Thursday, June 12, 2008

DHARANA(concentration)

This is the process of confining the mind within a limited mentalfield or object of concentration.

The word 'concentration' has a different meaning inyog philosophy compared to that inWestern psychology . The latter believes that the mind cannot be made toremain focused on any object foe any considerableperiod oftime.

It is just a controlled movement of the mind within a limited field . It is just a controlled movement of the mind within alimited field . In Yog,Concentration begins with the contrilled movement of the mind and it can reach a state in which the object concentrated upon and can move no further

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