ART OF YOGA

JUSTYOG

One cannot predict with accuracy, the exact period of emergence of 'Yog'. in Indian scriptures. Hence it is better not debate of over the matter but discuss so that we can overcome the problems of human life.

The meaning of 'Yog' is to connect. To connect one with himself, to connect the soul (atma) with soul, to connect the soul with self, which would finally result to the union of the soul with the Eternal / Cosmic soul ( Paramatma ). The process by which we can perfectly but easily complete this union is known as 'Justyog'. The base of 'Justyog' is knowledge. Without true knowledge, nothing is possible, not even the cosmic connection or 'Yog'. But on the other hand to get immersed in the sea of knowledge needs the support of 'Yog'.

The period when the philosophy of 'Yog' came into existence, humans started to improve their life with a particular rhythm. In this period only emerged the unparallel way of life known as 'Chatur ashram'. At this point of time the Aryan man divided his life into four stages. If a man passes through all the four stages as prescribed he will certainly be able to enjoy his life fully. Therefore he can truly experience his life and the world connected with it.

These four stages are namely :-

1.) Brahmacharya Ashram.

2.) Garhastha Ashram.

3.) Vanaprastha Ashram.

4.) Sanyasa Ashram.

Enjoying Good Health And Spiritual Progress

One does not require the help of 'Pranayam', 'Yogasana', 'Exercises', or 'Prayer' to lead a healthy life, but requires 'wholesome diet', 'adequate sleep' and 'coitus'. Other than these nothing is necessary for basic mental and physical well being.

The brain of a human being is much more developed and sophisticated than that of any other animate being. And this is the basic criteria that separates humans from other organisms.

Both animals and humans enjoy a healthy life. But the difference is that animals use their senses to enjoy while humans have enjoy both physically and mentally.

Leaving all other creatures humans have advanced day by day and in the present they have been able to create a flourishing human civilization.

Hence from the above we can conclude that the well being of animate beings and humans are completely different.

Therefore to be healthy a man has to enjoy nourishment, adequate sleep and coitus. But since a man enjoys all these both physically and mentally, these three experiences get converted into oceans for a common man, consequently he also cannot solve these eternal mysteries. Therefore to serve these purposes our Ancient Vedic sages have prescribed 'Pranayam', 'Yogasana', 'Exercise', 'Meditation', and 'Spiritual prayers'. If a man can gain proficiency in these, he can get a healthy life. This means we can enjoy our life to the utmost level. Hence we can have a sound and pleasant life which helps us in our spiritual progress.

Distribution Of Relational Values

The term 'relations' is quite nice to hear, but becomes more sweet when it is maintained. A person who maintains all the relations is able to enjoy his complete life and therefore is able to enter in a peaceful life.

If we assume that the only creature to maintain relations it would not be wrong.

From the time immemorial man has behaved and lead life like that of an animal. But with the passage of time man has maintained various relations. Today it is completely visible that unlike man other animals do not understand relational values. So it is impossible for them to maintain.

But the question arises that why humans started to maintain the relations? Though its awkward but it is true that to properly distribute the different values of life, relations were required. As discussed early man has to experience life both mentally and physically. But it is almost impossible to satisfy mental desires of man because as soon as one desire is fulfilled another wish rises in mind. However it is possible to satisfy the physical requirement of a person when due to innumerable mental and physical requirements human existence was at stake, man discovered relations. The emergence of relations helped humans to satisfy their desires in a more competent way.

For instance, in the past, the people slaughtered the cow for the flesh. But when the cow was on the verge of extinction, people discovered all the other facilities the cow could provide within its life span. So they stopped the slaughter of the cow to reach the extreme limits facilities they could get from the cow. Therefore slowly the Hindus started building friendly relation with the cows and thus began the tradition of cow worship.

Only a person who works fruitfully is able to enjoy the sweetness of these relations. But appropriate mental frame and knowledge are also necessary to satisfy the desires. An idle person is unable enjoy these unconditional facilities. An idle person can only show vanity of his power, but cannot realize the facilities of the different relation. The man can only enjoy his life by expressing his self-conceit. So we can say his satisfaction is a synonym for the wastage of resources.

For all creatures satisfaction is the extreme aim of life. And the most appropriate time for gaining this satisfaction our youth. We can sacrifice all our satisfactions but it is impossible for us to compel ourselves from scarifying our youth. Therefore we patiently wait for our youth to come.

The necessary situations and environment for satisfying our desires are provided by the nature itself. And probably the creatures have no complaints regarding these satisfactions.

