When
you utter the word yoga, people generally interpret it with religious
connotations. In fact yoga means ''to unite''.
What to unite is a serious question we must pose to ourselves.
If you closely observe yourself, there are different layers of ego. You
feel different from your body and mind. The real Self always wants
to excel in every activity but the inspiration to pace up body and mind
to that level is always a daunting task.
It is almost a daily struggle both to layman and knowledgeable man.
One must cultivate to find union within his/her Self on daily basis.
I personally feel this effort as yoga.
Some others interpret yoga with
bend and stretch poses. Though it is partly true, but not a holistic
definition. When you do yoga, it means integration of body and
mind with your own inner Self which always wants perpetual joy.
A glib talker can't find balance in his/her daily activities. He/ she is
always a nuisance to others. They distract attention of others in work
premises. It is more a sort of compulsive behavior which they accustomed
over a period of time and never take an inward look of what's problem.
There is a saying to interpret this phenomena : The heart of fool is
in his mouth and the mouth of wise man is in his heart. It means one
should not talk whatever he/she wants. The talking stuff should filter
through the eye of discrimination. One sure route to achieve balance is Daily
vow of silence. I have been doing Moun Vrat daily
for certain time for the last several years to bounce back with
creativity.
In fact, observing silence is not a
new concept. Your system desperately needs on daily basis to come out
from trifle thoughts/impulses. If you read the autobiography of Mahatma
Gandhi ( My Experiments with Truth), you could find how Gandhi strictly adhered
to this practice of silence. He says that Experience
has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of
truth.
This attribute of silence
is one of the 13 Virtues of Benjamin Franklin, one the Founding Fathers
of United States. While elaborating this virtue in his autobiography of
Benjamin states: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself.
Avoid trifling conversation.
I think there is no greater yoga than silence.
Just close your eyes and sit still for certain amount of time daily
and it empowers you and take to new levels of awareness.
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