Higher prana levels equate to joy and bliss

[Ajay0]

Higher prana levels equate to high joy and bliss levels as per Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

https://wisdomfromsrisriravishankar.blogspot.com/2010/01/
 

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Q: How important is prana (life force energy)? One, of course, is it gives life. How does one improve one’s prana?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Prana is present in everything. In fact, we are floating in air, in prana, an ocean of prana. When the unit of expression varies, it makes a difference. Stones have got one unit of prana. Water has got two units of prana. Fire has got three units of prana. Air has got four units of prana. Plants have got five units of prana. Animals have got six units of prana. Human beings are capable of holding from seven to 16 units of prana. The expression of prana is the whole universe.

When prana is lower than one, that’s when you feel depressed. When prana goes further low then you feel suicidal. When prana is normal, you feel normal. When prana is higher, you feel enthusiastic. When prana is very high, you feel energetic and blissful. That is why when people are depressed, low just giving counseling doesn’t work, what needs to be done is to raise the level of prana. When prana is high there is joy, vibrancy, understanding. When prana is low, then the mind starts complaining, depression, lethargy, suicidal tendencies arise. All is play and display of prana.

 

 

I had created a thread on prana by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar earlier... 

 

Edited July 23, 2024 by Ajay0

[Davino]

Prana is vitality, life, energy, universal life.

When someone dies of old age for example, dies because they lack prana

[What Am I]

It may be a bit of an oversimplification to simply say more is better and less is bad, but I think it does convey the general idea of importance. Very cool to see some spiritual teachers put more emphasis on this area. In many teachings these days, the subtle is left out of the curriculum entirely.

Here's some interesting audio of Ken Wilber talking about its inclusion in some systems and lacking in others. Skip to around 15 minutes for when he begins talking.

[Davino]

@What Am I Ken Wilber always offers nice perspectives. Thanks for sharing

[An young being]

The same what we call here as higher and lower conscious states.

[Ajay0]

Further talks by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on prana... 

https://www.srisri.com/p10/

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Breathing is the first act of our lives. Within the breath is the secret of life. Breath is linked to the vital life energy in us, or prana.

We gain prana through air, fresh foods and rest — and also through meditation. A lack of prana results in lethargy, dullness and poor enthusiasm. When our bodies are lively with prana, we feel alert, energetic and full of good humor. Prana is the very basis of health and well-being for both body and mind.

Prana is more abundant in fresh air than in stale air. (Compare how you feel after an hour in a stuffy room versus an hour walking in a forest or near the ocean surf.) Yet whatever the air quality we live in, our health can be dramatically enhanced with pranayama — deep breathing practices that open the lungs and maximize the absorption of prana.

The words prana+ayama mean to live from the dimension of prana — to live fullness of life. Pranayama techniques recharge the cells, keeping us young and vital, with resilient health and brilliant clarity of mind.

 

[Ajay0]

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on mudras and prana...

https://www.srisri.com/p45/

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Mudras
Life energy can be intelligently directed through the circuitry of the nervous system to heal mind and body.

Prana is the subtle life energy of body and mind (see page 10). Long ago the ancient Masters discovered how prana moves through the complex circuitry of the human nervous system. They found that specific hand positions, or mudras, can act as extremely subtle switches to channel prana to particular parts of the body. Prana directed with a correct mudra dramatically enhances the natural healing processes in that part of the body.

 

[Javfly33]

@Ajay0 How to maintain high level of prana outside of pranayama/kriyas?

Is there any tricks like holding mudras or something like that? I used to practice it last year but my focus got derailed and I stop doing it

[Ishanga]

14 hours ago, Javfly33 said:

@Ajay0 How to maintain high level of prana outside of pranayama/kriyas?

Is there any tricks like holding mudras or something like that? I used to practice it last year but my focus got derailed and I stop doing it

I would say Purify yourself on all the levels, Body, Mind, Emotion at the least, then the energies will rise naturally and stay there, we live such unpure lives, with our defragmented thought patterns, bad habits, eating unhealthy, bad posture, we live below Animal nature, so why would the prana stay actively alive when we are like that!

[Breakingthewall]

15 hours ago, Javfly33 said:

How to maintain high level of prana outside of pranayama/kriyas?

I think that is more mental that anything else. You have to be open, fearless. I think also that relationships with others are important, be able to be open with other people, without reservation. Being isolated seems low level of prana, your heart should be able to touch the heart of the others. 

Edited October 18, 2024 by Breakingthewall

[What Am I]

15 hours ago, Javfly33 said:

@Ajay0 How to maintain high level of prana outside of pranayama/kriyas?

Is there any tricks like holding mudras or something like that? I used to practice it last year but my focus got derailed and I stop doing it

Practically everyone lives trapped in their own head, both figuratively and literally where awareness is concerned. When intellectual pursuits account for 99.9% of your existence, you're only experiencing a fraction of what you really are. A great deal of your energetic system is below the neck, including all kinds of activators and modulators of consciousness, and awareness needs to rest in an embodied state to light it all up. That would go a very long way towards maintaining a highly energetic existence.

Edited October 18, 2024 by What Am I

[aurum]

Such spiritual nonsense. 

