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from: Ann MarierAll raga must be entirely put aside. We must separate ourselves
from it. We must acquire the opposite condition, where every
passion is stilled, where no attraction for the objects of
desire remains, where all the bonds that unite the man to
surrounding objects are broken. "When the bonds of the heart are
broken, then the man becomes immortal."
How shall this dispassion be brought about? There is only one
right way of doing it. By slowly and gradually drawing ourselves
away from outer objects through the more potent attraction of
the Self.
The Self is ever attracted to the Self. That attraction alone
can turn these vehicles away from the alluring and repulsive
objects that surround them; free from all raga, no more
establishing relations with objects, the separated Self finds
himself liberated and free, and union with the one Self becomes
the sole object of desire.
But not instantly, by one supreme effort, by one endeavour, can
this great quality of dispassion become the characteristic of
the man bent on Yoga. He must practice dispassion constantly and
steadfastly.
That is implied in the word joined with dispassion, abhyasa or
practice. The practice must be constant, continual and unbroken.
"Practice" does not mean only meditation, though this is the
sense in which the word is generally used; it means the
deliberate, unbroken carrying out of dispassion in the very
midst of the objects that attract.
In order that you may acquire dispassion, you must practice it
in the everyday things of life. I have said that many confine
abhyasa to meditation.
That is why so few people attain to Yoga. Another error is to
wait for some big opportunity. People prepare themselves for
some tremendous sacrifice and forget the little things of
everyday life, in which the mind is knitted to objects by a
myriad tiny threads.
These things, by their pettiness, fail to attract attention, and
in waiting for the large thing, which does not come, people lose
the daily practice of dispassiontowards the little things that
are around them.
By curbing desire at every moment, we become indifferent to all
the objects that surround us. Then, when the great opportunity
comes, we seize it while scarce aware that it is upon us.
Every day, all day long, practice--that is what is demanded from
the aspirant to Yoga, for only on that line can success come;
and it is the wearisomeness of this strenuous, continued
endeavour that tires out the majority of aspirants.
About the author:
Ann Merier writes articles about the home and family health in
general. Her many article topics include mothers day, diabetes,
detox diet, yoga, fireplaces
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