DHARANA ~ Calm Focusing of the Mind | The WISDOM podcast | S3 E98

<p></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">Dharana ~ Calm Focusing of the Mind</p> <p style="text-align:center;">The WISDOM podcast  Season 3  Episode 98</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">~ Concentration is the binding of the mind’s attention (focused awareness) to one particular point (to the exclusion of everything else).  ~ Yoga Sutra 3:1  ~</p> <p style="text-align:center;" align="left">💜</p> <p> </p> <p>If you’ve been joining me in this series on the Yoga Sutras ~ the eight-fold path of classic yoga, we are in this episode here at the sixth limb ~ Dharana.</p> <p> </p> <p>Classical Yoga is a system of spiritual Knowledge coming from the scriptures (the Vedas), and handed down by a lineage of teachers. </p> <p> </p> <p>Calmly focusing the full attention of the mind and consciousness on one point to the exclusion of everything else = this is dharana (concentration). </p> <p>Dharana comes from the word dhri ‘to hold firm’.</p> <p> </p> <p>This is not generalized attention where the mind is still engaged in thought-processes but to the yoga technique of ‘one-pointed’ (ekagrata) concentration: a continuous flow of consciousness inwards either on an internal object (antara-visaya), or an externalized object (bahya-visaya).</p> <p> </p> <p>Here I share the four ways to Achieve Dharana ~ in daily life + have a listen to any of the previous episodes in this series to build the spiritual practices and the teachings of living enlightened.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center;" align="left">Join me for a 30-day Stillness Challenge!</p> <p style="text-align:center;" align="left"><a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/06fb0u3rskrr8qg/5%20moments%20of%20stillness%20challenge%2004.%202023.pdf?dl=0'>Download the 30-day Habit Tracker here!</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;" align="left">Have questions?  Write to me!  dorothy@dorothyzennuriyejuno.com</p> <p align="left"> </p> <p>Resources: <a href='https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Yoga_Book.html?id=3Ts2OQAACAAJ&redir_e