mudra is the sacred word in hinduism used as an object of concentration.
mudra is the sacred word in hinduism used as an object of concentration.
sacred word in hinduism used as an object of concentration?
mudra
although the practice makes use of a "sacred word," thomas keating emphasizes that centering prayer is not an exercise in concentrating, or focusing one's attention on something (such as a mantra), but rather is concerned with intention and consent.









































in practice, the "sacred word" can integrate with breathing in and out. thus, rather than being a tool to quiet the mind, consent to the presence and action of god within and "just be" with god, it can become too prevalent during the practice of centering prayer.









































section::::reception.









































section::::reception.:from eastern orthodoxy.
centering prayer
during the long period of time when atlantis was ruled by the toltecs (the ancestors of the amerindians), the civilization of atlantis was at its height. this was the period between about 1,000,000 and 900,000 years ago, called the "golden age of atlantis". the atlanteans had many luxuries and conveniences. their capital city was called "the city of the golden gates". at its height, it had two million inhabitants. there were extensive aqueducts leading to the city from a mountain lake. the atlanteans had airships powered by the vril that could seat two to eight people. the economic system was socialist like that of the incas. atlanteans were the first to develop organized warfare. the military deployed vril-powered air battleships that contained 50 to 100 fighting men. these air battleships deployed poison gas bombs. the infantry fired fire-tipped arrows. the toltecs on atlantis worshipped the sun in temples as grand as those of ancient egypt that were decorated in bright colors. the sacred word used in meditation was tau (this was the equivalent of the aryan sacred word om). as noted above, the toltecs colonized all of north america and south america and thus became the people we know as the amerindians. the downfall of atlantis started when some of the toltecs began to practice black magic about 850,000 bc, corrupted by the dragon "thevetat", remembered as devadatta, the opponent of buddha. the people began to become selfish and materialistic. soon thereafter, the turanians (the ancestors of the people we now know as the turkic peoples) became dominant in much of atlantis. the turanians continued the practice of black magic which reached its height about 250,000 bc and continued until the final sinking of atlantis, although they were opposed by white magicians. the master morya incarnated as the emperor of atlantis in 220,000 bc to oppose the black magicians. the black magicians used magical spells to breed human-animal chimeras. they possessed an army composed of chimeras that were composites composed of a human body with the heads of fierce predators such as lions, tigers and bears, that ate enemy corpses on the battlefield. the war between the white magicians and the black magicians continued until the end of atlantis. the masters of the ancient wisdom telepathically warned their disciples (the white magicians) to flee atlantis in ships while there was still time to get out before the final cataclysm. as noted above, the final sudden submergence of atlantis due to earthquakes occurred in 9,564 bc .
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