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This article may be in need of reorganiz at ion to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines . Please help by editing the article to make improvements to the overall structure. (November 2010) Ojas is a Sanskrit word which literally means "vigor".Ojas also means light according to an Indian language .According to the principles of Ayurveda, it is the essential energy of the body which can be equated with the "fluid of life". Those who practice Ayurveda say that Ojas is the sap of one's life energy which, when sufficient, is equated with immunity and, when deficient, results in weakness, fatigue and ultimately disease. Soma, a drink used for religious purposes, is supposed to be related in some way. Ojas is both the gateway and the container. It is the gateway between consciousness and physiology, between spiritual and material. As the subtlest physical, it is a container. It contains the flow of cosmic energy (Prana) from Atman through the individual. Ojas is the first material expression of consciousness. It is both manifest and unmanifest. It pervades the body, has a yellowish- red color, looks like ghee, smells like puffed rice, tastes like honey. It is similar to balanced Kapha; only not as heavy. Ojas is Primal vigor. Ojas is the subtle energy of water, the stored- up vital reserve, the basis for physical and mental strength and endurance. It is to Vata, Pitta, Kapha, as Samhita is to rishi, devata, and chhandas. It holds the body together. It allows the body- mind’s balanced functioning. Ojas is responsible for maintaining contentment, luster, strength, and health. It is the main factor responsible for immunity. Ojas is produced at every stage of digestion and is the finest end product of digestion. As such, it is the essence of the body tissues (dhatus). There are 5 factors which increase Ojas: behavioral Rasayanas, devotion (Bhakti Yoga), medicinal Rasayanas (includes Ojas increasing foods), fresh, wholesome diet, 5 ways to eliminate Ama. There are 7 factors which hamper the flow of transformation of the Dhatus causing Ojas to be less or imbalanced: excessive injury/harm to the body; excessive loss of substance; overexertion; excessive anger; excessive grief; excessive thinking, worry, anxiety; excessive hunger.
Ojas as per Swami Vivekananda
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"The Yogis claim that of all the energies that are in the human body the highest is what they call "Ojas". Now this Ojas is stored up in the brain, and the more Ojas is in a man's head, the more powerful he is, the more intellectual, the more spiritually strong." [1] "Part of the human energy which is expressed as sex energy, in sexual thought, when checked and controlled, easily becomes changed into Ojas" [1] "It is only the chaste man or woman who can make the Ojas rise and store it in the brain; that is why chastity has always been considered the highest virtue" [1] "The "Ojas" is that which makes the difference between man and man. The man who has much Ojas is the leader of men. It gives a tremendous power of attraction. Ojas is manufactured from the nerve - currents. It has this peculiarity: it is most easily made from that force which manifests itself in the sexual powers. If the powers of the sexual centres are not frittered away and their energies wasted (action is only thought in a grosser state), they can be manufactured into Ojas. The two great nerve currents of the body start from the brain, go down on each side of the spinal cord, but they cross in the shape of the figure 8 at the back of the head. Thus the left side of the body is governed by the right side of the head. At the lowest point of the circuit is the sexual centre, the Sacral Plexus. The energy conveyed by these two currents of nerves comes down, and a large amount is continually being stored in the Sacral Plexus. The last bone in the spine is over the Sacral Plexus and is described in symbolic language as a triangle; and as the energy is stored up beside it, this energy is symbolised by a serpent. Consciousness and subconsciousness work through these two nerve - currents. But superconsciousness takes off the nerve - current when it reaches the lower end of the circuit, and instead of allowing it to go up and complete the circuit, stops and forces it up the spinal cord as Ojas from the Sacral Plexus. The spinal cord is naturally closed, but it can be opened to form a age for this Ojas. As the current travels from one centre of the spinal cord to another, you can travel from one plane of