Here I am talking about the practice of Bhramari, assuming that you are studying diligently at Mahapurna School and, of course, already know about Bhramari.
For example, here — Yogendra — I said this in 2021.
And, of course, even earlier on the Your Yoga website.
RESONANT CLAIRVOYANCE
DAY 3. SENSING THE INVISIBLE
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The “Invisible Sphere” practice. The art of sensing the space between the palms.
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Dear friends! Today is the third day of our “Resonant Clairvoyance” workshop.
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Over the previous two days, we have already taken a short journey into the unusual world of human perception.
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On the first day, we explored the inner screen of consciousness, observing luminous phenomena and images with our eyes closed.
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On the second day, we turned to the outer world and tried to see subtle luminous contours around the fingers, palms, and human body.
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Today, however, something completely different awaits us.
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We will try to feel what we are not touching.
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Imagine that you are holding your hands in front of you, with nothing between them. At least, nothing visible.
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But then you slowly bring your palms closer together—and suddenly notice warmth, tingling, slight resistance, and sometimes even the sensation that an invisible ball is between your hands.
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You move your palms apart—the sensations change. You bring them together again—they return.
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What is it? Heat? The work of the nervous system? Features of perception? Or what ancient Eastern teachings called vital energy?
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Today we will explore different explanations of this phenomenon and, most importantly, try to investigate everything ourselves.
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PART ONE. PRANA AND QI—TWO ANCIENT CONCEPTIONS OF VITAL ENERGY
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In Indian philosophy, there is the concept of
prana—the breath of life, the vital force permeating all living things.
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According to yogic understanding, prana is connected not only with physical breathing. It is regarded as a subtle principle of vital activity involved in the functioning of the body and consciousness.
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This concept is associated with the teaching of nadis—subtle channels through which, according to tradition, prana flows.
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In Chinese culture, we encounter a related in meaning but independent concept—
qi.
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Qi occupies an important place in Chinese philosophy, traditional medicine, and practices such as qigong and tai chi.
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The word “qigong” itself is usually translated as working with vital energy or the skill of cultivating it.
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One of the characteristic features of qigong is the combination of three elements:
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Breathing, movement, and attention.
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A person performs slow, fluid movements, synchronizes them with their breathing, and focuses on the sensations that arise.
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Outwardly, such exercises may seem extremely simple. However, anyone who has performed them attentively at least once knows how unusual the sensations in one’s own body can become.
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Some qigong traditions use movements reminiscent of holding a large ball in front of the chest.
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The arms are gently rounded, the palms face each other, and the movements are smooth and almost imperceptible.
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Practitioners sometimes describe the resulting sensations as if an invisible, resilient substance were present between the palms.
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In traditional esoteric explanations, this is associated with the perception and movement of qi.
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However, it is important to understand that science has not established the existence of qi as a separate measurable form of physical energy.
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This makes it all the more interesting to explore the sensations that can genuinely arise during such exercises.
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PART TWO. WHAT DOES SCIENCE SAY ABOUT OUR BODILY PERCEPTION?
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Human skin is an amazingly sensitive organ.
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It can perceive touch, pressure, vibration, cold, and heat. But our bodily sensations extend far beyond that.
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The brain constantly receives information from the muscles, joints, tendons, and internal organs.
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Thanks to this information, we can determine the position of our own hands even with our eyes closed.
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For example, if you close your eyes and slowly bring your finger toward the tip of your nose, you will most likely be able to perform this movement quite accurately.
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Even though you cannot see your hand at all!
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This ability is made possible by
proprioception — the perception of the position and movement of one’s own body.
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There is another interesting concept —
interoception.
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This term refers to the processes of perceiving and processing signals about the body’s internal state.
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Awareness of breathing, heartbeat, and many other bodily sensations is connected with these processes.
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Some contemporary researchers view interoception as an important component of how a person experiences their own body and emotional state.
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Scientific review:
The Emerging Science of Interoception.
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Now imagine that we combine several factors.
