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Konchok Ösel Dorje
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 Posted - Jul 23 2009 : 5:14:20 PM
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I wanted to throw a couple of practices out there and see where they land.
AYP is Yogic, Advaitic and Tantric. So it is a close cousin of Vajrayana.
1. Inner Guru Visualization: This practice should only be done by advanced practitioners. One practice that is very effective: Visualization. One visualizes one's body as the deity, be it, Avalokiteshvara, Jesus, Shiva or whatever, it doesn't matter. It's like wearing a transparent skin of another person over yours, one that is clear and the substance of a rainbow. Then, one visualizes above one's crown, a lotus, on the lotus sits a sun disk, on the sun disk sits a moon disk, on the moon disk sits a jewel throne for your inner guru. On the jewel throne sits your inner guru visualized as whatever form, I do Buddha Vajradhara, you can do Shakti or whatever. Then, you visualize all the enlightened beings in all the universes, deities, angels, gurus, etc., falling down like flakes of snow and melting into the heart of the Guru over your head. You visualize like this for a 10 minutes or so. Then, you see a stream of amrita pouring out from the Gurus chakras and into your brahma aperture filling up your deity body. During this practice, you ask the Guru to bless you to give up self grasping, with effortlessness, with needlessness, with instantly recognizing the nature of mind, with purifying confusion, and with manifesting appearances and possibilities as the Truth Body. This practice eliminates attachment to the physical body in a gentle way, and creates a far more open and spacious feeling of bliss and a basis for understanding emptiness as the realm of potentials and possibilities.
2. Ganachakra. It is a very wonderful tantric practice to get together with your Sangha/ Satsang and puja and feast. This is an area of great creative license. If you can get your hands on a leaflet from a Vajrayana center (Tsok offering) you can get an idea of what to do. The group offers food up to the Guru with candles and incense and does mantras and visualizations of offerings to all the enlightened beings of the three times and all possible universes. Group channeling of spiritual energy in this context is very wonderful. It is a way to clear out obscurations. It also brings you to the attention of all the gurus who will help you advance in your practice swiftly. One will find it easier to integrate non-attachment with worldly activity. Sometimes, little miracles happen during these feasts, like flowers blooming that have never bloomed before. |
Edited by - Konchok Ösel Dorje on Jul 23 2009 5:17:14 PM |
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grihastha
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2009 : 11:32:16 AM
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Very interesting.
What counts as "advanced" in terms of one's practice in this instance?
Peace!
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Konchok Ösel Dorje
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2009 : 12:53:07 PM
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Originally posted by grihastha
Very interesting.
What counts as "advanced" in terms of one's practice in this instance?
Peace!
gri
Perhaps one or two years of AYP twice daily. The visualization of the lotus, sun disk and moon disk over the crown is a powerful crown chakra activation. It should not be attempted until you have stabilized stillness after working extensively with the yoga practices. |
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cosmic
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 01:07:12 AM
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Hi Ösel,
Thank you for sharing these practices. When/how often should one do the Inner Guru Visualization? For someone doing twice daily AYP, where would it fit in best?
I would like to try it at some point, although I don't know if I'm ready for it yet. I've been having crown activity these last few months, but feel I might easily go over if I target the crown directly.
It sounds kind of similar to a practice Lama Yeshe wrote about. Is this related in any way?
Thank you 
Peace
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Konchok Ösel Dorje
USA
545 Posts |
Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 1:56:45 PM
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Originally posted by cosmic
Hi Ösel,
Thank you for sharing these practices. When/how often should one do the Inner Guru Visualization? For someone doing twice daily AYP, where would it fit in best?
I would like to try it at some point, although I don't know if I'm ready for it yet. I've been having crown activity these last few months, but feel I might easily go over if I target the crown directly.
It sounds kind of similar to a practice Lama Yeshe wrote about. Is this related in any way?
Thank you
Peace
cosmic
The visualization is done prior to your meditation. Then one dissolves the guru into your crown and you rest in the innate state with no focus. |
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cosmic
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2009 : 3:24:16 PM
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| I see. Thank you, Ösel. |
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