Hi friends, i know its been a long time since i posted in this blog.. i am sorry about that.
But recently i have been hearing a lot about yoga...different types .. misconceptions and misinterpretations on yoga... some have also patented it ??!! Yoga..preached by yogi's and patented by us ??!!!
SO Whats YOGA??? According to me(as far as i have seen....i had oppertunity, have to say fortunate or blessed to be with some great people who were able to achieve some of these truely)PRANAYAMA,MEDITATION,ASANA everything put together along with other things YAMA(in laymans word DONT's),NIYAMA(DO's),PRATYAHARA(Withdrawal meaning..umm how to put it..there is a saying in Tamil being like 'thamarai illai mel neer pol' meaning not being affected by emotions/attachments),DHARANA(concentration first step of so called meditation, which is possible only when we don't get distracted by other thoughts right???)Noe come actual Meditation DHAYNA(often mistaken with DHARANA)This is higher level of meditation where u forget time, our body and everything around us.. like said in Hindu puranas(which i doubt is possible these days) ,And finally SAMADHI(Liberated from this body...not death... but becoming eternal.... existing outside the body like 'Vallalar' 'Ragavendra')is YOGA/YOGAM. Yes of course there are different types of yoga like karma yoga,bhakthi yoga,ect but just the Asana part is different(will explain on this later).
But Now many have divided YOGA(one i mentioned first) like specialisation in cardiology, neurology etc. some concentrating more on breathing, some on meditation,some on asanas and so on. It’s really hurting to see people being mislead and looted.
People have started giving differnt names depending on their style.But i feel the very basis... Yama , Niyama are totally ignored and more emphasize is on Asana, Pranayama and Dharana(in the name of Dhayana).Yoga has now become business.... Asana's are seen as Acrobatic act...and most hurting part for me is Dhayana... they dont get the right meaning.....i dont want to hurt anyone but people who say they have reached greater level in dhayana dont act like that.I know and have see people who have really achieved this stage.....they r different... they dont say that they have achieved the stage... What i strongly feel is lot of us have skipped prathyahara(sensory with drawal) and moved on to dharana (concentration) stage , which cannot really be achieved without prathyahara.
YOGA -The word itself as everyone knows originated from word 'yolk' or 'yuj' meaning to unite, to bring together .Unite what? and for what reason? ....we have to think on this.
AND THANKS FOR READ MY BLOGS AND WAITING FOR MY POSTS.
But recently i have been hearing a lot about yoga...different types .. misconceptions and misinterpretations on yoga... some have also patented it ??!! Yoga..preached by yogi's and patented by us ??!!!
SO Whats YOGA??? According to me(as far as i have seen....i had oppertunity, have to say fortunate or blessed to be with some great people who were able to achieve some of these truely)PRANAYAMA,MEDITATION,ASANA everything put together along with other things YAMA(in laymans word DONT's),NIYAMA(DO's),PRATYAHARA(Withdrawal meaning..umm how to put it..there is a saying in Tamil being like 'thamarai illai mel neer pol' meaning not being affected by emotions/attachments),DHARANA(concentration first step of so called meditation, which is possible only when we don't get distracted by other thoughts right???)Noe come actual Meditation DHAYNA(often mistaken with DHARANA)This is higher level of meditation where u forget time, our body and everything around us.. like said in Hindu puranas(which i doubt is possible these days) ,And finally SAMADHI(Liberated from this body...not death... but becoming eternal.... existing outside the body like 'Vallalar' 'Ragavendra')is YOGA/YOGAM. Yes of course there are different types of yoga like karma yoga,bhakthi yoga,ect but just the Asana part is different(will explain on this later).
But Now many have divided YOGA(one i mentioned first) like specialisation in cardiology, neurology etc. some concentrating more on breathing, some on meditation,some on asanas and so on. It’s really hurting to see people being mislead and looted.
People have started giving differnt names depending on their style.But i feel the very basis... Yama , Niyama are totally ignored and more emphasize is on Asana, Pranayama and Dharana(in the name of Dhayana).Yoga has now become business.... Asana's are seen as Acrobatic act...and most hurting part for me is Dhayana... they dont get the right meaning.....i dont want to hurt anyone but people who say they have reached greater level in dhayana dont act like that.I know and have see people who have really achieved this stage.....they r different... they dont say that they have achieved the stage... What i strongly feel is lot of us have skipped prathyahara(sensory with drawal) and moved on to dharana (concentration) stage , which cannot really be achieved without prathyahara.
YOGA -The word itself as everyone knows originated from word 'yolk' or 'yuj' meaning to unite, to bring together .Unite what? and for what reason? ....we have to think on this.
AND THANKS FOR READ MY BLOGS AND WAITING FOR MY POSTS.
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