What is Inner Sensuality?Inner sensuality refers to "pratyahara", or our inner senses.
All our inner senses come alive throughout our nervous system as we progress on the path. In yoga the change in sensory experience is called "pratyahara" which is often interpreted to mean losing or giving up attachment to sensory experiences. This is sometimes taken to mean killing involvement in the senses, or controlling them. Something anti-sensual, like that.
This has led to bizarre practices in some cases, running away from
natural experiences of the world. This is a limited interpretation of
pratyahara. What pratyahara really means is "expansion inward of the
senses," meaning we sense more and more divine qualities inside that
are initially more charming than physical sensuality, so we are
naturally drawn to them. We do not reject physical sensuality. We
just begin to operate on a broader spectrum of sensuality as our
nervous system opens inside. In time, even our physical senses are
heightened as inner sensuality opens up, and our sensuality is seen
to be a broad continuum.
All the while, we keep up our daily practices, which are the underlying cause of the transformation. The rise of pure silent bliss consciousness, a fundamental constituent in this process, keeps us beyond the grip of ego attachment to the widening sensory experience.
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or read more here:
Pratyahara: Expansion of the senses inwardAt the forum:
Shutting off the sensesSamyama - Sutras
