Tag Archives: Patanjali

advancing meditation: Instructions from Patanjali 1

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

The great rishi, Patanjali, gave meditation instruction long ago. Patanjali’s training is like that of a scientist: sequential, methodical, and based upon direct evidence. As with instructions from the Buddha, if one follows the training in its sequence, meditation will … Continue reading →

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The Inner Dynamics of Meditation

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Hours and days of meditation provide opportunity to clarify one’s practice. Patanjali was clear in his Sutras about the stages leading to and then within meditation: right withdrawal – pratyahara concentration – dharana meditation yogically understood – dhyana absorption – … Continue reading →

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“Heaps,” “Aggregates,” Skandhas

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

“Each plane of our being: mental, vital, physical – has its own consciousness, separated though interconnected and interacting; but to outer mind and sense, in our waking experience, that are all confused together.” From Integral Healing by Sri Aurobindo  posted … Continue reading →

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Our curious re-creating of the wheel

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

An article was posted on a Facebook group in which the researcher is reporting that “supposedly nonconscious preparatory brain activity is really just part of a fairly random ebb and flow of background neural activity, and that movements occur when … Continue reading →

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The Power of Meditation

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak
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