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First, we warm our palms by rubbing them together.
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Then we slowly bring them closer, attentively listening to the sensations.
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Our brain simultaneously processes information about the position of the hands, skin temperature, muscle tension, and even barely perceptible movements of the air.
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Moreover, a warm palm really does transfer thermal radiation to surrounding surfaces, including the other palm.
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As a result, some very unusual experiences may arise: warmth, pulsation, tingling, a feeling of fullness, or even a peculiar elasticity of space.
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Not everyone will experience everything listed above. But investigating these subtle sensations is itself highly interesting.
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Perhaps it is not that a new sense organ appears, but rather that we begin using the abilities we already possess much more attentively.
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And that in itself is astonishing.
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PART THREE. CAN SOUND ENHANCE SENSITIVITY?
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Now let us return to our main technique—Bhramari.
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In previous days, we used prolonged humming to prepare for inner contemplation and visual observation.
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Today, however, we will try to explore its influence on bodily perception.
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When a person performs Bhramari, they focus on the sound vibration, breathing, and inner sensations.
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Attention gradually turns away from external events.
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After the humming ends, a particularly interesting moment arises — silence.
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The sound has already disappeared, but some sensations associated with producing it may still remain.
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Today, we will try to shift this heightened attention from the area of the face and head to the palms.
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In traditional esoteric language, one might say that we are directing consciousness toward the energetic interaction of the hands.
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In scientific language, this concerns changing the direction of attention and exploring subtle bodily signals.
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But the main point is not what we call what is happening. The main thing is what exactly we will feel.
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So, let us begin.
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PART FOUR. “INVISIBLE SPHERE” PRACTICE
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Duration: approximately 25 minutes.
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For the session, you will need a quiet room, a comfortable chair, and some free space in front of you.
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Ideally, the air temperature should be comfortable, and your hands should not be exposed to a strong draft from a fan or an open window.
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It is best to perform the practice sitting down so that the shoulder and back muscles do not become tired.
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STAGE 1. FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE INVISIBLE — 3 MINUTES
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Sit comfortably.
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Straighten your back and relax your shoulders.
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Now raise your hands in front of your chest.
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Position your palms vertically, facing each other, approximately 15–20 centimeters apart.
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Keep your fingers slightly bent and your palms relaxed.
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Imagine that you are holding a small ball, but for now, do not deliberately try to feel anything.
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Close your eyes.
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Very slowly, begin bringing your palms closer together, leaving a few centimeters between them.
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Then move them apart just as slowly.
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Repeat the movement five or six times.
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Notice: what do you feel between your palms?
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Perhaps only the movement of your own hands.
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Perhaps a slight warmth.
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Or maybe tingling, pulsation, or something else.
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Do not try to create anything deliberately.
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This is our initial observation, to which we will return after the sound practice.
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STAGE 2. SOUND AWAKENING — 4 MINUTES
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Lower your hands onto your knees.
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Close your eyes.
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Take a calm, natural breath in through your nose.
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On a slow exhalation, begin gently vocalizing:
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M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m...
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Try to feel the vibration around your lips, nose, and face.
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Let the sound be steady, pleasant, and not too loud.
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Do not try to hum for as long as possible. The exhalation should remain comfortable.
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Complete seven cycles of Bhramari.
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During the first three cycles, listen to the vibration in your head.
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During the next two, mentally expand the area of your attention, noticing sensations throughout your entire body.
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During the final two, imagine that the sound becomes a soft wave, gradually dissolving into inner space.
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After the final hum, become silent.
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Sit in silence for about a minute.
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Feel your breath, face, hands, and fingertips.
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There is no need to imagine anything. Simply listen to yourself.
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STAGE 3. AWAKENING THE PALMS — 3 MINUTES
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Now open your eyes.
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Bring your palms together and begin gently rubbing them against each other.
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Do this for approximately 20–30 seconds.
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Feel your skin gradually warming up.
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Then stop rubbing and slowly move your palms apart.
