Nov 12, 2017
Meditation is only possible from a state of strong concentration, thus:
"...concentration is the first and foremost thing a sadhaka or aspirant should acquire in the spiritual path." —Swami Sivananda
Concentration practice is taught in every meditation tradition, yet concentration is not meditation itself;...
Sep 3, 2017
The fifth step of yoga is pratyahara, which literally means "withdrawal." This is the crux of yoga, the lever that lifts the consciousness to the heights of meditation. To master pratyahara, one must first have established the previous four steps of yoga, and then be able to control how the consciousness uses...