Yoga - Celebrating Patanjali "The Father of Yoga"

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The following excerpts come from a brilliant translations of Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutra called the Enlightenment book:




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Maharishi Patanjali was also known as Govindra Yogindra, “The Light-Filled King of the Yogis.” He was commonly considered to be the Teacher of the first Sankaracharia, who revitalized the knowledge of Ascension some five centuries before the birth of Christ. Maharishi Patanjali was a fully conscious human being. Maharishi literally means “great sage.” Rishi, a sage, is an individual who has Ascended to the first stage of enlightenment, Perpetual Consciousness, which is characterized by recognition that the inner Self is Infinite, not limited by space, time or causation, one with the omnipresent One, the Creator of All that Is.
Enlightenment - MSI


Yoga is not a belief system nor a religion nor even a philosophy -- it is an extremely practical methodology for systematically expanding the conscious mind. Said another way, Yoga is the Science for overcoming the self-destructive and limiting beliefs and internal programs that keep individual life bound to the experiences of the Waking state of Consciousness -- the state in which life is alternately happy and sad, loving and hating, healthy and sick -- in short, dual. Yoga provides a systematic ladder for climbing beyond the often painful experiences of the Waking State of duality into the state of non- changing Unified Consciousness, a.k.a. full enlightenment.
This is not a mystical or even a difficult or complicated process. Those who have thought that Yoga was difficult and/or complicated were doubtless basing their thinking on their personal experience, but that level of experiencing is not the whole story of human life, as this text will make clear. Perfection is within every human. Given this fact, it is surprising that so very many have failed to realize this. Part of the problem stems from faulty translations of the texts that can serve in the development of consciousness. The yoga sutra are a prime example. Properly understood, they provide a straight and broad path for realization of the highest degree of human consciousness. Improperly understood, they are at best useless and at worst quite damaging.
Indian society is today caught deep in a quagmire of mistaken belief about the mechanics of realizing enlightenment. The custodians of the system of Yoga have so poorly managed its essential teachings that practically no one in the world anymore understands that Divine Union is perfectly easy to attain. The typical interpretation of the path to enlightenment is through renunciation, or giving up of the world. Expansion to Infinity by giving up! Nothing could be more ludicrous, given a true perception and understanding of higher consciousness.
Enlightenment - MSI


As the growth of consciousness proceeds, every area of life develops -- heart, mind, body, environment. Yoga, properly understood, is not a system of giving up life. It is a system of adding to life.
When the world hears and understands this Teaching, all the age-old problems which have seemed so intractable for centuries will melt away with graceful and perfect solutions. There is no problem, mental, emotional, physical, societal, or environmental that can withstand the wholly beneficial power of the Infinite Mind. When the world hears and understands this Teaching, world peace will be assured for all ages to come. When the world hears and understands this Teaching, global health, happiness and progress will be achieved for all future time. May this day come soon!
Enlightenment - MSI

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