INTRODUCTION
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Kṛṣṇa continues to declare that it is
possible to achieve Self-realization by
stilling the mind if one intensely
practices the appropriate techniques.
Actually, having an experience of Sātori or the first glimpse of bliss is not a big thing. It is easy to get a taste of enlightenment. But to stay in that same state, the same consciousness, needs preparation of the body and mind. To express that high energy through the body and to radiate that experience of bliss requires that our body and mind be prepared. Preparing the body and mind for enlightenment is what yoga is all about.
This is what sage Patañjali created yoga for. The problem is that only the verbal language of Patañjali remains, but the body language is absent. That is why so much confusion and mutated forms of yoga are around today. Only a person in the same space, in the same consciousness as Patañjali can convey what He wanted to convey. This is what Nithya Yoga is all about. The whole purpose of Nithya Yoga is to prepare the body to experience, to stay in and radiate eternal bliss. Its purpose is to ‘Unclutch’ and enlighten. It is a direct means to Enlightenment.
Here, Arjuna again asks the questions
we all will have in our minds. What
happens if we start with faith but
somewhere, we fail in controlling the
mind? Be very clear, this situation
will happen. When we start off, we
will face failure in our attempts to
control and complete with the mind.
If we don't experience this, we
should check ourselves because we
may be fooling ourselves with
whatever we are doing!
