Rajayoga Chapter 1

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Rajayoga is the most ancient form of yoga in India. When you are facing difficulties in life, always start your day with the most significant phrase " I have the power to create unconditional happiness, health, harmony in my relationships and I have the power to create heaven in this world".

Always repeat to yourself that "Purity of God gives me immense strength and I am full of God's purity, love, knowledge and wisdom". We live in a chakra known as "Shrishti chakra" (Meaning: The world cycle). It is also known as the World - drama wheel. There is no start and no end to this wheel. One example is day and night cycle. We , as human beings cannot predict when the cycle of nature will begin and when it will end. That is why this is also termed in hindi as "Aadi-anaadi chakra" which means there is no start (aadi) and there is no end (anaadi) to this cycle. Another example of this cycle is seasons like rain, winter, summer, snow, etc which we have no control to stop. Birth and death cycle is one more example where after we are born , we are playing our part in this drama created by God. According to our deeds (Karma) , we get our life and later our soul leaves the body and that soul is born again in another house or maybe in your own family based on your karma.

For the spirit or soul, a body is like clothing and we get our clothing in life according to our deeds (karma) in our previous life. The speciality of this chakra is that this chakra goes in four situations like morning, afternoon, evening and night. The time 12 PM is called as "avadhi period" in hindi. In our life, we have different phases like childhood, teenage, youth, old age and the old age is avadhi period for a human being. This World drama wheel (shrishti chakra) is the third chakra (cycle).

There are totally four eras named Satyug, tretayug, dwapar yug and kaliyug. The World drama wheel is for 5000 years. After every 5000 years, we will be born and before 5000 years also we were born in the same place, same time and by same process. We are born now and after every 5000 years we will be born and we come back again and again. The three main characteristics of this world drama wheel are:

  1. This world drama wheel is adi-anadi (That is there is no start and no end of this cycle and is circular)

  2. In this world drama, whatever has happened in the past of anyone's lives is auspicious, whatever is happening is auspicious and whatever will happen in future is also auspicious.

  3. In this world drama , nobody can attain salvation ("moksha" in hindi).

This drama is also known as "auspicious drama". The word "drama" itself has "ma" in it which means mother. Hence , this drama is given the honor and title like mother. God is ocean of love. Time is considered the mother. God teaches his/her kids with total love and if the children still do not understand, then they get the beatings of the time based on their karma and time teaches a lot to the God's children and make them extremely strong. But in order to witness all this in life, we need lot of patience and courage.

Story:

There will be one king and his minister who stay together. One time, when both of them go for hunting in the jungle, the king sharpens his sword and suddenly his finger gets cut and he starts bleeding. He screams in pain and the minister treats him. The king screams even more than before and then the minister says " Do not worry, everything will be alright. Whatever happens is auspicious". The king tells that "I am saying that I am in lot of pain and this minister is saying that it is auspicious" and so the king gets angry and puts the minister in the prison.Then he leaves for hunting alone in the jungle where there is one tribal function going on and the tribal people were searching for one human being to sacrifice in front of their God. The tribal people catch the king and take him to their king. The king was taken to the location where people are sacrificed and when they notice that his finger is broken,they tell he is fragmented (the word is "Khandit" in hindi) and normally, we should not offer idols or people that are fragmented and damaged. Then they leave that king and his life was saved. Later, the king understands the words of the minister that whatever happens is auspicious in life. The king asks for apology from the minister.

The minister answers: " You have kept me in the prison and this is also auspicious. If I went with you to the jungle for hunting, then those tribal people would have sacrificed me in front of their God because my finger is not cut and I am pure and not fragmented. "

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