Brain, subconscious and brain development

Well uh I have come across no system which actually talks about development of the brain except yoga. So if brain will mature at at the at the age of about 60 and if you will start to develop your brain yoga program when you are young you will have extraordinary development of the brain and the main thing I see here is physical body is a support system for the brain. If nothing has been been done to keep the physical body in good condition, so it will continue to support the brain to the maximum level then the balance will be lost and a person will suffer because brain will be exacting too much energy and power and

If you want to hear something wise, I can say it. Please. >> Make it a daily habit. >> [laughter] >> See, initially, mind is such a fine thing and subtle thing, you cannot directly contact and connect to your mind. And then you look that your body is an instrument of the mind. If you will control the body to certain level, you will begin to feel the working of the mind. And when you will begin to feel the working of your mind, next step is to start feeling your mind. Only through the body you will go to the mind. Yoga chitta vritti Such simple I'll tell you one more thing. Everybody is telling that the spirit is inside.

Based on the foregoing information with respect to theta and delta rhythms would like to place some emphasis and to draw parallels in the practice of Kriya, stressing the importance of understanding of the brain and nervous system as a whole in the context of the earlier study.

Any of the practitioners of Kriya Yoga is a familiar feeling of causeless joy, coming during or after practice: the reason for this is hormones that are released during the transition of the brain in theta mode. And depending on the level of practice this state can last more or less.

Confirming the words of Guruji that Kriya Yoga provides an opportunity to know yourself - it must be emphasized that while in the theta rhythm we make the border between the conscious and subconscious thinner and thinner. The practice of Kriya Yoga allows the brain to gradually sink into a state of theta rhythm, and as the adaptation to retain a state of increasingly longer period and to freely explore our own subconscious.

Guruji’s words: “With practice you will become more sensitive …”being at theta waves – psychic protection barriers cease to block the work of perception allowing consciousness to directly receive information from the outside world.

The ordinary person has no opportunity in the waking state to get access to the subconscious, it requires special techniques such as hypnosis (to put him in the delta rhythm), but hypnosis most often takes place outside of human intervention, as well as in a hypnotic state is dominant delta rhythm, and the delta rhythm, the efficiency of the minimum as No work at the level of consciousness and leaving hypnosis a person loses the experience. Yogi same time works on all levels, also staying in the mind of working with the subconscious.

Become well understood the great importance emphasized by Guruji’s evening practice after falling asleep where we get a “darshan” of active processes of regeneration nervous system and rejuvenate the tissues as a result of practice. That is why the serious practice of Kriya – Yoga, looks younger than his years and very quickly restored.

And in conclusion quotes from the major comments to the EEG Guruji: Answers Guruji is not reconstructed from memory knowledge, and come from the heart, the soul; brain Guruji is in a twilight state between sleep and waking. If we interpret the rhythm theta Guruji language of psychology, we can say that consciousness Guruji seamlessly works on all levels without having blocked the subconscious, like normal people.This unbelievable state of consciousness, when you can operate all the brain layers, is the result of kriya yoga. It gives us possibilities to learn our brain better, to be more creative and open-minded, and not to use all kinds of stimulators because of we have our own endorphins. And also it gives us a great desire to practice kriya and to have more researches.

I must practice hard

Guruji: that is the climax of the discussion. Consciousness is on vacation: take it back.

the vibration I could feel: that’s the expression of the energy?

Guruji: your brain is becoming more active – electrical charges.

like the wave is going from the brain and goes through over the body?

Guruji: it is the master of the body – so it goes everywhere.

is it the direct perception of Your brain by my brain?

Guruji: no, it’s your brain. I just help him to feel it. That is the effect of the company.

like mobile near 5G net?

Guruji: something like that(smiling)

NOT DEPEND ON SENSES

When you see the light reflecting from some objects – we cannot see vayu and akash because light is passing through them. That tells us – light is also gross, it is reflecting from 3 elements. when your mind will develop to such a level when your vision will not be depending on the reflected light – then you will see vayu and you will be able to see akash also.

see and touch?

Guruji: yes- they are considered as gross elements. we have very limited senses, that is our limitation. This is 2% of your consciousness, rest is just sleeping. When rest of the consciousness will wake up – you cannot even imagine, how you will feel and what you will sense. When everything will be awaken 100% - we will not depend on senses.

if we’ll can see without eyes – can we’ll feel without touch?

Guruji: your vision will be different – now it is sleeping.

As long as blood flows in your veins – you will continue to depend on water element.

ABOUT SHAMANISM

DUALITY AND NONDUALITY

we heard that You have the very different explanation of advayta?

Guruji: you have read advayta?

no, I’ve just interested about Your opinion about duality and non-duality and about the world: is it duality or non-duality?

Guruji: you’re in duality now. But you will achieve non-duality one day.

so when the consciousness will be developed enough it will see everything like non-duality?

Guruji: no. it will begin to see things as they are. Duality is in your mind: conscious mind and subconscious mind – this is duality; when your subconscious will become conscious, all mind will be conscious – that will be the state of non-duality.

mostly our mind is very habitual to compare everything; and when it will be the one – it will be no comparison, like duality?

Guruji: no, it is not the comparison of duality, it is the state, fact- scientists have discovered it. Maybe the ancient rishis and yogis were discussing this - and people and philosophers took this in a very different angle. When there is no subconsciousness – only the consciousness, then it is the state of non-duality.

can we say that we will perceive everything like…

Guruji: how we can imagine how the 100% awaken mind will see and perceive? Not possible now. Only young children believe the stork deliver them; but it was actually in the hospital the doctor delivered them.

MEDITATION AND AWARENESS

He describes that you must be conscious every time, very attentive to things?

Guruji: If your awareness is not to that level — you will never be conscious. And Kriya Yoga teaches you how to develop your consciousness — so you will become aware.

It’s like an instrument to get you on the next level?

Guruji: Not the next level — this “levelling” thing I don’t like: this level — that level… We all need some training. You were not in the position to decide which school you would go to: your parents decided. You were not in a situation to take up any name: the name was given to you. That’s how your mind developed and your consciousness began to grow; then finally you were adult and you were aware of so many things. We cannot say that the child doesn’t need to go to school — awareness is already there. Of course it is there: but still he needs some training how to be actually aware. There are two types of people: who never went to school and those who passed out from the school. Which one is knowing more? Which one is more aware? Who passed out from the school. Always remain practical in such matters: if philosophy is involved. Everybody is talking about it — but not many people are teaching how to develop it. That’s the main problem. How to be aware and how to develop your brain: nobody even discusses the brain. They directly go to the mind, concentration and meditation. And never forget: the word “meditation” begins with the word “mad”. It will lead you to that. I’m sitting quietly, thinking nice thoughts — this is general meditation. And it is good for people: because as long as they are meditating — at least they are doing nothing wrong with other people: so it’s a very positive thing.

