YOGA PHILOSOPHY IN A NUTSHELL: THE REAL NATURE OF REALITY

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Yoga philosophy in a nutshell: the real nature of reality

„Truth is the question of perspective; the further we get from the past, the more concrete and authentic we feel it – and the more closer we get to the presence the more incapabale it willbe.” Salman Rushdie The Children of Midnight

Yoga teaches to be present. Live in the present time, experience it, be attent. Krishnamurti’s work The Only Revolution reveals the real nature as illusion full with the concepts of past and fantasies of the future:

„Truth is never to find in the past.Truth of the past is ash of the memory; memory is binded to time. This means there is no truth in the dead ashes of yesterday. Truth is a living thing which is not to find in the domain of time.”

“Jogas chitta vritti niródas”. Joga Sutras of Patanjali.

Truth can be seen ‘ripple-less’ in the mirror of clear water of the mind. Our mind (chitta), processes the impressions of senses. The acquired proceeds, overfloating habits of the past and our preconceptions of the future are created only by the intellect (buddhi). In this sense it’s impossible to determine the objective being since the ego is always part of every thought and decision of us. Being present teaches how the ego centered thinking is good only at holding back experience and reception of the moment.

“This is not a pipe” – – declares the Belgian surrealist René Magritte in his world famous artwork referring on the recipient’s presence. René Magritte By widening our consciousness – via meditation for instance –, we can see things in their entirety leading us to a deeper understanding and contentment..