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Dynamic Stillness Part Two: The Fulfillment of Trika Yoga
Dynamic Stillnessss, a two-volume series, aims to bring the Indian tradition of Trika Yoga into a Western idiom. The two volumes present a comprehensive overview of the meditation practice taught by Swami Chetanananda, a practice which involves working with a teacher, meditation itself, and extending what we learn through our spiritual practice into every area of our lives. Together these volumes present what is both an ancient system and a contemporary, living one, with the two elements complementing and illuminating each other.
The first volume, The Practice of Trika Yoga, discusses in some depth the questions likely to face a person as he or she begins a spiritual practice. It reviews the elements of Trika Yoga from the perspective of the beginning student. This second volume, The Fulfillment of Trika Yoga, briefly reviews the contents of Part One, giving an overview of the beginning phase of practice. It then explores how the groundwork laid in beginning practice unfolds into an increasingly refined awareness.
Part Two is not merely a discussion for advanced students, however. The beginning student will discover that this refined awareness is already a part of his or her daily experience. The issue is one of training ourselves to sustain that awareness regardless of what is going on around us. Therefore both volumes provide useful orientations to a student at any point in his or her inner work. In this sense they function together as a practitioner’s manual.
The first volume, The Practice of Trika Yoga, discusses in some depth the questions likely to face a person as he or she begins a spiritual practice. It reviews the elements of Trika Yoga from the perspective of the beginning student. This second volume, The Fulfillment of Trika Yoga, briefly reviews the contents of Part One, giving an overview of the beginning phase of practice. It then explores how the groundwork laid in beginning practice unfolds into an increasingly refined awareness.
Part Two is not merely a discussion for advanced students, however. The beginning student will discover that this refined awareness is already a part of his or her daily experience. The issue is one of training ourselves to sustain that awareness regardless of what is going on around us. Therefore both volumes provide useful orientations to a student at any point in his or her inner work. In this sense they function together as a practitioner’s manual.
384 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 31, 2001
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January 30, 2015
This is the 2nd part of Swami Chetanananda's series, and I believe will stand strong on it's own, but will be even stronger if you read DS1 first. It builds further on Swami's cosmological model which borrows a lot from Kashmir Shaivism, and expertly brings us the essence of the tradition's complex esoteric texts. Every single page is worth a meditation in it's own right, to really take this book in took double the time of a standard book it's size. It's a very deep and detailed read about our energy system, how it works, the mind's games throughout the process and how to approach dealing with it, and MUCH more. Nothing short of excellent, this book is a rare read that is in my spiritual top 10 now! Enjoy!
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