Guruji, what do You think: awareness is always leading to some changes in a person — or not?

Guruji: Undoubtedly! When you will become aware — you’ll become extremely sensitive also. And you will begin to feel and respect the life of every other being on this planet, from the small insect to the biggest of the mammoths. You will be aware of their feelings: how they feel all these things. It may be a problem for an untrained person. But I think everybody should be that much aware. Then you will also realize that even a small mosquito has the same right to live on this planet as we do. It is life! Vasudeva is there! He also has a spirit, atma.

Even mosquito?

Guruji: Yes — even a virus and even coronavirus.

But Vasudeva lives in the heart: mosquito has no heart — where does he live in a mosquito?

Guruji: He must be having some symbolic heart. And what principle do human beings follow with mosquitoes? If my life means your death — better you die.

BRAIN, MIND, CONSCIOUSNESS

we discussed that there is actually two dehis in the body – the spirit and the consciousness?

Guruji: ancient yogis were saying: this body is like a house where Narayana sleeps. Literally it will be translated: he, who sleeps in the water – so the brain is sleeping in the water. and a spirit is considered as a dancer, dancer-girl, who comes, brings life, takes care of Narayana who is sleeping, waiting for the Narayana to wake up; when it doesn’t wake up – it leaves and takes away life also. Narayana finds another body. Body is very mysterious place.

we discussed that consciousness is also type of dehi?

Guruji: but then consciousness is just an expression of the Narayana, of your brain or of your mind. Actually we’re so focused on these terms – mind and consciousness and we keep ignoring the brain, which is the real mystery.

but You told before that the consciousness travels with the spirit from one body to another?

Guruji: yes, as much as it is awake and carries the sleeping thing with it. Maybe the spirit is searching – maybe one day the Narayana wake up and will embrace her.

Narayana is just carrier of the consciousness?

Guruji: we don’t know that. And when we use that word “consciousness” we also need to understand what do you mean by consciousness. It’s very deep thing. And I will say – it’s an expression of your mind, your brain is the seed of that. As your physical body is the seed of the jiva or spirit or whatever term we used.

but the spirit is not the mind itself?

Guruji: no, it’s just giving the life. And takes away life. That is the job.

and the spirit doesn’t care much -what will be with the body, with the life?

Guruji: no. it has a mission or a contract: this time frame it will keep providing life and one day it will just leave without any motive.

but who is driving the body – is it consciousness or is it dehi?

Guruji: you see, we have electric supply here and a generator; spirit is like providing us electricity. How we use that electricity – it’s our decision. Narayana has 2% of the consciousness, who is taking care of the sleeping giant is using the life force.

in this case what is the reason for us to meet the source, owner of the powerplant?

Guruji: if you have enough ambition to go and see the owner of the powerplant – otherwise you will simply pay the bill and that’s it. Every country has president: how many people are ambitious to go and say hello to him? they’re scare even to face him. only the ambitious people, who are strong enough to get an appointment – they do.

it is our consciousness who are trying to meet the owner of the powerplant?

Guruji: yes, what else? Consciousness is the basis of everything.

we can say it’s a mind also?

Guruji: it’s an expression of the mind. The source is mind.

limitless mind?

Guruji: what ocean cannot drown? Ocean cannot drown your mind, it’s much more vaster that the ocean. This is grassroot level bhajan which we hear.

who is taking the decision of embodiment? Spirit or consciousness?

Guruji: no, that’s some higher beings – they’re like your parents deciding which school you will be sent. You’re not in a position to decide which school you will go. We’re not the center of the Universe – there are other people who are helping us – maybe our spiritual parents and this is just a school, we’re here for getting some education.

so it neither consciousness nor spirit decides about the body?

Guruji: no, it’s a big mystery: somebody is deciding.

so our coming here is been decided?

Guruji: yes, you’re in no position to make a decision. Who is in the position to make a decision? It is just a reaction to certain situation we are in. but we love to think – yes, we have a free will, we have a choice. Sadly it is not right. Maybe a little, not much. You think all these people who are sitting here and facing me – they are here just by chance? I don’t think so. It was to happen: creation has its way to bring people together at the precise moment. We just need to understand that work.

but someone is coming to You once, someone is coming continuously – it’s their decision or it was predicted before?

Guruji: it is like attracts like. Some people – they are curious to see me and some people – they are coming for payment for the bill, that’s it. But those, who are interested in the subject and if the find my answers interesting – they come again and again from thousands of miles. That’s a beauty of it: he is from NY, they are from Kiev, you’re from Odessa, he is from Moscow, they’re from Gwalior, he is from Delhi – it’s not simply by chance that we’re sitting together in this room and drinking chai.

HOW WE DIE

In India we are saying: sudden death, no unnecessary travelling, journey, and no debts: this is considered very fortunate. This is what hindus believe.

the neurons in our brain: they are somehow reproducing themselves?

Guruji: they are stop dying. I think, everything is from the brain: we become adults from childhood – because of hormones going down; when they stop going down – we start growing old; when neurons are dying – all systems are also going to decline. It will reflect on your own personality.

so, first the brain – and then the body will follow?

Guruji: body is just a support system for the brain: brain is developing – then something is happening, it will update the physicality.

People are talking, that magic is superstitious, one should not believe because it’s all technic; but I think: every life is magic! Whatever we have seen - it’s magic! And we try to understand the mechanism behind it and assume – that is just a technic or something. What about life? It is a greatest magic I’ve seen. Enjoy magic!

the horizon is always in front of You?

Guruji: yes.

if the person practicing something, and the goal of it is not Samadhi – it could not be called yoga practice?

Guruji: Samadhi is a yogic achievement, it’s the eighth achievement of yoga – so it should be there. But whatever you’re practicing in any direction, remember one thing: you’re not practicing, actually that is your mind practicing through you. Whatever you will do – it will bring about some development of your mind. It will create more refinement in your consciousness and very deep development will follow. In any art – music or anything – mind is doing it. Mind is the doer of everything.

That’s why in Brahma sutras the first question come: who is the doer? After they’re studied everything and they learn everything and the question come: who was learning? Who was knowing? And the study of the mind begins. Fantastic conclusions! So take a good care of your brain.

it is difficult

Guruji: yes, it is difficult. Also I think that word “mind” gives the misdirection, because the word “mind” is like abstract word. Nobody talks about the development of the brain. But brain can be developed – now we realize the purpose of Kriya yoga.

what is mind in that case?

Guruji: mind is the consciousness of the brain. Collected consciousness of the brain you can call mind. And the brain is the seed.

mind is the millions of thoughts together, no?

