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          SHROTRA  AAKASHAYOH  SAMBANDHA  SAIYAMAT  DIWYAM  SHROTRAM

BY DOING SAIYAM -CONCENTRATION  ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN  THE EAR  AND

                         THEE AAKASH  ONE ACQUIRES  SUPER SENSORY  HEARING

          In this Sutra now that are pointing to the DNYANENDRIYAS -organs of PERCEPTION. As one may collect we have 5 PRANAS, we have 5 DNYANENDRIYAS and 5 Karmendriyas -Organs of Actions . The Dnyanendriyas  are the organs of perception, namely the TOUCH,SMELL,VISION, HEARING AND THE TASTE.The KARMENDRIYAS- ORGANS of ACTIONS are namely ,Hands, Legs, ,Procreation,Excretion and the SPEECH .

     In the Sutra 36 ,there was mention of all the 5 super sensory  perception of the their qualities . This one is similar ,but it is also talking about the 5 great elements , namely the AAKASH OR ETHER,,VAYU or the WIND -AIR, TEJ or the LIGHT-ENERGY, AAP-WATER, and the PRUTHVI-EARTH. Each one of this is related to out physical body's DNYANENDRIYAS. So the EAR or the HEARING is related to AAKASH- ETHER OR SPACE. The the VAUY or the WIND is related to the SPARSH-OR TOUCH,EYES TO THE TEJ OR ENERGY,, the RASA-TASTE to WATER and ,GANDH-SMELL to Earth . Each one has the qualities of the previous one . So the Earth , we can smell,taste touch ans see and it has space. The water we can see,touch, has taste and has space has energy, but we can not smell it . And so on The AAKASH or space or ETHER can not be seen or touched or smelled or tastes.
     The Ear has hollow canal outside of the Tympanic membrane add then there is some space inside the ear beyond the Tympanic membrane. This just like drum where the space is inside the drum and outside the drum , so when there are vibrations one can hear the sound.  If the space outside the membrane is obliterated then one can nor perceive the sound and same hold true when the space inside the membrane is obliterated. So as one can see the SPACE is essential to the function of the ear.
      When one concentrates upon this  and has   mastery over it , then he can perceive super sensory sounds.. Out ear has a range of certain wave length of sound wave , that we can perceive . If the Wave length is above or bellow his range . we can not perceive them . With the meditation , one overcome this limit of human ear.So in this one we have to understand the relationship between the Ear and the Space . 

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                                                 SAMANA  JAYAT  JWALANAM

              BY HAVING  VICTORY OVER  SAMANA  ONE GETS BODY-FIRE OR HEAT

        As mentioned in the last Sutra , there are 5 PRANAS and  in these Sutras we are told as to what powers to expect when one has full  control over them when he doe Saiyama or concentrates on them. So we saw in last Sutra that when one can control the UDANA, , one can walk over water , mud , thorn etc . Now in this Sutra we are told that when one concentrates on SAMANA. The SAMANA is the absorption of food and nutrient and as we saw the place is in abdomen.. The food produces the energy and the heat. So when one has control on SAMANA , he or she can produce heat or even fire at will from the body.

         One has to remember that these Sutras are telling us as to the powers or SIDHHIS that one attains when he has perfected the meditation and has full control over various things . This is not something that one will see in his day to day life and may never see it at all. I do not know anyone who has achieved these powers and those who do have it will never 'use' them or show off them. But there are examples of this in  PURANAS and other stories. There was a King called Sagar and his sons were burned by KAPILMOONI by the fire that came out of his body when he created the heat to it's highest level . When DNYANESHWAR did this and created the heat , his sister ,MUKTABAI did cook what is called PANAGE .
     None of us have any control as to what we eat , let alone the control over the heat that food produces !!

