References:

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Those who engage in yogic practices reach the breathless state of

trance (Sam|dhi) by offering inhalation into exhalation and

exhalation into inhalation as a sacrifice (by using short breathing

Kriya techniques). (4.29)

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A sage is, in truth, liberated by renouncing all sense enjoyments,

fixing the eyes and the mind (at an imaginary black dot) between

the eye brows, equalizing the breath moving through the nostrils

, keeping the senses, mind, and intellect

under control, having salvation (Mukti) as the prime goal, and

becoming free from lust, anger, and fear. (5.27-28)

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One should sit by holding the waist, spine, chest, neck, and head

erect, motionless and steady; fix the eyes and the mind steadily on

the tip (or front) of the nose without looking around; make your

mind serene and fearless, practice celibacy; have the mind under

control, think of Me, and have Me as the supreme goal.

(6.13-14)