Yoga and Total Health — November 2017

(^22) YOGA AND TOTAL HEALTH • November 2017
E di t o r,
Yoga and Total Health
The final state of yoga is one of disinterest. We also get disinterested, but it keeps
on swinging. It does not remain permanent. Our argument is that otherwise what is
there in life?
The problem is that this interest, desire and attachment does not stop. It increases
and it totally takes charge of us. This is the catch. So cultivating this attitude of
disinterestedness to its very highest is the only solution to getting rid of material
desires and reaching the spiritual, reaching God.
We have to understand the importance and the value. It is not just merely saying “I
don’t care” or showing indifference. It is deeper. We try to reach a state where there is
no interest in anything at all that is material. This doesn’t mean that there is no interest
in the spiritual. Internally the spiritual interest keeps growing. But this is a very difficult
thing. Material things are in front of us. They are very attractively designed and we run
after them; we feel happy and we want them. That is the way we are constructed. Now
the defect is in that construction, in nature, and the ultimate in yoga is to overcome
that.