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A
Subtle Revolution
Interview
with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
A
subtle revolution is happening
that would surprise many followers
of the spiritual path. Beginning
in 1997, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
of South India was invited
to several cities in the US
including Nashville; Dayton
and Columbus, Ohio; Detroit,
and Chicago. Vasudev is a
spiritual master whose teachings
and intense commitment to
spreading the gift of enlightenment
had touched thousands of followers
in India and the US. The mainstay
of his teachings is Sahaja
Sthithi Yoga, the masterfully
devised system of practices
and meditation that, when
combined with powerful energetic
transmissions from Vasudev,
rapidly accelerate one's spiritual
growth.
The
following interview derived
from a book recently released
by Vasudev's Isha Foundation,
Encounter the Enlightened,
gives a taste of Vasudev's
teachings.
Questioner:
This yoga that you are
talking about, is it an exercise
or an experience?
Sadhguru:
Yoga is neither an exercise
nor an experience. It is a
certain state. The word yoga
means “union.” When
you are one with everything,
then you are in yoga.
Whatever
you may talk about your body
not being of any importance
to you - you still have to
attend to it, isn't it?...
for example, when your body
gets hungry, you forget about
God, you forget philosophy.
The first thing you want is
food.
Similarly,
you have a mind. You can't
deny that either... Even if
you go to the mountain caves
and sit and think it is peaceful,
your mind will go on with
its own nonsense. So your
mind is also an undeniable
reality.
And
you have emotions... You may
think you are controlling
your emotions, but they are
there. You can hide them for
some time. They are there,
isn't it true?
If
you want to transform yourself,
you should not deny any of
these. That is why there is
a physical yoga, a mental
yoga, an energy yoga and an
outward, action yoga. You
have to accept all these four
types of yoga and work on
all the four levels.
A
guru knows and understands
what is required. He looks
at the combination that works
for a person. He mixes the
right combination. He tells
this person, “For you,
this much activity, this much
meditation.”... One should
not deny somebody's nature
and go against it. A common
prescription will not work
- people will only get suppressed.
There will be no enlightenment.
It is not going to happen.
Questioner: Can you say anything about the role of women in the yogic tradition? Yoga article continued next page, click here! |
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