HOW CAN WE GO Contrary BEYOND THE RATIONAL MIND?
To common understanding, Yoga is not just asana (physical exercises).
This column seeks to share a broader perspective on the benefits of Yoga to human beings, to raise We awareness continue to of end how the Yoga year is by a
enriching ourselves with timeless way of life, how practicing it makes
wisdom from Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, life for lighter those and who haven’t more meaningful, yet accessed and it also on social to bring media. to the This fore is how the appreciation He responds that to the all that title we question do in yoga above” is to lead us to the stillness within, “We to Usually bring Do inner Only peace. That Which Is Purposeful, Useful, And RaThe philosophy of Yoga touches tional. Everything You See, You many aspects of our being, i.e.
See Through The rational mind. our But physical, an intuition, our mental a discovery, and new our emotional, knowledge and goes is beyond pursued the from ramany tional angles. mind. Truth is beyond the Patanjali, rational mind. who is The regarded rational as mind the is like a railroad track that is fixed Father of Yoga, explains one of the
in grooves. A plane has no tracks. themes of yoga as: “yoga chitta
It can fly anywhere. A balloon can vritti float nirodha”, anywhere. that Some is, people quieting step of the out of thought the rational waves mind is yoga, in order or subsiding to rebel against the thought society. activity They want in the to mind break is social yoga. law but for the ego’s In sake. this They introduction, do it out of the anger, focus hatred, rebelliousness, and wanting is on Astanga yoga, in which Pa
attention. This is not stepping out tanjali explains the “eight limbs of
of the rational mind (though they yoga”, think the it is). first one being the five Yamas. We step out of the rational mind
They when we deal do with something one’s that ethical has standards no purpose. and Accepting sense of that, integrity, as an
act, makes it a game. Life becomes focusing on our behavior and how
lighter. If you are stuck with only we conduct ourselves in life, the
rational acts, life becomes a burden. social Suppose disciplines you play to a guide game without us in our a relationships thought to winning with others. or losing, just
Non-violence in thought, speech and action. Usually we think of violence in action, but this ethical standard challenges us to be peaceful in thought and speech as well. It advocates the practices of act compassion, irrationally. Making love, understanding, an act without any purpose attached to it - it is patience, etc. freedom - like a dance. So just step
Truthfulness. Patanjali describes out of the rational mind and you will find truthfulness a greater freedom, as to an be unfathomin harmony able with depth, mind, and word you will and come action. face to Our face actions with reality. in life must bring harmony in Reality relationships. transcends logic and the rational Non- mind. stealing Until means you transcend not just the rational mind you will not get refraining from physically taking access to creativity and the infinite. possession of what is not yours, but But if you do an irrational act in order to also find not freedom, allowing then the it already possession has of a unpleasant purpose and thought, a meaning. speech It is no and longer action. irrational. It speaks This against knowledge inordinate sheet desire has for already wealth spoiled or being its envious own possibility. Break the barrier of the of others’ possessions. rational mind and then find freedom
Continence or self-control, or for yourself.” celibacy. In other words, At the it different pays to take stages a of break our lives, from we the are rational called mind to selfsometimes. discipline and May self-control we contemplate in how on we this deal knowledge not only in with sexual awareness relations, that but leads even us in to our transcend general the outlook rational mind. More on httpd://www. about life. youtube.com/SriSri; http://twitter.
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