
Discernment guides moving from body, mind, and soul through intellectual, psychological, and intuitive levels toward absolute knowledge, using disownment to expand consciousness and realize liberation.
Discover the seven levels of discernment, starting with the first level of avoiding pain by not doing certain things, and exploring the underlying causes of attachment, addiction, and craving.
Remove subconscious causes behind painful thoughts and emotions at a subtle, hyper-intuitive level, transforming memory and self-story toward complete mind completion and unified soul-consciousness, culminating in the seventh level.
Follow the eight parts of yoga, Raja yoga, to purify through reducing cognitive fallacies, uncover misidentification of self, and cultivate Viveka, the light of wisdom for higher awareness.
Explores the eight limbs of Raja Yoga, from yama to samadhi, including asana and pranayama, showing how body and breath control cultivate dharana, dhyana, and higher consciousness.
Explore the five yamas in detail, starting with ahimsa and satya and covering asteya, brahmacharya, and aparigraha to understand ethical restraint in Raja Yoga.
Explore Yama, the first part of Ashtanga yoga, and learn how sincere intention aligns thought, word, and action into Mahavira, enabling true commitment despite obstacles.
Explore how selective respect mirrors inner attitudes, and how the Yamas guide automatic and qualifying behaviors to support personal evolution.
Apply the yamas and niyamas across all beings, everywhere, without discrimination, recognizing that harming others mirrors inner negativity. Maintain your qualities in every place, cultivating balance, maturity, and siddhis.
How does one transcend the levels of "I am my Body", "I am my Mind", "I am my Soul"? These are different levels of subtlety, so, a person who says that he is his body is at the outermost level. The person who says that she is her Soul is one level subtler than the previous person. How does one mange to move along these different levels of subtlety?
This can only be done through Discernment. Initially this is intellectual discernment, but later, with the practice of Yoga, one goes into Intuition and finally beyond Intuition into absolute knowledge. The thing reveals itself for what it is.
The intuitive wisdom that one goes through has 7 Levels. These 7 Levels of Pragna or intuition are discussed in this module. At each level, there is greater clarity that comes with refined discernment, until the final level of Turiya or absolution is achieved.
The following sub-topics would be covered in great detail in this Yoga Sutra Module - The 7 Levels of Raja Yoga. The in-depth study of these topics would help aspiring students of Yoga ascend unto higher levels of experience.
Discernment - The Path to Subtle Awareness
The 7 Levels of Pragna or Discernment
The 8-Part Raja Yoga System - The Path to Higher Discernment
The Great Resolution of Raja Yoga