The Yoga of Life?

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Namaste,

 

Most Yogas teach us how to control our body, breath, mind etc. They

teach us how to contort our body into most difficult poses, stop our

breath for long periods of time, make the mind calm & powerful, such

that anything it desires comes true.

 

But does any Yoga teach us how to live life? How to deal with constant

negativty, ups & downs, spiralling of uncontrollable forces? Most

Yogas ( & not just Indian/Hindu) teach you to run from life, to reject

it, in favor of some mental ideal, which is impossible to co-exist

with material life.

 

Or they goto the other extreme, & accept only the material,

worshipping it, their Gods being money & the rational mind, this

combination being best seen in recent corporate scandals.

 

Is there any Yoga that teaches us to live life, to accept its ups &

downs? Im not talking about simple philanthropy- the " Help the

starving Africans/Asians " so fashionable in the West- for it is just

another form of ego satisfaction.

 

Im talking about accepting the normal life- the doctor, the engineer,

the hair stylist, the accountant, & using that as a means to find the

hidden spirit within. The simplest clerk has as much right to find the

Spirit as the highest Yogi living in the Himalayas.

 

For the Power, the Force, the Shakti, is hidden in the manifest

Universe, playing hide & seek with us, daring us to find her hidden in

the darkest recesses of humanity, within obvious contradictions of

life, within the dualities of good & evil, dark & light that so vexes

philosophers.

 

This force often challenges us to find Her, giving us slight nudges

here & there when we get too lost in our own created Univese of

thoughts. We take these nudges as attacks, which they are for the ego,

which has to live in constant fear. The ego has to live in fear, for

it is like a grain of sand if front of an ocean as large as the

Universe- trying to pretend there is no Universe. The ego knows the

moment it stops fighting & looks around, the whole weight of the

Universe will crush it. Reality, Existence, is constantly trying to

wake the ego, by trying to prodding us here & there, but like the

baby, we think by closing our eyes we can keep the world out.

 

The Yoga of Life is for everyone- it does not require any previous

mental ideas, no need to follow scriptures or prophets, no need to

leave anything- meat, alcohol, sex. This is no elite Yoga for the

select few- this Yoga is everyone who dares to open his/her eyes &

look beyond the ovbious, to see the Spirit hidden within the daily

small nuisances of Life. The Yoga of Life will have no pre-requistes,

it will have no final destination or goals. It can have no

pre-requistes, as we are fit for this Yoga by the very factor of being

born in the physical plane. It can have no end, as having a goal means

having a start. The Universe, like Existence, like God, is Infinite,

so how can there be any start or end to it? No, the Yoga of Life will

be forever, infinite, just as life is.

 

The Yoga of Life will have no final scriptures or teacher/prophet, as

how in this constantly changing, flowing Universe, can anything be

final? Teachings that make sense today will seem barbaric & outdated

tommorow. This is the main complaint of atheists, that the teachings

are outdated. Yet is this the fault of the teaching, or the Teacher,

who is unable to update the teaching to a different climate?

 

The Yoga of Life will have no " super " techniques of self realisation.

For so called powerful techniques divide life into simple techniques

for simple folk, & powerful techniques for us advanced Yogis. The

Yoga of Life cautions against dividing life, even in spiriutal

matters. Some techniques maybe more suitable for some people, but that

does not make then Universally good.

 

The Yoga of Life will teach us to just be, to accept life, its

contradictions, & see the hidden Force, the Motherly Shakti, hidden

within it. It will be a surrender to this Higer force, this Huge Ocean

that is constantly flowing & moving. It will be a fearful task, not

easy, as the ego will not accept that it is but a wave in an Ocean, &

that our life in not in our hands, but in a force much greater than

ourselves. Over time, this fear will turn to relief & Love, for the

ego will realise it can never go wrong or fail, as something Higher &

more Purer than itself is guiding its destiny. The wave just has to

Be, without worrying about the Ocean or other waves. Once it can do

that, then it can be said to be living the Yoga of Life.

 

 

With Love,

Shantnu

[Guest guest]

, shanracer <no_reply wrote:

>

> Namaste,

> The Yoga of Life is for everyone- it does not require any previous

> mental ideas, no need to follow scriptures or prophets, no need to

> leave anything- meat, alcohol, sex. This is no elite Yoga for the

> select few- this Yoga is everyone who dares to open his/her eyes &

> look beyond the ovbious, to see the Spirit hidden within the daily

> small nuisances of Life. The Yoga of Life will have no pre-requistes,

>

 

 

Dear shantanu, now this is something very important, logical and new

concept.

 

How would the sadhna for this yoga be ? or there would be no sadhna

as such.... in such case how will one realise the truth ?

 

Aum

[Guest guest]

, aumji <no_reply wrote:

 

> Dear shantanu, now this is something very important, logical and new

> concept.

>

> How would the sadhna for this yoga be ? or there would be no sadhna

> as such.... in such case how will one realise the truth ?

>

Aumji, That was not my post. I felt very inspired, & the force of Ma

Shakti was flowing through me, & I just wrote what came to my head

without thinking.

 

As such, I have no logical answers. Any questions can be addressed

directly to Ma Bhagwati.

 

love

Shantnu

[Guest guest]

, aumji <no_reply wrote:

 

> Dear shantanu, now this is something very important, logical and

>new concept.

> How would the sadhna for this yoga be ? or there would be no

>sadhna as such.... in such case how will one realise the truth ?

 

Aumji, re-reading my own post, I get the idea the only Sadhna will be

to live life to the fullest-being a good husband, father,son,

employee, citizen, human being. It will involve not being scared of

life, or rejecting any part of it. It will involve taking a larger

interest in life & its many glories -music, dance, art, painting,

astronomy/astrology, healing, with external & internal methods,

martial arts, to name a few things.

 

We wont let society or religon tell us what we should or shouldnt do.

We will Master Life, instead of being scared of it. Only once we have

mastered life, & ourselves, will we be able to see the Spirit hidden

beneath it.

 

love

Shantnu

[Guest guest]

Brilliant Shantanu! It seems you're saying that there are as

many 'yogic' paths as there are people. There is no set recipe for self-

realization except surrender to the divine will.

 

, shanracer <no_reply wrote:

>

> , aumji <no_reply@> wrote:

>

> > Dear shantanu, now this is something very important, logical and

> >new concept.

> > How would the sadhna for this yoga be ? or there would be no

[Guest guest]

, satishvijayan <no_reply wrote:

>

> Brilliant Shantanu! It seems you're saying that there are as

> many 'yogic' paths as there are people. There is no set recipe for self-

> realization except surrender to the divine will.

 

Yes Satishji, that is another way to put it.

 

love

Shantnu