This document outlines instructions for meditation practice. It discusses preparing the body through yoga poses and diet, and preparing the mind by understanding its five layers and using a mantra. The ideal seated position for meditation is described as padmasana or lotus pose. Breathing techniques and focusing on the mantra "Baba Nam Kevalam" are recommended to calm the mind during the meditation session.

1. Meditation
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Presented by Dada
Rainjitananda
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2. What is the requisite for meditation…
 The only requisite for practicing
meditation is…
 … to have a human structure…
 …body and mind.
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3. Body and Mind
The brain
The mind
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4. Body
 Release tensions
 Be flexible
 Be strong
 Maintain the the spinal chord straight
 Be able to remain still to meditate
 Balance hormonal secretion of
endocrine glands
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5. Preparing the Body
 Exercise – the yoga postures (Asanas)
 The best diet –> lacto-vegetarian
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6. The position for meditation
 Padmasana – the lotus pose
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7. Step by Step to the Lotus - 1
 Ankle-knee pose
 Practice daily
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8. Step by Step to the Lotus - 2
 Practice on both
sides
 Alternating the
legs
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9. Step by Step to the Lotus - 3
 Half-Lotus
 A step before full
lotus
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10. Step by Step to the Lotus - 4
 Full Lotus
 Make sure you don’t
force your knees
 Be cautious when
doing the lotus
 Take your time to
prepare
 Don’t rush
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11. The Mind
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12. The Thought Process
 Close your eyes and try to think of
nothing
 It is not easy
 The mind exists because it thinks
 Our meditation is not to think of nothing.
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13. The Thought Process
 Close your eyes and try not to think of a
red car
 The mention of the “red car” makes the
mind think of it.
 A negative suggestion is not our way of
meditating.
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14. You are what you think.
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15. The Human Potential
 Human beings are utilizing only a
fraction of the mental potential
 Modern civilization has emphasized
external life, technology and mastery
over nature
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16. The Human Potential
 But today we see a lot of interest on
psychic powers, spiritual disciplines,
mind expanding drugs, hypnosis,
meditation, dreams and creativity
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17. The Human Being
 Body, Mind and “Spirit”
 The most external layer is the physical
body.
 From body to “spirit” there exists the
mind.
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18. The Layers of the Mind
 In Yoga the mind has been divided in 5
layers from the densest to the subtlest.
 The higher layers contain vast
reservoirs of energy and knowledge.
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19. The Layers of the Mind
 In each succeeding layer there is a
more joyful and expanded awareness.
 The higher layers exert a subtle
influence over the lower ones.
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20. Infinite Consciousness
 Beyond all the five layers of one ’s
individual mind is the realm of Infinite
Cosmic Consciousness
 It is a state of perfect peace, the pure
Self within.
 When one attains this state, even for a
moment, one’s entire existence is
flooded with inexpressible joy.
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21. The Five Layers of the Mind
 All layers need to be developed
 There are practices to perfect each one
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22. The First Layer of the Mind
 The conscious mind
 Crude mental sphere
 Controls external actions
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23. Conscious
 1. Sensing,
 2. Desiring,
 3. Acting
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24. The First Layer of the Mind
 Sensing the stimulus from the external
world
 Desire or aversion depending on the
stimulus
 Acting to materialize that desire or
aversion.
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25. The Second Layer of the Mind
 Subconscious
 Recollection, contemplation
 Memory (holding experiences), deep
thought
 Dreaming
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26. Subconscious
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27. The Third Layer of the Mind
 Supramental sphere
 Intuition
 Storehouse of experiences
 Creativity
 Intuitional dreams
 Paranormal phenomena
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28. The Fourth Layer of the Mind
 Subliminal Sphere
 Conscience (discrimination)
 Non-attachment
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29. The Fifth Layer of the Mind
 Causal mind
 Yearning for the infinite
 The golden layer
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30. Calming the mind
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31. Brain Waves
 Beta waves
 Alpha waves
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32. The “Mantra”
 Man – mind
 Tra – liberates
 The idea (word) that liberates the mind
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33. The “Sanskrit” language
 The human body’s eternal song
 The sounds emanating from the subtle
energy centers – “Cakras” form…
 …the fifty letters of the Sanskrit
Alphabet
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34. Mantras
 Personal mantras
 Universal mantras
 The mantra we use
 Baba Nam Kevalam
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35. Baba Nam Kevalam
 All is the Supreme Consciousness
 Love is all there is
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36. Let us meditate now
 Baba Nam Kevalam
 Meditate by chanting the mantra, first
aloud and then silently within.
 Ideate that everything around you and
within you is an expression of the
Supreme Consciousness.
 Do it daily.
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