Concentration: This involves “Dharana Dhyana and samadhi”

Mind always works in a pattern or habit (this is a grove formed by the flow of energy with characteristics pertaining to that act (path of flow of energy that provides easy and least restriction to the flow of energy that is triggered by focusing the consciousness on any topic / subject / object /act). This is strengthened due to repetition of the acts deliberately done by the individual. These may be due to the pleasure it gets from that act or the individual anticipates pleasure from the act, or thinks that every time he /she or the consciousness interacts with the same manner, he /she or the consciousness automatically will enjoy the pleasure in a similar experience or better way to ensure complete satisfaction that was experienced in the past). The real fact or our experience is that there is nothing in this world that can give us complete satisfaction, as everything in this manifested world is designed in such a way that we will time and again indulge with them so that there is a continuous need for the existence of it in this universe, this is the only force that keeps it operating (this is the force of desire that we have developed or that is inbuilt in us). This is the main aim of sadhana or practice which we are trying to change by the path of YOGA.

This tells us two things: - 1) If I repeat an act it will become a pattern or habit or the acts that are required to be remembered should be repeated or acts done on a routine bases will automatically follow a pattern or form a habit. These are stored in the active memory. 2) The act must be done with pleasure or some sort of pleasure should be derived from it, pleasure need not be immediate but the mind should anticipate it in the near future to ensure we are attached to it. This can be achieved by ensuring deliberately by giving ourselves a treat for doing the act (like a pat on the back, an outing to a place of fun, praise from someone, or a simple snack of something nice, encouraging oneself or by someone else).

Mind is space or energy field (A FIRE, called Jana Agni also or manas Agni) or each individual develops his own space or energy field or fire or vision. This starts from the basic nature desire or love or the need to experience oneself, this takes shape as it depends on our understanding, and thus it varies with individuals. Fire or vision is in the form of energy as light (understanding), heat (experience), and sound (shape or boundaries) created by dispersing the concentrated energy that is in the form of basic elements as fuel by the action or interaction with of oxygen and matter; this is displayed as space or field of energy and perceived by the senses. This space created by the mind is filled with electric and magnetic signals mostly, it may also contain distorted unclear things which are not understood, which are stored as information in records or memory (both active and dormant) collected and transmitted by the sense organs from the beginning or birth of consciousness or when the consciousness separated itself to experience the desire of the one supreme omnipotent, for each acts or event. When energy (bindhu in motion) formed union with the reflected energy as light, heat, and sound, it changed them to form the 5 powers that gave birth to consciousness. Most of the emotional are modifications or results of the interaction of energy are created by this consciousness by defining them and comparing it with everything else, that was formed subsequently. Desire is the spontaneous pulse of energy emitted by these uncompleted or not understood things, trying to attract the consciousness. Remember an understood thing puts an end to the activity of the intellect pertaining to that topic.

Concentration “Dharana” can also be said to cause energy to become dense or denser, bring into focus or to converge, or cause energy to modify with an intention to converge, or alignment of ideas or emotions comparing it with that which was accepted and understood by us in the past. This can also correlated to the situation caused by cold, shivering due to a sense of contraction or stiffness that causes muscles to stress by a involuntary continuous effort concentrate the heat energy to some place, this restricts flow of blood and vital energy to all the cells there by stressing them due to contraction, or this gives us a feeling of sorrow or pain (Concentration “Dharana” or localized or global with respect to the body, either internally or externally). Concentration “Dharana” can also focus attention or one of the energies in the subtle level that may be experienced (detected by the senses due to difference). Concentration “Dharana” can cause an opposite act of dispersing or diffusing energy also(that which was concentrated), by the action of heat (expansion, a feeling of pleasure & warmth (uniform heat). The sense of relaxation in which all the stressed muscles are free to allow flow of blood and vital energy to all the cells to relax them generating joy). As experienced when consciousness is free.  It is a fact that all particles in this universe continuously expels and absorbs energy in light or heat or sound, similar to the way we breathe. Thus, the act of concentration and dispersion can be understood as a similar act

Maximum clarity or distinctness of an image is rendered by a condensation, similar to change of the three basic states of nature (satwa, rajas or tamas) by sound to form energy and then further interaction of energy by expansion to gases (hazy state at first or less clear) and then to a state of fire (here it takes more definite shape) and then to a liquid state (drops, here the internal and external reflection of things starts giving more clarity that has a clear distinct shape) and then to solid (a very clear shape as perceived by the sense organs, we can safely say that the preliminary stages are perceived by the subtle senses as essence of the gross senses, in the gross level this is perceived by our senses as they are magnified either by the phenomenon of resonance (natural frequency of the involved medium) or damping which causes denser things. A change of substance directly from the solid to the gaseous state or visa versa without becoming liquid will dissolve the image (sublimation) or manifest solid objects these are stages we attain as we become adapts in sadhana of yoga. Ether (pure energy) has a quality of interacting with energy and damping its vibration thereby creating heat, sound or light. Consciousness (conscious or emotion ,subjective aspect of feeling) is that sensation that is responsible to make us aware of a particular energy (thought or feeling) by generating an emotion or feeling in one or more senses; the more the no of senses involved establishes the event more firmly. The electro-magnetic field developed due to the flow of bioelectricity and bio magnetism enables the visionary image (interference patterns in the fire). Formation of a mental image as the rapid fluctuations of voltage within parts of the brain and electromagnetic radiations that can produce a detectable visual sensation, something that explains that it is not perceived as real but as an image only, and is not present to the senses but only an illusionary effect detected by the senses. The interaction of ether (pure energy) with other basic elements (ether, air, fire, water, and earth) causes all the desired functions; our desire is the superimposed demand on the natural situation. THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM STARTS, as most of our demands may not be in harmony with the nature. (Most of us say or want “I WANT THIS TO BE LIKE THIS OR THAT”).

Think of mind as a medium that reflects everything that is brought to it by the senses. Eyes can perceive only when the reflections of light fall on the object; similarly ears can perceive only when sound reflects or vibration reflects from the object, so it can be said of others senses. Reflection is possible only if light, heat or sound exist in any sphere. So what is reflected in the sense of internal sphere related to mind? Say electric signals of vision of the sun brought to the mind by the eyes, we define it with feelings and words consciously this is the first step in building the reflection, or unconsciously store it in our memory as a experience, and compare this with the present (bring forward its stored information from memory or create a refection of the present object we are looking at), this is the next step in building the reflection. If there are differences between them then there will be a potential difference, this is detected by the intellectual power to give us consciousness that it is different, in short this gives us the joy of recognizing it, and triggers a series of actions automatically, if no difference is detected there is no potential difference, it stops all further action giving rise to a feeling of peace as intellectual power stops further comparison. Intellect is put to rest due to understanding. For this short interval the intellect searches for other new things to compare most of the activity are stopped, we are in union with the object and the memory of it. WE ARE TRYING TO COME TO THIS STATE THROUGH YOGA; THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL OBJECTS WE ARE TRYING TO COME TO A STATE OF UNION WITH EVERYTHING BY REMOVING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EVERYTHING HERE DUALITY IS REMOVED.  Thus it is said that we need to go beyond the mind by bringing the intellect to a standstill state to experience everything as one, yes with all the existing difference as others view or experience it but with the understanding that it is all the same.

To be continued to describe Dhyana and samadhi.