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Meditation from Strilky
A guide to self-enquiry meditation through the observation of the five bodies and the mantra So'haṁ. Settle comfortably with a straight spine. Chant Oṁ to send positive vibrations into space. Withdraw awareness from the external world and observe your thoughts, asking if they are necessary. Systematically feel and analyze the five sheaths: the physical, energetic, mental, intellectual, and bliss bodies. The Self resides within these. Visualize observing your own form from the front through the inner eye. See a flame emerge from the heart into a dark blue space. Hear the sound So'haṁ from this flame. The personal form dissolves into a bright, milky light as all five bodies merge into the light of the Self. Hold to the mantra as the guiding path. Realize "I am that" in the form of So'haṁ, culminating in bliss and fearlessness. Conclude with conscious breathing, chanting, and a bow.
"Between these five bodies resides your Ātmā, your Self."
"Your own form is also disappearing. And your form, your appearance is vanishing."
Filming location: Strilky, Czech Republic
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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:
- Yoga in Daily Life - The System
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2000. ISBN 978-3-85052-000-3 - The Hidden Power in Humans - Chakras and Kundalini
Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda. Ibera Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-85052-197-0 - Lila Amrit - The Divine Life of Sri Mahaprabhuji
Paramhans Swami Madhavananda. Int. Sri Deep Madhavananda Ashram Fellowship, Vienna, 1998. ISBN 3-85052-104-4