Guruji: that is consciousness of the brain. Every thought is rising from that ocean. And brain is floating in the fluid.

but brain is the physical substance?

Guruji: that’s why it can be developed. Not much is known about the brain. Even great scientists are just scratching the surface – it maybe carrying some great mysteries inside. Now I realize, after 36 years of practice, that all of we are doing – we’re actually trying to develop the brain. Every movement we do – it’s aimed for that.

when we’re training the biceps – it becomes bigger; the same thing with the mind?

Guruji: I have noticed that on more than 200 of my disciples; I found out that my head size has increased, after I begin to practice Kriya yoga. I was already initiating others – so at the day of initiation I’ve measured them with the thread, gave it to them saying to keep it safe; then I’ve measured them after 6 months of practice; every time it was the difference from 0,5 inch to 1,5 inch. If the head size is increasing after that – it means some development inside of the brain or the skull is taking place. Some different fluid or some different layers developed. I’ve never come across any other system which will say, that the brain is develop and your head size is increased. Not everybody understand that development, because brain always remain unseen. But it see through your eyes, it listening through your ears.

common opinion that the development of the brain depends on how much books you read?

Guruji: that is half-truth. The development of the brain the development of the consciousness will follow. Another point, which sometimes I think: scientists have discovered so many different types of hormones coming from: that means the teenage, the youth, old age – they all coming from the brain with hormones. Maybe with this practice some virtually unknown hormones maybe coming. They will create different reactions in the body. It stand to reason. Nobody knows, from where they’re coming; that’s why khechari is so important. It will receive the hormones directly and they will go directly to the heart from under tongue – so many things are possible there. Old age starts from the brain, youth starts from the brain – everything depends on it. Nobody is thinking of developing. Only yogis now realizes, that it is possible. Only when curiosity for knowing this and that develops.

Just imagine the situation: one durak in Russian village kissing the girl and Pushkin or Tolstoy kissing the girl. The results and reactions will be different. Pushkin and Tolstoy will express something very poetic and artistic; and durak kissing a girl will simply produce another child. That is the difference. Or maybe if the girl kissing Tolstoy – it discard sneezing. So remaining clean is more safe( laughing) no sneezing.

You will achieve that state of mind with your practice. You will no need to practice meditative state – you will always be in meditative state. Concentrate on practice: very regular practice will bring you that.

BE REAl

We have stressed too much on the development of the brain; and many people who are too much into philosophy don’t take it serious. Just the example of Gautama Buddha – how he became a Buddha himself will give you some information or maybe some understanding – why the development of the brain is so important.

We read in his life – when he stop eating, he was fasting so much, and then he describes himself – when he was touching his stomach – he was touching his spinal column. In the words of Buddha – you will read it in Milendasotta and others. Then he discovered that fasting is not the way – so he stopped fasting and five of his followers abandoned him. he was just sitting under the Bodhi tree; now the determination of Shakti should be observed. One woman, Sujata, she was the richest cowherd woman there - she was owning thousands of the cows. She went to worship the wood god here and she was carrying rice, cooked in milk, in a gold pot. Now the formula – maybe I was the first one who observe it – because many people have read it but it doesn’t registered in his mind; all need some brain development. She choose 1000 of special cows, milk them and give that milk to 500 cows. Next time she milked them and that milk was given to 250 cows; that way it finally come to one cow. Essence of the milk of 1000 cows were come to the milk of one cow and in that special milk she cooked rice with the certain herbs – those herbs are not described. She was cook rice in the gold pot and she was carrying it to offer the wood god, the god of the jungle. She saw Gautama Buddha sitting under the tree; he was looking very good, handsome man, he has very high qualities physical – and she was so impressed so she offered this thing to the Buddha. He ate that and throw the gold pot to the river. According to Ayurveda – that is the most potent brain tonic you can ever imagine. And Buddha was going so high that he sat under the Bodhi tree continuously. He became enlighten and became Buddha, Gautama the Buddha and rest in history. See, that is the formula of the very potent brain tonic; now you can understand why I’m keep stressing on the development of the brain. Without brain development no realization will coming your way.

in Bhagavad Gita it is said that for the yogis all their indriyas and karmendriyas are divine – so yogis could somehow control them?

Guruji: no, this is very wrong approach: human beings are addicted to control. You need to just discover that the source of all indriyas and a headquarter is your brain, your mind. It is your mind, who experiences through these senses. So when you have realised the source and with enough yoga able to develop your mind and brain to a certain level - indriyas will not be your enemies and you will not be trying to control them; they will become very friendly – because your interest will elevated to the very higher things.

could we connect it somehow with Yajurveda – what we discuss about controlling the gods?

Guruji: it is all about controlling the gods! Rishis were creators of the gods; Kashyap rishi is the father of most of the gods and daityas and all asuras: they are all step- brothers. But with indriyas there is no need to control. When you’re trying to control anything – it will take a stand and the clash will start. Friendly way is the best. We need to learn the source of the indriyas: indriyas are just Instruments of the mind.

Yeah. The big question is,

are the techniques the key to that?

Guruji: Actually, all techniques, I mean, Kriya yoga techniques actually develops your brain. And nobody is talking about brain. They are too much concentrating either on heaven or too much philosophy. And they keep ignoring the fact it is the brain who is the knower. So if you will develop your brain, you will know more. The more you will know, the more wise you will become. With more wisdom will come more understanding. And with more understanding, finally you will become wise yourself. Great change.

SURFERS ON THE WAVES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

it exists the opinion that the wisdom creates many sufferings; that more developed is your mind – more sufferings you will have?

Guruji: no, I disagreed. Wisdom is the entertainment of the wise.( smiling). If you will try to make an idiot the wise person - of course, he will suffer. You cannot force wisdom on anyone.

could we say that the cause of sufferings it’s the lack of wisdom?

Guruji: I think so, yes

is it true that the consciousness is something higher – and the mind is like some part of your personality?

Guruji: no, consciousness is an expression of your mind. You cannot separate them.

Consciousness is so vast; it is everywhere – like ocean; but when it becomes centred in an individual like you - then the mind comes. Like you take a small portion of water out of ocean: you can call it a drop, nobody call it an ocean. But it is part of the ocean, and it has an individuality – so like your mind. A drop out of the ocean of consciousness.

but we’re limited by so many limitations…

Guruji: go beyond your limitations and realize your true nature!

but can we say that the mind is the part of the consciousness?

Guruji: yes, ocean of the consciousness. When we give a term to something very vast, like ocean – it becomes the individual like a term; so a mind. If the great body of water can be called ocean; then the great vast expanse of consciousness can be called mind; how much you experience it – it’s up to you. Actually mind is a vast- vast-vast consciousness, which we cannot fell up or we cannot mill. Who are we? We are just riding the waves of this vast ocean, surfers.

is it one of the main purposes of the practice: to understand that we are part of this great ocean?

