The bardo, or “antarābhava” in Sanskrit, is one of the central concepts in Buddhist descriptions of what happens after we die.
In the Vedic universe, evolution depends upon the habit of our thought. It means that our consciousness can be impressed. It means we construct our reality both present and future by how we routinely think.
In Buddhism, it is believed that a person’s state of mind at the moment of death can be more decisive than any virtuous deeds.
The Hawaiians called the Europeans who landed on their shores in the late 1700s “haole.” This means breathless, or without breath.
Of all meditations, that on death is supreme.
Yoga nidra is said to be as old as yoga itself; it developed as a meditation practice sometime between 500-600…
What I am attempting to describe here is a subtle dimension of practice and self-understanding through which yogic-tantric practice can be understood as a bodily-gesture within the cosmos.
The scholar-practitioner approaches her object of study by privileging the synergy of knowledge and experience.