MUDRA INTRODUCTION                                              MUDRAINT.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 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 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 TEACHER STATES THAT BY DEVELOPING THE ABOVE ATTRIBUTES, THE FOLLOWING
ATTRIBUTES ARE DESOLVED AWAY:
LAZINESS
LUST
GLUTTONY
FREAR
AVARICE
ENVY
DECEIT
PRIDE
ANGER

THE PROCEEDURE IS TO DO YOUR DAILY MEDITATION, AND THEN POSITION THE BODY
IN THE POSITION THAT CORESPONDS TO THE VIRTURE YOU WISH TO MANEFEST 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.

g. das