But humans are the most advanced beings on this earth and so we face various difficulties in the path of satisfaction only by the means of its senses. But if humans could satisfy their desires by their senses they could have been to reach the extreme point of satisfaction. But humans give importance to mental desires whose complete satisfactions are impossible. This is because it is impossible to assume the mental desires of a man.

We can only imagine basic human desires by comparing them with ours. But this also cannot be done up to perfection. Neither it can be said whether one will be able to do it or not. Therefore this is a complete unknown topic. But with the reference to this context our experienced ancient vedic sages with the power of Yog, have discovered a few processes to fulfill our mental and physical desires. But the effectiveness of these processes also cannot be guaranteed, though it is true that fulfillment of desires are possible by these prescribed methods.

Pranayam, Yogasan & Gyan ( Knowledge )

One can have a well built and ravishing body by the means of Yogasan and Pranayam. And by the further application of Gyan, one can achieve a perfect body to satisfy all its desires. By the help of this perfect body. He can reach the extreme limits of Bhog. Hence he will be able to maintain a youthful life for longest possible period. Now the question that arises is what actually are these Pranayam, Yogasan and which can help us to enjoy our life.

Gyan :

When people are questioned about their Gyan they think that one is talking about their knowledge. They think as if one is trying to say that they have failed to acquire any knowledge, and all the Education and extra curriculum they have achieved are worthless. Therefore it i8s true that all the people are acquainted with more or less of knowledge and there is no doubt in it. But can knowledge create problems for us.

Now we know each and every person is some what knowledgeable. But in spite of their knowledge they are unable to solve their own problems. Knowledge sometimes betrays, even the most knowledgeable person. But does knowledge does really betray us or the so called knowledgeable person is applying the wrong kind of knowledge regarding the topic concerned. This is because Gyan is not merely knowledge attained by education. For example if a person rides on the back of a donkey, he cannot expect the speed of a horse. And if the person thinks that the donkey should attain the speed of a horse, then he is making a big mistake. These problems arise when people do not verify their knowledge and instead of being carried away with flow of true knowledge they try to carry the knowledge they have acquitted.

Hence though word Gyan is quite small to hear it has a deep inner meaning. So instead of measuring its depth we should try to utilize the Gyan in the best possible way and in this way the accuracy and sharpness of the Gyan will increase. As a result the virtue/integrity of belief will start to settle the heart and consequently the sin of disbelief will go away. And the mind will again gain and retain its virtue. Therefore the body will be spontaneous, bright, energetic and flexible as if the body has been able to free itself from the chains and locks and has gained rejuvenation or revitalization. Nothing can create problem for us and as if we have become solutions by ourselves. As if we have started waiting for problems and difficulties to come with patience. And this can only happen when l the sorrows, happiness, grief, peace, dispute and joy is equally enjoyed.

The main problem with so called knowledgeable people is that they keep their outer side bright and polished but don't even mind to enlighten their inner selves. This is because the Gyan for a knowledgeable person is his self conceit or ego, the pride in self hinders in considering others to be more knowledgeable than him. Now the person will justify everything with the help of his self conceit. Though some times it turns out to be applicable but in most of the cases it is the indiscriminate thing. But here the person enjoys his own misconceptions so much so that he even fails to realize the distinction between suffering and actual enjoyment. There fore my principle objective is to restore man to the stream of life by enabling him to realize his own potentiality for enjoying the life at his present stage. And this requires the proper conception about the true nature of knowledge.

Pranayam :

The Ancient Vedic sages had discovered Pranayam to induce the complete well-being of people. The Pranayams are further classified as follows:

Sahaj Pranayam - Theses help students and patients to gain their health; any kind of Kumbhak is not required to support these Pranayams.

Loghu Pranayam - These help healthy adults or adolescents in achieving long span of life. They include a) Surya bhed, b) Ujjai, c) Shitkari, d) Shitoli, e) Vastika, f) Bhramari, g) Murchha, h) Plaboni.

Vedic Pranayam - These help students to incorporate Dev Charitras in their own character and adults in their spiritual progress. This Vedic Pranayams are for students who are already proficient in Sahaj pranayam and Loghu pranayam.

