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LECTURE SIX
SYNOPSIS
* Having known the connecting link of the ephemeral
human body, man should renounce sex-indulgence. * Perform kāyotsarga with the knees bent upwards and the
head bent downwards. * The aim of our pilgrimage : ascent of consciousness. * Sexual desire and the craving for tasty objects are two
basic tendencies. * Consciousness remains trapped in the sex-centres. * This is the centre of ārta-raudsa-dhyāna, meditation and
adharma leśyās (evil coloration). * The navel is the connecting link. * The beginning of the ascent from the heart. * When the upward journey has begun, natural tendencies
will continue to be operative, but being deprived of the strength which energy gives them, they will become calm
and will not bear fruit. * Steady sitting expends less energy. * Tapa is the main propelling force in the journey upwards. * Additionl storing of energy. * The upward trend of energy.
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