--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is not so difficult to attain Life beyond death, or walking over > water. > > During the practice of Pranayam when the breath becomes still, after > two hours, how far one wants to go in water one can go, because, when > Water, Voidness and the self, all are One and I myself is the same, > then tranquilizing breath in this body, inner Illumination is > attained, when the "Kebali Kumbhaka" is held, i.e., when the air of > respiration becomes tranquil in the normal course of practice. > > This is one piece of information I comprehend but do not experience > or realize as yet. > > It is not difficult to enter into eternal Life during the present > tenure of life this is written in the Upanisad. > > "Jivanmukta" refers to a person who is liberated while living in the > physical body. When the breath becomes tranquil by the practice of > Kriya, if the seeker holds on to this state for two hours he can dive > into deep meditation for as long as he wants, he can tune himself in > Oneness for a long time. > > Because water, i.e., the patches of waves in between the eyebrows, > Voidness, i.e., ether or Akash, and the Sun, i.e., Light or Energy > all are One, i.e., the reflection of the Self or pure Consciousness > and absolute I, the embodied Self is so. Eventually the breath is > stilled by the practice of Kriya; technically this is called Kebali > Kumbhaka in Yoga science. > > Then every cell of the physical body is illuminated by the inner > Light of the Self. As a result, the whole body is illumined and is > divinized. The seeker (to be called Jivanmukta) thus attains eternal > Life beyond time or death. > > This information was comprehended by Yogiraj Sri Sri Shyama Charan > Lahiri Mahasay on the day when he recorded this realization.
Nicely put, in conjunction with that Swami Yogananda use to quote the Bible reference: Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word (prana) that comes from the mouth of God." Hence Babaji is supposedly able to live on prana in the Himalayas and MMY use to talk about the reversal of aging, it's this cosmic substance called prana that can prolong life.