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Notice the warmth that has appeared.
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Now gently stroke the back of each hand several times with the other palm.
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You can also gently massage your fingers and wrists.
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After this, again place your palms facing each other.
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But this time, do not bring them together.
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Leave a distance of approximately 10–15 centimeters between them.
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Close your eyes.
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Feel both palms simultaneously.
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Not only their surface, but also the full variety of sensations arisingsensations.
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You may notice warmth, a slight tingling, or the beating of your pulse.
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Try to mentally focus on the space between your hands.
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This is where the most interesting part of today’s experience begins.
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STAGE 4. CREATING AN INVISIBLE SPHERE — 7 MINUTES
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Imagine that there is a transparent sphere between your palms.
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You cannot see it, and you do not know whether it exists in any physical sense.
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It is simply an image that will help us organize our movements and attention.
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Now begin slowly bringing your palms closer together.
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Very slowly.
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As if there were something extremely fragile between them.
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Stop when the distance is approximately five centimeters.
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Pay attention to your sensations.
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Then begin moving your hands apart just as slowly.
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Do not hurry.
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Let a space 20–25 centimeters wide gradually form between your palms.
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Stop again.
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What has changed?
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Repeat the movement several times.
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Now try to imagine that your palms are not simply moving, but exploring the surface of an invisible sphere.
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You can turn your hands slightly, change their position a little, or bring your fingers closer together.
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At the same time, there is no need to tense your muscles or deliberately create resistance to the movement.
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Our task is to observe natural sensations, not imitate them.
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Some people may feel an unusual pulsation.
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Others — a barely perceptible warmth that seems to move along with the hands.
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Still others notice a feeling of elasticity, as though a soft cushion were held between the palms.
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If you experience something similar, do not rush to explain it.
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Simply try to stay with it.
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Perhaps the sensations will become more noticeable and then disappear.
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Perhaps they will change as you bring your palms closer together and weaken again as you move them apart.
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Keep your breathing calm.
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Now stop the movement.
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Leave your palms about 10 centimeters apart.
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Close your eyes if they were open.
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Imagine that an invisible sphere is resting between your hands.
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But do not try to convince yourself that it exists.
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Simply observe what happens to your sensations when your hands remain still.
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Stay in this position for 30–40 seconds.
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STAGE 5. RESONANCE AND THE SPHERE — 5 MINUTES
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Now we will conduct one more experiment.
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Without changing the position of your hands, breathe in calmly.
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As you exhale, softly say again:
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M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m...
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When the sound ends, remain in complete silence for a while.
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Pay attention to your palms.
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Has anything changed?
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Has the warmth become more noticeable?
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Has something new arisentingling?
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Has your sense of the distance between your hands changed?
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Repeat three such cycles: humming, then silence and observation.
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After that, try bringing your palms slowly closer together several more times.
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Compare the sensations with what was happening at the very beginning of the session.
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If there are differences, remember them.
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If there are no differences, that is also an important observation.
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From one such experience, we cannot determine whether the changes were caused by humming, rubbing the hands, repeating the movements, or focusing attention.
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However, we can learn to notice our sensations much more accurately.
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STAGE 6. COMPLETION — 3 MINUTES
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Now slowly move your palms apart.
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Lower your hands onto your knees.
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Close your eyes.
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Sit quietly for a while.
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Feel your hands, fingers, and forearms.
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Then turn your attention to your entire body.
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Listen to your breathing.
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Do not rush to return to your everyday activities.
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Silently say to yourself:
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“I am learning to feel my body and attentively observe what previously passed unnoticed by my consciousness.”
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Now open your eyes.
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The practice is complete.
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PART FIVE. ADDITIONAL EXPERIMENT “INVISIBLE PRESENCE”
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And now I would like to offer you another interesting experiment.
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For this, it is advisable to invite an assistant.
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Sit comfortably and place one hand on the table, palm up.
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Close your eyes.
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Ask your assistant to slowly bring their palm to within a few centimeters of your hand from time to time, without touching it.
