Thoughts and Introspection- 01-Feb.-2009
Among the four parts of our being the physical has a very important role to play to make our life meaningful and perfect. Now a days people are becoming more and more conscious about their body and therefore attend health camps, practice asanas and pranayamas etc.. The yoga science camp conducted by Swami Sri Ramdevji Maharaja was just concluded yesterday here at hyderabad and a large number of people of all age groups had participated in this six day camp. The camp environment was really very nice with the presence of a group consciousness and everyone was contributing their hundred percent to keep their body perfect. The electrifying words of Swamiji which touched me very much was that we should practice pranayama in the same consciousness as we do a special puja or recite a very special mantra before God. Swamiji was teaching pranayamas, various types of yogic asanas as well as preaching the participants to love the country and be a very very active and conscious citizen of our beloved mother India.
The Mother has also given so much importance to physical education. As per her words :
“ Of all the domains of human consciousness, the physical is the one most completely governed by method, order, discipline, process. ........
Physical education has three principal aspects:
(1) control and discipline of the functioning of the body,
(2) an integral, methodical and harmonious development of all the parts and movements of the body and
(3) correction of any defects and deformities. “ (Collected Works of the Mother, Vol-12)
Sometimes we don’t even know how to sit properly, how to listen, sleep, walk, etc,..
Yesterday in a youth camp, a young student who sat besides me was shaking his legs in such a manner that I was getting disturbed again and again with the feeling that as if I am shaking my legs unconsciously.
We can be able to make our body to follow a discipline only when we shall be conscious about all our movements all the time.
The second and third steps aspects can be achieved by practicing suitable asanas and pranayamas required for our own body. I have to first of all know what are the defects and deformities in my body and then try to rectify those things consciously with a methodical manner.
There is a beautiful quotation of The Mother which depicts the impact of consciousness on our body.
How to Tackle Stirs:
“Coming up and down the stairs – you cannot imagine how useful that can be from the point of view of physical culture, if you know how to make use of it. Instead of going up because you are going up and coming down because you coming down, like any ordinary man, you go up with the consciousness of all muscles which are working and of making them work harmoniously. You will see. Just try a little, you will see! This means that you can use all the movements of your life for a harmonious development of your body. “ - The Mother
How beautiful and powerful is the statement of The Mother. Just like all life is yoga for us, all our movements in life becomes an exercise then!
The final aim of our body is to express beauty and harmony and for that let us try to be conscious in all our physical activities.
Among the four parts of our being the physical has a very important role to play to make our life meaningful and perfect. Now a days people are becoming more and more conscious about their body and therefore attend health camps, practice asanas and pranayamas etc.. The yoga science camp conducted by Swami Sri Ramdevji Maharaja was just concluded yesterday here at hyderabad and a large number of people of all age groups had participated in this six day camp. The camp environment was really very nice with the presence of a group consciousness and everyone was contributing their hundred percent to keep their body perfect. The electrifying words of Swamiji which touched me very much was that we should practice pranayama in the same consciousness as we do a special puja or recite a very special mantra before God. Swamiji was teaching pranayamas, various types of yogic asanas as well as preaching the participants to love the country and be a very very active and conscious citizen of our beloved mother India.
The Mother has also given so much importance to physical education. As per her words :
“ Of all the domains of human consciousness, the physical is the one most completely governed by method, order, discipline, process. ........
Physical education has three principal aspects:
(1) control and discipline of the functioning of the body,
(2) an integral, methodical and harmonious development of all the parts and movements of the body and
(3) correction of any defects and deformities. “ (Collected Works of the Mother, Vol-12)
Sometimes we don’t even know how to sit properly, how to listen, sleep, walk, etc,..
Yesterday in a youth camp, a young student who sat besides me was shaking his legs in such a manner that I was getting disturbed again and again with the feeling that as if I am shaking my legs unconsciously.
We can be able to make our body to follow a discipline only when we shall be conscious about all our movements all the time.
The second and third steps aspects can be achieved by practicing suitable asanas and pranayamas required for our own body. I have to first of all know what are the defects and deformities in my body and then try to rectify those things consciously with a methodical manner.
There is a beautiful quotation of The Mother which depicts the impact of consciousness on our body.
How to Tackle Stirs:
“Coming up and down the stairs – you cannot imagine how useful that can be from the point of view of physical culture, if you know how to make use of it. Instead of going up because you are going up and coming down because you coming down, like any ordinary man, you go up with the consciousness of all muscles which are working and of making them work harmoniously. You will see. Just try a little, you will see! This means that you can use all the movements of your life for a harmonious development of your body. “ - The Mother
How beautiful and powerful is the statement of The Mother. Just like all life is yoga for us, all our movements in life becomes an exercise then!
The final aim of our body is to express beauty and harmony and for that let us try to be conscious in all our physical activities.
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