Raja Yoga

 

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Raja Yoga

Everything that we see or imagine or drem we have to perceive in space. This is the ordinary spaces called the Mahakasha, or elemental space. When a Yogi reads the thoughts of other men or perceives supersensuous objects, he sees them in anoher sort of spaced called the chitikasha, the mental space  when perception , have become objections and the soul shines in its own nature it is called the Chidakasha, or knowledge pace. When the Kundalini is aroused , and enters the canal of the Sushuma all the perception are in the mental space. When it has reached that end of the canal which opens out into the brain the objectless perception is in the knwoelde space. Taking the analogy or electricity we find that man can send a current only along a wire, but nature requires no wires to send her tremendous currents . this proves that the wire is not really necessary but that only our inability to dispense with it compels us to use it.

Similarly all the sensation s and motions of the body are being sent into the brain and sent out of it, through these wires of nerves lyres. The columns of sensory and motor fibers in the spinal cord are the Ida and Pingala of the Yogis. They are the main channels through which the afferent and efferent currents travel . but hwy should not the mind send news without any wire, or react without any wire? We see this is done in nature . the Yogi say if you can do that you have got rid of the bondage of matter. How to do it? If you can make the current pass through the Sushumna, the canal in the middle of the spinal column you have solved the problem . the mind has made this network of the nervous system and has to break it, so that no wires will be required to work through .,then alone will all knowledge come to us –no more bondage of body , that is why it is so important that we should get control of that Sushumna. If we can sent the mental current though the hollow canal without any nerve fibers to act as wires. The Yogi says the problem is solved and he also says it can be done.

Krishn, The perfect panacea for any pandemic

By Radhanath Swami

 

Today is the auspicious occasion of Janmashtami, celebrating the advent of Bhagavan Krishn. He comes into this world to give us an opportunity to revive our spiritual bliss by re-spiritualising our lives, thereby rising over the pains and pleasures of this world.

 

From the dawn of civilisation, we have been trying our best to be happy by mitigating and searching for pleasure. We have been fighting against problem after problem – bubonic plague, polio, cholera, poverty, pollution, disasters and now Covid-19. Apart from these gross problems, there is mental trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship breakup, and suicide. Despite technological advancement and administrative reforms, suffering only changes in name and form but it does not seem to end. Pandemic is always there both within and without.

 

 

Happiness is hard to find, and even if we find it, it is too little. It vanishes in no time. It is always coupled with suffering. Whenever we invest, we do a lot of research so that we get the best returns. When it comes to seeking happiness, it seems we are always investing in the wrong place. Where can we invest so that we get the best returns – everlasting happiness? Krishn answers these questions in the Bhagwad Gita 9:33. He says that this world is temporary and is not a place for happiness. He advises us to perform Bhakti Yog and become happy. The nature of this happiness is described in the Gita 6:21. Happiness is unlimited. It is spiritual – beyond our external senses. It is completely fulfilling.

 

In this world, relationships make us happier than things – gadgets and wealth. Relationships also help us transcend suffering. For example, parents endure difficulties for the sake of children. It is human nature to love someone and to be loved by someone. Our existence in this world is temporary. We are finite beings – we cannot provide unlimited everlasting love. Therefore, worldly relationships are temporary and do not satisfy us.

 

Our propensity to love and seek love can be completely fulfilled only in relationship with God. God is unlimitedly attractive and is competent to love us unlimitedly and eternally. Therefore, he is all attractive – Krishn. The relationship with Krishn is spiritual, beyond the influence of birth, death and other worldly suffering. Once this divine relationship with God is revived through Bhakti Yog, we can transcend the trials and tribulations of this world and remain unaffected.

 

This fact is evident in Krishn’s pastimes in Vrindavan, narrated in the Srimad Bhagavatam. The residents of Vrindavan – gopis and gopas – were tormented by innumerable and unimaginable troubles, such as storms, monsters, cannibals, ghosts and witches. They passed through all these situations because they are completely absorbed in a relationship of ever-increasing love and sweetness with Krishn. He advents into this world on Janmashtami and enacts his sweet and colourful pastimes to attract us back to the divine relationship with him, which can alone help us transcend the pandemic within and without. This relationship can be revived by meditation, devotion and worship of Krishn as described in the Bhagwad Gita, 9:34.

 

The writer is the spiritual guru of ISKCON

 

IF HE EXIST

 I drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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