If
you want to be a yogi, not necessarily you have to leave everything. You may
not be required to stay in a forest, eat only fruits and lead a perfectly
spiritual life. Of course, some people do like that and become monks and
saints. They do not take any interest in the family affairs from the very
beginning itself. But being in the family, keeping close to them and performing
various duties to take their responsibilities, if you are able to focus your attention on religious activities,
always trying to increase your knowledge in various subjects, remember God in
your all endeavors and extend a brotherly feeling to everyone, you could be also a yogi or a pious person. Yoga means
union and so; yogis are those, who have developed a wisdom as an integral part
of their system. But, is it possible for you to become a part of your own existence? It is possible provided you lead a life on
the above postulates. Let us start to elaborate this with the act of our
eating. Within a span of 2-3 hours, the food particles get mixed in the bodily
system and become a part of yours. You have simply taken some external substances
and get it digested into your system. This chemistry of bodily system is a
daily routine affair. When you introspect the real meaning of yoga, it covers
the entire sensory system of the body, not the only eating or any other daily
rituals. Eating, sleeping, observing, and giving attention to something are all
becoming a part of our existence.
Eating
food prepares the human’s physical, mental and energy system to effervesce your
activity level. Then your bodily system is energized to its full intensity, of
course, gradually. Similarly, when you perform various activities, mostly
related to spiritual and the same reaches its peak, you experience the whole activities surrounding you, as a part of
yourself. No sooner, you feel this intensity of your existence, you are a yogi.
Our country is full of yogis, who have sacrificed their lives, not for fame or reputation.
They want to do good to others. They do not want ant kudos. These yogis have
lived for causes to serve humanity and there are innumerable stories belong to
them for their larger-than-life pictures.
We
know the history of many yogis, starting with the name of Adiyogi. His existence was found thousand years ago in
the wilderness of Himalayas. Most of the time,
he used to sit still. For the time left out, he used to be busy dancing in his
own way without bothering for anyone’s gesture. Despite his odd posture and
behavior, people gathered him because he was an extraordinary person. His
activities were beyond the perception level of common people. Still the people
loved him, They used to be near him to obtain his blessings. What Adiyogi gave
the human beings was yoga, which was a profound science of self-actualization
or self-transformation. He had seven
disciples and one of them was the Sattarishi, who carried forward this concept
around the universe. Primarily, because of these seven yogis, the yoga has
endured down the various ages. Adiyogi is often resembled as a replica of
various opposites’ traits, say terrible and beautiful; ferocious and
compassionate; ascetic and household, mystic and drunkard. He has different names
yet, he is nameless and is regarded as nothing.
Still, he is everything that a life can perceive. This type of
personality is very rare. People with limited knowledge cannot be in a position
to understand his existence. A special
knowledge is a must to ascertain his existence.
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There
must be a deep sense of understanding to identify the creation of such type of
persona. If you desire to understand his
existence, you need to be very very spiritual minded. It is not that easy
to visualize his power.
Another
persona, who is loved by almost all the human beings of various ages is Krishna. His
prankster nature, his flute playing in the midst of gorgeous Gopis, his
courage, his openness was admired by one and all. He is a spiritual master. He embodied Leela, the path of the religious
playful. His life was like grandeur. He
used to enjoy his life as a celebration with a vibrant body, joyous mind and
full of love. Although Krishna
is a yogi and is an altar of God, but he becomes the friend, philosopher and
guide of Arjun to show him the right path to engage in the war of Mahabharat. Though
we get the names Adiyogi and Krishna in our
history, but there are countless of yogis of the highest order whom we do not
know at all. The reason is that their names are not recorded in the pages of
our history. These yogis were not interested to have their names to be
documented. For example, there was a
yogi by name Sri Palani Swami, who used to stay in the Velliangiri mountain in South India
and his name was mostly anonymous. Our historians failed to give much notice to
various yogis because of their secluded
lives who were busy in chanting hymns,
high level spiritual activities including Sadhanas and maintain a different
course of life. They always feel proud of
their high religious way of leading lives. They were fearless human beings and
they never aspire for anything other than the source of creation itself. They always want to intermix with the divine
power to emerge as a sacred soul. These yogis and their lives remind us the existence of the
Almighty and His power, His blessing, guidance and teachings. Out of these
teachings, we feel the realities of our lives. The lives of these yogis tell us
that because of their so many holy deeds and works, we the human beings are
able to enjoy the surroundings and its creations.
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