[What Am I]

13 minutes ago, aurum said:

Such spiritual nonsense. 

lol, well it could be worse. Practically the whole forum, including yourself, could be of the opinion that we're literally a single consciousness experiencing itself in an illusion of duality. That'd be pretty weird, right, aurum?

You and I have had this conversation before, and there's probably no need to completely rehash it, but it wouldn't be the worst idea for you to keep an open mind on the topic of spiritual energy. Based on the experience of many, there seems to be a reality to it that's not yet fully understood in the modern world. And I'm not talking about hippie chicks with their crystals, but rather a consequential truth that is relevant in the process of human spiritual awakening, and is likely relevant to life beyond that as well. If you've had some legit spiritual experiences that you consider to be atypical of the average person, it's not the most difficult thing to understand that there may be other mysteries beyond your 20-something years of experiencing life.

Edited October 19, 2024 by What Am I

[Hojo]

Today i learned I  lived with less than 1 Prana level for 25 years. Very good information.

Edited October 19, 2024 by Hojo

[aurum]

57 minutes ago, What Am I said:

lol, well it could be worse. Practically the whole forum, including yourself, could be of the opinion that we're literally a single consciousness experiencing itself in an illusion of duality. That'd be pretty weird, right, aurum?

The problem with what he's saying is not that it's "weird". Truth is not a function of weirdness.

The problem is that he's just making shit up.

[What Am I]

11 minutes ago, aurum said:

The problem with what he's saying is not that it's "weird". Truth is not a function of weirdness.

The problem is that he's just making shit up.

Ah, I misunderstood and didn't realize your earlier comment was targeted only at the original post.

I don't know who Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is, so I guess I don't really want to defend their assertions. It looks like they made some highly specific claims that could very well end up being inaccurate when put under heavy scrutiny. I think advanced meditators who directly experience the reality of spiritual energy probably perform a lot of extrapolations and come to conclusions which may not be entirely true. It's likely similar to bodybuilders who make up their own broscience. But in the absence of a better framework of understanding, it's not surprising they'd try to design one of their own. It's hard to blame them, and I can definitely relate.

[Someone here]

@What Am I what exactly is Prana? Is It sexual energy?  I've read before that sexual energy =creativity...is that true? 

[What Am I]

12 minutes ago, Someone here said:

@What Am I what exactly is Prana? Is It sexual energy?  I've read before that sexual energy =creativity...is that true? 

Based on tantric theory, prana is indeed related to sexual energy, which I guess would also make it the preform of semen as well as the female sexual-material counterpart. It also supposedly has a direct tie to one's capacity for creativity.

As for what prana is exactly, I can only give an opinion based on my own experience as well as many years of reading others' reports. I'm pretty confident in saying it seems to be a standalone electromagnetic force of some kind, though perhaps qualitatively different from the mundane type we're familiar with. It's raw intelligent vitality when broken down to its finest layer, the source of which is the omnipresent nondual realm itself. It sustains life at all times, but it's directly tapped in more significant quantities during dreamless sleep and formless meditative adsorption. A 5-MeO-DMT breakthrough performs the same function as well.

Like I was saying to aurum earlier, a lot of this is simply inferred by myself and mystics throughout history based on direct experience. The truth of it all is likely more complicated, and will require a proper investigation by those better equipped to discover its actual workings. The one thing that's important to understand is that prana is most certainly real, despite how difficult that may be for some to believe. Once you've experienced the requisite states of consciousness, its existence is as obvious as any other clearly perceptible aspect of your body.

[Yimpa]

3 hours ago, aurum said:

Such spiritual nonsense. 

A croc of shit, if you will.

[Javfly33]

6 hours ago, Ishanga said:

I would say Purify yourself on all the levels, Body, Mind, Emotion at the least, then the energies will rise naturally and stay there, we live such unpure lives, with our defragmented thought patterns, bad habits, eating unhealthy, bad posture, we live below Animal nature, so why would the prana stay actively alive when we are like that!

You mean bhuta shuddhi ? 

 

6 hours ago, Breakingthewall said:

 Being isolated seems low level of prana, your heart should be able to touch the heart of the others. 

If you do pranayama alone secluded from everyone you will experience high level of prana, while you can be in society living in downtown of the city and feel like a shitty loser where life sucks. Is all about within experience.

What i see is that To touch the heart of others you need to be connected to reality, to the reality that they exist and not be stuck in one's mind.

 

 

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I think that is more mental that anything else.

The thing is the levels of perception or awareness I´ve reached with pranayama, nothing else hasn´t come close to it. Is like depending on what 'buttons' you push in the human body, there is a noticeable different result in terms of life experience.  

5 hours ago, What Am I said:

Practically everyone lives trapped in their own head, both figuratively and literally where awareness is concerned. When intellectual pursuits account for 99.9% of your existence, you're only experiencing a fraction of what you really are. 

Yes, we live in a society where nothing more has been explored than material success, all life is about who is making more money, making a living, being with others, all transactional, slavery of the soul, shit.

The wise ones go within, realizing only from a place of inner abundance they can enjoy the world and give something of value to the world.