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First Foundations for the Practitioner of the Integral Yoga · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  Patanjali is Raja, yoga outlines a series of steps or stages in
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  the development of that particular path.
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  The first two are Yama and niyama which outlined certain
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  purification actions to prepare the practitioner for the later.
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  Activities and experiences in the yogic practice these two
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  limbs together. Represent a solidifying of
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  Peace, the removal of obstacles that can disturb the mind.
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  The emotions, the nervous sheath and the body.
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  The result is a peaceful and harmonious energy and a solid
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  strength to avoid being distracted or disturbed with a
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  calming of the basic mind stuff chitta as a preliminary basis
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  for the practice of Raja yoga. This also helps maintain the
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  balance needed to avoid mental, emotional or nervous.
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  Breakdowns as the higher forces, begin to act and manifest openly
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  in the being as the yogic process progresses.
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  The subsequent two limbs are Asana and pranayama.
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  Also not provides the solid seat upon which The yogic Experience
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  rests. It does not refer only to the
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  physical posture, but to the seat of Consciousness in the
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  being to ensure stability and solidity, as the forces acting
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  in the being increased and intensify pranayama, involves
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  balancing the breathing process to bring a state of Harmony.
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  And Equanimity to the being And to gain control over the mental
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  and emotional processes which are intimately linked to the
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  flow of The Prana. In the being all four of these
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  steps in Raja yoga represent, purification Tori and
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  Preparatory, stage has to allow the further four steps to bear
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  fruit without harming or destroying the body, the life
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  energy, or the mind of the practitioner.
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  Although it could be said that the advanced forms of pranayama
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  are not simply prepare ettore but are actually an
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  implementation stage in the yogic process.
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  SRI aurobindo writes, quote, the Rousey Yogi's are right in
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  putting purification in front of everything as I was also, right?
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  And putting it in front along with concentration, in the
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  synthesis of yoga. You have only to look about you
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  to see that experiences and even realizations cannot bring one to
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  the goal. If this is not done at any
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  moment, they can fall owing to the vital still being impure.
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  Or and full of ego Equanimity and peace.
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  In all conditions in all parts of the being is the first
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  foundation of the yogic status. Peace is the first condition
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  without which nothing else can be stable and quote.
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  Reference SRI aurobindo and the mother growing within the
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  psychology of inner development, chapter for growth of
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  Consciousness. First steps and Foundation page
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  62.