Yoga Sagar

SR No.: 014011
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Paramhamsa Satyananda
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga Munger
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 24 MB

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SUMMARY
Paramahamsa Niranjanananda The scientific aspects of yoga are very mysterious. The more research is done by science, the more science learns about the brain, the mind and the internal organs of the body, and the more we learn of this, the more the fields of knowledge unfold before science and human consciousness. To keep our life healthy and happy there is a very small formula. Do not forget it. This formula is that man has to control his habits, thoughts, behavior and food, and learn to live a balanced life. If we are able to bring about a balance, a co-ordination, in these four aspects, then it is destined that the body will never be sick. One sickness breeds another. One sickness also aggravates another and the whole life becomes a shambles.
There are a few enemies in life. We are very alert to the external enemies. If someone wants to bring harm to us we are very alert. But the internal enemy that is influencing us in a negative manner keeps reducing our life energy. However, we are not alert to this. The enemies are anger, fear, worry, sadness, etc. Even if you accept these as momentary experiences, "Oh, I am affected by anger only for a few minutes, but then I cool down. I am worried for a short time and then I it," it is your personal thinking. But even in this short interval the arrows of these enemies allow you to lose, allow your personality to shed blood. This blood cannot be remanufactured within the personality. For manufacturing blood in the body, we need physical nutrients, grains, etc. Similarly, for keeping the mind healthy and to control the enemies of the mind, those internal enemies, we need to follow the rule that habits, thoughts, behavior and food must be balanced.
Science is broadly looking at other techniques through which man can attain total health, but to awaken this awareness and for it to be complete, we require a lot of time. We need thinkers, scholars and intellectuals who can tell us to follow a path.
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