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OM SHANTI -
These two words represent the essence of the
teachings of Raja Yoga. "Om" means "I am a
soul" and "Shanti" means "Peaceful". Hence
"I am a peaceful soul". Yet how long can I
maintain being a peaceful soul? If I look
back over the last 24 hours, is this what I
have been?.
Probably the
situation has been a very difficult one. In
my search for peaceful satisfaction in life,
I have been trapped by peacelessness, which
has influenced me so much that I have moved
so far away from my natural consciousness of
peace.
Through the
teachings of Raja Yoga, the soul is able to
achieve its natural state of peace very
easily. The name of Raja Yoga, the soul is
able to achieve its natural state of peace
very easily. The name of Raja Yoga has been
used for a long time, many centuries in
fact, although these teachings have only
recently emerged, and are quite
revolutionary. They explain very simply the
most fundamental information of all that of
who I am and what I am.
RAJA YOGA - can
be defined in a number of ways. The word
"Yoga" simply means "Union", and the word
"Raja" means "Supreme", "King" or "Master".
Raja Yoga is the king of all yogas because
through it I can become sovereign. But, of
what? Not over others, because that would be
artificial. The power that I gain, that I
now seek, is the power of control over my
own mind, because it is my mind that has
been creating sorrow and distress.
MY AIM - is to
become the master of my own mind, even to
master my own personality, and of course to
be the master of the physical costume - my
body.
The first
subject of Raja Yoga is also the one that
leads us to the last - that of not merely
who I am, the soul, but of soul
consciousness. The final stage of
achievements through Raja Yoga, in which
souls are free of all negative influences
and have reached a state of perfection, is
based entirely on this first lesson of soul
consciousness. |