Guruji: first is that your brain is sleeping, 98% - you wake it up; enjoy the waves, surf on all the waves; then when you’re tired of surfing – start diving deep into this. Then maybe you will realize your true nature. It’s a big thing( smiling)

if we will connect ourselves with the shape – we will leave ourselves; but if we will connect with the water…

Guruji: no; the wave of ocean is called a wave – but nobody says this is ocean; we say “waves of ocean”. So it is our outlook, our point of view.

but the wave is the shape of the water?

Guruji: but how the waves rise? When the wind and the air touch it in a certain way; so when the vayu touches the ocean of consciousness – you become in individual. And the breathing begins, and you think “yes, I am”.

so until unless we’re not breathing – we’re not consider ourselves as individuals?

Guruji: only then, when you’re in breathless condition, you realize : you’re ocean. Till then your individuality will remain.

could we say, that breathe creates us?

Guruji: let’s say vayu: a touch of vayu creates the wave. Instead of high note – today we start on a deep note.

could we somehow imagine for ourselves on our level of development what is the consciousness itself? Is it like vast ocean – or it’s impossible?

Guruji: the Void is the ocean of consciousness.

and what is the Void? The absence of energy, the absence of everything?

Guruji: no, this is the ocean of consciousness( smiling) and you become aware of it.

could we say that the Void is unlimited possibilities of the expressions of the energy?

Guruji: energy is a highest form of matter. Void starts after that. Read my explanation of Gita! Energy is just a last unit of matter.

how we will understand it: from matter to energy or from energy to matter?

Guruji: you keep breaking matter, you reach atom, break the atom – then you experience great energy. This is the last expression of matter.

could we say that the Void is the carrier for the energy?

Guruji: Void is a carrier of all movements and all matter. Read my commentary on Yoga Sutras!

could we say that the Void is the place, where everything is coming into being?

Guruji: it is not a place, it’s a state. A place, which is not placed.

You’re hearing all that sounds by the mind, not by ears?

Guruji: even you’re hearing by your ears – with your consciousness. It is consciousness, which is become aware of these things. Ears are just an instrument. Body is a very noisy unit. And the pulsation is all over the body: the sound is very high.

can You perceive and see how Your mind was developing?

Guruji: only after reaching a certain level of development you will become aware of it. And you’re also aware what is still sleeping.

how that sleeping parts are looking?

Guruji: even there are electrical impulses: we cannot say it’s absolutely asleep; but it is beyond your access.

so You see the parts of the brain, where something is happening, but…

Guruji: there is happening: there are charges and electrical impulses – but you have no access to that. Something classified – for the sake of using a word.

as I understand with the time You start to see how those parts are working and have some access to them – how it is going?

Guruji: you also are aware that with very regular and intense yoga practice these things will be more and more and more.

like someone is unblocking those parts?

Guruji: you yourself.

You saw neurons – what are called neurons?

Guruji: yes. You’re aware of their existence and how they look and how much they are dying. Millions every day.

in Your case they are dying too?

Guruji: in most of the yogic cases death rate is much less than an average person. It’s good news – if we can call it a good news.

when neurons are not dying – it’s like an immortality?

Guruji: your mind will continue to wake up; because they are dying – that’s why our subconscious never wakes up. When they are there and they are working there is a big chance that the subconscious will become conscious more and more: I mean it will not happen suddenly – in degrees.

BODY - SUPPORT FOR THE BRAIN

Modern scientists say that during the first sixty years, our brain is still growing and development toward a mature state — and only after that do we reach our full intellectual potential.

But at the same time, by the age of sixty, the body has already completed its reproductive function, and it begins to break down.

So how can You explain this paradox?

Guruji: Well, I’ve come across no system

which actually talks about developing of the brain, except YOGA.

So if brain will mature at the age of about sixty,

and you will start to develop your brain,

Yoga program when you are young — You will have extraordinary development of the brain.

And, the main thing I see here is — physical body is a support system for the brain.

If nothing has been done to keep the physical body in good condition —

so it will continue to support the brain to the maximum level,

then the balance will be lost.

And a person will suffer, because the brain will be exacting too much energy and power,

and the physical body, being weak,

will not be able to cope with the stress of supporting your brain.

So here we have to be very careful to maintain the balance,

start with the physicality of it, and keep developing the brain.

This is how the way I see that.

Guruji : like a flower is not aware of its own fragrance – only other people feel it; so we also are not aware of our own consciousness. But we have the very positive thing to do: we have been given yoga by Shiva Ji - so we will become aware of our own consciousness.

it can be the illusion of sight or hearing – but we have 3 senses more, so…?

Guruji: actually whatever is there – every sense is the sort of illusion. Whatever you can feel. That is the mind, who is using that senses like instrument. Maybe the time will come when you’ll be able to see with your ears and be able to hear with your eyes. Why not? – that is brain, which is working. Just a crossed connection inside the brain and it will begin. You need to remember that: whatever senses we discuss – they are just instruments of your brain or your mind or your consciousness.

NEGATION PROVES EXISTENCE

Your comment to Gorakhbodh: when we decline the existence of subconsciousness - “he” – it proves somehow that it exists; why?

Guruji: see, with 2% of mind you’re not even aware that subconscious is existing. The first thing is to develop your mind enough so you will become aware – yes, it exists. With 2% you’re not aware it is there.

I don’t understand why exactly declining is proving?

Guruji: until unless the thing is already there: why you will decline it? Even if you say “it is not there” – hypothetically it has to be there. You’re not aware of it – you’re not even know about it.

In Sanskrit the word for poet is kavi, in hindi also. And kavi means – who realized and who knows everything. Poets are in tune with something very deep, they are not just poets. Maybe if your subconscious mind is continue to sleep – that is imprisonment of the mind.

but how we can awaken it and to realize?

Guruji: for this we need awaken our mind also 100%, then we will have some ideas or thoughts.

sometimes I have such feeling…

Guruji: but feelings may be misleading – we don’t know.

feelings are very deep from inside

Guruji: feelings are feelings

BRAHMA IS MIND

we discussed that the body of immortal on the certain level becomes like electrical body?

Guruji: they say brahma vidya brahmaiva bhavati: the knower of brahma become Brahma himself. Brahma means mind. And a work of mind is pure electromagnetic charges: so if you become like mind – your body will be of only electromagnetic currents. That’s very obvious observation.

You also described our thoughts like electromagnetic charges?

Guruji: yes, charges and cracklings

if we take general physics – we could manage the electricity somehow: it could be in a stream or…

Guruji: that’s what we’re trying to do: to manage the electricity in your brain, increase the charge – so you will have more awareness. Your generator will work on a bigger performance.

could we somehow attend our attempts with the magnetic field?

