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Yogi Ashwini's article in Pioneer on Sunday, 31 August Sunday, 31 August 2014 | Yogi Ashwini | in  Agenda As every phenomenon in nature serves a purpose, there is purpose behind two people coming together. The union of two forces is always for creation, says  Yogi Ashwini We all know the importance of ‘balance’ in creation. Everything in the universe is in its place because of balance. Similarly, all the forces of the nature, higher or lower, have to be in balance all the time for the sustenance of the creation. The smaller forces are nothing but a microscopic representation of the higher forces of universe. The Ardhanareshwar form of Lord Shiva represents the union of Mata Parvati and Lord Shiva or union of Purush and Prakriti, both are two different aspects of nature but come together to form a perfect harmonious balance between two complementary forces. Ardhanareshwar form to aid various purposes of nature represents complete union, a complete whole. They ar...

Yog is being in union with yourself. It can’t be explained merely verbally. You need to go through certain experiences, which will bring you face to face with what is called atma sakshatkar—your true self.  Once it happens, you are in yog; and once you are in yog with yourself, you are a yogi. Yog can be of several kinds; you might choose to be in yog with fashion, with beauty, with sport. A practitioner of yog is in yog with himself or herself…  that’s a yogi. Yog is for evolution, the rest are all bhogis. A rakshas undergoes enormous tap (penance) to impress God. When God finally appears to grant him the desired boon, what does the rakshas ask for? Immortality.  Riches. Pleasures… Why? He is limited by his karma, so he cannot ask for anything beyond that. He cannot understand a world beyond. He is bound by his desires, he needs that experience, so he asks only for that. It’s wrong to think that the spiritual is divorced from the mat...

What is yoga? Simply put, it is being in union with something. In that sense, one may choose to be in yoga with fashion, with beauty, or with a sport . But none of these makes a person a yogi. To embark on the path a yogi travels, you need to go through a certain experience, which will bring you face to face with what is called atma sakshatkar , your true self. Once you come face to face with your true self, you are in yoga, and once you are in yoga with yourself, you are a yogi. A rakshas (demon) undergoes enormous tapah (penance) to impress God. When God finally appears before him to grant him the desired boon, what does the rakshas ask for? Immortality, riches, pleasures… Why? Kyonki woh apni yoni se bandha hua hai because he is constrained by his karmic protocol of being born into an order of being that is demonic — he cannot understand a world beyond that, so he cannot ask for more than that. He is bound by his desires, he needs certain experiences so he asks f...