Continuing from my previous post... Having captured my thoughts on identification of the Self and shared them with the group, I wanted to go on to discuss the next stage — communion with the Self. As I developed the paper, I discovered that I was largely writing about my own experience, which was probably not appropriate for the group. So I completed the paper and then proceeded to develop this blog where I could share my personal thoughts with anyone else who was interested. I made mention of this objective in my first blog post.
My first three posts were about an introductory paper which I had written several months earlier. Then a whole bunch of other things took hold of my attention. Yesterday, I finally got back onto my original track. This is the second part of that thought stream. Let's see if I develop additional commentary on this subject.
Yoga means Union! Yoga does not mean stretching the body into contorted positions! That idea was conceived in the West when they discovered the health benefits of hatha yoga, the physical component of the yogic path. The true purpose of yoga is to help the individual to attain union with their inner self. This union is an introspective process which can be approached along several paths. Hatha Yoga improves the physical balance of the individual in order to facilitate spiritual centering.
My second paper on the Inner Spaces takes a look at meditation as a whole and my personal experience with it.
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