Can we assign some authority to Yoga in the line of the Chakras etc.?

[Shri J.S.R. Prasad asked:- It is said by people that several spiritually enlightened people have spoken about the Kuṇḍalinī and Cakras. Can we assign some authority to Yoga in the line of these Cakras etc.?]

Swami replied:- The word ‘Yoga’ is famous, which strictly means the union with the contemporary human incarnation of God in the case of humanity. The energetic incarnation, which is relevant to the upper energetic worlds only, is not relevant to humanity. Unimaginable God or Parabrahman is without medium and is beyond even imagination since He is beyond the concept of space and time. Union with God Krishna is the meaning of the word ‘Yoga’ and this is the main background of the Gita sung by Krishna. The Cakras or whirlpools are the hurdles on the way while swimming the worldly ocean, which are nothing but the fascinations of the soul towards the worldly bonds. Liberation from these hurdles is called salvation. The attachment to God in human form is the main cause for the detachment of the soul from all the worldly bonds. Mind is a mode of awareness and awareness is nervous energy in the form of waves and this indicates the serpentine motion by which the worldly bonds are not surpassed directly but in a curved way.

Since the goal is God, it is not a Pravrutti sin. If we take the real essence represented by these Cakras, Kuṇḍalinī etc., we can keep the picture as it is. But, if we don’t follow the represented essential meaning, carried away by the picture only, the picture is fully a waste because the picture is not real since it is only imaginary as comparison for better understanding. You must note that neither the Gita, nor the Upanishads nor the Brahmasutras mention about these words since these words are only imaginary selected for comparison to understand the spiritual path in a better way. Due to the attraction towards the bond with God, all the worldly bonds are dropped. Yoga means the union with God due to tremendous attraction towards God. Moksha means the spontaneous drop out of these worldly bonds due to the tremendous attraction towards God.

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