On the international yoga day today, the most relevant question that all of us should ask ourselves is, are we happy? Are humans happy in general? Is anyone around us happy? Not momentarily, not for few hours or few days, but always, in all circumstances? If we are so smart, so intelligent, then why are we not happy? Please think about this. Now, how yoga is related to this? Well, yoga is a systematic and holistic approach towards happiness. It's goal is to bring us face to face with who we really are. With its practice, all chitta-vritti (mind modifications or alterations e.g. distractions, conflicts, etc.) are eliminated and when this happens, what remains is our own self. According to upanishads, this self is sat-chit-ananda. Yoga calls it purusha, vedanta calls this brahman, Buddhists call it shunya, and many know it as consciousness. Whatever we may call it, it's true essence is ananda, blissfulness. When we discover this in the core of our being, we have found the foun...
The diary of a struggling yogi.