Indian Philosophy and Indian spiritualism have always been integral to the Yoga system. Yoga means union. In spiritual terms it means the union of the souls and the "Brahma: Absolute Being". The concept of union as logically extended has come to mean the union of the devotee and God, man and the Almighty, the individual and the universal and the body and the creation. Submission to the Almighty, the individual and the universal and the body and the creation. Substantially the ultimate object of the Yogic practices has been to achieve a profound concentration of one's inner self in total submission to the Almighty. It is only by way of total submission to the Almighty. It is only by way of Total submission to the Almighty that one finds oneself granted divine grace. This benediction is called Yoga or hypnotism.
Indeed hypnotic power can be achieved through the medium of the yoga, too. Broadly the yoga has five kinds:
This categorization was made possible because, basically, man has five important powers. For instance Hatha Yoga derives from Pran Shakti, Dhyana yoga from mental power, Karma yoga, from activity, Bhakti yoga from emotion and Jnana yoga from highly developed intellect. Only after establishing relations of this kind does man transcend his individual submerge in the universal.
According to Patanjali there are eight stages of the Yoga, the first five are external and the rest three are internal.
Yama: An unfailing adherence to the tenets of non-violence, truth, integrity, abstinence from sexual and secular pleasures., and non possessiveness.
Niyama: A devotion to health, contentment, austerity, purity and spiritual meditation.
Asana: Sitting in a comfortable posture absorbedly attentive and intent.
Pranayama: Preservation of Vital energy in the body through exhaling, inhaling and controlling the movements of breath.
Pratyahara: To deflect the senses from their physical objects and harmonize them with the faculty of the mind is said to be Pratyahara.
Dharana: To organize total concentration of one;s mind in a particular thought.
Dhyana: Concentration of the mind on a given object undisturbed by the presence of other objects.
Samadhi: Total absorption in the target object oblivious of one's own existence.
When the first five stages are achieved and Sadhak achieves perfection in all these stages, he is presumed to have qualified for the remaining three stages. The Sadhak is advised to accomplish the first five stages before he enters the realm of the remaining three.
By practicing the above methods, a being is said to be achieve the immortal. The main essence of yoga is knowing who we really are! On the path of practicing the above methods, an Ordinary man will become an immortal Yogi.
Overall, to master the art of hypnotism, we must first master our senses by Practicing meditation, Pranayama and other practices that will strengthen our will and mind.
Mind is the slave for a successful person - Swami Vivekananda
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