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Contents
PREFACE ............................................................................ 9
ALLOW ME! .................................................................... 13
The Unrealized Knowledge ............................................ 13
Work Towards Experience ............................................. 15
Let Go of That Identity; Have a Real Vacation! ............. 16
Revel in the Revelation ................................................. 18
Meaning of Atma Spurana and the Koshas ..................... 18
Meaning of Atman – Story from Mahabharata ............. 20
The Goal of This Program – Making the Self Alive ....... 21
Meaning of Upanishad – ‘Just Sitting’ .......................... 23
Sitting with the master ................................................. 23
Beyond Techniques… Do not miss! .............................. 24
The Alchemy ................................................................. 25
Don’t Judge, Just Relax ................................................ 26
Dive In! ........................................................................... 26
Mistake Your Identity! ................................................. 31
Completely Open … Listen… ........................................ 33
Make Friends … Just Out of Innocence ........................ 35
Practicing the Upanishad ............................................... 37
Be Inside Your Boundary … Help the Process ............. 39
Be With Sincerity .......................................................... 43
The Happening ............................................................. 44
Owner’s Manual for the Mind .......................................... 46
The Master’s Effect on Your TPS .................................... 53
TPS and Koshas – the Relationship .................................. 54
Questions and Answers ................................................... 60
ANNAMAYA KOSHA ............................................. 72
Revisiting Koshas - from a Healing Perspective .............. 72
What is God? ................................................................ 74
The Physical Layer – How You Create It ......................... 75
Evolution of Man – Western Versus vedic Theories ......... 76
A Small Prayer Before We Start ..................................... 79
Glimpse of an Enlightened Being – What It Can Do .... 80
Questions and Answers ................................................... 83
Choosing an Enlightened Physiology .............................. 85
Start Now – Clean and Reprogram Yourself! ................. 86
You Are Not Just a Bio-Mechanism; You Are
Consciousness ................................................................. 88
Meditation
- Expel the Animal Engrams .......................................... 92 vedic Tradition – Here and Now .................................... 94 Relive and Relieve! .......................................................... 96 How You Will Emerge ................................................. 101 Questions and Answers ................................................. 104
PRANAMAYA KOSHA ......................................... 128
Prana and the Five Vital Processes ................................. 128
Bring In Awareness ....................................................... 130
Meditation
- Breath Awareness ....................................................... 133
Questions and Answers .................................................... 137
Auxiliary Simple Humming Meditation ........................ 162
'Just Sitting' again... ..................................................... 163
Questions and Answers .................................................... 164
MANOMAYA KOSHA ............................................. 195
Introduction and Meditation ......................................... 195
'Just Sitting' again ... .................................................... 198
Questions and Answers .................................................... 199
VIGNANAMAYA KOSHA .................................... 215
Koshas and Boundaries .................................................... 215
Reside Deeper Within .................................................... 216
Awareness Is the Key .................................................... 217
Meditation ........................................................................ 220
- Visualization of expansion ........................................... 220
ANANDAMAYA KOSHA ........................................ 225
What The Masters Say ..................................................... 225
Our Two Pseudo Identities ............................................. 226
The Ancient Tradition Holds The Key ........................... 227
Understanding And Moving Beyond .............................. 228
Preparing To Unclutch ................................................... 229
The Unclutch Technique ................................................. 232
- Breaking the pain and joy shafts ................................... 232 Meditation ........................................................................ 236 Nithya Dhyaan - Life Bliss Meditation ........................... 236
PREFACE
The purpose of man's life is to realize the Self or the Atman and merge with Existence. Enlightened masters have realized this and have devised techniques for others to realize it as well. What is standing in the way of man in realizing this are the five body sheaths called the koshas. Man's awareness needs to be pulled through these sheaths in order to reach the Atman or Self.
The five koshas can be described as below:
♦ Annamaya kosha ('Food body') - This outermost body is made up of the food that we eat. This body represents the tangible physical body that we are all familiar with.
♦ Pranamaya kosha ('Breath body') - This body is responsible for the breath cycle in us that keeps our whole body alive.
♦ Manomaya kosha ('Mental body') - This body represents our mind - our thoughts and emotions.
♦ Vignanamaya kosha ('Intelligence body') - This body represents the subtle or supreme intelligence in us which can bring about a deeper sense of consciousness and insight into the inner and outer worlds.
♦ Anandamaya kosha ('Bliss body') - This innermost body represents unconditional joy that can be felt through communion with Existence or God.
Everyone is aware of the 'food body' and most people operate from this layer. Some strive to become aware of the inner body sheaths by practicing various meditation techniques and yoga methods.
The Life Bliss Program Level 3 - Atma Spurana Program (ATSP) is a unique meditation program wherein the five sheaths are discussed in detail and techniques taught to pull our awareness through these sheaths to realize the Self. The Taitreya Upanishad forms the basis of this program.
