of
BLISS
By Yogi Ishan
YOGA STABILIZES OUR MIND. ONLY A
PRACTITIONER OF YOGA SADHANA
CAN UNDERSTAND HOW UNSTABLE
THE MIND IS. AS THE PRACTICE
HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS,
SEVERAL EXPERIENCES AND CHANGES
OCCUR. THIS IS THE INITIAL PART OF
THE JOURNEY OF TRANSFORMATION.
T
he meditation techniques of Yoga are
extremely refreshing. Incorporation of a 30
minute meditation may be a minute change
in one’s daily lifestyle but the changes it
brings out over a period of time are significant and
noteworthy. Sometimes so much that they take you by
surprise. For instance, many years back on a particular
day (in 2010) I was in the car and had a quarrel with my
colleague. We both got upset and stopped talking to
each other. The car was moving but the usual chat was
missing. And then I meditated for a few minutes. I felt
relieved from the burden of the biting silence. The
silence was like a boon for me now. There was no
hesitation in looking into my colleague’s eyes and
initiating talks afresh. And so the quarrel was put
behind by us. Some minutes of meditation had turned
the wheel yet again in my favor. Some people call mind
‘evil’ but that’d be very harsh and unjust. For just like a
mortal, his mind too has two sides – the good and the
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