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Samyama
त्रयम् एकत्र संयम Concentration, subtlization and transcendence
(dharana, dhyana, and samadhi): 'Combining these three in meditation on
one object is Samyama.' ~Patanjali, Yoga Sutras 3.4
What is the relationship between the subtlest particle in your body and the stillness of the space it whirls through?
The resonance that is the very form of the particle is not other than
the motionless vacuum in whom it vibrates. The vacuum is pure
consciousness. Experiencing this makes you lighter than air.
An eddy of emptiness in a stream of silence, flowing eternally to the place where it always already is.
Your body is subtler than a veil of moonbeams disappearing at dawn.
Knowing that you are woven out of boundless space is illumination.
This is not metaphysics. It is an infinitesimal bindhu at the tip of
your finger, the gristle in your cheekbone, a dissolute kiss, the ayin
soph of dust in a ray of sunlight.
The dance is its own
purpose. There is nothing but synchronicity. Unforeseen consequences of
unintended causes simultaneously arising as the incomprehensible Beauty
of chaos.
The word "ananda" in Sanskrit, the word "tova" in
Hebrew, the word "bliss" in English, do not convey a shadow of the
spiritual ecstasy that matter is made of.
To honor the
effervescence of the vacuum at the end of this exhalation, in the
diamond point where the next inhalation is about to arise, is to witness
the creation of the universe now.
If this is gibberish to you, ignore it. If you understand what I am struggling to say, light your face on fire with laughter.
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