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At other times, they should keep their hand to the side.
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Your task is to try to determine when the other person's palm is actually nearby.
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To make the experiment more interesting, the assistant should randomly choose ten trials in advance: in five of them, they should bring their hand close, and in the other five, they should not.
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Each trial should last the same amount of time. The assistant should announce only its beginning and end, without hinting at the correct answer.
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After each trial, write down:
“Hand nearby” or “No hand.”
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Only after completing all ten trials should you compare your records with what actually happened.
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Of course, an experiment like this is not a rigorous test of extrasensory abilities. A person may notice warmth, air movement, sounds, or other physical cues. And random coincidences are inevitable.
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But it allows us to ask a very interesting question:
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How accurately can we recognize subtle sensations without using our eyesight?
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And if you enjoy this experiment, try repeating it on another day, changing the distance between your palms.
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Don’t rush to draw conclusions from the first coincidences. The research process itself is more interesting here.
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PART SIX. THE JOURNAL OF RESONANT CLAIRVOYANCE
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Today, our journal will be enriched with new observations.
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After the practice, answer the following questions:
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1. What did you feel between your palms before performing Bhramari?
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2. Did any new sensations appear after humming and rubbing your hands together?
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3. Did you get the feeling that there was an invisible sphere between your palms?
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4. Which sensations were most noticeable: warmth, tingling, pulsation, pressure, elasticity, or something else?
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5. Did the sensations change as you brought your palms closer together and moved them apart?
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6. Did additional humming cycles affect your perception?
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7. If you performed the experiment with an assistant, how many out of ten answers were correct?
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Remember that there are no right or wrong experiences here.
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Everyone has their own sensitivity, your nervous system’s individual characteristics and your experience of concentration.
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The main thing is to observe carefully and record what actually happened.
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PART SEVEN. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED TODAY?
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Let’s briefly review what we’ve learned.
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On the first day, we observed inner images.
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On the second, we explored unusual visual effects around physical objects.
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Today, we turned our attention to sensations that can arise without direct contact between the hands.
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With each session, we become more familiar with the specific features of our own perception.
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In the traditions of yoga and qigong, exercises like these are regarded as part of working with vital energy.
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Modern science describes our sensations using concepts related to the nervous system, thermal sensitivity, proprioception, and attention.
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That is why it is important for us to remain both open-minded and observant.
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We should not dismiss our own experiences simply because they are unusual.
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But neither should we rush to explain every tingling sensation or change in temperature as the action of invisible forces.
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Genuine investigation begins when we can distinguish what we actually felt from what we merely assume.
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And yet there is something truly beautiful about today’s session.
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A person who previously perceived their own hands merely as tools for everyday tasks suddenly discovers how rich the world of sensations can be.
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In a space where, it would seem, there is nothing, they begin to notice warmth, movement, and subtle signals from their own body.
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And perhaps it is with such small discoveries that the great journey into the depths of human consciousness begins.
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WHAT AWAITS US TOMORROW?
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Tomorrow we will move on to one of the most mysterious areas of our practicum.
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DAY 4. A QUESTION FOR THE AKASHIC SPACE.
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In the esoteric tradition, there is a concept of a kind of universal space of knowledge where, according to this teaching, information about events, thoughts, and phenomena is preserved.
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It is called the Akashic Space, or the Akashic Records.
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Whether such a repository actually exists is a question to which science has not yet provided a confirming answer.
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But we can explore another remarkable phenomenon: the ability of human consciousness to unexpectedly generate images, associations, and answers that do not arise during ordinary, concentrated thought.
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Tomorrow we will try to formulate a question, enter a state of deep inner silence, and observe whatanswers arise in our consciousness.
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And today I invite you to share the results of the third practice.
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Were you able to sense the invisible sphere between your palms? What exactly did you feel? Did the sensations change after the sound resonance?
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I’ll be glad to read your observations!
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To be continued...
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Mahapurna School — Sergey Veretennikov
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