Basic Ground - Real Yoga

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Divine Message of His Holiness Shri Datta Swami

 

 

Yoga is defined by the Lord as this equilibrium (Samatvam Yoga Uchyate—Gita).

In the chapter “Atmasamyama Yoga” the details of such training are mentioned.

You have to receive both the friend and enemy with

equality(Suhrunmitraryudasinah—Gita). By this you will treat the Lord with the

same devotion even if He reacts as enemy towards you to test your faith. The

Lord also tests your attachment with the worldly bonds with reference to His

bond. You must prove that His bond is highest. For this you have to reduce the

attractions in the world. Such reduction of your attractions is a part of Yoga

and is useful directly before the Lord. You should serve the Lord without

aspiring anything in return and you must treat both the respect and insult with

equality (Sukha Duhkhe Same, Manavamanayoh—Gita). You must treat both profit and

loss with equality because when you approach the Lord you may sometimes get loss

instead of profit. Without undergoing such training to achieve self-control or

Atma Samyama, one cannot succeed in the tests of the Lord.

 

Sudama developed such self-control during the poverty for a long time. He did

not do any sin in spite of the suffering of his family members with poverty.

Such training helped him when he went to Lord Krishna. He stayed with the Lord

for a few days. During this period he never asked the Lord for anything. The

Lord also sent him back without even a trace of help. Sudama never criticised

the Lord for not doing any help. He succeeded in the test of the Lord and

achieved infinite wealth. Thus Gita gives the real meaning of Yoga, which is the

self-control without being attracted by diversions. Such diversions are these

charkas, which are nothing but the obstructions to pass in the test of the Lord.

 

This training is like one full year academic course and is very important. The

test of the Lord is a matter of three-hour examination at the end of the year.

If you have finished this training, the Lord Himself will come to you in human

form, conduct the test and will give you the certificate. Therefore you should

concentrate on the Gita, which is called as Yoga Sastra or The scripture of

Yoga.

 

The examiner, examination and the certificate are consequent steps, which will

take place spontaneously on the divine will. Therefore the study of Gita helps

you really on this day of festival and eating these sweets leads only to

problems of indigestion. Praising the examiner with songs (Bhajans) also will

not help you because the examiner is very clever and strict and cannot be

soaped. It is better to hear His divine knowledge, assimilate and pass the

examination. Such path gives you a dignity and respect to the divine teacher

also.

 

Instead of taking this royal path, why are you sorting to unlawful means of

soaping like chanting His name (Japam), worshipping Him (Puja), singing

(Bhajans) in order to get such certificates. Hanuman never did these things

except participating in the service of the Lord. He never aspired any thing in

return to his service also. He was made the future creator (Brahma) by the Lord

and this is the highest certificate. Therefore you can get the Highest fruit

from the Lord if you practice Yoga in this world in your day-to-day life, which

gives you all the necessary training to succeed in the test of the Lord.

 

Looking at the goal should not discourage you, because the goal is very far

with so many difficulties. You may fear that you may not reach the goal before

the end of this human birth. You keep on trying for it and be in constant trail

(Sadhana). In such case the Lord will co-operate with you by granting you any

number of human births. The Lord will do His part (Daivamchaivatra—Gita). Even

if you slip back in such a trail you will be still granted the human re-birth

with favourable spiritual atmosphere (Yogabrashto bhijayate—Gita). But you

should sincerely put your effort and should not act artificially. The Lord is

omniscient and you cannot fool Him and get the rare human rebirth.

 

posted by: His servant

at the lotus feet of shri datta swami

www.universal-spirituality.org

 

Siddhananda Devi <siddhananda_devi wrote:

ramanama06, " perfection in action is the realization that the means are

themselves the end. that is creative freedom. "

 

 

 

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