yoga and spirituality

Yoga and Spirituality

Yoga

Yoga like the other typically Indian word `dharma ' is a very comprehensive term , the meaning , amplitude and purpose of which are directly proportional to the general level of understanding comprehension and need of the individual approaching it . Yoga for a good many people begins with the poses and postures at the body level , thanks to which health and beauty of the body and its vanity can be enhanced and preserved that forms only the least part of yoga . Yoga when rightly understood is the process of reuniting

, our finite microcosmic individual self with the Infinite , Absolute , Pure , Macrocosmic Consciousness , upgrading man into Man , Superman , Godman and ultimately to Godhood . In between the two lies the immense range of possibilities covering all aspect of man 's aspirations and efforts to elevate himself into something nobler and more wholesome . Yoga is that extraordinary exemplary uniquely Indian technique , helping man to develop deep awareness of himself - of every vibration and pulsation within - at the body , mind and intellect levels , by virtue of which he can master the forces internal and external . Yoga helps to synchronise his diverse life currents , making them united , uniform , unidirectional and ultimately one with the Universal . Yoga is the tuning up of the chords of one 's being so that it chimes in harmony with the music of the cosmos . Yoga thus working at the subtler levels of the human personality , helps man to get rid of the distorted and discordant notes in his being , enabling one to fit oneself harmoniously into the all pervading , omniscient , omnipotent eternal , cosmic Truth . When thus understood properly , Yoga can help man to transform his life into what it should be - an Experiment with Truth Yoga links up man with the laws operating at the cosmic level , draws him away from mundane and the binding , resulting in freedom and release from sorrows and misery . No wonder that Swami Vivekananda refers to Raja Yoga as the Science of Religion , the rationale of all worship , all prayers forms , ceremonies and miracles . Yoga can help man to develop a remarkable comprehensiveness in his understanding as nothing else can thus tearing the veil of separateness and fragmentation from our intellectual comprehension . Therefore Yoga can lead us to true freedom liberating the human mind , from the thraldom of finite matter , from all sense of isolation as well as from the illusion of time space and causation . Yoga alone can provide that vision of Reality by which man perceives Truth in his entirety - the subtle but sure interconnectedness , interrelatedness and interdependence that are characteristic of Truth and its manifestation in this Universe . Yoga in modern terms can rightly be designated as the technique of holistic living - man understanding himself to be , not a part , but the whole of Truth , Existence , Knowledge and Bliss . Yoga thus is synonymous with true living , living in its entirety . Yoga can provide us the vehicle to journey into the realms unknown , which lie deeply hidden within man and truly Yoga...