{"id":821,"date":"2003-04-01T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2003-04-01T14:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.yogaesoteric.net\/techniques-for-mental-concentration-1779-en\/concentration-upon-a-spiritual-image\/"},"modified":"2003-04-01T14:24:28","modified_gmt":"2003-04-01T14:24:28","slug":"concentration-upon-a-spiritual-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/concentration-upon-a-spiritual-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Concentration upon a Spiritual Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>In traditional Yoga texts it is said \u201cthe mind that meditates in&nbsp;continuous devotion upon a deity is transformed into the perfect copy of that deity, becoming as powerful and pure as Him\u201d. This is a fundamental principle in the process of adoration, so familiar in the Orient.<\/P><br \/>\n<P>How to do this:<\/P><br \/>\n<UL type=1><br \/>\n<LI>Get into a meditation position. <\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Choose the image upon which you want to focus. It can be the image of a Hindu deity, of a Yoga master, of a saint or of Jesus.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Go through all the specific steps in the concentration process as described in the previous section.<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>During the concentration, try to subtly imbue yourself with the energy characteristic of the focused being.<\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<P>At the beginning of the practice the mind is&nbsp;so unstable that once you have familiarized yourself with the image, it will immediately disappear from your field of attention. After a certain&nbsp;period of practice, you will reach such a state of mental stability that you can stay continuously focused for a short period (10-15 minutes). This stability will gradually increase to the point where the mind will not let the image disappear from the field of attention because its penetrating power is&nbsp;so strong. In this stage, you should make a consistent effort to increase&nbsp;mental clarity. Along with the focus upon the desired image you should then try to identify yourself with the being in this image and to feel what it represents from a subtle point of view. This exercise puts you in resonance with very elevated cosmic energies in the universe and therefore will greatly enrich you.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In traditional Yoga texts it is said \u201cthe mind that meditates in&nbsp;continuous devotion upon a deity is transformed into the perfect copy of that deity, becoming as powerful and pure as Him\u201d. This is a fundamental principle in the process of adoration, so familiar in the Orient. How to do this: Get into a meditation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[895],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-techniques-for-focus-1734-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}