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The
Bhagavad-Gita says “While the world is asleep, the yogi stays
awake.” Meaning not literally “awake” but rather aware,
focused, not under the influence of illusion.
When
you come from that light of attention you are then making
choices from the objective, otherwise, you are bound and
trapped by your emotion. To be objective you must be able to
give attention w/out identifying with the object (of
attention) itself. The only way to cultivate this is in the
practice of meditation.
To
meditate is to be attentive. To be in a dynamic
state of attention is to be meditating. One who can maintain
that dynamic state of attention is a Yogi. One who does not
“sleeps” through life. Yoga, therefore, is the practice
(i.e., discipline, discipleship, pathway of manifestation) of
developing this attention.
–
Anirudh Shastri
May 24, 2005 |
