ( The Song Celestial )