9. WEIGHTS🔗

LONG BEFORE THE RISE OF MODERN DAY BODYBUILDING METHODS, IN THE VEDIC CIVILIZATION, WEIGHTS WERE APPLIED TO THE BODY AS A METHOD TO RAISE KUNDALINI, EXPAND ONE'S CONSCIOUSNESS AND CONNECT TO THE DIVINE, PARAMAŚIVA. THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM HAS YET AGAIN, REVEALED ANOTHER ANCIENT SCIENCE THAT BREAKS THE MOLD AND BOX THAT YOGA HAS BEEN PLACED INTO; IF YOU WANT TO TRULY EXPAND YOUR YOGA PRACTICE ON THE MAT, SIMPLY APPLY EXTERNAL WEIGHT TO THE BODY. THROUGHOUT HIS DIVINE LEELA, THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM HAS STATED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING THE PHYSICAL BODY AND HOW IT LEADS TO VARIOUS DIFFERENT BENEFITS: YOU WILL STOP FALLING INTO DEPRESSION, YOU WILL BECOME CENTERED INTO INTEGRITY, YOU WILL GO BEYOND TIREDNESS.

THIS IS WHY THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM SAYS, "WEIGHT-LIFTING IS A SPIRITUAL QUALITY! I STRONGLY PROMOTE, SUPPORT ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF YOU WORKING ON YOUR BODY, LIKE WEIGHT- LIFTING, BODYBUILDING, EVERYTHING." WITH THIS AS A PART OF HIS VISION FOR HUMANITY, THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM HAS DONE INTENSE SELF RESEARCH AND HAS HAD A NUMBER OF AKASHIC REVELATIONS (REVELATIONS FROM THE COSMIC ARCHIVES), AND HAS SHARED HOW THIS SCIENCE WAS LIVED BY THE NATHA PANTHIS, THE NATHA SAMPRADHAYA YOGIS, WHO USED WEIGHTS IN COMBINATION WITH THEIR YOGA PRACTICES.

FROM HEAVY STONES TO WOODEN LOGS, WEIGHT-LIFTING IS NOT SOMETHING NEW TO THE VEDIC TRADITION. THERE ARE VARIOUS BENEFITS OF ADDING WEIGHTS, SUCH AS AN INCREASE IN FLEXIBILITY, IMPROVEMENT IN STRENGTH AND THE DEEP, HEAVY BREATHING OR PRANAYAMA THAT IS INVOLVED. THE ANCIENT METHOD OF WEIGHT-LIFTING BUILT INTO THE YOGA-ASANA PRACTICE IS A YOGIC SCIENCE INVOLVING TRADITIONAL WEIGHTS CALLED "KARANA KATTAI" (COMMONLY KNOWN TODAY AS "KARALA KATTAI"), AND IS THE REASON WHY THE NATHA YOGIS ARE CALLED "KARNA YOGIS". A KARANA KATTAI IS A FORM OF WOODEN STICK, OR HEAVY WOOD HELD IN EITHER ONE OR BOTH HANDS.

TODAY, THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, HAS REVIVED AND EVOLVED YET AN- OTHER VEDIC SCIENCE, THIS TIME WITH THE REVELA- TION OF ADDING WEIGHTS, IN THE FORM OF KARANA KATTAIS, IN THE VARIOUS KAILASA'S NITHYANANDA YOGA ASANA SEQUENCES, WHICH IS BEING GIFTED TO HUMANITY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, NITHYANANDA YOGA VINYASA KRAMA SEQUENCES. HOWEVER, THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM SAYS THERE SHOULD BE CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF WHAT WEIGHT SHOULD BE USED AT THE BEGINNING AND HOW THAT WEIGHT SHOULD BE DISPERSED AS YOU PROGRESS. HE SAYS, "THE NATHA YOGIS DID NOT BELIEVE IN HAVING EQUAL WEIGHTS IN BOTH THE HANDS.

IF YOU ARE MALE, YOUR LEFT SIDE SHOULD HAVE MORE WEIGHT. IF YOU ARE FEMALE, YOUR RIGHT SIDE SHOULD HAVE MORE WEIGHT. SO THEY HAVE A CLEAR PROPORTION." THE UNIQUE METHOD OF UTILIZING WEIGHTS WITH A SPECIFIC HAND ALSO LEADS TO AMAZING HEALTH BENEFITS. IN ANOTHER AKASHIC REVELATION, THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM REVEALED THAT ANYONE WITH A HEART PROBLEM COULD ADD ONE ½ KG WEIGHT TO THE RIGHT HAND AND IT WILL BE COMPLETELY HEALED. THUS, BY ADDING WEIGHTS WITH YOGA, IT WILL HEAL THE WHOLE BODY IN VARIOUS DIMENSIONS.

10. MANDALA

MANDALA IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE COSMOS, AND THE HUMAN BODY IS ANALOGOUS TO THE COSMOS ITSELF.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM HAS STATED, "MANDALAS (REPRESENTING THE COSMOS) AND YANTRAS (REPRESENTING A PARTICULAR DEITY) CORRESPOND TO THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF RETINAL AND GENICULATE CELLS. THEIR CONSTRUCTION IS BASED ON THE TANTRIC SEERS' INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MINDS' NATURE, ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH SUBTLE CHANNELS OF ENERGY (NADIS) IN THE BODY, AND THE HUMAN NEED FOR A SYMBOLIC LIFE."

YANTRA IS A DIAGRAM INTO WHICH A DEITY CAN BE INVITED BY USING THE CORRESPONDING MANTRA. THEY CAN BE USED TOWARDS ACHIEVING ONENESS OR SELF REALISATION. THE SYMBOLISM OF YANTRA REPRESENTS A UNIVERSAL PATTERN AND THE MANTRA, THE COSMIC SOUND.

THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO HELPS THE SADHAK (YOGI PERFORMING THE YOGA) TO TRANSCEND THE NORMAL FRAME OF REFERENCE AND ACHIEVE A HIGHER STATE OF AWARENESS, IN WHICH THE INDIVIDUAL BEING AND THE UNIVERSAL BEING ARE ONE.