MUDRA INTRODUCTION                                       MUDRA00.TXT
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       MUDRA IS A SANSCRIT WORD.
       IT IS A METHODE OF GROWTH GIVEN BY EASTERN TEACHERS TO SEEKERS OF
       TRUTH, KNOWLEDGE AND/OR ENLIGHTENMENT, TO INVOKE AND CREATE CERTAIN 
       MENTAL ATTRIBUTES IN A HUMAN PERSONALIY/PSYCHE.

       IT BASICLY CONSISTS OF POSITIONING THE HANDS AND OR THE BODY IN 
       CERTAIN WAYS AND MAINTAINING THE POSITIONS FOR A GIVEN PERIOD
       OF TIME, (3 TO 20 MINUTES) WITH THE MIND QUIETED, EACH AND EVERY 
       DAY FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS OR UNTIL THE ATTRIBUTE MANEFESTS 
       AS A NEW AND SOLID PART OF THE PERSONALITY/PSYCHE.

       TYPICAL ATTRIBUTES WHICH ARE "SOUGHT/OBTAINED" BY THIS METHODE ARE:

       ACTION
       INNOCENCE
       SOBRIETY
       COURAGE
       DETATCHMENT
       EQUANIMITY
       TRUTHFULNESS
       HUMILITY
       SERENITY

       (THESE ARE CALLED "THE NINE VIRTUES")


       THE MASTER STATES THAT BY DEVELOPING THE ABOVE ATTRIBUTES, THE 
       FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES ARE DESOLVED AWAYIN A PERSON:

       LAZINESS
       LUST
       GLUTTONY
       FEAR
       AVARICE
       ENVY
       DECEIT
       PRIDE
       ANGER

       THE PROCEEDURE IS TO DO YOUR DAILY MEDITATION, AND THEN POSITION 
       THE HANDS AND OR BODY IN THE POSITION THAT CORESPONDS TO THE VIRTURE 
       YOU WISH TO MANEFEST IN YOUR PERSONALITY FOR 3 TO 20 MINUTES WITH THE 
       MIND QUIET.

       MUDRA CAN ALSO BE USED AS A "STAND ALONE" PRACTICE.

       A PICTURE CHART OF THESE POSITIONS IS AVAILABLE, BY REQUEST, 
       AT THE DRAGON'S CAVE. PICTURES OF THE VARIOUS HAND MUDRAS ARE
       ALSO AVAILABLE.

       THERE ARE MUDRAS SPECIFICALLY USED TO HEAL AND STRENGHTEN VARIOUS PARTS
       OF THE BODY TOO.