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a small list of well-known (to many ) facts about Yoga:
1.) Yoga means Union, it is the spiritual science of the soul, it has nothing to do with massages, theories, reiki, witchcraft, or philosophy.
2.) Yoga originated in Ancient INDIA.
3.) Gautam Buddha, formerly known as Prince Gautam Siddharth, like Yoga, is also INDIAN in origin. He fully-realized Total Enlightenment through the Immortal science of Yoga.
4.) The Shaolin Temple of Ancient southern China, where Kung-fu, and therefore ALL East-Asian martial arts, originated, was founded by an Indian Brahmin from south India named Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma taught the Chinese monks meditation, martial arts, and many other Spiritual Sciences. All these martial arts have Raja Yoga as their foundation. Bodhidharma is also a direct disciple of Gautam Buddha.
5.) Bodhidharma spread the spirituality, lifestyle, and Enlightenment of Ancient India throughout most of Asia.
6.) Martial Arts also originated in India, one such commonly known one is called "Kalaripayattu."
It is all based on the eternal science of Yoga.
7.) From India, the science of Yoga took over the world, yet very few actually know what true Yoga is.
8.)Yoga's aim is to unite ("Yoga" = "Union") the person's individual, localized (in space and time) consciousness with the Supreme Non-dual Consciousness that animates and permeates all Existence yet is simultaneously Beyond ALL.
bliss,
p
1.) Yoga means Union, it is the spiritual science of the soul, it has nothing to do with massages, theories, reiki, witchcraft, or philosophy.
2.) Yoga originated in Ancient INDIA.
3.) Gautam Buddha, formerly known as Prince Gautam Siddharth, like Yoga, is also INDIAN in origin. He fully-realized Total Enlightenment through the Immortal science of Yoga.
4.) The Shaolin Temple of Ancient southern China, where Kung-fu, and therefore ALL East-Asian martial arts, originated, was founded by an Indian Brahmin from south India named Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma taught the Chinese monks meditation, martial arts, and many other Spiritual Sciences. All these martial arts have Raja Yoga as their foundation. Bodhidharma is also a direct disciple of Gautam Buddha.
5.) Bodhidharma spread the spirituality, lifestyle, and Enlightenment of Ancient India throughout most of Asia.
6.) Martial Arts also originated in India, one such commonly known one is called "Kalaripayattu."
It is all based on the eternal science of Yoga.
7.) From India, the science of Yoga took over the world, yet very few actually know what true Yoga is.
8.)Yoga's aim is to unite ("Yoga" = "Union") the person's individual, localized (in space and time) consciousness with the Supreme Non-dual Consciousness that animates and permeates all Existence yet is simultaneously Beyond ALL.
bliss,
p
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Re: YOGA
12/14> Yoga's aim is to unite ("Yoga" = "Union") the person's individual, localized (in space and time) consciousness with the Supreme Non-dual Consciousness
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That's like saying painting's aim is to unite paint with its color.
It's more adequate to say that Yoga's aim is to *reveal* that we are already united, that we are already nondual consciousness. According to the Vedanta, our "individual, localized (in space and time) consciousness" is nothing more than an idea that can be seen through. Expending energy to "unite" an illusory idea with what we already are seems counterproductive to me. -
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12/14> you, my friend, are a hater.
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Actually, I'm not hating at all. I'm merely pointing out a more adequate metaphor to the task of describing self-realization, which I think we both agree is the goal of yoga. It breaks down thus:
I would interpret you as saying: I am a being who can develop in my individuality to such an extent that I will eventually become one with my true nature.
I'm saying: I am a being whose true nature is nondual at all times, although I may be seeking a direct understanding of that truth which I may not believe I possess.
It's like saying I can start out as a little cabin, and by spiritual construction, build myself into a magnificent castle that will one day be identical with that castle-in-the-sky we call self-realization, vs., this little cabin *is* already my spiritual truth, I only need to see past its walls to know myself as I really am.
No hating, P. Really. Just an attempt to identify the metaphors of self-realization that we use and to assist in the discrimination between those which obstruficate vs. those which might offer some clarity. -
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12/14> that isn't very yoga-like.
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Ha! Tell that to Adi Shankaracharya. He went up and down India, arguing the whole way, until he singlehandedly reformed Hinduism. He's the father of jnana yoga and one of its greatest pundits, and he did it all by arguing.
I live to identify misleading metaphors about self-realization. If you want to call that not very "yoga-like," it's fine by me.
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