Yoga And Meditation In Their True Sense

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While the understanding of Yoga and Meditation is becoming wide-spread in terms of bending the physical body in different postures and meditating upon an imaginary formless state, JagadguruKripalujiMaharaj presents them with their real significance intended bySanatanDharm.

Shree Kripalu Maharaj, the fifth original Jagadguru in the last 5000 years, explains in detail what an aspirant of Yoga is supposed to practice to achieve the highest stage of Yoga called Bhakti Yoga. The process of Bhakti Yoga is mainly based on the emotional being of a Soul, yet it yields all the results that are achieved or are not possible to achieve through the scientific processes of Yoga and Meditation.

The unique definition of Yoga, given by JagadguruKripalujiMaharaj, is ‘the union of the Soul with God’. Unless the soul is united with her Source, any achievement that comes in the path during the practice of Yoga is only a benchmark and not the destination. To make this happen in real life, an aspirant of Yoga should understand the real nature of Yoga.

The true form of Yoga is an abundant amount of Joy from within. When the ...
... part is connected with the Whole, a tremendous amount of energy transmits into the part and a perfect form of real Yoga takes shape.The Yogi realizes the transitory nature of the Cosmos and never lets him-self indulge in perishable enjoyments that includeeven Yogic Siddhis of Maya.

To unite with the Source via a medium of Bhakti Yoga, one should understand his own nature in the first place. The real knowledge of the self (or self-realization) produces curiosity to know the reason for one’s own existence. At this stage, a strong attraction or connection starts to get established between the Soul and God. Now, the question is: how to make this possible in real-time awareness?

As per the unique philosophy of Shree Kripalu Maharaj, the easiest way to establish a contact between the Soul and the Source (God) is Smaran or Meditation. Since God is the eternal Beloved of every Soul, a connection with God can be established very easily by the loving remembrance of God. Being all-mighty and all-pervading, God can assume any shape and can pervade in the dirtiest mind as well. Upon this gracious feature of God, Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj has developed the process of RoopDhyan or Meditation upon form of God.

The Bhakti Yogi meditates on the form of God described in the Vedas by God Himself. Adding loving sentiments to it, this meditation isstrengthened by the Yogi. All the Yogic achievements come in the path as benchmarks while practicing this Sadhana. Continuing it even after Self-Realization, a severely strong longing for the Source or God is created in the Yogi. At this stage, the Grace of God is imparted upon Yogi by his Guru and at that time the clouds of ignorance are dispelled and the bondage of Maya is rooted out. Thereafter, God-Realization or Union with the Source happens forever.

This was never possible by performing traditional Yoga and Meditationwhich include only bodily gestures and formless meditation. Thus, the method of RoopDhyan prescribed by Shree Kripalu Maharaj is in accordance with Vedas - the most authentic knowledge on Yoga.

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