Raj-Yog Pranayam - These are extensive Pranayams for sages and ascetics who have renounced the world a) Bajhya Britti- Rechak {2], Kumbhak [4], Purak [1], b) Abhantorin Britti Purak [1], Kumbhak [4], Rechak [2], c) Stambha Britti- Only Kumbhak./

Sexual Enjoyment

The term sexual enjoyment evokes a sense of irritation and vulgarity among the mass as they treat it as a tabooed or to be specific a despicable topic to ever raise in a gathering. This happens because most of the people are ignorant about the actual meaning of the word sexual enjoyment And those who know or want to know its meanings are very few in number or by the time the eagerness grows they actually happen to have lost their sexual ability. Moreover the youth who actually show interest in the topic lack important information and even if they are able to collect the information's they are unable practically imply them as there is no proper guidance for them. Hence it becomes difficult for one to achieve a proficiency in it and to procure benefits from it.

Hence people start using different types of artificial methods, medicines, and supplements to enjoy their sexual life, but still they do not get the result that they want. This is because there is a lot of difference between walking on your own and walking with the help of a staff. And when people realize their disability they lose various mental and physical well being and lost their state of complete well being. It becomes difficult to face ones own self. Slowly sexual enjoyment gets lost from is life. This happens when a person thinks that as he is unable to perform well in his sexual life, to have a healthy living, he has to practice restrain from the former one. But this further deteriorates the situation as he forgets running away from the situation does not help us to solve our problem. As a result he starts to suffer from a kind of mental anxiety, the treatment of which is still unknown to our medical science. He tries to console his heart by saying that everyone cannot do anything. And thinks that though he is disabled in this field he may be proficient in many other things or else he can use artificial supplements to substitute sexual enjoyment and hide his disability. So these only are so called treatments of improper sexual enjoyment with which we are so satisfied. But with the supplements these disabilities become permanent.

But we have to know that what actually are remedies to enjoy the sexual life ?

To have proper sexual enjoyment the first requirement is to have well built body and to have a well built body we also need to have a proper mental farm e. Hence to have sex both mind and body are equally important and so one have to acquire proper Gyan-

Therefore the two important features are :-

1) Body

2) Gyan

Moreover Body can be divided into two parts mental and physical.

Mental :-

The mental part is relevant to the mind. The mind is a great complicated part but to say it a more simplified way we need specific spiritual help of Pranayams. Pranayams not only help us to control our mind but also to solve physical problems. Therefore Pranayams are always compulsory.

The main obstruction in Bhog are our senses which compel us from reaching the extreme limit of Bhog. Therefore we have to conquer the senses with our mental power and our mind shall be controlled by our senses.

Physical :-

We always need a healthy and well built body for sexual enjoyment. Therefore we have to create a well built body. And to create a well built, healthy and flexible body we need the support of Pranayams, Yogasanas and Exercises, so we that we can have complete sexual enjoyment. Moreover, we also need some basic knowledge about the body, as I have earlier said without knowledge nothing is possible.

Loneliness

In todays busylife, man finds bliss in his solitary recluse, commonly refirred to as 'privacy'. This craving for 'space' in life, has now become one of the main reasons behind all the fretful diseases in human life. This creates complications in his life and takes him to such a claustrophobic situation that he fails to realise that it is no one but he himself who is responsible for such a pathetic condition of his own life.

When we face difficulties or problems and complex diseases we approach specialists for our treatment often get cure for our ailment. But now a days, even the specialists are at their wits end in finding even the sources of the complications.

The sole reason is we, ourselves. We create complications in our lives with all our consciousness and slowly but gradually it goes out of our control. And, to make things worse, these complications which generate from our loneliness, get multiplied and spreaded into our whole system. And this whole process takes place in our complete oblivion. We cannot comprehend that how the most coveted 'space' which used to provide us with 60 called delight, relief from stress, mental place and some 'me-time' can get us into an uncomfortable condition. It hits us like a bolt out of the blue, when we discover that it no longer works as a joyride to happiness but has started working like a quicksand- the more we try to come out of it, the more we get drowned. And with the passing time though its effect increases we maintain our stand quite willingly, i.e, at the bottom of the sea of our miseries. However, even during such deteoriorating situation, our complications accompany us creating illusions in our deserted life by providing momentary pleasures, that too, occasionally.

Thus , these self-invented complications result into all the dangerous diseases followed by one after another which eventually lead us to painful death. But even death tricks us our complicated life bring us to a half-dead-and-half-alive situation which we are forced to face, to live and to die many deaths every day, at every moment. And sadly enough, it seems, that we have resolved to gift our life such horrible and regrettable state which stems out of our much desired 'loneliness'

Nidra Yog

A healthy living can only be achieved on the basis of three most important [pillers] of human body- Proper food, Adequate Sleep and Sex. So as we see, sleep is the second most important feature for living a balanced and happy life.

