Spirituality & Yoga

Spirituality is a harmonious blend of outer silence and inner celebration and also inner silence and outer celebration. Inner Silence and Outer Celebration Anytime you are confused, your mind is in conflict, do asanas [Yoga postures], sit in asana. You will see right away that clarity dawns. Effect of asana is to clear out all conflicts, duality. The human tendency is to cling to the negative. However, the technology called yoga and meditation helps the mind to effortlessly transcend the pessimism and negativity and truly experience the exhilarating life force. For the body we have asanas. For the mind we have pranayamas which provides emotional and mental well-being. Asanas also work on the mind and pranayamas on the body -- there are no strict boundaries. Meditation removes spiritual misery, dejection, darkness, and depression. That is why yoga, Yogas-chitta- vritti-nirodhaha, stops the chitta-vritti, or the endless activity of the chitta. In order to make life more beautiful. Heyam dukham anahatam - to stop misery from entering our world- in the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual spheres - we do Yoga. We need to do a cleansing process within ourselves. In sleep we get rid of fatigue, but the deeper stresses remain in our body. Some meditation, yoga, and Sudarshan KriyaÒ cleanse the whole system. You blossom from inside and become centered. Otherwise, our peace is disturbed by small things. When attention is given to the spiritual aspect of one’s life, it brings responsibility, a sense of belongingness, and compassion and caring for the whole of humanity. The Knowledge that unites love and wisdom, that uplifts the spirit is spirituality. The Knowledge which gives you a broad vision and a big heart is Spirituality.