Books published by Kaivalya Publications

This book will not only give a precise step-by-step description of the meditation technique at the heart of yoga but also put it into context with all other yogic techniques and how they contribute to the breakthrough to spiritual freedom. Yogic meditation derives its power from the fact that it systematically suspends the entire processing capacity of the subconscious mind and diverts it towards meditation. The processing power of the subconscious mind is a multiple of that of the conscious mind. Simply watching breath or watching awareness involves only your conscious mind. For quick and effective concentration the entire power of the subconscious mind has to be harnessed. This is the secret of yogic meditation. You will also find information on the importance of Kundalini as support for meditation and the factors that make it rise, such as chakra and Sushumna visualization, mantra and breath. The text then explains how the chakras represent evolutionary stages of brain and mind development. Chakra meditation, if done in a sophisticated, high-powered way, will propel the evolution of the brain and mind of the practitioner and the awakening of higher intelligence.

In his fifth book, Gregor Maehle shows how all yogic techniques and methods collaborate to bring about its pinnacle - the state of samadhi. The book culminates in a detailed description of the eight classical samadhis as listed in the Yoga Sutra, both from the practical view of content and experience and from the techniques to access them. The author also shows the importance that these states have for a new enchantment with our world, nature, and all beings. On the way to that climax, Maehle dissolves misconceptions about samadhi, shows the importance of both objectless and the much-neglected objective samadhi, what exactly stands in the way of their arising, how obstacles are removed and dissolved, the role of the teacher, and the role of grace and devotion. He also shows how many other yogic techniques contribute to samadhi. Also covered are:ΓÇó The future possible spiritual evolution of humanityΓÇ¿ΓÇó The difference between yoga/mysticism and religionΓÇ¿ΓÇó The one underlying truth and essence in all sacred traditionsΓÇ¿ΓÇó Integration of the mystical stateΓÇ¿ΓÇó Samadhi, enlightenment, situationism, and developing the center ΓÇó Why ecstasy is importantΓÇ¿ΓÇó Whether it is possible to experience the world as it truly is?ΓÇ¿ΓÇó Conditioning and its historical aspectΓÇ¿ΓÇó The process of deconditioningΓÇ¿ΓÇó Converting mind into intelligenceΓÇ¿ΓÇó Types of karmaΓÇ¿ΓÇó Asking, guidance, and consecrationΓÇ¿ΓÇó The Divine in the Yoga SutraΓÇ¿ΓÇó Withdrawing the guru projectionΓÇ¿ΓÇó A new way of looking at the teacherΓÇ¿ΓÇó The two inner sheaths and their statesΓÇ¿ΓÇó Wrong objectless samadhis: videha and prakrtilayaΓÇ¿ΓÇó Samadhi and the breathless stateΓÇ¿ΓÇó Samadhi and chakrasΓÇ¿ΓÇó Samadhi and mudras