Your Yoga. Physical, Astral and Karmic Cleansing.

Prepare mentally and emotionally for this practice as though entering a river of living water to wash away the burden of impurity that prevents the physical, astral and karmic bodies from developing and functioning properly. Wish for complete freedom from impurity and aspire to Purity as to a great Queen through whose grace every wish is fulfilled.

The Cleansing practice has three stages.

First Stage

Devote the first stage to a peaceful day without overexertion. Eat your usual balanced meals and drink water when thirsty. The “Shell” practice involving salt water is no longer offered: this procedure is not necessary for inner cleansing.

Second Stage

Sit comfortably in a room at a normal temperature. Do not cover your head with blankets, use hot-water bottles or try to induce sweating. You may place a glass of ordinary drinking water nearby and ask the Higher Power for clarity and inner purity. Finish when you feel you have done enough.

Third Stage

Choose three days when you can be at home most of the time.

During these three days, do the following:

Maintain your usual eating and drinking routine each day.
Do not restrict water or force yourself to drink excessively.
At a convenient time, practise the gentle “Fireball” visualisation:
Imagine a ball of fire about five metres in diameter, 6–10 metres in front of you. Recall the sensation of a heavy sigh, such as people give when troubled, as though exhaling the problem itself. Remember this feeling; you will need it shortly.
With the fireball before you, imagine wishing to breathe out all the impurity that prevents you from living freely and lightly. Do not give “impurity” any specific meaning; let it remain abstract.
Exhale calmly, without effort, imagining that you are releasing inner heaviness.
Now remember blowing on a dying fire or embers to make them burn more strongly. Recall how the fire flared up as you blew. You will need this memory shortly.
As you breathe towards the fireball, imagine it growing a little larger and brighter, like a fire being kindled. Feel that the impurity leaving you is completely absorbed by it, as though it were a substance essential to the fireball's existence.
Then take an ordinary, easy breath in, imagining gentle light.
Complete three such exhalations and inhalations.
Afterwards, be sure to imagine the fireball moving away, becoming a tiny point and disappearing into infinity.
On the second day, continue eating and drinking normally. Repeat the visualisation if you find it pleasant.
No fasting is required on the third day either: devote time to rest and peaceful contemplation.

If you wish, sit quietly with a candle once a day:

Place the candle on a stable, non-flammable holder, safely away from your face, hair, clothing and other objects. Look at it easily, without forcing your gaze to remain fixed.
Use wide candle holders so wax does not spill onto your clothing or carpet. Check that nothing, especially clothing or hair, is dangerously close to the flame.
Ordinary rest before the session is enough; a hot bath is not required.
Afterwards, return to your usual activities and meals without special restrictions.

You may choose the stages freely, without compulsory physical ordeals.

Questions and Answers

The earlier answers concerning salt water, acid and intensive heating no longer apply to the updated practice. Physical cleansing procedures should be used only when prescribed by your treating doctor.

Q: How can I preserve the purity attained through the practice?
A: Do not let your consciousness follow impure thoughts. Such thoughts may arise, but if you remain in control, they simply come and go without drawing you into impure actions.

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