MUDRA INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MUDRA IS A SANSCRIT WORD. IT IS A METHOD OF GROWTH GIVEN BY EASTERN TEACHERS TO SEEKERS OF TRUTH, KNOWLEDGE AND/OR ENLIGHTENMENT, TO INVOKE AND CREATE CERTAIN MENTAL ATTRIBUTES IN A HUMAN PERSONALTY/PSYCHE. IT BASICALLY CONSISTS OF POSITIONING THE BODY IN CERTAIN WAYS AND MAINTAINING THE POSITIONS FOR A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME, WITH THE MIND QUIETED, EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS OR UNTIL THE ATTRIBUTE MANIFESTS AS A NEW AND SOLID PART OF THE PERSONALITY\PSYCHE. TYPICAL ATTRIBUTES WHICH ARE "SOUGHT/OBTAINED" BY THIS METHOD ARE: ACTION INNOCENCE SOBRIETY COURAGE DETACHMENT EQUANIMITY TRUTHFULNESS HUMILITY SERENITY (THESE ARE CALLED "THE NINE VIRTUES") THE TEACHER STATES THAT BY DEVELOPING THE ABOVE ATTRIBUTES, THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES ARE DISSOLVED AWAY: LAZINESS LUST GLUTTONY FEAR AVARICE ENVY DECEIT PRIDE ANGER THE PROCEDURE IS TO DO YOUR DAILY MEDITATION, AND THEN POSITION THE BODY IN THE POSITION THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE VIRTUE YOU WISH TO MANIFEST IN YOUR PERSONALITY FOR 15 TO 20 MINUTES WITH THE MIND QUIET. A PICTURE CHART OF THESE POSITIONS IS AVAILABLE, BY REQUEST, AT THE CAVE.