Art of Living Newsletter = =20 April 8th,2009

Art of Living Newsletter &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; &n= bsp; = ; April 8^th,2009

Series on Yoga- The Science of Being:=

Part 1: Roots of Yoga

, the ultimate work= ing structure of human mind and the nature of reality. He describes yog= a in Yoga Sutras with the same precision as a mathematician writes a for= mula. Just like two plus two is four, if you follow what Patanjali outlines in Yoga Sutras, the intended outcome is bound to happen.&n= bsp; Yoga Sutras is a book on the Science of Being.

Yoga is not a religion, it is a science = like physics, chemistry, mathematics... Just because it happen to be discovered by Hindus makes it no more Hindu than Physics being Christian or Jewish because the laws of physics were discovered by = some Christians or Jews. Yoga is not a philosophy- it is not something y= ou think about. It is something you have to and something you = have to be.

book, Yoga Sutras. It says: "Now the Discipline of Yoga"

Patanjali says that Yoga is discipline. Which means that Yoga is not a philosophy, it is not a therapy, it is not a scripture, it is= not a intellectual curiosity; rather it= is a discipline, hence there is something you have to do. <= span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:white;mso-fareast= -language: EN-CA'>

Series On Knowledge & Inspiration
Commitem= ent and Convenience 3DCommitmen= =

= A <= /span>commitment can only be felt when it oversteps convenience. That which is convenient, you do not call commitment. If you just go on your convenience, your commitment fal= ls apart causing more inconvenience! If you keep dropping your commitm= ent because it is inconvenient, can you be comfortable? Often, what is convenient does not bring comfort, but gives an illusion of comfort. Also if you are too stuck in commitment, and it is too inconvenient= too often, you will be unable to fulfill your commitment and it will on= ly generate frustration. = Wisdom is to strike a balance between convenience and commitment because b= oth bring comfort to the body, mind and spirit.

A seeker of knowledge should forget about convenience, so should soldiers, rulers, studen= ts, seekers of wealth and all essential service providers. Those who wa= nt to be creative and adventurous transcend convenience. Those who are ambitious and have a passion for a goal do not care for convenience= . To the wise their commitment is their comfort. Whenever their commitme= nt is shaken, their comfort is also shaken. To the lazy, commitment is torture though it is the best remedy.

Commitment will always bring comfort in the long run.

= Question: Are there any commitments that can be given up? =

= Yes. Sometimes when you are committed without a vision, you feel stifled when your vision expands. Such commitments made with shortsightedne= ss can be given up.

·= ; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; A smaller less important commitment can= be given up for a greater commitment.

·= ; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; Commitment to the means can be given up= for the sake of the commitment to the goals.

·= ; &nbs= p; &= nbsp; When your commitment brings misery to m= any in the long run it can be given up.

-Sri Sri Rav= i Shankar, 05 Apr 2001 in Bali, Indonesia