Sunday 1 September 2013

Pravritti and Nivritti - Two way of knowing the truth

Namaste Dear All
loka samasta sukhino bhavantu- means all the world may get happiness. here all the world means everything existing in this world. everything existing in this world need freedom. or wanting to get free.   as we human being are in the top list in this category. and we have a way to be free. everyone want to be free somehow. that means we are not happy with our present freedom. in yoga theory there are two way can use for this. one is pravritti - it is action. being with worldly life - our disires, ambitions, emotions all part of it. second step is nivritti - it is resignation from worldly life. the first step is easy and most comfortable for modern society. and it is not harmful and not dangerous to practice. the second one is nivritti is short way but need very careful guidance, so it is not an easy way for every one. bhagavat gita says the first step through pravritti man can attain moksha or realizing the truth. only need to consider all your action ' i am not the doer' in this way engaging worldly life and keeping in mind the aim of life get moksha. this is more suitable for everyone. even though we are aware about the essence and aim of yoga, it is not easy to accept and adapt the philosophical practice of yoga. but without loosing the main essence we can apply yoga in daily life as like pravritti or action.

how do we need to practice pravritti? as we find time for eating and sleeping everyday, everyone need to find time for little practice of yoga. here yoga means not only do some poses or breathing techniques. yoga is a state to be here. here means be present. in present there is an empty state. that emptiness is silence. expanding the silence is experiencing yoga. or the way you can built to get into the truth. for realizing truth you only need to keep present. with emptiness. no action their but there is a process. this process is natural. you are not taking any effort for that. you are expanding your emptiness state. even you sit or walk or do one yoga pose you can be empty. this is an action in inaction. here action mean a state where you are hold up. so there are an inner process but you are not purposefully doing action externally. the whole world exist in this empty state. world does not need any action from us. only we are misusing out action to destroy or many time disturb this emptiness or silence. the moment you disturb your silence you become restless. so hold here without any effort. it is stillness. from this stillness and empty state will create. this is the process as like a river flows without anybody direction. you need to flow like a river. finally it merge into the big ocean where you can enjoy bliss and supreme happiness

Om

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