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TOWARD A
SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS
Meditational Theory and Practice
HIROSHI MOTOYAMA
Translation by Shigenori Naga
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TOWARD A SUPERCONSCIOUSNESS
This book is designed to be a guidebook for the initiates as
well as seasoned practitioners of Yoga meditation, and ap-
proaches the subject from the comprehensive standpoints
of physiology, neurophysiology, psychology, para-
psychology, philosophy and religion. People who practice
other forms of Eastern or Western meditation should also
benefit from this book, because it clearly demarcates the
phenomena that characterize each stage of meditational prac-
tice and hence serves as a yardstick for their progress in
spiritual growth.
"In this book, Dr. Motoyama presents a superb overview
of oriental theories and techniques to achieve Self-
Realization, supported by convincing evidence from the
research laboratory."
Steven Brena, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
"For the scholar, this book provides an East-West
perspective that will stimulate many insights and
research directions. For the adept and seeker it provides
"how to" knowledge that cross-culturally and
developmentally seeks to unite body, mind and spirit.
For the materialistic skeptic, there are challenges on
every page."
Philip Singer, Ph.D.
Professor, Health Behavioral Sciences
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
ASIAN HUMANITIES PRESS
Berkeley, California
Toward a
Superconsciousness:
Meditational
Theory &
Practice
By Hiroshi Motoyama
Translation by:
Shigenori Nagatomo
& Clifford R. Ames
ASIAN HUMANITIES PRESS
Berkeley, California
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ASIAN HUMANITIES PRESS
Asian Humanities Press offers to the specialist and the general
reader alike, the best in new translations of major works as well
as significant original contributions, to enhance our understand-
ing of Asian literature, religions, cultures and philosophies.
"Asian Humanities Press" is a trademark of Jain Publishing
Company.
Copyright @ 1990 by Hiroshi Motoyama. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electron-
ic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, with-
out the written permission of the publisher except for brief
passages quoted in a review.
ISBN 0-89581-914-7
Printed in the United States of America
Table of Contents
Translators' Introduction
ix
Preface to the Japanese Version
xiv
Chapter One: Yoga's Effects on Mind and Body
1
The Purpose and Standpoint of Yoga
1
Eight Stages of Yoga
3
Moral Training
3
Bodily Training
6
Spiritual Training
14
A Summary of the Effects which Yoga Practice
Has on Body and Mind
28
Chapter Two: Approaching Concentration, Meditation,
and Samadhi from Various Angles
33
On Concentration
33
Viewing Concentration Ontologically
33
The Synchronization of Consciousness
36
The Presence of Wandering Thoughts
39
Wandering Thoughts and the Hypnotic State
43
Partial ESP & PK in the Hypnotic State
46
A Physiological Interpretation of the State in
which Wandering Thoughts Occur
47
From Concentration to Meditation
49
On Meditation
50
Meditation seen from an Ontological Standpoint
50
A Partial Union in the Astral Dimension
54
Similarities and Differences in the Meaning of
Things Astral and Things Physical
57
Psychological and Physiological Understanding
of Meditative States
60
The Various Stages in Meditation
68
Paranormal Ability and Its World in Meditation
73
The Function of Kundalini in Meditation
77
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