Thursday, July 25, 2013

= is the bridge to Shiva.

A quiescent mind reveals the natural splendor and wholeness that eternally Is.

Bhoga vs. Yoga

Bhoga is enjoyment and pleasure derived through the body and senses which is by nature temporary and fleeting.  With bhoga as one's primary goal one continues the cycle of karma, and therefore further perpetuates the cycle of birth and death.

Yoga is union with the Self / Consciousness / Spirit (call It what you may) that is both pervading the bodily form and senses, their source and support, and is at the same time transcendent of them.  Instead of seeking for lasting fulfillment through and in the senses, the yogi discovers that lasting joy and fulfillment naturally arise through devotion to the unbounded Self / Spirit within and pervading all.  

Raga is attachment to that which is pleasant to the senses.  Dvesha is aversion to that which is unpleasant to the senses.  To one whose primary focus is bhoga, raga and dvesha rule and one lives in continual bondage to them.  Though for the one whose primary focus is yoga, raga and dvesha no longer rule and one comes into Their own true power, allowing this human life and expression to happen naturally in a greater freedom and wholeness, fulfilled in and as the Self.