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    UDANA  JAYAT  JALA  PANKA  KANTAKA  ADISHU  ASANGA  UTKRANTICHY

BY HAVING VICTORY OVER UDANA, ONE CAN WALK OVER WITHOUT  TOUCHING

WATER, MUD, OR THORN  AND HE ATTAINS UPWARD MOVEMENT AFTER DEATH (OR

                                              HAS  DEATH WHEN HE DESIRES.)

    In last few Sutra we are being told about the powers that one attains when he or she concentrates on different things. In this Sutra we are told about what happens when we have control over UDANA.So we need to understand what is UDANA ,

   As we know there are 5 PRANAS, namely PRANA , APANA , UDANA , SAMANA, AND VYANA. The various  PRANAS  can be considered as a function of energy . When we eat or drink the food goes down and the residue -undigested material comes out These things are due to the APANA. So the gastrointestinal tract is place of APANA. The food is digested and then the nutrients are absorbed and this happens due to liver,pancreas and stomach and small intestine etc .This is due to SAMANA. The location of SAMANA is bellow the heart and above the belly button. If something bad, irritating comes in the body,it is thrown out -bad food from stomach , tears from eyes, cough and sneezing etc . This is due to UDANA. The place for UDANA is nose, throat,eyes, etc The fresh air is taken in and oxygen enters blood and it is circulated by heart . This is the PRANA. The place for the PRANA is from heart to nostrils , including lungs . The various organs have to function properly and need to get the nutrients and the oxygen . This may be stated as circulation or VYAN.

      So the UDANA is throwing out or LIFTING UP .So when one does meditation and has perfected control on various aspects of Prana he achieves powers. UDANA or UDDANA is flying . So when one has this power or control . he can be floating over water or mud or thorn without touching them .
    He also 'goes upward' after death. He follows  NORTHERN PATHWAY. Northern as oppose to SOUTHERN path is going towards the SUN or the SPIRITUAL EYE or the SAHASTRADHAR CHAKRA.North is upwards and SOUTH is downwards -towards procreation-excretion-hunger -the lower CHAKRAS. 
      

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            BANDHA  KAARAN  SHAITHALYAT  PRACHAR  SAUVEDANACHCHA

                                     CHITYASYA  PARA SHARIRA  PRAVESHAH

 BY  RELAXING  THE BONDAGE'S THAT BIND THE CHITTA  TO THE BODY ,  AND

                   GAINING  THE  KNOWLEDGE  OF THE  MOVEMENT  OF  CHITTA,

                                         YOGI  CAN  ENTER    THE  OTHER  BODY

     This sutra is little different . It goes beyond the common understanding of science. To understand this Sutra one must know the basic concept of the Vaidic religion . To  summarize in short , we have 3 bodies and these are physical , Astral and Causal. We have Chitta - the mind stuff and the ego and the intellect. The so called death is that of physical body and the 2 other bodies , namely the Astral and the Causal  continue to exist. The CHITTA and the ego and the intellect continue too after the death. The impressions -  from our actions or experiences are stored as memories in physical brain . But they are stored in abstract form in Astral body - brain . So at the time of death we loose the physical body , but the impression and the ego and the intellect all continue to the next life . Our attachment to our present physical body is strong.So we are unable to GIVE IT UP.. This is the bondage that is talked about in this Sutra .

     In Vaidic religion the ANTAHKARAN  includes mind ,ego and intellect. There is no comparable English word for that. When we are born , we come with our PRARBDHA KARMA the Karma that are going to come to fruition with the GIVEN SHARIR - physical body. Our happiness and sorrow and enjoyment and the suffering is related to the physical body and it/s relationship to others. So when my mother or father dies  it is mother or father of THIS PHYSICAL BODY that I am born with.If I had different physical body , it would have different parents. So 'I' can not give up my this physical body until all the Karmas that are going to come to fruition have been done with. But If I can control my saunskaras or the impressions from the last life , then I would have no problem giving up this body and enter NEW or different one as I have no bondage to this body or Karma . So the bondage due to Karma must be released before this can be achieved.
     
