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Raja yoga and void state through meditation🪷🌞

Heyyyo! i freaking love to search about ancient teachings that are the true ancestors of todays practices we call ''shifting'' & ''void state''. thanks @infinitejoy for giving me information about these topics thru asks, i have researched about it and found these. 💋😋

"Yogaś citta-vṛtti-nirodhaḥ." means "yoga is the cessation of fluctuations (vrittis) in the mind."

Raja Yoga literally means "royal yoga" or "king of yogas," is one of Swami Vivekananda's most important works and it focuses directly on mind control and willpower, rather than physical movements (ofc). According to Vivekananda if we want to control the outer world, we must first control our inner world aka our minds. I can talk about the working of Raja yoga... first, Vivekananda makes a damn good analogy ''the mind is like a lake. If the surface of the lake is turbulent (like constant thoughts, worries, desires etc), you cannot see the "true essence" (called Atman) at the bottom. The goal is to stop the waves and make the lake completely smooth. Only then will you reach that clarity you call "void."

He has a teaching called ''The Eightfold Path'' (aka ashtanga)

As you see raja yoga follows Patanjali's system. These steps helps to discipline the mind step by step...Yama & Niyama, moral discipline (not lying, non violence, purity). These close the holes that leak your energy. Asana, a comfortable sitting position, ur body should not be uncomfortable so that you can focus your mind :) Pranayama, thats basically breath control. Vivekananda says that breath is the key to controlling Prana, aka the life energy. ''they (originally ''he'' but i'll use they) who controls their breaths also controls his mind.''

Pratyahara, withdrawal of the senses, turning completely inward by "shutting off" the sounds and images of the outer world. (this is the gateway to the void state). Literally, focusing and rejecting outer physical sensations.

Us shifters wants to fall into that dark but peaceful void where we say, "im nothing but my consciousness im pure awareness, a bodyless mind." Raja Yoga says that if there are waves on the surface of the lake (meaninng ''mind'') such as "im in this reality," "im in bed right now," "i have school tomorrow," ,you cannot see the infinite void at the bottom of the lake. When u calm the waves (meaning ''stop all thoughts''), your consciousness becomes "pure." In this pure state, if u throw a stone to the bottom of the lake aka the still state, to any reality you desire, the wave created by that stone will shift your entire reality in that direction. ykwim? also, breathing matters.

When you slow your breathing and provide a slow steady rhythm, u send a message to ur brain like "there is no immediate life threatening danger in this physical body." (logically our brains are programmed to ''protect'' us from the ''dangers'') When you control Prana aka. (life energy), you actually change the frequency of ur consciousness. ''Breath is the bridge between this physical reality and the "beyond." '' If u use ur breath correctly u open the door to the void state by putting ur body to sleep while keeping ur mind awake and this is called MABA (mind awake body asleep).

i hope i didn't mispelle any word, or give a misinformation, I did my research well, hope y'all like it and it helps ya. Bisouss! 💛🩷

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali (Sanskrit: पतञ्जलि योगसूत्रम्, romanised: Patañjali yogasūtram)

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