HEAT AND LIGHT OF OUR BODY (YOGA)

 

                       THE YOGA OF HEAT AND LIGHT

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                       YAMA AND NIYAMA ARE SIMPLE GUIDELINES, THE DOS AND DON'TS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH, SUCH AS NONVIOLENCE, COMMITMENT TO TRUTH, AND SO ON. THEY CREATE THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE FOR ONE'S SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION. ONCE A PERSON IS ENLIGHTENED, THESE DOS AND DON'TS ARE OF LITTLE RELEVANCE. WHEN COMPASSION WITHIN YOU IS OVERFLOWING AND DIVINITY HAS COME TO THE FORE NO RULES NEED TO BE PRESCRIBED. HUMAN NATURE AT THIS POINT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A GIVEN SITUATION. BUT THESE SIMPLE NORMAL WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN A GIVEN SITUATION. BUT THESE SIMPLE MORAL STRICTURE WERE IDENTIFIED FOR THE BENEFITS OF THOSE STARTING OUT ON THE PATH.

                      ASANAS ARE, OF COURSE, THE MANY PHYSICAL YOGA POSTURES PRACTICED BY THE SEEKER IN A CERTAIN STATE OF AWARENESS. THEY ARE A WAY OF MANIPULATING YOUR INNER ENERGIES IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION, A WAY OF KNEADING THE BODY TOWARD A HIGHER POSSIBILITY. IF YOU HAVE EVER MADE BREAD, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THE QUALITY OF THE BREAD QUALITY ON HOW EFFICIENTLY THE DOUGH HAS BEEN KNEADED. SIMILARLY, ASANAS ARE ABOUT ELEVATING CONSCIOUSNESS BY THROUGHLY KNEADING THE BODY. THIS IS HOW DEEP THE SCIENCE OF YOGA IS : IT JOURNEY FROM THE OUTER TO THE INNER, REMINDING US THAT WORKING CONSCIOUSLY ON THE PHYSICAL LEVEL CAN ALTER THE WAY ONE THINGS, FEELS, AND EXPERIENCES LIFE AND CAN ULTIMATELY LEAD ONE TO HIGHER SPIRITUAL POSSIBILITIES.

                    MOST SPIRITUAL PRACTITIONERS WILL VOUCH FOR THIS. NINETY PERCENT CANNOT MEDITATE, ONLY AFTER A PRACTICE THAT FIRES THEM AND BURNS UP COMPUSLIVE KARMAS CAN THEY CLOSE THEIR EYES AND SIT STILL. SO THE IDEAL SADHANA IS A BALANCE BETWEEN THE FIRE AND THE LIGHT ASPECTS. PERSONALLY, I AM FINE WITH THE FIRE ASPECTS, BECAUSE I CANNOT STAND INSIPIDITY. I PREFER RAGE TO TIMENESS AND LIFELESSNESS! BUT THOSE WHO ARE ON FIRE ALL TIME DO NOT FIT INTO SOCIAL SITUATIONS EASILY. SO IT IS BEST TO CREATE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE TWO.

                     ONCE YOUR ALLOTTED KARMA (PARABDHA) IS HANDLED, A CERTAIN INNER SPACE IS FREED UP WITHIN YOU.  THIS GIVES YOU THE ROOM TO PERCEIVE LIFE WITH A CERTAIN CLARITY. YOU NEED NOT WORK OUT EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE YOU NOW SEE THAT THE ENTIRE KARMIC INFLUENCE IS ILLUSORY. ONCE YOU HAVE THE CLARITY OF REALIZATION, IT IS EASY TO DROP IT WHEN NECESSARY.

                   WORKING OUT YOUR ENTIRE ACCUMULATED KARMA (SANCHITA)  IS A VERY LING PROCESS, BECAUSE THE ACCUMULATION IS MASSIVE. SO NOT TRY TO INVESTIGATE THE CONTENT OF YOUR WAREHOUSE, IT WILL TAKE FOREVER TO GO THROUGH , AND IT MIGHT WELL ENGULF YOU!  THE DANGER OF SHIFTING THROUGH YOUR KARMA IS THAT YOU COULD WELL FIND PRECIOUS ELEMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO PRESERVE. JUST HANDLE THE ALLOTTED KARMA AND MAKE USE OF THE CLEAR SPACE TO DROP THE ACCUMULATED KARMA ALTOGETHER. THE MOMENT YOU CLOSE THE RETAIL OUTLET, THE WAREHOUSE LOOKS LIKE MEANINGLESS TRASH! SO WHEN THE TIME COMES, YOU SIMPLY DISPOSE OF THE ENTIRE WAREHOUSE WHOLESALE - WITH ALL ITS CONTENT STORAGE FACILITY.

                  IT IS THE SUN THAT HAS TURNED WATER INT A CLOUD AND AGAIN IT A SILVER LINING. BUT THE CLOUD IS NOW BLOCKING THE SUN! YOU COULD WRITE ENDLESS POETRY ABOUT THIS EXQUISITE SILVER-LACED CLOUD, BUT YOU WILL END UP MISSING THE SUN. THIS IS THE NATURE OF KARMA. AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT MAY LOOK , IT BLOCKS THE SOURCE OF CREATION. THERE MAY A BEAUTY IN SOME ASPECTS OF KARMA. BUT DO NOT FORGET THE SOURCE FROM WHICH IT HAS SPRUNG. THE SOURE MAY BE NO-THING BUT IMPLICT IN IT IS A GREAT POSSIBILITY. THE POSSIBILITY TO BECOME EVERYTHING.