existence to another. This is why the human being is greater than others, because all planes, all experiences, are possible to the spirit in the human body. We do not need another; for man can, if he likes, finish in his body his probation and can after that become pure spirit. When the Ojas has gone from centre to centre and reaches the Pineal Gland, man then becomes neither mind nor body, he is free from all bondage. The great danger of psychic powers is that man stumbles, as it were, into them, and knows not how to use them rightly. He is without training and without knowledge of what has happened to him. The danger is that in using these psychic powers, the sexual feelings are abnormally roused as these powers are in fact manufactured out of the sexual centre. The best and safest way is to avoid psychic manifestations, for they play the most horrible pranks on their ignorant and untrained owners. To go back to symbols. Because this movement of the Ojas up the spinal cord feels like a spiral one, it is called the "snake". The snake, therefore, or the serpent, rests on the bone or triangle. When it is roused, it travels up the spinal cord; and as it goes from centre to centre, a new natural world is opened inside us—the Kundalini is roused." [2]
References
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1. ^ a b c s:The Co mplete Wo rks o f Swami Vivekananda/Vo lume 1/Raja-Yo ga/The Co ntro l Of The Psychic Prana The Co mplete Wo rks Of Swami Vivekananda 2. ^ s:The Co mplete Wo rks o f Swami Vivekananda/Vo lume 6 /No tes Of Class Talks And Lectures/Lesso ns On Raja-Yo ga The Co mplete Wo rks Of Swami Vivekananda
"Ayurveda and the Mind: The Healing of Consciousness", Frawley, David, Lotus Press, 1996 Google Book Search
on Ojas in this PDFmyURL.com
book "Ayurvedic Healing: A Comprehensive Guide", Frawley, David, Lotus Press, 2000 Google Book Search
on Ojas in this book
"Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution", Svoboda, Robert E., Sadhana Publications, 1998 Google Book Search Categories: Ayurveda
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Ojas Fro m Wikipedia, the free encyclo pedia Main page Co ntents Featured co ntent Current events Rando m article Do nate to Wikipedia Interactio n Help Abo ut Wikipedia Co mmunity po rtal Recent changes Co ntact Wikipedia To o lbo x Print/expo rt
This article may be in need of reorganiz at ion to comply with Wikipedia's layout guidelines . Please help by editing the article to make improvements to the overall structure. (November 2010) Ojas is a Sanskrit word which literally means "vigor".Ojas also means light according to an Indian language .According to the principles of Ayurveda, it is the essential energy of the body which can be equated with the "fluid of life". Those who practice Ayurveda say that Ojas is the sap of one's life energy which, when sufficient, is equated with immunity and, when deficient, results in weakness, fatigue and ultimately disease. Soma, a drink used for religious purposes, is supposed to be related in some way. Ojas is both the gateway and the container. It is the gateway between consciousness and physiology, between spiritual and material. As the subtlest physical, it is a container. It contains the flow of cosmic energy (Prana) from Atman through the individual. Ojas is the first material expression of consciousness. It is both manifest and unmanifest. It pervades the body, has a yellowish- red color, looks like ghee, smells like puffed rice, tastes like honey. It is similar to balanced Kapha; only not as heavy. Ojas is Primal vigor. Ojas is the subtle energy of water, the stored- up vital reserve, the basis for physical and mental strength and endurance. It is to Vata, Pitta, Kapha, as Samhita is to rishi, devata, and chhandas. It holds the body together. It allows the body- mind’s balanced functioning. Ojas is responsible for maintaining contentment, luster, strength, and health. It is the main factor responsible for immunity. Ojas is produced at every stage of digestion and is the finest end product of digestion. As such, it is the essence of the body tissues (dhatus). There are 5 factors which increase Ojas: behavioral Rasayanas, devotion (Bhakti Yoga), medicinal Rasayanas (includes Ojas increasing foods), fresh, wholesome diet, 5 ways to eliminate Ama. There are 7 factors which hamper the flow of transformation of the Dhatus causing Ojas to be less or imbalanced: excessive injury/harm to the body; excessive loss of substance; overexertion; excessive anger; excessive grief; excessive thinking, worry, anxiety; excessive hunger.
