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**The Real Reason Eastern Yoga and Tantric Traditions Emphasize Knowledge of One's Breath**
I have C&P'd the relevant portions to this blog
Original thread can be found here:
https://www.ecosophia.net/the-cosmic-doctrine-influences-of-the-manifested-universe-part-two/#comments
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Partial Sadhguru Transcript follows:
happypandatao says:
April 13, 2020 at 12:19 pm
I wanted to transcribe a portion of an interview Sadhguru gave that touches on the ascent back up the Planes. It’s hard convincing most people to set doubt aside for a moment and consider the possibility any of this Cos. Doc stuff might be true. Well I know JMG doesn’t need convincing but maybe some other readers might appreciate the following info.
*************Transcript Follows***************
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Quote:
“There are different dimensions of stillness. For example, in our experience normally a human being is breathing somewhere between twelve to fifteen times per minute. Breath is very directly connected to how the mental fluctuations happen.
Suppose naturally, not by effort but by doing the right kind of things with your system – naturally – if your breath drops below eleven (per minute) then you begin to understand various reverberations that are happening around you. In terms of all the subsonic sounds in which the animals are communicating it becomes very obvious to you.
If your breath drops below 9 (per minute) naturally, without controlling it, then what the plants are exuding, the plant life, what it is doing becomes very obvious to you.
If your breath drops below 6 (per minute) then what the inanimate things, how they’re reverberating becomes very obvious to you. This is known as Ritambhara Pragna. That means the reverberations of every form and the sounds attached to it become very clear to you. Or in other words, the nature of the universe can be grasped. If you know the language of the inanimate, every form, how it is made, what is its nature, what it is right now and what it will evolve into or what it was yesterday, and what it has evolved into – all this is becoming apparent to you.
As the concerns of survival recede human beings will naturally evolve into perceiving higher things. But the important thing is the level of static because breath is a survival process. If you sit still it goes down. The more still your body becomes, the less you breathe. If you bring your whole system to a certain level of stillness, not being in a hyper ventilated state then your level of perception goes on increasing. So as the stillness deepens these are presented traditionally in various ways. It is usually called Rudra*, Hara** and Sadashiva***.
One is still but he is vibrant, roaring. Another is still but he is in activity. Another is absolutely still. Now always that which is absolutely still is referred to as the Ultimate Intelligence. Everything else – in its anxiety to be active is sacrificing its intelligence at a certain level to be in a state of action. But that which is absolutely still is considered the highest intelligence.
It is only in Eastern Mysticism the source of Creation is always celebrated as the highest intelligence. This is the biggest mistake modern societies have made. People were told, “God is compassion.”, “God is love.”, “God is generosity.” These things mean something to you only when you don’t have them. If you are not loved, you will look up. God should love you. If you are not fed well you want a generous God. If you are down in some way you want a compassionate God. But if you don’t make any assumptions, if you look at a blade of grass, if you look at a flower, if you just look at the structure of an atom, one thing is the source of creation is the highest level of intelligence that you can ever recognize, anywhere. If you look at the Creation it is smack with intelligence all over the place. If we had only told people that God is intelligence, we would have a more sensible world.”
*Rudra = Brahma, the Creator (proton)
**Hara = Vishnu, the Sustainer (electron)
***Sadashiva = Shiva, the Destroyer (neutron)
The following is the original Youtube vid from which the above was a partial transcription. The earlier sections of the interview go into the human energy body sheaths we all picked up while descending down the Planes.
https://tinyurl.com/tfbogjc
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happypandatao says:
April 14, 2020 at 7:06 pm
I wanted to get in one quick, final note before tomorrow’s new Ecosophia post goes up.
For those who don’t like the overt Hindu classification system Sadhguru’s interview referred to you can map out the following of his sentences like this:
Sadhguru Quote: “One is still but he is vibrant, roaring. Another is still but he is in activity. Another is absolutely still.”
One who is still but roaring vibrant = The Big Bang
One who is still but in activity = Life
One who is absolutely still = The Beyond and the Beyond-the-Beyond
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New Note: All of the above can be found discussed in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.
