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Follow a 24 part meditation video tutorial online to understand the motivations and goals of meditation; challenges one might face and ways to overcome them, such as anger management techniques, the vasana daha tantra method of relieving subconscioius burdens; concentration techniques such as the colour meditation; guided meditation and more. Take your time in the comfort of your personal space and go through one video after another at your own pace, learning about the principles, theories and practices on the way to spiritual enlightenment. Click here to go to the Meditation Video Tutorials
Literally it means, “to hold together completely.” Samadhi is the goal of the practice of Ashtanga Yoga, wherein the state of oneness or undifferentiated union is achieved between the meditator and God's Consciousness and Being. There are two levels of samadhi. The first is savikalpa samadhi, in which the meditator’s awareness becomes one with pure consciousness, or God’s mind, also known as Satchitananda. The second is nirvikalpa samadhi, in which oneness with God as Parabrahman, who transcends all modes of consciousness, time, form and space is experienced. The aftermath of both states of samadhi creates a new spiritual perspective in the mind of the meditator–one that is imbued with the experiential reality of God. The meditator becomes more enlightened each time he achieves samadhi. However of the two samadhis, nirvikalpa samadhi is the highest or ultimate state. It brings in its aftermath a complete transformation of consciousness. This transformation is what is required by the soul to achieve spiritual liberation or moksha. (see also Ashtanga Yoga) Get more links about samadhi from the glossary
Religion seems to have all the answers doesn't it. All the mysteries of life can be answered by religion. For instance to the question 'Who am I?' The answer is the most unobvious. It's not our body nor who we think we are or whom we call ourselves. Instead it is this indestructible, intangible part of ourselves that is the soul. This soul was created by God, religion's doctrines state, and it is unaffected by death, disease or destruction. It is ever pure.¶ If not for the fact that all these qualities of the soul can be experienced, one could conclude that this is an escapist theory, trying to distract us from the realities (especially the harsh realities) of life.¶ Yes! We can experience our soul. From personal experience I can tell you that when I experienced my soul for the first time, it created a paradigm shift in the way I perceived my life. I felt complete and an unfading feeling of fulfillment started to take hold within me. I felt an affinity with my guru and all those sages and rishis who spoke so loftily about the spiritual realities of life. Finally, I understood, and I could share their sense of profoundness about life. It is an amazing experience to touch into the atma.¶ The atma is that part of us that is immortal, the Life of our lives as my guru used to say. The atma has a discernable form like our other bodies though it is made of spiritual elements. It is the deepest of five bodies or sheaths of existence within us.Learn about the Hindu Perspective of the Soul in this lesson of Hindu Philosophy
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