There are many forms of yoga. Some deals with controlling bodily functions.
In our body, we have two currents: Motor currents and sensory currents. The
motor currents keep us alive by controlling involuntary functions, such as the
growth of nails and hair, breathing, and blood circulation.
In meditation, one does not practice the control of your motor currents.
The motor currents are allowed to go on by themselves so that the process by
which we survive is not tampered with. Instead, we withdraw the sensory
currents. The sensory currents give us sensation in the body. It is the sensory
currents that make us aware of the sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste and
touch. If we withdraw our sensory currents from the outside world, we will be
able to travel to the realms within ourselves.
Meditation is, in reality, a process of concentration. It is so simple and
natural that it can be practised by a young child or the elderly, by a healthy
person or someone with a physical disability. Meditation does not require any
rigorous physical activity. It is a non-denominational technique that has been
practised as a science by people of all religions and faiths, cultures and back
grounds. It is open to one and all, and has been offered as a free gift by the
spiritual masters who have come to us through the ages. It is up to us whether
we wish to merely read about the realms beyond, or experience them. The saints
tell us that the body deteriorates, decays, and is finally destroyed. But our
true self, which is our spirit or soul, is eternal. It lives. By connecting
with our soul, we will have access to the answers of what awaits us in the
great beyond.
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