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2 Forces Block the Spiritual Eye - Yogananda in Mejda

Summary

, 23 min

A reading of Yogananda's talk in Mejda on the two forces guarding the spiritual eye: Vikshepa, the scattering power, and Avarana, the veil. Scattering is cleared by OM Japa in the chakras and pratyahara; the veil yields only to soft focus, letting go and surrender, illustrated through three levels of listening and Hakalau.

In this video

Teaches
Spiritual eyeAvarana and Vikshepa
Discusses
MejdaParamahansa YoganandaLeft and right brainConcentrationThree levels of listeningTodd MurphyOM Japa in the ChakrasChakrasPratyaharaSurrenderHakalauRight hippocampus
Mentions
AmritaDiscouragementTranceNeuro-linguistic programming (NLP)Hacking the UniverseKriya YogaRoll-Up of ConsciousnessGrace

Key moments

00:00A viewer's question on the Kutastha and Yogananda's talk in Mejda00:48Two guardians at temple entrances around the world01:25Reading Yogananda: the light and the bhramari Guha02:39His own revolving spiritual eye and the waving light04:09Avarana and Vikshepa guard the spiritual eye06:14Surrender, and Kriya done correctly brings bliss07:22Vikshepa as the scattering of the left brain08:28Two forces of concentration, seen through love09:16Three levels of listening and waiting for the caboose13:54Not seeing the spiritual eye? Try feeling it14:29Todd Murphy's exercise: eyes on the nose, mind at the spiritual eye16:18OM Japa in each chakra overcomes Vikshepa17:58Pratyahara brings us back into the brain, the truth18:51The predator mode of the left brain blocks the way19:55Getting past the veil by letting go and surrender20:40Hakalau as a metaphor for soft concentration21:48Grace can't be forced: opening into the right hippocampus