Yoga Tradition

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The literal meaning of the Chinese term qi is “breath”, “gas” or “ether”. In traditional texts, the term was never clearly defined, as the Tao masters preferred not to limit the miracle of this mysterious energy in sterile definitions. The Chinese philosophers, Lao-Tse (604-531 BC), the legendary author of the work Tao Te Ching,…
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Mental concentration can be described as merely “do not act”. The Zen adepts say it is “to simply stay” (Zazen). During the practice of concentration, the mind should be like a mirror: it will only reflect the object of concentration like a pure crystal, which takes the colour of the object on which it is placed. We will…
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Ki is the Japanese term equivalent to the Chinese qi notion. The Chinese metaphysical principle (qi) was introduced to Japan in the Nara period (710-794 AD) and the Heian period (794-1185 AD). The ki concept was rapidly assimilated into the Shintoist beliefs regarding the nature. On this basis many works show the connection…
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According to Patanjali yoga is comprised of 8 parts or stages:1. Yama - the rules for behaviour; control of negative tendencies. 2. Niyama - the rules that harmonizes relations between man and all beings; it organizes the inner life. 3. Asana - the body positions which place us in resonance with the beneficial…
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Mana is a concept used in the Huna tradition in Hawaii. It is considered that mana has three primary forms; each of them functions in one of the three basic levels of man''s personality. Mana, the basic force of life, operates in the infrastructure of the Inferior Self (unihipili), which is the subconscious mind. Mana has the power to…
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Prana is the vital, psychic and spiritual force that sustains the actions and the manifestations of both the body and the mind. It is subjugated by these as a horse is harnessed to a carriage and is directed by the mind exactly along the paths where it wants to travel in order to fulfil its wishes. The great wise men and the masters of…
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Baron Karl von Reichenbach (1788-1869), a German chemist, metallurgist and meteorites expert used the term od (and the related ideas “odic force” and “odil”) in order to describe a subtle substance which emanates from all things and beings in the universe, including the stars and the planets (more accurately from…
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  Most people believe that the doctrine of reincarnation and karma is fatalistic, denying the individual’s right to live his own life and destroying his ideals by a structure of inevitable circumstances. Therefore, the first question should be: is there or not a free will? This philosophy appears to deny the…
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We are permanently exposed to the impact of the unexhaustible energies of the Universe that pour torrents of prana on us. The Sun is the most important source of this prana and the cosmic rays have an immense but still undetermined influence upon man from a scientific point of view. On the other…
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