RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Always Transcending — Part 1

Can we raise our level of awareness?

Yoga is about going beyond, that there is always something more to realize. Yogis seek to transcend normal awareness into higher consciousness and spiritual awareness. Deal with the blockages to transcending. Explore how you can be lifted up into higher levels of consciousness.

Keys to Higher Yogas

Clarity Is the Key

Clarity is the key to transcendence. When having trouble transcending and going beyond thoughts, feelings and deep memories, it helps to notice and release whatever is in the way. Practice letting go of the false sense of self. Release desires, cravings, anger and fear. On entering the pure mind, transcendence occurs easily.

Yoga and spiritual life are dynamic. We can always transcend to higher and higher levels
We are endowed with four levels of consciousness: waking, dream, dreamless sleep and turiya (superconsciousness)
In meditation we seek to transcend normal awareness and contact higher consciousness

When we have trouble transcending and going beyond certain thoughts, feelings and painful memories, it’s crucial to work on releasing blockages
An understanding of the eye-level connection helps stimulate transcendence
A lowered gaze aids in accessing the subconscious, helping one become aware of, and releasing, the fetters stored there (anger, fear, guilt, grief, arrogance, prejudice and jealousy)