The Simple Yoga

25/11/2013

07/10/2013

Prison authorities around the world are waking up to the possible benefits of yoga, providing classes in the hope of keeping prisoners focused.

16/09/2013

Meditando regolarmente la mente diviene sempre piu' calma e tutte le preoccupazioni svaniscono.
Sri Swami Sivananda

13/09/2013

Om Namah Sivaya...

13/09/2013

Buongiorno :)

10/09/2013

OM Namah Sivaya

We want happiness; this is undeniable. What, then, holds us back?

According to Patanjali Maharshi, the compiler of the original Yoga text, the Yoga Sutras, the following is the 5-fold reason of misery: Avidya (ignorance), Asmita (false identification), Raga (like), Dwesa (dislike) and Abhinivesa (fear of loss/death). Let us look into this unfoldment.

Yoga theory accepts the absolute nature of the soul as Sat-Chid-Ananda (Existence-Knowledge-Happiness). When we have the Knowledge of the Self, we know this. This is called Vidya. Then, when we fall down to earth, we forget. This is called Avidya.

When we don't know (Avidya), we fill the need to know with something else that the mind creates. We start thinking ourselves as this, or that. This is Asmita.

When we have Asmita, we divide the world into two: things that go parallel with our false identification, and things that go against it. Then, we act towards going towards the parallel ones. This is called Raga. Consequently, we act towards running away from the opposite ones. This is called Dwesa.

Finally, we are left with a system that relies on constant running towards something and running away from something. We created all this, because we were afraid to be left with ignorance (Avidya). Lack of light and courage made us create all this out of nothing. Now, we are afraid to loose what we created out of thin air, because although we act as if we believe in it, we know deep inside that it is fabricated, thus impermanent. This fear of loss, of facing darkness of Avidya, is called Abhinivesa.

Thus, in 5 steps, we cover the truth, we project something else instead, then we chase certain things and repel others, and finally are totally bound to this "fabricated-me" and have fear of loosing it. We are unhappy.

All is not lost! Just to put the awareness on this mechanism of self-delusion, makes it evaporate. This system requires constant fuel of fear. Yoga gives us the light of awareness. Ego is only the shadow of the Self. If we project the light of Yoga on the shadow if Ego, the Ego is no more. There is only the Self.

OM Tat Sat.

08/09/2013

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya.
Oggi si celebra l'anniversario della nascita di Swami Sivananda Saraswati. Maestro che con la sua vita esemplare interamente dedicata agli altri, i molti libri scritti ed i tanti suoi discepoli, inviati in diverse parti del mondo a diffondere il sapere spirituale, contribuisce al risveglio delle coscienze. Buon Compleanno Guruji!

28/08/2013

Happy Sri Krisna Janmasthami!
Oggi si celebra la nascita di Sri Krisna.