Bhavana

Bhavana - Intension
The practice of yoga, as a whole, is a profound science of internal purification which leads the practitioner very gradually to the realization that “all is one”.

Bhavananda Dhanna Bhagat Nabha Naraharyanda Pipa Ravidas Sain Sukhanada Ranka Tulsidas (not the author of RamCharitManas) Anantananda
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bhuta-bhavana bhutesa deva-deva jagatpate lord of existences, cause of their becoming, God of gods, master of the universe. [Gita 10.15] ...

Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani, Madanmohan* and Kaviraja Udupa
Department of Physiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, (JIPMER), Pondicherry - 605 006 ...

In the first place, there are two main lines of Yoga, namely, Dhyana or Bhavana-Yoga and Kundalini Yoga; and there is a marked difference between the two.

The intellect, buddhi, is used, but not the emotion, the feeling, bhavana, bhakti. I have told you this story to emphasise the idea that along with knowledge, understanding and wisdom, there has to be an appreciation of feelings and love.

In this Pranayama, the Bhavana is more important than the ratio between Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka.
Sit in Padma or Siddha Asana facing the East or the North.

Vipareetha Bhavana: Perverted understanding.
Viparyaya: Wrong knowledge; wrong cognition.
Virodha: Opposing.
Visesha: Distinction; defined.
Vishaya: Objects.
Visoka: Without sorrow.
Vitaraga: One who is desireless.
Viveka: Discrimination.

Meditation is some sort of bhavana, or becoming that upon which one ponders, for consciousness identifies with, takes on and virtually becomes what it contemplates.

See also: Bhava, Spirit, Spiritual, Mind, Yoga