Guruji: it’s a same thing: electromagnetic currents - they go together inside the body.

When the charges increasing in your brain – your awareness increasing with the same proportion. Because electrical charges are more – that’s why body seems to be more dry than before; because of the currents are increasing. That’s a transformation.

And here I will say that with these practices head size begins to increase. I measured my own head and some 2 hundred heads of my disciples — the size increases by half an inch to one and a half inch, which in itself is pretty miraculous, because I don’t think in medical science there is anything in existence, which can increase head size. Which means some new neurons or some connections are developing inside by the power of this practice.

Knowledge is very horrible also, because it shows you the reality, which may not be so beautiful – as we understand beauty. But every horrible thing has its own beauty.

Gorakhnath received wisdom from Smashan Devi – horrible and terrible she appears, but she is pure knowledge. It is just symbolic embodiment of knowledge – Smashan Bhairavi.

There are more than 400 billions neurons inside our brain – most of them are just lying dormant; if you are able to move them to activity- only then that activity will become so far it will appear if it is not moving at all. Then it is something moving, not moving. You will experience it, Kutastha is the first appearance of the mind or atma. “Kut” means the body, “kutastha” means – which remains inside the body. It is called Kutastha and that is spirit or atma. “Kut” also means puzzle – and body is the greatest of puzzle. This is very widely used term.

the path of Brahma is the root of tapas?

Guruji: of course, to activate your mind is the real great tapas.

compassion is the root of duty?

Guruji: compassion with yourself – then you start your way towards the brahma and tapas will begin. Only when you learn the secret, which is inside your body that is kut – then only you can rest. These are very poetic descriptions of very deep things.

Ishwar said: one thousand ashwamedha and one hundred vajapeya sacrifices are not equal to even a sixteenth fraction of the greatness of the brahma gyana?

Guruji: even if you are able to awaken your dormant consciousness on 1% extra you already have – it is much more important than all these sacrifices.

from where come this number – 16?

Guruji: this is your brain and 16 adharas. Ultimately it is all in the mind.

in this book all information is very precise, but again they mention aum of three syllables?

Guruji: maybe it was done deliberately. Majority of Sanskrit scholars will agree that such things were added much more later. And confusion remain. And the wisdom begins from the day you realize that you’re confused. Without realize your confusing you will never come out of her.

Shakti dwells in the moving mind and Shiva dwells in the steady mind. He, who is established in the steady mind becomes accomplished while living in the body?

Guruji: mind and the body – the conscious mind and the body are one and the same.

Apana is the thing, which remains inside always moving. When you are in Samadhi – it stops absolutely, becomes still – and Shiva is there. Shakti sleeps and Shiva awake.

YOGAŚ CITTA-VṚTTI-NIRODHAḤ

If you want to hear something wise – I can say it. It is becoming a habit now. (smiling)

See, initially the mind is such a fine and subtle thing that you cannot directly contact or connect to your mind.

And when you look at your body – it is an instrument of the mind: if you control the body to a certain level – you will begin to feel the working of the mind.

And when you begin to feel the working of your mind – the next step is to start feeling your mind.

Only through the body will you go to the mind. Yoga is chitta vritti nirodhah.

I will tell you one more thing: everybody says – spirit is inside. God is in your heart. Consciousness is in the mind.

That means: consciousness, spirit, and God are part of my physical existence. Tell me if I’m wrong.

So, simply by understanding your physical existence, you will reach these great powers of which I will tell you. Very simple approach, direct. Mood is good now.

I’ve said many times: what controls our mind?

Our misconceptions control our mind.

We argue to keep our misconceptions, we fight, we kill to keep our misconceptions – that my misconception is right, yours is wrong. That is another misconception.

When your mind is free from misconception – that is true nirvana. That is liberation!

our consciousness also have the personality?

Guruji: of course

does it look like carrier – like the physical body or not?

Guruji: very difficult to say; it’s not exactly carrying the physical body: it is carrying consciousness. As a flower

so we can not only judge by the electrical charges?

Guruji: it is a different thing: electrical impulses are just connected with it. It is different from their activity.

what about the access to subconsciousness: You feel that access to that part?

Guruji: you don’t feel, you actually know. Feelings are nothing.

BREATH and MIND

mind and prana are merged together: when one of them stops – stops and another one; if prana stops – then the streams of thoughts also stops. The question is: what is the cause and what is the sequence? What stops first?

Guruji: they said that the activity of your mind is directly connected with the rate of your breathing. Prana is very difficult to affect directly and understand, how prana works. But we’re able to control our breath; so if you somehow regulate your breathe -your thoughts, your mind will also become very regular. And then as you progress in that and start to experience breathless condition – that will be the time when the mind will stop absolutely: that is conscious mind.

When conscious mind will stop absolutely – you will have some access to your subconscious mind. Simply stopping the mind, which is conscious mind, is not only goal – it’s a stepping stone to go deeper into that. Start with the breath.

Everybody says: stop the mind, control the mind – then what? After controlling the mind they keep forgetting that what control they’re gaining is on conscious mind only, which is hardly 2%. That control will grant you the access to the vast ocean of subconsciousness. Then a very mysterious and very adventurous journey will begin.

when we stop the conscious mind – only then we have the access to the subconscious mind?

Guruji: yes

when we have this first experience – the first little access to the subconscious mind…

Guruji: in the next sutra they give the result also: when the seer is establish in his own

when the mind is awaken on 100% - it’s the surest immortality for the practitioner?

Guruji: I think so, yes

does this first experience somehow affect the body and add up to the longevity? Or first you just gain the wisdom how to do this?

Guruji: you will get wisdom, establish in this wisdom and begin to see things.

so it’s not the direct result – you will just understand the way?

Guruji: yes, I’m sure. But it gives you the direct result also. And understanding of the support system. Definitely it will affect the DNA and the body.

BODY IS THE MYSTERY

I will quote a comic: if you live for one day or for 1 million years – it will be one lifetime. Enjoy!

YOGA REALLY CHANGES YOU. Now with that device, registering the brain waves, we know – but otherwise how you will know that? It’s unbelievable thing. Nervous system remains extremely relaxed. When the child starts education – the natural state of mind is lost; but he becomes ready to face the society.

is it possible to develop not to quitting theta state of mind?

Guruji: twilight state of mind and twilight we have reading in comics: you cannot see which is vampire and which is normal person because it’s not shadow. In yogic opinion – your shadow is like your past karmas. Your karmas is clean absolutely, when you’re constantly in theta state.

