Sunday, July 12, 2009

YOGA

The word Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root YUJ, Meaning to bind, attach, to direct and concentrate one’s attention on. It mainly means Union or Communion. It is the true union of our will with the will of the God. ‘It thus means,’ says Mahadev Desai in his introduction to the Gita according to Gandhi, ‘the yoking of all the powers of body, mind and soul to God; it means the disciplining of the intellect, the mind, the emotions, the will, which that Yoga pre-supposes; it means a poise of the soul which enables one to look at life in all its aspects evenly.’

Yoga is the turning away of the senses from the objective universe and the concentration of the mind within. Yoga is eternal life in the soul or spirit. Yoga aims at controlling the mind and its modifications. The path of Yoga is an inner path whose gateway is your heart.

Yoga is the discipline of the mind, senses and physical body. Yoga helps in the co-ordination and control of the subtle forces within the body. Yoga brings in perfection, peace and everlasting happiness. Yoga can help you in your business and in your daily life. You can have calmness of mind at all times by the practice of yoga.

A Guru or Preceptor is indispensable for the practice of Yoga. The aspirant in the path of Yoga should be humble, simple, gentle, refined, tolerant, merciful and kind. If you have a curiosity to get psychic powers, you cannot have success in Yoga. Yoga does not consist in sitting cross-legged for six hours or stopping the pulse or beatings of the heart or getting oneself buried below the ground for a week or a month.

Self – sufficiency, disrespect, arrogance, luxury, name, fame, self-assertiveness, stubbornness, idea of superiority, sensual desires, evil company, laziness, overeating, overwork are some of the obstacles in the path of Yoga. Admit your faults freely. When you are free from all these evil traits, Samadhi or Union will come on its own.

Linus Orakles

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