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                  WHILE EVERY KRIYA REQUIRES A INITIATION, THERE IS ONE KRIYA THAT I OFTEN THAT REQUIRES NO INITIATION. THIS IS THE ISHA KRIYA, A SIMPLE DAILY PRACTICE THAT ENHANCES HEALTH, DYNAMISM, MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING, OFFERS A MEANS TO COPE WITH THE HECTIC PACE OF MODERN LIFE, AND EMPOWERS ONE TO LIVE LIFE TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL . IT IS A REMINDER THAT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO US THAN OUR BODY AND OUR MIND. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THIS THREE-STAGE PRACTICE WILL FIND IT ON THE SADHGURU APP. (ISHA.SADHGURU.ORG/APP)

THE KRIYA SHAMBHAVI MAHAMUDRA

 

                             KARMA YOGA AND THE

                                      ENERGY BODY

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                          IT IS NOT ABOUT PERFORMING MIRACLES.

           IT IS ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE MIRACLE OF LIFE THAT YOU ARE.

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                         FIXING THE DESTINATION

                     I OFTEN SAY THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE THING I AM REALLY GOOD AT, MAKING PLACES AND PEOPLE CRACKLE WITH ENERGY. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I DO - ALL MY TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD, GIVING TALKS, CONDUCTING PROGRAMS, INITIATING ENVIRONMENTAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROJECTS - IS INCIDENTAL. THIS DOES NOT MEAN I DO VALUE THE WORK THAT I DO. I THROW MYSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY INTO ALL OF IT. BUT MY PRIMARY AREA OF EXPERTISE IS LIFE ENERGY. I AM AN ENERGY MECHANIC ABOVE ALL ELSE.

                     KARMA YOGA ON THE LEVEL OF THE ENERGY, OR PRANIC, BODY IS VITAL FOR MANY REASON. FOR ONE, IT CAN TRANSFORM OR REGENERATE THE ENERGY BODY IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS NOT JUST BORN ANEW BUT ACTUALLY STAYS NEW. NO MATTER HOW MUCH EXERCISE OR HATHA YOGA YOU DO, HOW CAREFULLY YOU WATCH YOUR DIET, YOUR PHYSICAL BODY WILL AGE AND DECAY. THE MENTAL BODY IS A WONDERFUL INSTRUMENT, BUT IT CAN ALSO RUST WITH AGE. THERE ARE MANY WHO FIND THAT THEIR MEMORY IS NOT AS SHARP AS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER. THE ENERGY BODY, HOWEVER, CAN BE COMPLETELY UNAFFECTED BY THE AGING BORN AND KEEP IT IN MINT-FRESH CONDITION UNTIL YOU DIE. THE IMPACT OF A STRONG ENERGY BODY ON YOUR LIFE AND ON THE WORLD AROUND YOU IN TREMENDOUS. FOR MANY, IT CAN SEEM NEARMIRACULOUS.

                          DESCRIBING ENEMIES AS FRIENDS IS , OF COURSE, MERE ERUPHEMISTIC WORDPLAY! IT BEARS NO RELATIONSHIP TO REALITY. MANY CHOOSE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES AT THIS SUPERFICIAL LEVEL. THEY OPT FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT RATHER THAN SELF-TRANSFORMATION, HOPING THAT A LIFE OF TEPID AFFABILITY AND GENERAL AGREEDABILITY WILL TAKE THEM TO THE ULTIMATE. THEY FORGET THAT THE SOCIAL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXISTENTIAL.

                           THIS IS WHY KARMA YOGA HAS TO BE APPROACHED ON MANY LEVELS. MERELY WORKING ON THE LEVEL OF THE PHYSICAL AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL IS NOT ENOUGH. IF YOU CLEAN YOUR MENTAL STATE OF KARMIC SUBSTANCE, YOU MAY BE APPRECIATED SOCIALLY BECAUSE THERE IS A CERTAIN PEACE, YOU MAY BE APPRECIATED SOCIALLY BECAUSE THERE IS A CERTAIN PEACE, JOY AND SWEETNESS ABOUT YOUR PRESENCE. PEOPLE MAY ENJOY BEING AROUND YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE CLEANED UP YOUR MIND. BUT THIS STILL DOES NOT CHANGE THE DIRECTION IN  WHICH YOU ARE GOING. YOU WILLS STILL INFLUENCED BY THE RESIDUAL IMPACT OF LIFETIMES OF EXPERIENCE THAT LEAD YOU BY YOUR TENDENCIES. ONLY IF YOU BEGIN TO CLEAN THE ENERGY BODY OF KARMIC CONTENT WILL YOU BEGIN TO MOVE IN A NEW DIRECTION. INSTEAD OF BEING RULED BY TENDENCIES, YOU NOW BEGIN TO BECOME A CONSCIOUS BEING.

                   THE KRIYA SHAMBHAVI MAHAMUDRA THAT I INITIATE PEOPLE INTO DURING MY INNER ENGINEERING PROGRAMS IS SIGNIFICANT FOR THIS REASON. IT PICKS OFF THE KARMIC MATERIAL FROM THE ENERGY SYSTEM AND THEREBY CHANGES YOUR DESTINATION. IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO DEVOTE THE PROGRAM TO TURNING OUT PLEASANT HUMAN BEING . THIS WOULD MEET WITH GREAT SOCIAL APPROVAL. BUT WHETHER YOU ARE PLEASANT OR UNPLEASANT HAS NO SPIRITUAL RELEVANCE. ONCE YOU TRANSFORM THE CONTENT OF THE ENERGY BODY, THE FUNDAMENTAL OF LIFE WILL BEGIN TO ALERT. YOU ARE NOW HUGELY EMPOWERED TO BEGIN YOUR MARCH TOWARD FREEDOM.