Welcome to this meditation.
Pancha Kosha Dharana.
Come to a comfortable position.
Meditative pose with your spine relaxed but erect and the head slightly back.
Place the hands on the knees or in the lap in Chin or Jnana Mudra Close your eyes.
And let the body relax.
Become aware of the body.
Let's move the awareness through the different parts of the body from the head to the toes,
Developing complete and total awareness of the body.
Start at the top of your head.
Become aware of the skull.
Eyes.
Eyelids.
Cheeks.
Lips.
Gums.
Shoulders.
Let the relaxation move from the shoulders into your hands.
Feel the heaviness and the hands resting into gravity.
Upper chest.
Upper back.
The abdomen relaxing the diaphragm,
The solar plexus.
And the whole belly breathing very uninterrupted,
Relaxed.
The pelvis.
Groin.
Pelvic floor.
Thighs.
Knees.
Lower legs.
Ankles.
Feats.
Toes.
And awareness of your whole body.
Now we're entering into Dharakash.
Into spaciousness,
Then gradually dissociate the awareness from the physical body.
Visualize the body in the form of an empty shell with an outer covering of skin full to the element of space.
Develop the awareness of the body in the form of a balloon which is filled with air and space inside.
Surrounded by air and space outside.
In the same way,
Imagine your body to be filled with space and surrounded by space.
Be totally aware of space within.
Totally centered in the experience of space within.
Do not allow the physical distractions to disturb the state of your awareness.
And your awareness centered in the etheric body.
As you become more and more aware of the space.
You will observe a descending feeling of calmness,
Silence and stillness.
After some time there will be an experience of expansiveness.
When you are aware of the spaciousness of air,
You perceive motion within the body space.
Two basic experiences exist within the Dharakash,
Stillness and expansiveness.
Movement of Prana can be seen in the form of colour and light within the stillness,
Silence and expansiveness of Daharakash.
Be aware of the deep inner space of the body and the movement within that space.
Allow the creation of an experience of expansiveness.
Now we become aware of the first kosha,
The first sheath,
Anamaya.
The food body.
Within the space become aware of the physical body composed of matter.
The manifestation of various elements combined with the earth element.
Is Anamaya Kosha.
The last manifestation of energy where it solidifies into matter.
Feel the physical body composed of muscle,
Bone,
Blood,
Mucus and skin.
Be aware of the different organs.
The systems and parts which comprise the physical body.
Within the stillness of the body experience the movement of the breath.
Be aware of the body which is breathing in and out.
See how the body breathes.
Awareness of the heartbeat.
Feel the rhythmic pulsation of the heart which is responsible for the circulation of blood throughout the body.
Experience the muscular and skeletal systems which provide the framework of the body by which we move and act in the world.
Develop total awareness of the muscles,
Bones,
Organs and systems of the body.
Experience the entire physical body.
Feel its weight.
Feel its existence.
Solidity and harmony with the earth upon which it rests.
From which it receives nourishment.
And to which its elemental nature will one day return.
Experience the earth element in your being.
In the form of physical body.
Anamaya Kosha.
The manifestation of matter.
Regardless of what type of consciousness or essence is contained within it.
Next we come to the pranic body.
The awareness of pranamaya kosha.
Energy body.
The energy body interacts with the material body at the gross level.
And with the mental and psychic bodies at a more subtle level.
Experience Pranamaya Kosha as an infrastructure of energy channels,
Currents,
Energy flowing.
Giving life to every part and particle of your being.
Move your awareness into Pranamaya Kosha and experience Prana as a powerful force.
Full of warmth,
Light and colour.
Just as hot air can be seen rising from a fire in the form of a shimmering turbulent force.
Prana can be experienced within the subtlest states of the physical body.
Be aware of the energy field and the experience of life force.
In the prana maya course shall the prana manifest in the form of energy currents.
And this can be experienced in the physical body in the form of light.
Prickles,
Itchy sensations.
Open bricks,
Electrical currents.
Flow of energy like streams of warmth.
Experience the different energy flows in the physical body.
Awareness of blood vessels carrying the blood from one part of the body to another.
Awareness of nerves which carry sensations from one part of the body to the brain.
Be aware of the pranic currents flowing from Pranamaya Kosha into the physical body.
Intensifying your awareness of the pranic link between body and mind.
Awareness of Prana in the form of vital energy and mental energy.
Without prana the body would not move and the mind would not think.
What we understand as life,
Living,
Being,
Knowing,
Understanding,
Feeling,
Perceiving,
All take place through the agency of Prana.
Be aware of prana as a cause of life.
And also the link between the various levels of our being.
Intensify your awareness of the pranic field in the form of vital mental psychic energy.
Even spiritual energy belongs to the dimension of Prana.
