Yoga and Total Health — December 2017

(Barré) #1
We have this word Aishwarya which
means excellence. Infact, Aishwarya
means the ultimate state of excellence.
This is against the other kind of state of
weakness.

Occasional excellence is one thing.
You can drink and feel excellent. But
excellence has to be more lasting. It
arises as a result of an earlier build up
of Dharma, Jnana, Vairagya. When one
practices the techniques of yoga, one
feels internally strong and confident.
There are certain techniques in Hatha
Yo g a that can create these feelings for

eg. Jalaneti, Sutraneti, Kapalabhati,
Trataka, etc. In Trataka one is absolutely
concentrated, one does not get
disturbed by anything and, as a result
of that concentration, knowledge
increases and also confidence. Things
that one could not do earlier are
possible. So even in the techniques the
possibility is there, but the objective is
kept of reaching excellence. One need
not compete, but there must be that
inner confidence, that inner awareness.

Only at the highest stages, when
one has attained the technique of

eaching

R


Dr. Jayadeva Yogendra in Parisamvada


Excellence
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