Yogic Diet
A Sadhaka should observe perfect discipline. He must
be civil, polite, courteous, gentle, noble and gracious in his behaviour. He must have perseverance, adamantine will, asinine
patience and leech-like tenacity in Sadhana. He must be perfectly self-controlled, pure and devoted to the Guru.
A glutton or one who is a slave of his senses with several
bad habits, is unfit for the spiritual path.
Mitaharam vina yastu yogarambham tu karayet;
Nanarogo bhavettasya kinchit yogo na siddhyati
Without observing moderation of diet, if one takes to the
Yogic practices, he cannot obtain any benefit but gets various diseases (Ghe. Sam. V-16).
Food plays a prominent place in Yoga-Sadhana. An aspirant
should be very careful in the selection of articles of Sattvic nature especially in the beginning of his Sadhana period. Later
on when Siddhi is attained, drastic dietetic restrictions can be removed.
Purity of food leads to purity of mind. Sattvic food
helps meditation. The discipline of food is very very necessary for Yogic Sadhana. If the tongue is controlled, all the other
Indriyas are controlled.
Ahara-suddhau sattva-suddhih, sattva-suddhau
dhruva smritih; Smriti-lambhe sarva-granthinam viprarnokshahBy the purity of food follows the purification of the inner
nature, by the purification of the nature, memory becomes firm and on strengthening the memory, follows the loosening of all
ties and the wise get Moksha thereby.
PRANAYAMA FOR AWAKENING KUNDALINI
When you practise the following, concentrate on the Muladhara Chakra at the base of the spinal column, which is triangular in form and
which is the seat of the Kundalini Shakti. Close the right nostril with your right thumb. Inhale through the left nostril
till you count 3 Oms slowly. Imagine that you are drawing the Prana with the atmospheric air. Then close the left nostril
with your little and ring fingers of the right hand. Then retain the breath for 12 Oms. Send the current down the spinal column
straight into the triangular lotus, the Muladhara Chakra. Imagine that the nerve-current is striking against the lotus and
awakening the Kundalini. Then slowly exhale through the right nostril counting 6 Oms. Repeat the process from the right nostril
as stated above, using the same units, and having the same imagination and feeling. This Pranayama will awaken the Kundalini
quickly. Do it 3 times in the morning and 3 times in the evening. Increase the number and time gradually and cautiously according
to your strength and capacity. In this Pranayama, concentration on the Muladhara Chakra is the important thing. Kundalini
will be awakened quickly if the degree of concentration is intense and if the Pranayama is practised regularly. Continued........... Kundalini Shakti The Divine Force Part-4
Kundalini Shakti The Divine Force & Coming Of Consciousness