If you look to the brain scan – your pineal gland is the most protected gland in your skull; surrounded by empty space, looks like a thumb. Khechari mudra might be having the direct impact there. how much scientists have know? There is no process known in a scientific world which is actually increase the size of your brain, but we have noticed it. We have measured it on more then 200 subject, but we’re keeping quiet in that.

I keep saying that when you achieved khechari you have to practice very regularly. That is the only key, which will take you to a certain place. It’s beginning of different sort. Body is the real mysterious thing.

When people hearing the word “brain” – everybody becomes silent. It’s the definition of brahma: it sees with eyes, but it remains unseen. Nobody see the brain.

PRISONERS OR TRAVELERS

Q : on what depends the power of the mind – of the ability to focus and the quality of that concentration?

Guruji : not only ability to focus. Most of the scientists said – there is conscious mind and subconscious mind. How much you’re able to make your subconscious mind conscious – the power of the mind will depend on that. And after that – capacity and ability to focus in a concentrated way; all these things will add to the power of the mind.

Q : from the yogic perspective the main aim is to make your unconscious conscious?

Guruji : yes, this is the main aim of yoga.

MIND AND CONSCIOUSNESS

maybe this question was asked thousand times, but what is the difference between mind and consciousness?

Guruji: mind, as we discussed, is the ocean of consciousness.

and consciousness is individual and brain is the seat of the consciousness, not of the mind?

Guruji: ocean of the consciousness – and brain is the seat of the mind.

what is consciousness here – the individual consciousness?

Guruji: feeling of being: yes, I am. That is individual consciousness.

it’s not the self-consciousness?

Guruji: self-conscious we will become after quite some time. Now we have some idea about self. We are on the way.

so when we are talking about consciousness and subconsciousness, generally we are talking about mind?

Guruji: about the brain: full activation of the brain.

extremely complicated topic…

Guruji: yes, and we made it even more complicated. I’ll give you example: there is tea in the cup. But cup is not tea. So, ocean is the big body of the water, carrier of the water, but ocean is not the water.

then what is the ocean?

Guruji: just the big pit where water is there.

and what is the tea from the example?

Guruji: like consciousness – or like mind under the brain.

and what is the cup? Is it the body?

Guruji: carrier. The brain. The cup doesn’t become tea. Sobody is holding your spirit and consciousness inside, but it doesn’t become spirit and consciousness. It is just a vessel. And many wise people have called it in the past the vessel: something, which carries.

It gives the certain form to the formless. What form chai is having? No form, it’s a formless thing. But with a carrier it takes a certain form. So everything is formless: it depends on the vessel, pot, what form it will take. That may explain Sakar and Nirakar: formless and form. All depends on the carrier. What is this room? It is just the carrier of empty space. We can create it – so we can experience a certain amount of personal space. We call it personal – but the space doesn’t belong to anyone. It’s a philosophical thing, but it is real. We just need slightly change our point of view and perception – and we will become a wise person.

Wisdom itself is formless; but when you start to understand it – it takes a certain form.

so you will see, where you must go?

Guruji: no doubt about it. Goal itself will come to you and tell you – I’m your goal, recognize me. There will be no accidentally. Amazing word – accident: when your dent becomes ex. If you just look at the language – it carries so many deep things.

if we achieve theta-state not during the practice – it’s not dhyana?

Guruji: if you’re in constant theta-state of mind – it means you’re constantly in dhyana.

if it comes not in the practice – what we must to do?

Guruji: nothing, enjoy that! Practice is the process to put you in this state. When you are in that state – feel it.

can we say that dhyana is direct result of dharana?

Guruji: all these things are the direct results of the very regular practice. Dharana is also a big achievement. I’m still thinking about delta waves: they are coming only in a deep sleep – but they are there. Nobody talked about delta-state. In awaken state it’s even more extraordinary, then theta. From spiritual point of view if the delta waves when person are awake – that means he is always in touch with the other side of life.

that is the common state for person in coma; question is – could the person be connected with this life?

Guruji: he is already connected with this life but at the same time he is connected with the other side of life as well. I’m not in coma. Actually that reading was surprise for me, I don’t read about it anywhere before. It was a big revelation in a way. Delta are mysterious waves. We will remain in a theta-state: better to be like a child than like a person who is in coma. With the very heavy successful practice of Kriya yoga the mind begin to functioning in a very superficial way. We call it supernatural because our understanding of naturality is very limited. Maybe it’s naturally state of development of the mind, of the brain – but it’s the result of the practice. If those waves are high – those should not be a so-called normal person; that means very different types of hormones begin to form. Now we don’t know when I’m sleeping which waves are high – something very different that hadn’t be measured yet. Brain development is the key.

how to achieve this balance?

Guruji: by recognizing your heart separately and also developing your brain. They are saying – controlling the mind, but I’m saying – controlling the brain is more important, because it’s a seed of the mind- even about brain not much is known. Most of the yoga is based on controlling your brain. You see – teenage starts from the head, old age starts from the head. If you’re able to control your brain – your reactions will be very different and your physical look will be very different. Nobody is doing anything for the brain development. Only Shailendra Sharma is teaching, but nobody is listening.

reading a ot of books are not develop your brain?

Guruji: memory is more enhanced – that’s it.

could you give the explanation – what is developing of the brain?

Guruji: you develop your brain like you develop your biceps. Take it as a physical part. The head size increases with the practice of yoga- that means the developing of the brain is taking place.

so reading books, do calculations and..

Guruji: this is pass time for the brain, because the powerful person needs something to do.

control of vegetative nervous system?

Guruji: no, I’m talking about general development of the brain inside your skull. Like a physical substance. That will give you extraordinary consciousness and pure perceptions, extraordinary intelligence and understanding.

how to make the difference – where is the brain, where is the mind?

Guruji: brain is the seed of the mind. Consciousness and the mind is just an expression of the brain.

what about emotions?

Guruji: all of them are the expressions of the brain

brain or heart?

Guruji: 50/50

You often say – follow your heart. But what to do if your heart say one thing and your brain say another thing?

Guruji: that’s why discrimination is exercised: you need to understand clearly. If you will survive of your heart is telling, if you have chances to survive – go for it. Your heart is telling that you should kick your boss, punch him and everything – but your mind is telling not to do that. Always be careful.

SAKTOPAYA

23. MOST MYSTERIOUS IS THE MIND

how we can reveal the mystery of the mind?

Guruji: by practicing Kriya yoga and by developing your brain – your awareness will be more and you will begin to fathom your mind. Step by step, drop by drop face the kund.

24. EFFORT IS ACHIEVER

could we say that effort is the person who achieved?

Guruji: effort is achieved, because without effort what you can do? And you should be strong enough to do great effort also. There are many different types of efforts; that’s why they stressed on most terrible effort, which required to reach that great height.

it applies to person who finally achieved?

