Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Contemplation

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The traditional Yoga practice of using the mind to go to the Self beyond the mind

What you’ll learn
Practice the profound depths of Jnana Yoga, the Yoga of Contemplation
Jnana means “knowing” at the deepest level, not just intellectual thinking.
Practice jnana or knowing all day long, 24/7, for the greatest insights of inner joy.
The pinnacle of knowing is experience in the ever-present center of consciousness.
Jnana yoga is a systematic journey inward, like climbing a ladder to the top of an infinite tree.

Requirements
The ideal student has some understanding of Yoga beyond the physical
There are no quantifiable prerequisites
Curiosity with an attitude of willingness to play

Description
*******Over 5,000 students are enrolled in this course*******Pondering, reflecting, contemplating on the nature of our personality, soul, and spirit is one of the most important aspects of traditional Yoga. Please don’t overlook this essential part of your Yoga practices. This course will lead you through the levels of contemplation, from the basics to the most advanced contemplations as practiced by the ancient sages.Yoga is a whole life process. The Contemplation of Jnana Yoga is one of the most advanced practices of Yoga. The reflective process of contemplation utilizes the word-forming habit of the mind in a directed way, so as to transcend not only body and breath, but most importantly, to go beyond the mind to the realization in direct experience the True Self, the Atman, or Center of Consciousness. A Suggestion: Our descriptions of traditional Yoga tend to be thorough, broad, and deep. This can lead you to think this is complicated, and that it’s going to take a great deal of study like in a college class. But the suggestion is to take it easy; watch the presentations leisurely, like you might watch a movie while sitting on a comfortable chair or couch. Just absorb it, take it in. Don’t worry about memorizing. It will gently sink in, and you can practice the principles in daily life. Go back later and look again at the presentations, whether all of them or a few. Terminology, principles, and practices will gently become familiar.This course first outlines the preparatory practices, leading one to start the process of contemplation. The course then guides you in the preliminary practices of contemplation through the processes of positive inquiry of Internal Dialogue. Finally, you will be taught the traditional contemplations, the “great” contemplations known as Mahavakyas, which have traditionally be practiced primarily by those monks living lives of renunciation in remote places like the cave monasteries of the high Himalayas.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction to Jnana Yoga

Lecture 1 Welcome to the Jnana Yoga course

Lecture 2 Jnana Yoga: An aspect of the One Yoga

Lecture 3 Stages to the Goal of Contemplation

Lecture 4 Antahkarana and the Mobile Phone

Lecture 5 Dhyana and Vichara: Meditation and Contemplation

Section 2: Four Stages of Advanced Contemplation

Lecture 6 Sravana

Lecture 7 Manana

Lecture 8 Niddhidhyasana

Lecture 9 Sakshatkara

Section 3: Internal Dialogue as a Personality

Lecture 10 Apps talking to Apps

Lecture 11 Mind, please be my friend

Lecture 12 Who am I?

Lecture 13 What do I want?

Lecture 14 What should I do about this Problem?

Lecture 15 Is my first thought good or bad?

Lecture 16 Should I do it or Not?

Lecture 17 Is this Useful or Not Useful?

Lecture 18 Whisper inner secrets to me

Section 4: Contemplation in Life

Lecture 19 Antahkarana and the Four Functions of Mind

Lecture 20 Four Levels of Consciousness

Lecture 21 Internal Dialogue and Kleshas

Lecture 22 Blending Contemplation with Yoga and Tantra

Lecture 23 Constant Awareness

Lecture 24 Neti Neti

Section 5: Dialogue and Prayer

Lecture 25 Dialogue with God as a Being

Lecture 26 Dialogue with God through Self

Lecture 27 Prayer as Prescription

Section 6: Contemplation on Meditation and Japa Mantras

Lecture 28 Om

Lecture 29 Om Namah Shivaya

Lecture 30 Om Tat Sat

Lecture 31 Sohum

Lecture 32 Gayatri

Lecture 33 Mahamrityunjaya

Section 7: Mahavakyas: Seven Great Contemplations

Lecture 34 Mahavakyas

Lecture 35 1) Brahma satyam jagan mithya: Brahman is real; the world is unreal

Lecture 36 2) Ekam evadvityam Brahma: Brahman is one without a second

Lecture 37 3) Prajnanam Brahman: Brahman is the supreme knowledge

Lecture 38 4) Tat tvam asi: That is what you are

Lecture 39 5) Ayam atma brahma: Atman and brahman are the same

Lecture 40 6) Aham Brahmasmi: I am that Universal Absolute Reality

Lecture 41 7) Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma: All of this is Brahman

Section 8: BONUS

Lecture 42 BONUS: Resources

Long time practitioners of any aspect of Yoga,Yoga coaches, teachers, and therapists,Anyone curious about the subtleties of traditional Yoga