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Your Life is Yoga In the USA they have made research work on depression and schizophrenia. There is no effective medicine against these. They found 3 ways to come out of depression: prayer, meditation and yoga exercises. When you go to the church or temple and pray, at that time your entire mind is concentrated and surrendered to God, and at that time you feel peace of mind. Patanjali, said in 1000 B.C. that yoga is “to calm down your mind”. But practically this cannot happen if we do not free ourselves from the many desires which we have. You are meditating and thinking, “Oh God, my parking meter will expire and I will get a ticket.” So you have to free your mind from all these obligations before you are able to meditate. Yoga is one of the most ancient paths. There is no spiritual path, no philosophy, no religion existing which is older than Yoga. To be kind and merciful, to pray, serve and help, all come from Yoga. In Patanjali’s Sutras you can read what Yoga is all about. All religions of the world have their roots in Yoga. Yoga is a science of body, mind, consciousness and soul. It leads you back there to where you came from. But we have to follow and practise the correct advice of the master. Jesus said, “I am the way to God.” We have to follow the guidance of a realised master. If you are a musician you dive into the sound when you play - and that is Yoga. You don’t use the notes – the notes are within you. That’s the difference. Or if you are a painter, just take the colour and in front of you, you see the whole universe. A real painter is painting what is not visible in the world. Through tratak [yogic technique of candle-gazing] and meditation it comes to you. If you are a singer and have a beautiful voice, then just sing. Sing the glory of God. That is another way of practising Yoga. Be one with yourself, have a motivation in your life. Never think that you are unhappy. When you think that you are unhappy, alone, unwanted you are mistaken. This world needs you more than you think that you need yourself. Yoga is something beautiful. Life is complete – it is not empty. But we have to fulfil our dharma [duty, obligation]. When we don’t fulfil our dharma we will suffer and suffer. Help yourself and God will help you. If we don’t help our self, I think that God also cannot help us. We have to do something for our physical health, mental health, social health and spiritual health. It does not consume much time. We have 24 hours a day, and we shall utilise the time that is given to us. That will give us contentment, peace of mind. When your body and mind are balanced and healthy, you will feel completely different and enjoy your life in every aspect. Copyright (c) / Publisher: |
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