Something There Is That Doesnt Love A Wall
A life, the human body is faultless. The only problem is that it does ot take you anywhere; it springs out of e earth and falls back into it. Isn't that enough? At one level, is quite enough. But somehow, a imension beyond physicality has fused itself into this wonderful echanism. This dimension is the very ource of life. It is this that truly makes s who we are. In every creature, plant nd seed, this is at work. In a human eing, this source of life is even more magnificently obvious. This is why human beings seem to vee in a constant struggle between the physical and the dimension beyond. though you have the compulsiveness of nephysical, you also have the consciosness of being more than just physical. There are two basic forces. Most people see them as being in conflict. One is the instinct of self-preservation, which compels you to build walls around yourself. The other is the constant desire to expand, to become boundless. These two longings-to preserve and to expand-are not opposing forces. They are related to two different aspects of your life. One force helps you root yourself well on this planet; the other takes you beyond. If you have the necessary awareness to separate the two, there is no conflict. But if you are completely identified with the physical, then instead of working in collaboration, these two fundamental forces become a source of tension. All the 'material-versusspiritual' struggles of humanity spring from this ignorance. When you say 'spirituality', you are talking about a dimension beyond the physical. The human desire to transcend physical limitations is natural. Journeying from the boundary-based individual body to the boundless source of creation-this is the very basis of any spiritual process. The walls of self-preservation that you build for today are the walls of self-imprisonment of tomorrow. This is an endless cycle. But creation isnot unwilling to open to you the doors to the beyond. You are struggling with the walls of resistance that you have built around yourself. Robert Frost captureda deep truth when he wrote, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." That is why the yogic system does not talk about God, soul or heaven. Yoga talks only about the barriers that you have set up, because this resistance is allthat needs to be attended to. The walls that block you are 100% your creation. And these can be dismantled. You have no work with existence. You only have work with the existence wheyou have created. If i were to use an analogy, i would juxtapose gravity and grace. Gravity related to the fundamental instinct ofself-preservation in a human being. We are rooted to the planet rightnow because of gravity. Gravity is tryingthold you down; whereas grace is tryirto lift you up. If you are released fromthe physical forces of existence, gracbursts forth in your life. Like gravity, grace too is constantlactive. It is just that you have to make yourself receptive to it.When you do,suddenly, you seem to function like magic. Suppose you were the only one who could ride a bicycle, you would begin to seem magical to everyone elsis the same with grace. Others might think you are magic, but you know youarejust beginning to become receptiva new dimension of life. This is a posslity that everyone should realise. (InnEngineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy.
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Something There Is That Doesnt Love A Wall
A life, the human body is faultless. The only problem is that it does ot take you anywhere; it springs out of e earth and falls back into it. Isn't that enough? At one level, is quite enough. But somehow, a imension beyond physicality has fused itself into this wonderful echanism. This dimension is the very ource of life. It is this that truly makes s who we are. In every creature, plant nd seed, this is at work. In a human eing, this source of life is even more magnificently obvious. This is why human beings seem to vee in a constant struggle between the physical and the dimension beyond. though you have the compulsiveness of nephysical, you also have the consciosness of being more than just physical. There are two basic forces. Most people see them as being in conflict. One is the instinct of self-preservation, which compels you to build walls around yourself. The other is the constant desire to expand, to become boundless. These two longings-to preserve and to expand-are not opposing forces. They are related to two different aspects of your life. One force helps you root yourself well on this planet; the other takes you beyond. If you have the necessary awareness to separate the two, there is no conflict. But if you are completely identified with the physical, then instead of working in collaboration, these two fundamental forces become a source of tension. All the 'material-versusspiritual' struggles of humanity spring from this ignorance. When you say 'spirituality', you are talking about a dimension beyond the physical. The human desire to transcend physical limitations is natural. Journeying from the boundary-based individual body to the boundless source of creation-this is the very basis of any spiritual process. The walls of self-preservation that you build for today are the walls of self-imprisonment of tomorrow. This is an endless cycle. But creation isnot unwilling to open to you the doors to the beyond. You are struggling with the walls of resistance that you have built around yourself. Robert Frost captureda deep truth when he wrote, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." That is why the yogic system does not talk about God, soul or heaven. Yoga talks only about the barriers that you have set up, because this resistance is allthat needs to be attended to. The walls that block you are 100% your creation. And these can be dismantled. You have no work with existence. You only have work with the existence wheyou have created. If i were to use an analogy, i would juxtapose gravity and grace. Gravity related to the fundamental instinct ofself-preservation in a human being. We are rooted to the planet rightnow because of gravity. Gravity is tryingthold you down; whereas grace is tryirto lift you up. If you are released fromthe physical forces of existence, gracbursts forth in your life. Like gravity, grace too is constantlactive. It is just that you have to make yourself receptive to it.When you do,suddenly, you seem to function like magic. Suppose you were the only one who could ride a bicycle, you would begin to seem magical to everyone elsis the same with grace. Others might think you are magic, but you know youarejust beginning to become receptiva new dimension of life. This is a posslity that everyone should realise. (InnEngineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy.
DISCLAIMER:
The views expressed in the Article above are Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev kashmiribhatta.in is not in any way responsible for the opinions expressed in the above article. The article belongs to its respective owner or owners and this site does not claim any right over it.
Courtesy : Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Speaking Tree,Times of India