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Chapter Eight

 

 

8   Chapter Eight: Empowering Your Mind    (Read the full chapter)

          

 

 

 

 

   

8a   Intro

         

 

 

 

   

8b   The Amazing Value of Your Mind

          

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

   

8b1   Opening up your creative mind

            

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

8b2   Change your outlook, change your life

            

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

8b3   Taking steps to refine your mind

              

 

 

Video Adjunct:

One of the ways yoga practitioners calm and refine their minds is to focus on a mantra, powerful ancient syllables that nourish, energize, and bring peace to the mind. One of these ancient mantras is, "Om Namah Shivaya," which can be translated as, "I honor the great Lord that exists within everything, including myself." When I lived in an ashram, we would often chant Om Namah Shivaya with Baba Muktananda in the same tune I sing in this five-minute video.

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

   

8c   Recognizing and Clearing Your Mental Clutter

          

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

8c1   Using contemplation to clear your mental clutter

            

 

 

Video Adjunct:

In this eleven minute clip, Eckhart Tolle explores the powerful addiction to thinking, offering a handful of ways to put a stop to thoughts and choose presence instead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

8c2   Focusing your thoughts

            

 

 

 

 

8c3   Putting your desires in order

           

 

 

 

 

8d   Contemplating Spiritual Teachings

          

 

 

 

         

 

 

 

 

8d1   Unlocking the scripture of your own life

             

 

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My life became quite a scripture when I began to study with Baba Muktananda on the path he created to teach, refine, empower, and uplift those who came for spiritual guidance. One of the most precious experiences for me was to study the wisdom of ancient India while chanting Shri Guru Gita every morning. I felt as though I probably had some resonance with the culture, through past lifetimes or other metaphysical connections, and felt that as I sang these precious syllables, my very body, mind, and soul became an expression of scripture. The self-respect that came with these experiences are what allowed me to subsequently write books and create this course. Watch an eight-minute recitiation of the Shri Guru Gita chant to taste the scripture in your own mind and life.

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

   

8d2   Tapping into the power of contemplative writing

            

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

8e   Meditating: Silent Mind, Holy Mind

          

 

 

Audio Adjunct:

Listen to Chapter 6 of the Glorious Bhagavad Gita Sung in English, titled, "The Yoga of Meditation":

"With mind one-pointed, thought controlled, senses subdued, let him sit there on that seat and practice yoga for his self-purification."

                    

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

8e1   Meditation: a natural part of life

            

 

 

 

 

   

8e2   Relaxing into meditation