We all want to live . Life is very important to us . The importance of life is the reason why we care for our health , care for our surroundings , care for our business . This very reason lies at the root of many of our actions and deeds ( karma ).
Life enables us with the opportunity to fulfill many of our desires . With life , we belong to a world . With life , we build our society , our own home , our own family , our own business . With these buildings , many needs are created , that are based on desires of us as well as others . On most occasions , what we consider our need actually is our desire .
To be honest , all a human being needs to live is air , water , food , life force , and livable conditions . But that is basic life - the scenario when we look only at survival . But when we look at exploring new avenues on the basis of our mind and intellect , on listening to our emotions , on making the most of our assets , we begin building a new world for ourselves . During this process of building , one thing leads to another and that another thing leads to another and so forth . It ’ s like a net , a wheel , a chakra . This chakra or wheel of life and universe has been called Kalachakra or
We all want to live . Life is very important to us . The importance of life is the reason why we care for our health , care for our surroundings , care for our business . This very reason lies at the root of many of our actions and deeds ( karma ).
Bhavachakra . The only way to come out of this chakra is to follow a certain process , a path in your life . This is what Yoga teaches us . In that state of meditation when you keep spinning with the wheel at a subtler level until you find the centre . It is always at the centre of the wheel where true silence lives , where the gateway to bliss and more gyana ( knowledge ) opens .
To live a good life , it is very important to understand and realize the existence of such a net or chakra , the vices and virtues that come with it , and be able to exist within it in a causal manner . This state of a soul is called Akarma and is very much achievable through practice . Often , in the modern lifestyle , this net becomes a complex one because of our fast paced life , instinctive decision making , and mind based decision making . Yoga helps us solve these complications and makes our life better and easier .
All living beings in the universe fight for their survival - every day , every moment . The fight for life gives birth to many more fights and struggles , and as mentioned earlier , one thing leads to another . It all is a net , a chakra . At the same time , our very life in itself comprises of factors which are part of our existence and give birth to many more fights , many more conquests and many more struggles . One such factor is desire .
A famous quotation goes : “ Desire is the root cause of all evil .” Our desires give birth to new nets every day and these nets become so many in number and so attached to each other that in the end it all becomes a complex circuit , unlocking which becomes almost impossible for a living being . Humans are an intelligent species . They are much more capable beings than most
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