Atman, is said to be a tiny spark of the divine which exists within all of us.
Brahman is the 'bigger picture'. It is where the tiny spark comes from.
Brahman is an all pervading consciousness, the infinite wisdom of the infinite.
According to Yogic literature it is indescribable, it is beyond intellectual comprehension.
BUT, again, according to the Yogic scholars it can be experienced directly through the ongoing path and practice of Hatha Yoga.
Hatha Yoga is not the only way to experience bliss absolute of course.
We may be nearer to the experience than we can imagine. In fact it is only the mental judgements we place on the 'concept' of bliss that keeps us apart from it.
The world and it woes and worries of course are the greatest obstacle to the experience of peace, bliss, etc.
How can we feel peaceful when we are worrying if we can pay the rent or the electricity bill.
But worrying is no excuse to 'not' practice. If we sit around waiting for the right time or the right teacher to show up, half of our lives may have gone by.
Having said that of course, I know that if we are not ready to do something then nothing in the world will make us do it.
So we conclude, do we not, that we either are, or we are not, inclined towards a so called spiritual practice.
And Yoga 'is' a spiritual practice, in my opinion.
Hatha Yoga and the practice thereof is a very strange thing to do.
Why would anyone in their 'right mind' want to do it?
It makes no sense to feel pain, the way one feels pain in yoga.
Why would we do that?
In my opinion feelings are required to be fully alive and Asana practice will certainly put you in touch with your feelings.
The alternative is to exist inside of your own head and live life in a kind of second hand way via interpretation of realities that you seem to exist in.
Feeling, therefore, is a step closer to the 'authentic suffering' that Freud mentions.
Oh yes we all suffer don't we.........?
If you are not suffering you are probably either dead or in serious denial of the existence of your body. . . . . .
Brahman is the 'bigger picture'. It is where the tiny spark comes from.
Brahman is an all pervading consciousness, the infinite wisdom of the infinite.
According to Yogic literature it is indescribable, it is beyond intellectual comprehension.
BUT, again, according to the Yogic scholars it can be experienced directly through the ongoing path and practice of Hatha Yoga.
Hatha Yoga is not the only way to experience bliss absolute of course.
We may be nearer to the experience than we can imagine. In fact it is only the mental judgements we place on the 'concept' of bliss that keeps us apart from it.
The world and it woes and worries of course are the greatest obstacle to the experience of peace, bliss, etc.
How can we feel peaceful when we are worrying if we can pay the rent or the electricity bill.
But worrying is no excuse to 'not' practice. If we sit around waiting for the right time or the right teacher to show up, half of our lives may have gone by.
Having said that of course, I know that if we are not ready to do something then nothing in the world will make us do it.
So we conclude, do we not, that we either are, or we are not, inclined towards a so called spiritual practice.
And Yoga 'is' a spiritual practice, in my opinion.
Hatha Yoga and the practice thereof is a very strange thing to do.
Why would anyone in their 'right mind' want to do it?
It makes no sense to feel pain, the way one feels pain in yoga.
Why would we do that?
In my opinion feelings are required to be fully alive and Asana practice will certainly put you in touch with your feelings.
The alternative is to exist inside of your own head and live life in a kind of second hand way via interpretation of realities that you seem to exist in.
Feeling, therefore, is a step closer to the 'authentic suffering' that Freud mentions.
Oh yes we all suffer don't we.........?
If you are not suffering you are probably either dead or in serious denial of the existence of your body. . . . . .
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