Hatha Yoga Pradipika

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spiritual forces.
(112) After inhaling through the right nostril perform kum-bhaka according to the rules. Then
manipulate the shakfi for an hour and a half, both at sunrise and at sunset.
But didn't we learn before that we should practice eight hours a day? And now suddenly only at
dawn and dusk ! Here we have an example of bow easily the words of a secret teaching can be
misleading.
We have to understand that last sentence symbolically. The shakti should be manipulated for an hour
and a half from two sides (head and tail), from the side of the sunrise (above) and from the side of
the sunset (below). Here we must know the following: hatha yoga is comprised of )yoti (light) and
mantra (sound). This passage means that the powers are awakened by means of the upper sphere of
vibrations (light), which extends from the cosmic ether rays through the ultra colors to infrared, the
rays of heat; and they are also awakened through the lower
sphere of vibrations, from supersonic sound down to the lowest plane of vibrations. These are the
means by which the kunda-lini should be manipulated "from the tail," the means used by the gods.
The attributes that Krishna holds in his four hands symbolize these potentials. The symbol of prana is
with Siva.
(113) The kanda [upon which the kundatini rests with its tail] lies above the anus and extends four
inches. It is described as of round shape, and as though covered by a piece of soft white cloth.
In order to awaken the kundalini, the yogi has to know the plane of light (or color) vibrations as well
as the plane of sound vibrations that correspond to the mulandhara chakra, and has to project the
respective light and sound symbols onto that white cloth (of the kanda). But these two symbols are
just as secret as those of the other chakras, and only the initiated can know them, for they arethe keys
to the most vital gate of yoga, to the spiritual atomic force that can bring blessings or destruction.
Whatever has been revealed in the course of the centuries-- carelessly noted and discovered by
others, betrayed by talkative students--these secret symbols have escaped that fate. And even when
single elements become known, the system has remained impervious because the initiated have
always carefully kept the essentials to themselves. This is due to the extremely discriminating care of
the teacher in selecting his students, and also to the fact that the spiritual results of this science
mature only after the long and strenuous practice of meditation. If the uninitiated, even a scientist,
discovered some of these things (particularly those concerning the mantra system), he would not
know what to do with them. He is therefore skeptical from the very beginning; and it is highly
doubtful that a skeptic would be willing to recite mantras that seem senseless to him for three hours
daily. Even the non-skeptic seldom possesses the strength -to accomplish this from 3:00 to 6:00
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Yoga Swami Svatmarama. Hatha yoga pradipika
a.m. Personal weakness is usually the best safeguard against the abuse of secret teachings.
Three components, when united, lead to success in guiding the kundalini upward: the spiritual,
mental, and physical powers, as represented in the practice of asanas, prana, and light and sound
meditation. So once more body postures are included:
(114-116) Seated in the vajrasana posture [see
Figure 12), firmly hold the feet near the angles and beat against the kanda. In the posture of
vajrasana the yogi should induce the kundalini to move. Then he should do bhastrika kumbhaka.
Thus the kundalini will be quickly awakened. Then he should contract the "sun" [through uddiyana
bandha] and thus induce the kundalini to rise. Even though he may be in the jaws of death, the yogi
has nothing to fear.
The earlier reference to light and sound actually belongs in Part Four, which is why the text referred
to it only indirectly. Here in the last few slokas of Part Three, discussion is limited to the essentials
of active yoga.
(117-122) When one moves the kundalini fearlessly for about an hour and a half, she is drawn
upward a little through the sushumna. In this way she naturally leaves the opening of the sushumna
free and is carried upward by the prana current, in this way one should daily move the kundaiini. The
yogi who does this is freed from disease. The yogi who moves the shakti gains the siddhis. Why talk
about it so much? With ease he conquers time. That yogi only who leads the life of a celibate
[brahmachari] and observes a moderate, healthful diet will reach perfection in the proper
manipulation of the kundalini, within 45 days. Once the kundalini has been set into motion he should
persistently practice bhastrika kumbhaka. He who is perfect in yamas and practices thus need never
fear death [through his own kundalini].
The alert reader will have noticed that in these and the previous slokas only the motion of the
kundalini is mentioned, and that she "rises slightly in the sushumna"--that is, so far as she does not
encounter the resistance of the next vibration level.
We also note in the last sentence that when the kundalini is put into motion we should do bhastrika
kumbhaka. How is this possible when everything stops during the deathlike state, including breath?
The real meaning of the sloka is this: once we have succeeded in putting kundalini into motion we
should emphasize bhastrika kumbhaka during the daily hatha yoga practice, because this increases
prana production. The amount of prana available often makes the difference between life and death, [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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