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There is yoga of the body, yoga of the speech and yoga of the mind. Such yogas increase worldly physical energies but they do not lead to liberation. Only through Atma-yoga does one achieve liberation.
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There are those who practice mental yoga (manoyoga), and intellectual yoga (buddhiyoga) in this world. There are people with right kind of intellect and the wrong kind, some with pure and some with perverted intellect. There are all kinds of yogis, some practice physical yoga (dehayoga) doing penance; some practice yoga of the speech (vachanyoga) these are lawyers. There are so many different forms of yoga but Atma-yoga is the only real yoga, the rest are ayoga (exercise of the non-Self). If you are in the state of the Self i.e. atma-yoga and your mind begins to show you all kinds of things, tell your mind to go away or else you will insult it, tell it to come later on. The experience you acquire in the state of the Self will never fade away. Anything that you have come to know besides your real Self is ignorance. After becoming the Self whatever you come to know is considered real knowledge. Atmayoga is Self-Realization. GnanYoga, being the Self, is the ultimate doctrine. Tri-yoga, the three yogas of mind, speech and body is a false doctrine.
Nirvikalp Samadhi: Bliss of Freedom From Ego
The peace one experiences in the various paths of yoga is transient. It allays the internal disturbance of the thoughts, speech and acts temporarily. There is never an experience of the bliss of liberation in it. Only the atmayogi experiences the bliss of liberation.
What is true samadhi - the state of the Self? The samadhi that is acquired through physical exertion and toil only works as long as the yogi is practicing it. It is like winding the handle of the engine; it lasts as long as effort is put in it. Permanent bliss is attained only when nirvikalp samadhi, the state of the Self, the
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Aptavani-1 state without ego is attained. It is a natural and effortless samadhi. It is present even when you are performing your daily activities. It remains with you even when you are fighting. Liberation is such a samadhi.
Vikalpi, a person with ego, 'I am Chandulal' can never be a nirvikalpi (ego-less, the Self). Those who have naturally become nirvikalpi can elevate others to this state. Nirvikalp samadhi is one where the body and the Self remain completely separate, they never become one under any circumstances.
Upon the elimination of 'I-ness' and 'my-ness' (sankalp'I' in the wrong place. Vikalp- my or mine), the self becomes Self, nirvikalp. This cannot happen without the knowledge of the Self. Many yogis have managed to get rid of all their sankalpvikalp except the 'I am' - but there is no spiritual illumination there. Nevertheless such yogis rise to a high level and have spiritual luster, but they do not have Gnan - real knowledge. The Soul has its own intrinsic properties, it's own dharma (its own function and duty) and it's own phases. The Self is invisible and flawless. The Self expresses fully in a Gnani Purush. Unless you become aware of the Self you cannot become That. Natural samadhi is such that it never leaves even amidst widespread destruction and annihilation. All other spiritual attempts are imaginary. The relative self is indirect light. The real Self is infinite, direct light - it remains only as the Knower and the Seer. Gnan is that which gives closure and peace to the mind from all aspects. Samadhi, which prevails despite full awareness of all the fives senses is real samadhi.
Non-attachment in every circumstance and phase of life is absolute samadhi (perfect attunement with the Self).
How can one attain samadhi by pinching the nose (pranayam)? Try pinching a child's nostril - he will immediately bite you. You can suffocate by doing that. Absence of adhi
