The path of Jnana Yoga is a deeply mysterious yet simple path. It is pronounced "Gyaana..". Jnana means wisdom. The purpose is to discover our own wisdom, find our own answers, discover and improve our own Self esteem and to heal from past injury and wounding. The path of Jnana Yoga is also known as the path of Self-inquiry.
In Jnana Yoga we take responsibility for our own actions. We think about our life and what has transpired up to the given moment. And it is practice to just be in the moment. In Jnana Yoga, connections are made to our childhood and how our patterns affect today and how these can be improved and transformed.
In Jnana Yoga, the constant question, "Who am I, Why Am I here? Why do I exist? What is my nature and the nature of the world in relationship to me constantly asked and contemplated, both in formal meditation and in the day to day.
By doing so, the mind is eventually calms down. It stops seeking answers outside of our own being and focuses inside. In this calmness, enlightenment finally dawns because we realize we do not depend on anything outside of us. We are in our own power.
A mental cleansing process occurs. We stop playing games with others' hearts, we stop hurting others' feelings. Our viciousness ceases and we spontaneously want only purity of mind, balance of mind. We stop seeking attention and then waiting to get a rise out of others to feed our own ego and selfishness. We do not depend on admiration and adoration of others because our mind expands and our Self esteem grows and does not need these to feel good about ourselves. Humility increases and we realize that others' are there to support and help us.
Ultimately mind merges with the Universal Self and we experience oneness. We experience peace through the calmness of the mind.
We become more and more intuitive. Our wisdom is uncovered. We know what to do and when we ought to do things in precise timing, ease and grace.
Journal writing, group discussion, group meditation, group therapy and individual therapy are all forms of Jnana Yoga. Our own Self-help reading is also a form. Anything that brings us back to our own knowing, the contemplation of who and what we are is a form of this practice.
Dr. Rama
Dallas
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