Continue going deeper and intensify your perception of the subtle pranic force.
In the form of light,
Streams of energy.
Now we leave the awareness of Pranamaya Kosha and enter into the mental field,
Becoming aware of Manomaya Kosha.
The mental body contains every aspect of mental and emotional expression.
Observe with awareness whatever you are thinking or feeling inside at this moment.
Observe carefully how the mental process functions.
Watch how the different thoughts and feelings form themselves into a complex,
Interwoven patterns.
Be aware of Manas,
The thought process,
And the counter-thought process,
Which constantly sifts through all the daily impressions arriving from the external world and relates them with the memories of past impressions in order to process them and decide on the best course of action.
However,
Manas doesn't function alone.
The various expressions of mind are related with the Samskaras and Karma,
Which are stored in Vijnanamaya Kosha.
In order to interact with the outside world.
The Manas,
The rational mind.
Is held by Buddhi,
The intellect,
Chitta,
The awareness,
And Ahamkara,
The self-identity,
Which belong to the area of Vijnanamaya Kosha.
Be aware of the constant mental process.
Rational mind and manas interacting with buddhi,
Citta and ahamkara.
Notice how the various expressions of the mind manifest through this interaction.
Observing the mind.
With the help of Chitta the consciousness begin to observe dispassionately all the manifestations of Manomaya Kosha as they arise.
Observe the mental dialogue which continues internally.
Who is talking to whom and for what?
Notice how the different kinds of thoughts and emotions color,
Influence and modify the mental field.
Now we become aware of each Nana Maya Kosha.
Leave the awareness of Manu Maya.
And become aware of Vijnanamaya Kosha.
The intellect.
Creativity.
Into the dimension of pure energy.
In the pranic realm.
The psychic body functions through the agency of the subtle prana which is known as psychic energy.
Experience pure energy in the form of vibration inside the psychic body.
Vijnanamaya Kosha is not only the body of psychic energy,
It also relates to the higher mind.
It is experienced as the body of intellect or inner knowledge.
In Manu Maya Kosha there was awareness of the Manas aspect,
Interacting with Chitta,
Bodhi and Ahamkara.
Here we experience citta,
Buddhi and ahamkara in their pure state.
Buddhi means intellect,
The lower intellect related to the external world of objects and senses,
And the higher intellect related to the internal understanding of the principles which create and shape our personality.
Experience the external body by understanding,
Observing and analyzing through your rationality.
See how your actions and behavior are shaped according to the external body or intelligence.
Another aspect of Buddhi,
Rooted in the impressions of consciousness which are not yet manifest.
This unmanifest consciousness contains the experience of past lives,
Experience which are carried through the agencies of our parents,
Grandparents,
Just like DNA,
Which contain information from the time of creation until now.
Be aware of the subtle body.
Now we move and enter another area known as Chittor.
Consciousness.
Memory.
Observation.
Within the mind there is an aspect of consciousness which is constantly observing everything.
Become aware of the space that is observing and watching.
Become aware of Chitta,
The space of observation.
Dispassionately observing everything that is happening.
The seer.
Who realizes its own identity.
Now develop the experience of Ahamkara.
Self-identification.
Observe your own self-identity,
The feeling of I-ness.
And within we create duality.
We separate I from others.
You from me.
As you observe your own self-identity,
Realize that the source of this identity is the self or soul,
Which is pure spirit without any identity.
In Vijnanamaya Kosha,
You are not aware of the pure I,
The pure Self,
But of the Self which is lost in its own identity.
This is Ahamkara.
The spirit which is free from identity is simply Aham.
I am that I am.
Be aware of Ahamkara,
The self-identity.
The soul which is lost in its own identification.
When we are lost in that identity,
It does not see beyond.
Develop the experience of the subtle mind along with the soul.
As we come into awareness of Anandamaya Kosha,
The fifth sheath of bliss and happiness.
Hear the concept of Soli's divine experience.
The experience of unifying within the Self.
All separation ideas fall away.
Becoming aware of the soul or spirit as the governing body of your individual life.
And you feel the Ahamkara surrendering into this vastness.
With this realization you become divine.
This is liberation,
Mukti,
Freedom.
Rest into this deepest sense of expansion.
Never born.
Never dying.
No beginning.
No end.
Indestructible.
Connected.
Liberated.
Now we prepare to end the practice.
Withdraw your awareness from the higher quotients.
And then slowly gently become aware of the physical body Annamaya Kosha.
Feel gravity.
Visualize your physical body sitting in meditation.
Feel your whole body from head to toe.
And noticing the room in which you are sitting.
Slowly externalize your awareness.
Awareness of the natural flow of your breath.
Aum Tat Sat Tadatvam Asi Om Tat Sat.
You you
