Hai Friends,
Today I would like to share a sample chapter from my novel " A Disciple and Discipline"
Chapter
25
Dharana
and Pratyahara
Date: 1st May 1952
Place: Periya Puliyur Forest
The fourth day of the program had
practice sessions only. Throughout the sessions, the students were doing
practices given to them. At evening 5 O clock, Master Krishna Guru came for his
session.
Master
started to speak, “The field of mind has all the knowledge"
Master
added, “But two qualities which are Rajas and Tamas are hiding the knowledge”
Master
added, “The practice of pranayama will open the path to the knowledge”
A person
asked, “What are Rajas and Tamas?”
Master
said, “Rajas is the quality which gets related to movement and action”
Master
added, ”Tamas relates to condition of dull and ignorant state”
Master
continued, “when these two qualities are hiding your mind"
Master
continued," knowledge which is already there cannot come out”
Master
continued, “Hence a pranayama clears the screen”
Master
continued, “It creates a way”
Master
said, “When the screen gets cleared, the mind gets prepared for the process of
Dharana”
Vijayan
asked, “Could you explain something about Dharana?”
Master
said, “It is the power to concentrate the mind on a single object”
Master
added, “The object can be anything in this world”
Master
asked, “When did India get independence?”
Vijayan
said, “15th August 1947”
Master
asked, “How did you know?”
Vijayan
said, “We have newspapers and radio for news transfer”
Master
said, “Yes, the transfer of news”
Master
said, “there are 25 number of articles in a newspaper"
Master
said, “your mind focuses on India's independence”
Master
added, “It sees the object which is important for it at that point of time”
Master said, “Dharana is
concentration of the mind on any object”
Master
continued, “it accepts the object’s form and shape as it is”
Master
continued, “The mind many times even takes the form of the objects which it
sees”
Master
continued, “due to this continuous process, the mind takes various forms”
Vijayan
asked, “Won’t the mind be restless at that stage?”
Master
said, “Yes, it will”
Master
added, “The stoppage of the mind from taking various forms will be our process”
Master
said, “If it gets stopped, then mind goes to silence”
Master
said, “This state is Pratyahara”
Nethran
asked, “What is the use of Pratyahara?”
Nethran
added, “I mean, why we need to do it?”
Master
said, “If your mind is not listening to you, then you will get into unnecessary
trouble”
Master
said, “Pratyahara is the state”
Master
added, “Where, you are able to control your mind, body and all your sense
organs together”
Master
said, “In this case, no external forces can influence your actions”
Master
kept quiet for two minutes. He showed a namaskaram posture to the disciples. They
understood that it was the end of his session for that day. He got up and walked
away in a quiet manner. The day ended with a prayer song. Everybody went to
their stay area after the song.
The
disciples had a different kind of thoughts and expressions over the day. Nethran
and team also had a vibrant feel on the concepts which master told on that day.
The awakening was happening in them day by day.
They were
not as innocent as they were on the previous week.
Within 4 days, they have changed a lot.For Further Read.....
A Disciple and Discipline
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