MUDRA INSTRUCTIONS (FROM THE ARICA SCHOOL)
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	MUDRA IS A SANSCRIT WORD.
	IT IS A METHODE OF GROWTH GIVEN BY EASTERN TEACHERS TO SEEKERS OF
	TRUTH, WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, INNER PEACE, AND/OR ENLIGHTENMENT,
	TO INVOKE AND ESTABLISH CERTAIN MENTAL ATTRIBUTES IN A HUMAN
	PERSONALIY/PSYCHE.
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	MUDRA PRACTICE BASICLY CONSISTS OF POSITIONING THE BODY IN A CERTAIN
	SPECIFIC POSITION AND MAINTAINING THE CHOSEN POSITION FOR A GIVEN
	PERIOD OF TIME, WITH THE MIND QUIET, EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR A CERTAIN
	NUMBER OF DAYS OR UNTIL THE DESIRED ATTRIBUTE MANEFESTS AS A
	CONSISTANT PART OF ONE'S PERSONALITY\PSYCHE.
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	TYPICAL ATTRIBUTES WHICH ARE "SOUGHT/OBTAINED" BY THIS METHODE ARE:

	ACTION
	INNOCENCE
	SOBRIETY
	COURAGE
	DETATCHMENT
	EQUANIMITY
	TRUTHFULNESS
	HUMILITY
	SERENITY
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	THE TEACHERS STATE THAT BY DEVELOPING THE ABOVE ATTRIBUTES, THE
	FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES ARE DESOLVED AWAY:

	LAZINESS
	LUST
	GLUTTONY
	FEAR
	AVARICE
	ENVY
	DECIET
	PRIDE
	ANGER
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	LOCATION, PREPARATION, POSITION OF BODY, BREATHING:

	ALL THE SAME AS FOR PRACTICING MEDITATION.
	(REFER TO THE MEDITATION INSTRUCTIONS)
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	CLOTHING:

	THE CLOTHING WORN IS NOT AS IMPORTANT AS IT IS IN MEDITATION. IT IS
	BEST TO WEAR "MEDITATION CLOTHING", BUT "NORMAL CLOTHING" CAN BE WORN
	FOR THIS PRACTICE.
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	FREQUENCY:

	ONCE PER DAY
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	DURATION OF PRACTICE:

	10 TO 15 MINUTES EACH DAY.
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	TIME:

	THE SAME CONSIDERATIONS AS IN MEDITATION. IT IS BEST IF MUDRA IS
	PRACTICED AT THE SAME TIME AND LOCATION EACH DAY AND PERFORMED EACH
	AND EVERY DAY, IF POSSIBLE.
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	POSITION OF LEGS:

	THE SAME AS IN MEDITATION.
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	POSITION OF HANDS AND ARMS:

	USE THE MUDRA CHART TO SELECT THE ATTRIBUTE YOU WISH TO "INVOKE" AND
	ARRANGE YOUR BODY IN THE POSITION SHOWN FOR THAT ATTRIBUTE.
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	ATTENTION FOCUS POINT:

	HEART CENTER.
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	MIND:

	QUIET. (SEE NOTES)
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	NOTES: DO THIS PRACTICE FOR 6 WEEKS, AND OR UNTIL THE ATTRIBUTE IS
	       WELL DEVELOPED IN YOU.

	       IT IS BEST IS TO MEDITATE BEFORE PERFORMING MUDRA, MEDITATION
	       WILL QUIET THE MIND, WHICH ASSISTS IN THE PRACTICE
	       "BEARING FRUIT", BUT THIS METHODE CAN BE USED WITHOUT
	       MEDITATION OR ANY OTHER PRACTICE.

	       IT IS BEST IF THE MIND IS QUIET WHILE DOING MUDRA, IF THE MIND
	       IS HAVING TOO MANY THOUGHTS DURING THE PRACTICE, ONE CAN USE
	       ONE'S MEDITATION MANTRA, USING IT THE SAME WAY AS IT IS USED
	       DURING MEDITATION, OR ONE CAN USE THE SANCRIT WORD "SHANTI"
	       (THIS WORD MEANS PEACE), THE WORD SHANTI BEING REPEATED ONCE,
	       INTERNALLY, ON THE IN BREATH AND THE OUT BREATH.
        g.das