      There are 3 things that are needed to do . The bondage between the CHITTA and the physical body is due to the Impressions from previous life . So the first thing to  achieve is to calm the Chitta and reduce the attachments that occur due to the impressions. The second one is to be able to 'move' the Chitta from the physical body and lastly the ability to 'enter' the other body . So the process has 2 components. One may ask a question -why do you need to do it . I think the answer is 'if one feels need to do this , he will not be able to reach that level of meditation to use it or need it.' I think this is to tell us to what happens when we are attached to the body and what can be done when one detach the attachment to body.

       I tried to look for such need and came across a story when MASHYSHANKARACHARYA was involved in spreading the vedic religion and had to fight with Buddhists monks . He defeated Mandanmishra. But his wife needed to be also defeated . She asked a question in relation to KAMASHASTRA . He had no experience in that area and so would have been unable to answer . So he decided to enter body of a king who had experience in Kamashastra , and then he could answer the questions .
      I don't think  any one of us have to worry about such a thing !!

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                    TE  SAMADHAU  UPSARG  VYUTTHANOE  SIDHYAYAH

THEY (THE POWERS THAT ARE OBTAINED DESCRIBED IN LAST SUTRA)ARE  THE

OBSTACLE TO THE 'SEEDLESS -ASAMPRADNYATA  SAMADHI  AS  THE SIDHHIS OR THE

              POWERS  ARE RELATED  TO MIND -SAMPRADNYAT  SAMADHI

     This Sutra is continuation of the last one . As the meditation continues to get better, one starts getting these powers as have been described in the last Sutra. On e can get trapped in the powers as they give rise to Ego. Think about it , no one is attracted to a Yogi who can teach meditation or who is not interested in day to day life activities . We all flock to the 'YPGI' who can perform the miracles or show the powers -like telling about something that no one else can tell or seeing something that ordinary people can't . So without miracles , no one has respect. So there is a rap or attraction to show off these powers . But these powers are related to the MIND  and the idea of SEEDLESS SAMADHI is to not get entangled with mind. The emotions and the attachments are seeds for disturbances in the Samadhi and will pull one down from getting to the seedless Samadhi. The attachment to the powers or the SIDHHIS leads to downfall and so this must be avoided. 

VIBHUTI PAAD SUTRA -36

     TATAH  PRITIBHA  SHRAVAN  VEDANA  ADARSH  ASWAD  VARTA  JAYANTE


THEN  (BY CONCENTRATING ON SELF) ONE  DEVELOPS  INTUITIVE  MIND  THROUGH

WHICH  ONE  GETS  SUPER SENSITIVE  PERCEPTION  OF  SOUND  TOUCH  SIGHT

                                                            TASTE  AND  SMELL

    In this Sutra we are told as to the SIDHHIS that are developed or attained when one continues the progress in the meditation. This is just the continuation of the previous Sutra theme. So when one can concentrate on the SELF , he develops the super sensitivity of the 5 sense perception .The human ear has limitation on the frequencies that it can perceive.So if the sound has frequency higher or the lower than the range , we will not hear it . The dog has different frequency range and so the dog can hear certain sounds that we human beings can not. Same is the story of every sense perception. The pressure required to 'feel' the touch is much higher on the heal or the sole of the foot than one in eyes.If the sensitivity was same then we could not walk and the eyes will be damaged.But with the meditation on the self , one gets intuition. and that leads to perception of things that are beyond the human physical sense organ range. So the sound that can not be heard , the touch that can nor be perceived or the things that can not be seen by ordinary human beings , will be perceived by person that has achieved these POWERS-OR SIDHHIS .

           In the beginning of the meditation , one gets these at random . So one may for no reason obvious.will KNOW certain news -an accident or birth of some relatives that he has no way of knowing etc. He will not know why he knew about it . but these come spontaneously at random. This is intuition . But with higher level of meditation,these powers are at command and not at random.
            Please note that this applies to all the perception that we have.