Guruji: only for those this thing applies.

but after he achieved, he needs some efforts more?

Guruji: he will decide it himself.

which type of mind or brain is connected with logic?

Guruji: whose brain is less than 1,5% conscious.

when you have a force – you can prove anything without any logic?

Guruji: when you holding a gun near someone’s head you also not need any logic.

Man- mandir, Chetan – dev: mind is the temple and the consciousness is the god which is there.

It has been discussed by all over the world; some people are even called muni because Moon influences them. Sometimes the crimes and rapes increases in full moon time; all minds are affected by the moon.

from the yogic point of view: it is often mentioned that 16th part of the Moon, which is above the bindu

Guruji: Raka,yes

and it somehow remains unseen and unknown?

Guruji: only yogis experiencing it

what is the main effect of it: it is connected with amrita?

Guruji: directly – that’s why it remains unseen. There is no 16 days in the moon cycle – only 15 days, maybe less. The moon also is your mind and the moon is a symbol of amrita also; it is the giver of the healing power to every herb also. It is connected with amrita directly.

can we say that it doesn’t exist in the person who is not practicing yoga?

Guruji: possibilities are always there.

if we take Kriya yoga technics – can we say that Mahamudra is complete when we’re working directly with air body?

Guruji: I think in mahamudra your brain starts to be more active then more active and more active. Living long and growing old maybe directly connected with your brain. I was reading some article in one science journal – after a certain age billions of neurons begin to die and from that point the old age starts. It is my thinking that if you somehow are able to stop the death of neurons – your body will remain constant. It is directly connected with the brain situation. And the spinal cord is nothing but an extension of your brain – everything is connected. Hatha yoga is great art.

MAIN AIM IS AWAKENING OF THE BRAIN

when you’re drinking the vayu from right or from left – the mechanism in the body is the same?

Guruji: they will directly spread, affect the right and left hemisphere of your brain. Whatever we breathe – it is directly linked with your brain. And ultimately it is awakening of the brain, which will bring about all these things for physical body. It’s all of brain development. Body will simply follow. And when you go through different mudras,bandhas, this technic, that technic – actually it is the way of physicality to stimulate the brain thing. Then finally the brain will take over and the body will follow. Now we’re trying to force with the help of the body just to wake up some brain. Then it will be vice versa.

brain will somehow activate the body?

Guruji: finally – yes. Everything is from brain: from a child when you becoming young – it is thanks to the different hormones which brain begins to release. And we grow old because the brain stops release the certain hormones and neurons begins to die. By observing this yogis found out that if you’re able to stimulate brain in certain way – the brain will continue to release those things, which will keep you young forever – or as long as it requires, because nothing lasts forever as they say philosophically. But we don’t know exactly, what will happen; hypothetically – yes.

why the switching the nostrils is required?

if we have complete astral body – what is the benefit on that world?

Guruji: you will be the very powerful force. Even here: the stronger the mind – the powerful person will be. Same thing everywhere. Develop your mind – then you will be powerful enough.

FIRST BHED – THEN BHEDAN

why in the books of Gorakhnath is mentioned not three but 22, 18 or 8 granthis?

Guruji: it’s about different things – he’s going into more and more details, but major granthis are three. They are also in your brain. Everything is about opening your brain.

how it happens? You believe in idea of opening the knot on 100% and then it comes?

Guruji: remember, bhed means a secret and mystery. When you will discover the mystery of that particular granthi – you will be in a situation to open it and to understand it.

sounds great, but what’s the mechanism of it?

Guruji: there is no mechanism involved – even scientists are saying they don’t understand the work of the brain completely.

In Brahma sutras it is said by brahmagyanis, that eyes cannot see it – but it sees through the eyes; the tongue cannot taste it – but it tastes through the tongue, ears cannot hear it – but it hear through the ears. What is it?

People say “brahma” – but it is exact description of your brain. Brahma means mind or brain to me. After knowing everything now the question come: who is the knower? - and then the discussion on brain begins.

Because they use the word brahma - so many discussions and arguments begin. Who is knower? Who is doing yoga? Your brain is doing yoga – your body is just be used for it. Very simple reasoning. Whatever you’re doing - if you’re following islam or Christianity, you’re shaivite or krishnait – you’re doing it with your mind. Accept this fact – then many things become easy to understand.

how granthis are connected with the brain and spinal cord?

Guruji: spinal cord is just extension of your brain including cerebra-spinal fluid. Maybe all this chakras described – they are switching the brain in a certain way, different portions of your brain.

can we say that to pierce the granthi first we must develop the mind?

Guruji: first you must understand the mystery of it. First bhed – then bhedan(piercing) will take place. Let’s say – unrevealing the mystery, opening the mystery.

when it pierced – it is physical feeling?

Guruji: when the mystery is no longer a mystery. When your brain will change – your physiological system will also change.

so you will feel it?

Guruji: of course! It’s not a hypothetical philosophical assumption.

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT

Q: You stated that Kriya develops the brain; what exactly is this development? Is it an activation of certain portions, certain lobes, certain compartments?

Guruji: We cannot assess it from anatomical point of view – but your brain will grow in size and it will produce more neurons; that ’ s why you will become aware of so many different things. We keep ignoring the brain, we start to talk about the mind and this and that; but the brain is the main seat of the mind – similar to a body being a seat of your spirit.

Brain development is very important. Body is just a support system for the brain. Look at the brain photographs and scans: it looks like an alien is sitting inside your head – and a body is just a vehicle of it.

This is what all Upanishadas and yogic texts are saying. I discovered that only Kriya yoga is directly connected with development of the brain; nobody else ever talked about development of the brain.

I discovered that Kriya is actually concentrated on development of the brain! The every technic, from khechari to third, fourth or any level, including mahamudras, affect the head size – it starts to increase. That means – brain is developing. That ’ s how we become more aware, more conscious.

CONSCIOUSNESS AND MIND

Guruji, what is the difference between mind and consciousness?

Guruji: Consciousness is an expression of the mind. One and the same.

But there are no other expressions: we can see consciousness but cannot touch or perceive it?

Guruji: To see the consciousness you need to perceive it with your own consciousness: it is a very mysterious complicated program.

Mind is vaster than consciousness?

Guruji: There are so many immense possibilities of dormant consciousness which we can go on realizing.

Here we take consciousness as a conscious mind?

Guruji: No, we’re using this word like consciousness in totality.

Can the mind have other expressions than consciousness?

Guruji: Anything – that is the mystery of the mind.

What can be an expression other than consciousness?

Guruji: The root will always be consciousness. Mind is the root of the tree; and the tree is growing. You can just put it there for your green purpose, take it sprouts or cut down and make furniture from the wood of it: so that maybe the different expressions are of the same thing.