I have C&P'd the relevant portions to this blog
Original thread can be found here:
https://www.ecosophia.net/the-cosmic-doctrine-influences-of-the-manifested-universe-part-two/#comments
*******************
Partial Sadhguru Transcript follows:
happypandatao says:
April 13, 2020 at 12:19 pm
I wanted to transcribe a portion of an interview Sadhguru gave that touches on the ascent back up the Planes. It’s hard convincing most people to set doubt aside for a moment and consider the possibility any of this Cos. Doc stuff might be true. Well I know JMG doesn’t need convincing but maybe some other readers might appreciate the following info.
*************Transcript Follows***************
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Quote:
“There are different dimensions of stillness. For example, in our experience normally a human being is breathing somewhere between twelve to fifteen times per minute. Breath is very directly connected to how the mental fluctuations happen.
Suppose naturally, not by effort but by doing the right kind of things with your system – naturally – if your breath drops below eleven (per minute) then you begin to understand various reverberations that are happening around you. In terms of all the subsonic sounds in which the animals are communicating it becomes very obvious to you.
If your breath drops below 9 (per minute) naturally, without controlling it, then what the plants are exuding, the plant life, what it is doing becomes very obvious to you.
If your breath drops below 6 (per minute) then what the inanimate things, how they’re reverberating becomes very obvious to you. This is known as Ritambhara Pragna. That means the reverberations of every form and the sounds attached to it become very clear to you. Or in other words, the nature of the universe can be grasped. If you know the language of the inanimate, every form, how it is made, what is its nature, what it is right now and what it will evolve into or what it was yesterday, and what it has evolved into – all this is becoming apparent to you.
As the concerns of survival recede human beings will naturally evolve into perceiving higher things. But the important thing is the level of static because breath is a survival process. If you sit still it goes down. The more still your body becomes, the less you breathe. If you bring your whole system to a certain level of stillness, not being in a hyper ventilated state then your level of perception goes on increasing. So as the stillness deepens these are presented traditionally in various ways. It is usually called Rudra*, Hara** and Sadashiva***.
One is still but he is vibrant, roaring. Another is still but he is in activity. Another is absolutely still. Now always that which is absolutely still is referred to as the Ultimate Intelligence. Everything else – in its anxiety to be active is sacrificing its intelligence at a certain level to be in a state of action. But that which is absolutely still is considered the highest intelligence.
It is only in Eastern Mysticism the source of Creation is always celebrated as the highest intelligence. This is the biggest mistake modern societies have made. People were told, “God is compassion.”, “God is love.”, “God is generosity.” These things mean something to you only when you don’t have them. If you are not loved, you will look up. God should love you. If you are not fed well you want a generous God. If you are down in some way you want a compassionate God. But if you don’t make any assumptions, if you look at a blade of grass, if you look at a flower, if you just look at the structure of an atom, one thing is the source of creation is the highest level of intelligence that you can ever recognize, anywhere. If you look at the Creation it is smack with intelligence all over the place. If we had only told people that God is intelligence, we would have a more sensible world.”
*Rudra = Brahma, the Creator (proton)
**Hara = Vishnu, the Sustainer (electron)
***Sadashiva = Shiva, the Destroyer (neutron)
The following is the original Youtube vid from which the above was a partial transcription. The earlier sections of the interview go into the human energy body sheaths we all picked up while descending down the Planes.
https://tinyurl.com/tfbogjc
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happypandatao says:
April 14, 2020 at 7:06 pm
I wanted to get in one quick, final note before tomorrow’s new Ecosophia post goes up.
For those who don’t like the overt Hindu classification system Sadhguru’s interview referred to you can map out the following of his sentences like this:
Sadhguru Quote: “One is still but he is vibrant, roaring. Another is still but he is in activity. Another is absolutely still.”
One who is still but roaring vibrant = The Big Bang
One who is still but in activity = Life
One who is absolutely still = The Beyond and the Beyond-the-Beyond
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New Note: All of the above can be found discussed in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.