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SUCCESS IS EASY TO ACHIEVE

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, said one of the greatest geniuses of modern times. It rains only because water evaporates. Take a look at your actions throughout the day. How much time do you spend on yourself and how much time you devote to others? Then take stock of your life. You will be surprised to find that the time spent on helping others and saving humans and animals would be directly proportional to your good health and happiness.  To be healthy and happy is actually that easy, you just have to follow what Newton said. That is, if you don’t want to follow what the Yoga Sutras say. Or, forget Newton and follow the sutras... The result would be the same. Actually it is that easy to succeed in life, try it out. Service or giving back to creation is the key. Service is donation of your time , for which there can be no excuse. Anyone can donate time to save animals, feed the poor, teach underprivileged kids, nurture the environment, etc. If you loo...

MERGER OF SHIV AND SHAKTI

Shiv is the doer and may be likened to a vehicle. If you remove ‘i’ from Shiv, it becomes ‘shav’ (corpse). The ‘i’ represents Shakti, which is the fuel that energises this vehicle to perform action. Shakti is the force of the physical world. Shivratri is the night of merger of Shiv and Shakti making a complete whole. Shiv and Shakti pertain to manifest creation and arise from the unmanifest. The journey back to the unmanifest can be carved only through their complete merger which is the ultimate purpose of yoga and Sanatan Kriya . A practical example of merger of Shiv and Shakti is the institution of marriage where the merger of male and female leads to manifestation of a new life. If there is a mismatch in this merger of male and female, or Shiv and Shakti, the marriage remains incomplete. This imbalance is evident in the progeny who will exhibit anti-social and undesirable behaviour and traits. The rishis of yesteryear explained how incompleteness sets into the child in t...