Q: what is Brahma light?

Guruji: merging with Brahma. In my opinion it is becoming merging with your own mind. So when you will lose all sensation of the body, but only your mind become alive, the great will be alive.

And by developing your chakra you are going more and more deeper into your subconscious mind; and the more deeper you will do – as deep as you do – that subconscious will step by step become conscious. Here is the sort of harmonizing them or synchronizing them – your physical and mental. And they will become one.

Manas is not complete, because it know itself, – that’s why all these things are used. Without a body mind can not know itself. Again refer to my Shiva sutra’s commentary: mind and body – union of the mind and body delivers consciousness.

Q: please explain: the yogi must save manas in Shakti and Shakti in manas?

Guruji: here I will say the void and Shakti means the same, but here they mean Kundalini. Because Kundalini is your consciousness, so keep your consciousness in your mind and your mind in your consciousness. You expanding your consciousness and through that consciousness, which is coming from the mind, you will begin to understand your mind also. And more you will understand your mind – the more you will understand the consciousness. They go together. When you will start observing your mind, you will be start observing your mind only with your mind and there is no third observing your mind. Or even second observing your mind – you. For the sake of discussion or to convey the meaning they say – observe yourself by yourself. Manas is the complete, total mind, which includes subconscious and conscious. And consciousness is expression of the mind, which we experience only a little. With that available consciousness you start study your mind. And then, as you will study your mind, you will begin to understand it – it will directly affect your consciousness. I’m simply talk about consciousness, awareness. You can put it as conscious mind. With your conscious mind you start observing your subconscious. And with subconscious mind you will start developing your conscious. And with develop conscious mind you will have more access in your subconscious. It is sort of rotation.

When your intellect is at perfect balance or your conscious and subconscious are in perfect harmony.

Void (shunya) is the form of mind

Guru Matsyendranath defines the nature of mind, pointing at the Void as its root and form.

Universal Shunya is the basis of all existing Matter, as 99.9% of the surrounding material world consists of emptiness, including human bodies: they are nothing but concentrated expressions of Void. Being the source of its own origin, Void precedes mind.

Great Emptiness is absolutely conscious: only a conscious entity can give birth to another consciousness. Together with jiva, the individual soul, Void infills every cell of the body and every particle of the material world surrounding it. Individual mind confirms the fact of existence to its carrier; only acute consciousness can register the very fact of existence (“I am”).

Condensed Consciousness expresses Itself in form of individual physical bodies, while physical brain serves as the seat of mind, its hardware.

Shall we consider nature to be different from its forms or separate the form from its nature?

Nature is expressed in a vast variety and each form has its own nature. They complement and offset each other. The true nature of mind reflects greater Void Itself and that’s why Shunya, or Emptiness, is greatly stressed upon in Yoga.

When the mind is in equilibrium and the vayu flows
through the middle, then Amaroli, Vajroli, and Sahajoli
are fulfilled.
The preparations for the yogis have been described in
the first three chapters. The great mystical experiences fol-
low when all the conditions have been fulfilled.
How can inner knowledge dawn in the mind as long as
prana is alive and the mind is not dead? Liberation is
attained by the one who can merge the two – mind and
prana – together.
Making the conscious mind unconscious means the
death of the mind.
”
”

After learning how to pierce the Sushumna, carry the
vayu in the middle, restrain it, and always make it stay in
the best of places, Brahmarandra.
The sun and the moon, like Ida and Pingala, divide day
and night. Sushumna is the consumer of time. This is the
real secret.
As long as Ida and Pingala are active, the effect of time
will always be there. One grows old and eventually dies.
A yogi, who can successfully open Sushumna or the mid -
dle path and is able to take the vayu and hold it in there,
can overcome old age and may avoid death as well. As long
as the vayu flows in Sushumna, time can have no effect on
the yogi.
”

There are 72 000 nadis throughout the cage of the body.
Sushumna is Shambhavi Shakti, the rest are meaningless.
Together with the controlled vayu, fire and Kundalini are
aroused and made to enter and remain inside Sushumna.
When the prana flows in Sushumna, the state of
Manonmani is achieved. Besides this, other forced prac -
tices are useless to the yogis.

Where vayu is controlled, mind is controlled, and where
mind is controlled, vayu is also controlled.
Mind or thought, and prana or vayu, merge together
and become one in the yogi who has evolved to this level.
There are two causes for the movement of the mind – de-
sire and vayu. When one of these two is destroyed, the
other is destroyed as well.
There are two causes which limit the mind to only 2%
of its full potential – desire and vayu. By controlling the
vayu successfully, the conscious mind is made unconscious
and the yogi goes beyond all desires. With controlled vayu,
subconscious mind is awakened. The yogi, who has evolved
to this level, realizes that by controlling the subconscious
mind, vayu can also be controlled.
”
”

Wherever mind merges, prana also merges there. And
wherever prana merges, mind also merges there.
With perfection in yoga, the yogi successfully merges
vayu and mind together and makes them one.
Mind and prana are mixed up like milk and water. Both
are proportional in their activities. When there is move -
ment in vayu, there is movement in mind and when there
is movement in mind, there is movement in vayu.
”

Therefore, if one is eliminated, stopped or annihilated,
the other is also eliminated. If one remains active, the
other also remains active. While they exist, all the senses
are active. When they are controlled, the state of moksha
(liberation) is attained.
Mercury and the mind are unsteady by nature. By stabi -
lizing mercury and the mind, what is not achievable on
this Earth?

Shiva says Himself: "O Parvati! When mercury and prana
are made steady, they remove all diseases. They give life
when they are made to die. When they are made solid,
one experiences the Void".
It is discussed in Ayurveda and Alchemy that if mercu-
ry is solidified, it gives supernatural results. Using solidified
mercury in a certain way slows down ageing remarkably
and may even stop it. The processing of mercury has always
been of great interest among the yogis. Mercury is said to
be the semen of Shiva and hence carries all the experiences
and wisdom of Shiva. If somehow a yogi is able to process
it, all the knowledge and wisdom of Shiva flows in the yogi.
Some of the siddhas mentioned by Swatmarama in the first
chapter have compiled great works on how to process mer-
cury and on its uses. For example, the work of Nityanath
outlines many different methods of controlling and solidi-
fying mercury and how to use it.
”

But don’t put too much faith in Western psychology. Why? The father of psychology is Sigmund Freud. He analyzed only European people. Okay. But European people are not representing the whole humanity.

He never analyzed any Indian or a Chinese or an African or a Middle Eastern or a Japanese. Only European psychology.

If you want to know, read Western psychology. You cannot understand Indian mind simply by reading that. Keep that in mind.

He analyses mostly sick people. Mad people.