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Better to hone the question rather than look for the answer.

By paul | Published: May 3, 2011

Series

  1. Better to hone the question rather than look for the answer. (This post)
  2. Tradition is honouring the function. Innovation is adapting the form......
  3. Yoga Viveka - being able to reflect on how we are treating the world......
  4. Abhyāsa (YS C1 v13) - to stay with the present, Vairāgya (YS C1 v15) - not to cling to the past.
  5. Abhyāsa - to hold the positive, Vairāgya - not to cling to the negative.
  6. Duḥkha is the space in the heart feeling constricted......
  7. Contemplate the Source of the Breath.
  8. Or linking to what we need to understand to help refine the outcome of our actions.
  9. Bhagavad Gītā Chapter One - Verse 1 sets the story on the field of Dharma.....
  10. Ṣat Mukhi Mudrā - A means to 'Listen' to the Space within the Heart.
  11. Standing to Challenge, Lying to Support, Inverted to......
  12. Cit Mudrā - A means to appreciate the subtlety of Yoga Sūtra C2 v46......
  13. The Body is the vehicle for Prāṇa. Prāṇa is the vehicle for Citta......
  14. Nyāsa - The Art of drawing the Mantra into the Heart through the Body.
  15. Patañjali in his seminal text on Meditation discusses two primary paths for Dhyānam......
  16. The Breath is the canvas on which we paint the pictures of our Body.
  17. Yoga Sūtra - the pre-eminent text on Dhyānam in the Yoga Tradition......
  18. From meditating on the Heart we come to know the habits of the Mind......
  19. Sāṃkhya - Redefining the Marriage of Wisdom and Action......
  20. Reflection on Saṃkalpa......
  21. Before there can be Yoga (linking to the affect of the Cit) there must be Viyoga......
  22. Abhyāsa (Yoga Sūtra C1 v13) - Succeeding in Trying is better than Trying to Succeed.
  23. sukha (ananta samāpatti) is the experience of spaciousness that.......
  24. One purpose within āsana is learning to cultivate a quality of attention......
  25. Knowledge can be taught and learnt......
  26. Prāṇa or Vāyu is the élan vital. It is the strength and the sustainer of the body in all living beings.....
  27. The Yoga Sūtra of Patañjali C2 v16-28 - Suffering is the starting point......
  28. The 'I' has to be seen through rather than, as if, from.
  29. Vāsana is an unconscious motivation directed towards satisfying a physiological or psychological need.
  30. To experience the stability of Cit (Awareness) we need to practice stabilising the Citta (Psyche). - Yoga Sūtra Chapter One verse 2-3
  31. Steadiness of the Body arises from Steadiness of the Breath. - Yoga Sūtra Chapter Two verse 47
  32. An example of Avidyā or Illusion......
  33. Bhāvana for the Breath in Āsana, Prāṇāyāma and Mudrā
  34. We can make a career out of finding a myriad of ways......
  35. Better the feeling you're being held by the Āsana than......
  36. The less we act from within the field of the present moment (Cit) the......
  37. Some define their experience of life by seeking Duḥkha (Suffering) some......
  38. viniyoga or application of Yoga according to......
  39. Some people use Yoga Practice......

“Better to hone the question rather than look for the answer.”

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