Abstract
What is the relationship between the crescent desire to meditate and the expansion modes of the biological substratum? Based on such inquiry, this chapter will study meditation as a second anthropotechnical method. Inspired by the personal experience of Tantra Yoga’s practical philosophy proposed by P. R. Sarkar, this chapter will investigate the desire for limitlessness no longer mediated by smartphone screens, but by the inner screens of the mind. Therefore, it will proceed a material archeology of the mind throughout three stages: (1) mind and waves; (2) mind and point; and (3) mind and shock. As an inverted mirror (Bernardo, 2011) of mediation, the first stage studies the waves subtilization processes of the biological substratum that prepare the body to the practice of meditation. The second, describes the dotification process of other layers of the mind that are no longer visible to the human eye. The third, and last, phase thoroughly looks into the procedures of shock of the dotified mind by mantras that aim to merge the individual mind with the Cosmic Mind. We hope to escape unscathed in our endeavor concerning the modes of approximation between body and light in the search for the enlightenment of the mind.
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To those who are interested, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6eFFCi12v8, accessed on 07/27/2020.
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To know more, you can access the link: https://www.mindfulnessbrasil.com/, accessed on 07/27/2020.
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The categorization of sáttvika and two other diets, the rajásika and the tamásika, are closely related to the creating forces of the universe: the cosmic cycle or “brahmacakra.” As the name says, brahmacakra literally means the “circle of Brahma,” an infinite entity, eternal, and immutable that contains (and is present in) everything. And according to the cosmology of Tantra Yoga, Brahma is expressed by the conjugation of two principles: the cognitive principle of Purusa, a consciousness that observes the universe; and the operative principle of Prakrti, which works as a linking energy under the command of Purusa. Whereas Purusa placidly observes, Prakrti is the energy that does all the heavy lifting and acts on the densification of the Supreme Mind into palpable material. In this process, Prakrti utilizes three distinct attributes of force—the gun’as: the subtle force or sattvagun’a; the mutative force or rajogun’a; and the static force or tamogun’a. It is from the qualities of each gun’a that food is distributed into three general categories: sáttvika food, linked to the subtle force; rájasika food, related to the mutative force; and tamásika food, associated with the static force.
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A “gaúcho(a)” is everybody who was born in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, famous fot its barbecue.
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The Upanishads integrate the Vedas and can be found among the texts in Old Sanskrit that contain some of the fundamental philosophical concepts of Hinduism.
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According to Singer (2010), today we are experiencing a different level of stimuli: the hyperstimuli of the so-called neurological modernity (Singer, 2010), which entails other transformations in the structure of the experience. In it, the “intensification of the neural stimulation and the physical liability” (p. 117) are the touchstones to the composition of other ways of feeling and dealing with the contemporary sensorial regime.
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Each person has their own personalized Ista cakra , orally designated and in a presential manner by a proficient instructor of meditation. Such choice will depend on the frequency of each personal vibrational rhythm.
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In Portuguese, the saying would go as: “Aqui se faz, aqui se paga” (Here you do, here you pay).
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The universal mantra , utilized before the initiation and personalization of the Ista mantra is the sonorous significant “Baba.” Usually one of the first, if not the first, word to be uttered by babies, its meaning is “Love” and it works in the uttering of a “Ba” during the inhaling and another “ba” during the exhaling.
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“One Note Samba” (Samba de uma Nota Só) is a Brazilian song by Tom Jobim and lyrics by Newton Mendonça, a classic of Bossa Nova also recorded by artists like Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd, Ono, and Stacey Kent.
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Mozzini-Alister, C. (2021). Meditation and the Process of Inner Expansion. In: Does Social Media Have Limits?. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74120-4_3
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