Indus Valley

Yoga

Dilip Rajeev

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 The ancient seal
Described a yoga practiced in the Indus
Valley

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 The rightmost symbol on the seal

Is a symbol for the two halves of the

human body.

The Solar and the Lunar

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There exists a flow in the human body, along these
two halves.

The symbol describes the flow.

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In yogic effort, the Absolute, beyond the appeared
Universe, the One, is taken as that to which Yoga
(yoking, union) is established.

The Silver flow the yogi deals with emerges from

there. The plane is beyond the plane of the
appeared matter, the universe of gunas, and atomic
worlds.

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The fish is a symbol of the energetic channels Ida
and Pingala going in an 8 shaped pattern around
the spine.

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 Ida and Pingala along with the central energy
channel running through the spine constitutes the
symbolism of the trident.

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Below is an early Chrisitan depiction.

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 The human central nervous system
fishtails into two as it runs downward

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 In the early Christian depiction, it is

Shown by the symbol below,

And the circle is the foramen magnum,

the opening into the skull.

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Other ancient Christian symbols

Depict

Two Fish

And a trident

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 The process of Yoga Involved,

Uniting the energies travelling along

these two halves of the human body ,

This is depicted in ancient alchemical art

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The union of the two energies, were the
subject of ancient alchemy

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 The sparking of the two energies is
symbolized by the next ideogram in the
Indus seal

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And their Union, which happens at the
base of the spine, at the pelvic floor, is
denoted by the X- shaped symbol.

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D escription of

the Yoga

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Adopt a posture similar to the one
shown on the seal. The soles of the two
feet, especially the heels are kept against
each other. This is done so as to Union
the two energies of the body.

The Unioned energies enter the spine,

forming the Spinal.

The heels are kept near the pelvic floor

so that the Union is sparked at the
Pelvic floor.

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 Another equally effective posture one
may adopt is to lie on one’s back on the
bed. The spine, natural and straight.
Bring the soles of the feet together. And
draw in the two soles comfortably a bit
toward the pelvis. The ideal position
where the feet ought be, is different
from individual to individual, and is to
be felt during practice.

The soles and the heels are energetically

in one straight line with the pelvic floor,
and thus spine.

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 Relax in this position on bed.

The hands may be kept behind the head

with the palms crossing over each other
in an X pattern, at the base of the head,
where the head is comfortably
supported. The palms face the head,
and which palm is nearer the head,
depends on what feels more natural for
the individual.

A thin pillow may be used underneath

the head, for ease.

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 The posture should be easy,
comfortable, naturally evolving the
energy.

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 One may imagine a Silver flow up and
down the spine as one breathes.
Breathing out it descends from the top
of the head, to the pelvic floor, and
breathing in it ascends to the top of the
head from the pelvic floor. After
breathing a few times thus, entirely fill
the body with this bright Silver flow.

Alternate this with still meditation

keeping the awareness in the body itself.

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The awareness may naturally be drawn
to the spine, the navel, or the heart, or
the forehead space,

A Silver whirl or disc may be visualized

in front of the chest or the forehead.

What visualization is needed is to be felt

and understood, naturally, during the
meditation.

If the attention is naturally drawn to a

space, let it be there.

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The body is formed of the flowing
Silver.

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Absorb the awareness into the Silver
Flowing from the Absolute, within the
Body Itself.

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 The awareness of everything else,
including own body, disappears, and of
the Silver alone abides.

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 Stay in this state of meditation,
frequently and for significant periods.

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A mantra such as the Gayatri( though
not necessarily of the Indus Valley
tradition), may be used to intensify he
meditation. The Gayatri Mantra Evokes
the Silver Sun.

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Appendix

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In ancient Sumer were imagery of two
serpentine flows being restrained to a
central figure,

The symbolism of the trident is found in

the imagery,

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The wildly moving energies of Ida and
Pingala being united axially is depicted
in the Indus seal,

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The formation of the trident, and rising
energies up the spinal is spoken of in,
Indus seals such as,

The upright triangle symbolized rising

energies,

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 Ancient Christian writings, say,

“Unless you make on the right hand as what is

on the left and what is on the left hand as what
is on the right and what is above as what is
below and what is behind as what is before
you will not have knowledge of the
kingdom.'” – Acts of Peter, 2nd Century.

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 “When you make the two one..when
you establish eyes in the place of an eye
and a hand in the place of a
hand and a foot in the place of
a foot (and) an image in the place of an
image—then shall you enter [the
Sovereignty]” – Jesus, The Gospel of
Thomas, dated to between 60 A.D and 140 A.D.

Establishing the two eyes in the place of

an eye, is often done by hatha yogis, by
either focusing attention between the
eyebrows, the place of the pineal eye, or
by focusing the gaze at the nose-tip
visualizing a bright spot of Silver there,
and also by focusing the gaze between
the eyebrows. This may be done during the
yoga described in this book.

An image in the place of an image, is

union of soul and body. Also, of the
spiritual body, and the physical body.
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