Yoga.
Yoga Meditation Reveals Our Divine Nature
Out of the cosmic tomes of truth, India developed the Yoga system, the science of oneness — oneness of the soul with God; oneness with the principles of eternal righteousness; with the universe; and with all mankind. The sage Patanjali formulated the Yoga system into eight steps for achieving the goal:
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Avoid unrighteous behavior — yama.
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Follow certain moral and spiritual precepts — niyama.
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Learn to be still in body and mind, for where motion ceases, there begins the perception of God — asana.
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While concentrating on the state of peace, practice control of the life force in the body — pranayama.
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When your mind is your own, that is, under your control through pranayama, then you can give it to God — pratyahara.
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Then begins meditation: first, concentrate on one of God’s cosmic manifestations such as love, wisdom, joy — dharana.
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What follows in meditation is an expansion of the realization of God’s infinite omnipresent nature — dhyana.
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When the soul merges as one with God, who is ever-existing, ever-conscious, ever-new Bliss, that is the goal — samadhi.
The joy of God can never be exhausted. He is sufficient; the purpose and the aim of existence. True understanding comes when we feel God as the great bliss of meditation. And peace is the first proof of His presence.
To have peace we must love more, but we cannot love people unconditionally unless we know God. The soul is absolutely perfect, but when identified with the body as ego, its expression becomes distorted by human imperfections. If human beings were only these imperfect bodies and minds, there would be some justification for prejudices and divisions. But we are all souls, made in God’s image. So Yoga teaches us to know the divine nature in ourselves and others. Through yoga meditation we can know that we are gods.


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