DHYANA ~ Unbroken Concentration ~ | The WISDOM podcast | S3 E100

<p></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">Dhyana ~ Unbroken Concentration</p> <p style="text-align:center;">The WISDOM podcast  Season 3  Episode 100</p> <p style="text-align:center;"> </p> <p style="text-align:center;">~ ‘Meditation is the continuous and effortless flow of attentive awareness towards the object of concentration.’  ~ Yoga Sutra 3:2  ~</p> <p style="text-align:center;" align="left">💜</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>The first four steps of yoga deal with the purification of body and mind. In the pratyahara stage, the mind becomes completely free from the interference of external objects caused by the senses. After the stage of pratyahara, the mind will be ready to experience the higher state, called Dharana (concentration) and Dhyana (meditation). </p> <p> </p> <p>The larger purpose of achieving Dhyana is to take another step towards Samadhi, or complete identification with the Divine, the Universe, or however you like to imagine something that is larger than yourself. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Resources: <a href='https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Yoga_Book.html?id=3Ts2OQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y'>The Yoga Book: A </a><a href='https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Yoga_Book.html?id=3Ts2OQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y'>P</a><a href='https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Yoga_Book.html?id=3Ts2OQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y'>ractical and Spiritual Guide to Self-</a><a href='https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Yoga_Book.html?id=3Ts2OQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y'>Realization by Stephen Sturgess</a></p> <p>and <a href='https://chopra.com/bio/michelle-fondin'>Michelle Fondin</a>  ~ dhyana-the-seventh-limb-of-yoga</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Dharana (the Sixth Limb of the Yoga Sutras)</p> <p><a href='https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-ujerp-13e3add'>DHARANA ~ Calm Focusing of the Mind  S3 E98</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-58z69-13e7490'>DHARANA ~ Strategies for Focus and Concentration</a><a href='https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-58z69-13e7490'> S3 E99</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Pratyahara (the Fifth Limb of the Yoga Sutras)</p>