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).
and hence build larger circuits on the
basis of their mind and intellect. Such
large circuits are even more complex.
This entire circuit is physical, emotional
as well as intellectual and hence affects
all our five bodies (what yoga has
termed Pancha kosha).
It is easy to create a net but it is not that
easy to open it. Humans build huge and
complex nets (surprisingly most of us
don’t even know that we have done so)
and one day when their existence or
part of existence begins to give up, one
day when their mind, brain, body and
spirit ask for a respite, a man finds
himself in a trap created by himself that
he is not capable to get out of. He is not
able to unwind and he gives up. This is
the sort of life most living beings have
today – a net in which they are trapped.
Here is where Yoga comes into play.
Here is where the sutras offer us their
helping hand. When a being or soul is
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trapped and he wants a respite, he
seeks a helping hand. He consults a
priest, a doctor, friends, wise men,
elders and well wishers but their sweet
words don’t quench his thirst. He prays
to God, searches him but sees no one.
When a soul begins his quest for God,
many questions that can be branded
under spirituality pop up. This state is
that of inquisition, and such a soul is
labeled as a seeker. His inquisition takes
him to transformative sessions, yoga
workshops, sacred books and many
masters or gurus. But all his questions
can only be answered; all his thirst can
only be quenched through a practice
that will lead to stillness, a stillness that
will lead to bliss. Of course, initially it
takes that one decision to take to the
regular practice, and thereafter to follow
the tenets as we get more accustomed
to the process. Remember, Seeking is a
huge fuel in this entire process.
While experiencing the stillness in the
inner space during meditation and
related kriyas, a human being begins to
learn the science of consciousness – a
science that takes us into the conscious
world, helps us realize our self and helps
us attain complete knowledge.
Knowledge based on consciousness is
subtle, it does not die the death of a
material body, and it does not get
deleted from our existence. Through
this knowledge do we learn that while
life is temporary, knowledge is
permanent. Through this knowledge do
we learn that this entire universe is part
of nature and governed by the laws of
time and space. Through this
knowledge do we learn that nature and
everything within it is a net, a chakra.
Whether it is our Milky Way galaxy,
whether it is our planet earth or
whether it be the balance system on this
planet – everything is part of a net. One
thing is attached to many things, one
thing depends on many things – such is