Ojas as per Swami Vivekananda
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According to Swami Vivekananda PDFmyURL.com
"The Yogis claim that of all the energies that are in the human body the highest is what they call "Ojas". Now this Ojas is stored up in the brain, and the more Ojas is in a man's head, the more powerful he is, the more intellectual, the more spiritually strong." [1] "Part of the human energy which is expressed as sex energy, in sexual thought, when checked and controlled, easily becomes changed into Ojas" [1] "It is only the chaste man or woman who can make the Ojas rise and store it in the brain; that is why chastity has always been considered the highest virtue" [1] "The "Ojas" is that which makes the difference between man and man. The man who has much Ojas is the leader of men. It gives a tremendous power of attraction. Ojas is manufactured from the nerve - currents. It has this peculiarity: it is most easily made from that force which manifests itself in the sexual powers. If the powers of the sexual centres are not frittered away and their energies wasted (action is only thought in a grosser state), they can be manufactured into Ojas. The two great nerve currents of the body start from the brain, go down on each side of the spinal cord, but they cross in the shape of the figure 8 at the back of the head. Thus the left side of the body is governed by the right side of the head. At the lowest point of the circuit is the sexual centre, the Sacral Plexus. The energy conveyed by these two currents of nerves comes down, and a large amount is continually being stored in the Sacral Plexus. The last bone in the spine is over the Sacral Plexus and is described in symbolic language as a triangle; and as the energy is stored up beside it, this energy is symbolised by a serpent. Consciousness and subconsciousness work through these two nerve - currents. But superconsciousness takes off the nerve - current when it reaches the lower end of the circuit, and instead of allowing it to go up and complete the circuit, stops and forces it up the spinal cord as Ojas from the Sacral Plexus. The spinal cord is naturally closed, but it can be opened to form a age for this Ojas. As the current travels from one centre of the spinal cord to another, you can travel from one plane of existence to another. This is why the human being is greater than others, because all planes, all experiences, are possible to the spirit in the human body. We do not need another; for man can, if he likes, finish in his body his probation and can after that become pure spirit. When the Ojas has gone from centre to centre and reaches the Pineal Gland, man then becomes neither mind nor body, he is free from all bondage. The great danger of psychic powers is that man stumbles, as it were, into them, and knows not how to use them rightly. He is without training and without knowledge of what has happened to him. The danger is that in using these psychic powers, the sexual feelings are abnormally roused as these powers are in fact manufactured out of the sexual centre. The best and safest way is to avoid psychic manifestations, for they play the most horrible pranks on their ignorant and untrained owners. To go back to symbols. Because this movement of the Ojas up the spinal cord feels like a spiral one, it is called the "snake". The snake, therefore, or the serpent, rests on the bone or triangle. When it is roused, it travels up the spinal cord; and as it goes from centre to centre, a new natural world is opened inside us—the Kundalini is roused." [2]
References
[edit]
1. ^ a b c s:The Co mplete Wo rks o f Swami Vivekananda/Vo lume 1/Raja-Yo ga/The Co ntro l Of The Psychic Prana The Co mplete Wo rks Of Swami Vivekananda 2. ^ s:The Co mplete Wo rks o f Swami Vivekananda/Vo lume 6 /No tes Of Class Talks And Lectures/Lesso ns On Raja-Yo ga The Co mplete Wo rks Of Swami Vivekananda
"Ayurveda and the Mind: The Healing of Consciousness", Frawley, David, Lotus Press, 1996 Google Book Search
on Ojas in this PDFmyURL.com
book "Ayurvedic Healing: A Comprehensive Guide", Frawley, David, Lotus Press, 2000 Google Book Search
on Ojas in this book
"Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution", Svoboda, Robert E., Sadhana Publications, 1998 Google Book Search Categories: Ayurveda
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