Purification & Control
Control & Purification, traditionally called Yama, is the first stage of meditation procedures. It is a set-up to put the individual on stable ground in order to make advancements along the spiritual path they have chosen. (Yes, all effective techniques use these in one guise or another.)
The practise is one of abstinence and observation. There are six basic practices in regular abstinence and observation consisting of:
Eternal Vows: Purification & Control (Yama)
- Non-Violence (Ahimsa)
- Truth (Satya)
- Non-Stealing (Asteya)
- Continence (Brahmacharya)
- Non-Avariciousness (Aparigraha)
- Vigilant Awareness* (added by Lord Shiva)
These have been expanded somewhat to ten, and also altered and explained slightly differently in Shyam Sundar Goswami’s Laya Yoga to the following:
- Harmlessness: love of and for All (creations) ~ Ahinga
- Truthfulness ~ Satya
- Non-Theft ~ Asteya
- Sexual Control ~ Brahmacharya
- Mercy ~ Daya
- Honesty ~ Arjawa
- Forgiveness ~ Kshama
- Firmness ~ Dhriti
- Moderation in Eating ~ Mitahara
- Cleanliness ~ Shoucha
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All the above becomes irrelevant when you are sitting still and quiet in Native State Consciousness, because all these factors are already being observed. That said, most people will require specific exercises and procedure to clear their spaces of the built-up deposits of past deeds (karma) and may require considerable work on their selves to resolve all these issues and dwell in a clean and shining natural space of pure awareness.
