Yoga its various aspects

 

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Yoga its various aspects

 

Self regulation and samkalpa

           
The process of self regulation is looked upon as a resultant of feed-back procedures further, it enables the study of the processes involved in self –consciousness because self –regulation involves self –consciousness. and the key process here is attention . Another key process is speech Self regulation involves resolution and resolution is in terms of speech. This corresponds to the ancient Indian concept of sakhpa which is formed from the root Kirp-kalpare, to be brought about, to come into existence, to wish to long for to be desirous of, to determine. As monier Wiliams gives in his Sanskrit English Dictionary, smakalpa is a notion in the mind the will volition, desire or definite intention, determination.

 

           
Thus the modern studies ins elf regulation appear to throw light on the ancient Indian concept of sakalpa and its profound importance in elevating behavior from more reflex, instinctual or habitual customary level to the level of self –regulation ., as the gita puts it; uddaret atmana  na atmatnam avasadyaet-Let a man raise himself by himself let him not lower himself . In this verse the Gita points out that he alone is the friend of himself and he alone is the enemy of himself. Who is the friend of oneself? The next verse point out; To him who has conquered himself by himself his own self is the friend of himself bandhus atma atamnah tasya yena atmaeve atmana jah. The Russian psychologist and neurologists, Luria and vygotsky have shown that speech is the regulation of normal as well as abnormal behavior., first one should tell oneself what one has to do aloud and later covertly . The aim of samakalpa is self –regulation. One should not be a victim either or one’s self as the ripuh the enemy or of the other individual in the family or society.

 

Bliss is eternal

By Swami Kriyananda

 

What everyone really wants is bliss. Happiness is counterfeit: too much of it diffuses one’s very concept of bliss. To a mind full of attachments, bliss seems almost a threat. A cottage by the sea is something the ego, at least, can handle without effort. But bliss? Bliss requires total absorption. Few people are ready to be all that happy! They need suffering, to spur them towards ever higher aspiration.

 

A bird, after 20 years of living in a cage, would be afraid to leave it. Were the cage door opened, the bird would cower at the back, dreading the flight that is perfectly natural for it. Man, at the thought of absorption in bliss, faces two major challenges. First, to his mind, bliss implies a need for exerting high energy. Second, the concept of absolute consciousness seems overwhelming to him.

 

If you have attained a certain degree of refinement, you would be unwilling to return to living like others who limit their pleasures to the table, their bar room and the bedroom. Creatures at every stage of evolution cling to what is familiar to them. Familiarity gives them their sense of security. And, so, they may meet the call to higher awareness with stout resistance.

 

The principal challenge bliss presents is the demand that one’s ego be abandoned. Human beings define themselves in terms of their bodies. They think of themselves as having a specific age, name, nationality, sex and social position. These do not, however, truly define us at all. In infinite consciousness, not even self-awareness, ultimately, is lost; it is simply transformed. Nothing, in essence, can be either created or destroyed.

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 7 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 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-

 

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