World of Philosophy

Author(s): Christopher Key Chapple, Intaj Malek, Dilip Charan, Sunanda Shastri, Prashant Dave
Publisher: Shanti Prakashan

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But, Purna Yogi surpasses these stages of siddhi. His ultimate goal is to merg with divine and he himself becomes siddha. At this stage siddhis were past experiences for him, he becomes a realized yogi.
All yogas are transformation of an ordinary intellect based life to higher form of spiritual life. To suit different human nature, man adopts various paths leading to self realization like Jnani finds realization through Jnana yoga, Active man finds realization through Karma yoga - a path of selfless action, Emotional man finds realization through Bhakti Yoga, Meditative man finds realization through Raja Yoga or Hatha Yoga.
On contemplation of relation between yoga and life we find the key role of sahaja yoga practiced by mother nature in a natural way. This Sahaja yoga as name 'Sahaja' itself indicates naturality of it's process, is based on constant self realization, thereby self improvisation is constantly going on in natural way. Here man has to evaluate his action daily and find out his defects and try to rectify them through constant efforts is the method adopted by Mother Nature in Sahaja Yoga. In this Yoga, man is exposed to various situations like ups and downs occurring abruptly in life, so that he can learn lessons from his experiences, which may help him to evolve gradually. He meets varieties of people in the form of relatives, friends, colleagues and neighbors, to make him aware of different types of attitudes of different people and also to judge his capacity in tackling them. Every moment, one or other desire crops up in man's heart, to keep him working throughout his life. This is a continuous process. All these factors are meant to push one towards the search for eternal peace and happiness. In the words of Sri Aurobindo "Indeed adversity, suffering may be regarded as reward to virtue than as a punishment for sin, Since it turns out to be the greatest help and purifier of the soul struggling to unfold itself.”
Mother Nature works on the principle of truth, justice and equality. Man being part and parcel of Nature has to obey these rules, otherwise he is bound to be punished through suffering and unhappiness. Relation between Mother Nature and man is governed by Sacred rules of Sahaja yoga. Hence, in Sahaja Yoga main work assigned to man is to develop right conduct and to remain in harmony with Nature.
Thus, in Sahaja Yoga; life plays a vital role of teacher. Small-Small events of life unravels pathos of human existence in a way that onerous spiritual discourses can seldom do. What one needs is to put out one's sensitive antenna to grasp the subtle meaning and message of life. Thus, in Sahaja yoga to acquire peace and happiness man has to engage himself constantly in sincere endeavour of self-improvisation with sincere practice of right conduct. During this struggle, he passes through a process of gradual qualitative change, which is reflected in development of samskara
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