Abstract Thinking: [35.09] - Practice & Technique - The Anupreksha of Patience

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Subject

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Mahaprana Dhvani

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Kayotsarga (Self-Awareness by Relaxation)

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Drink in the yellow colour with each inhalation. As you breathe in, visualize that the atoms of yellow are entering your body.

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Practise yellow-coloured meditation on the Centre of Vital energy.

• That is, focus your attention on the Centre of Vital Energy (located on the tip of the nose) and visualize that your whole being is bathed in yellow.

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Keep your attention focussed on the Centre of Vital Energy and say to yourself:

• "I shall develop in myself the capacity to bear any predicament; I shan't be vanquished by circumstance."

Repeat the above sentence aloud 9 times; and then repeat it mentally 9 times.

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Pursue your contemplation as follows:

• He who is impatient, does not know how to wait for the right occasion; his mind is ever restless.
• Restlessness upsets the mind; it undermines memory and the power of concentration.
• It is very necessary to exercise patience.
• I shall be patient.

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Complete the exercise with the recitation of Mahaprana Dhvani.

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