And when human body gets deprived of a quality time of sleep, the equilibrium of our system gets disturbed and slowly, but steadily it could bring an abrupt and untimely end to life.

Insomnia or lack of proper sleep [ could be the consequence of many actions. ] can develop from dangerous diseases or incurable illness. But generally this is not the reason for the lacking of proper sleep in most of the cases. Therefore the disturbing resources of insomnia are.

1) Mental stress or trauma

2) Too much of brainstorming

3) Lack of minimalistic body movement.

Mostly, these are the three reasons which create hindrances in having sound sleep. It is seen, that irrespective of the divisions of social strath, near about whole of todays society is getting affected by the above mentioned vices. If our society could be rescued from these problems, people would be able to escape many a terrible diseases as they [would get peace and ] would be able to regain peace and balance in their system again by retrieving a quality time of tension free, sound sleep. Consequently a brave, new and peaceful world would be created [ which will be ], free from all the dull colours of depression , diseases and destructive, negative thoughts. This new life and new beginning could be achieved only by following the age old methods prescribed by our ancient Yog Gurus, hundred and thousand years ago, and that is NidraYoga.

Threats to a happy conjugal life

One's engagement of oneself to a thing without any preparation and proper knowledge about it can create misconceptions and problems in life. This is what happens in most of the cases. Generally, people step into the married life without [acquering the proper facts/information] about marriage.

The fulfillment in marriage comes only through the complete physical and mental satisfaction. If instead of achieving satisfaction the whole process turns into a traumatic nightmare, not only disasters trouble, the married life but it greatly effects the society as well.

In most of the cases, it is seen that the main barriers that evolves in the way of having a peaceful married life is a dissatisfied sex-life. The physical pleasure comes through our sensory organs. Therefore if the senses are not satisfied properly then mind cannot find the satisfaction, the sense of a completion either. Therefore the main hindrance in a married life is centred around the physical relation between spouses. Therefore the key to a happy married life is a fully satisfied sex-life. If this is achieved, then there would be hardly any trouble at the first stage of married life, at all.

Second stage is completely phychological which will not get hampered /bothered if the life does not get immersed in the darkness of ignorance.

Naptual Bond

NAPTUAL BOND i-e, Marriage is a very simple word which is tough to explain. It would not be wrong to interpret it as a celebration of the union of two soulmates who accompany each other on a beautiful journey called life.

Marriage can also be seen as the decision of two individuals of opposite sex to reach to the summit of physical and mental pleasurein the company of each other, which get legal permission from the society. [Now-a-days this has been legalised even in the case of two people from same sex.]

Submission of life to darkness with full consciousness Ignorance can not always be a bliss

In life nothing happens without a cause, According to the law of physics, Every action has a reason. But eventually, these reasons cannot always be easily seen. But its never true, that, what cannot be seen, doesnot exist. To discover the exact cause, careful observation is required for which adequate knowledge about self is needed.

One of the many reasons for which immense darkness is gradually engulfing our lives has been our ignorance towards knowing the reason behind our unhappiness. And gradually this becomes a deadly habit. A nonchalant, casual outlook towards life that drags us away from realising the true value of a magnificient treasure called life. We do the chores of our lives engage a lot of precious time of ours in doing things without knowing the reason why we are doing so. It is like doing the 'right thing for the wrong reason'. Instances can be drawn from daily life. One is at his office, executing the responsibilities or the projects that he has been assigned to do. But when he is asked why he is doing that job, not any thing else, but that particular job, he would probably say....'you know, it just happened, just like that' ...or probably would say 'well...its paying me well at the end of the month'. But then what would be his specific reason for doing that particular job? The answer that he would probably give , is 'I don't know'. So it is clearly visible that most of the time this phrase ' I don't know' accompanies us at whatever we do , wherever we go, we are a clueless, confused race who do not know either our destination or our purpose. And hence this ignorance leads us to the darkness. Once we step into the darkness we can never as bring us out of it. Which again breeds enumerous problems in our lives. To solve this we need to get acquainted with ourselves so clearly that we could get a strong grip over our mind. Without this grip this determination in our mind, we cannot get any success in life. And while our getting along with our true identity we should be very careful, so that we do not create any misconceptions about us. As this misgivings could make us stray from the right path.

To get a good grip over mind, what we need at first is a healthy body. And a healthy system comes from ' Pranayam, Yogasan, Yogbayam, Mudra etc. And to heal our mind what is most important is '