Swawagahan is a peculiar invention of our sages. Especially Lord Buddha is attributed for the invention of this observance who bestowed much of his attention over this action. In fact, this way of meditation is too much useful for human life. This breathing pattern emancipates human life from many a maladies and agonies. Emancipation is a peculiar part of life. By applying this meditation, a fresh energy impulse splashes in the body, which renovates our feelings.
Life is such an invaluable gift, which is given away to us living beings by God with much obligation. That is why a deep desire to live life with perfection is inherent in every creature. Resultantly all the creatures big or small yearn to live. Neither any living being wants to die nor incur the sorrow. All of them want their life to be full of pleasures and to enjoy it fully. They all want their entire life to be happy and may there not be the obstacles of adversities in their life. Hence, whatever is the imperative of remaining alive; all the creatures are ever endeavoring to achieve that. They do not shun even biggest risk to save their precious life.
· You would have seen a tiny ant- how much conscious and endeavoring it remains to save its life and make it happy. It keeps involved in arranging shelter and food; essential to be alive, moreover without any grudge or grievance it ensures adequate arrangements for the safety of its coming generation. These facts are true for other creatures too. Mankind which has become the master of all creatures always keeps on an effort to have pleasure and live life naturally happy. However, if like other living beings man would also pass the life haphazardly running helter-skelter, what would be the difference between man and other creatures? Then why man has been placed atop among other creatures? A number of people think that due to the peculiar capabilities of human brain man has become the master of the Universe. However, our ancient ascetics ascribe work-oriented incarnation for the supremacy of man because only human being is privileged to accomplish work. If he aspires, he can execute the great work of peculiar worship for getting rid of the eternal mundane cycle of birth and death.
· A number of human beings are enchanted by the worldly illusions and they consider their sensual achievement to be their ultimate goal. Thus, they fully indulge their senses to saturate the needs of ear, skin, eye, nose, tongue etc. senses from the acquisition of touch, smell, taste and vision implicit in firmament, air, fire, water and earth etc. Thus as much effort is done by man to accumulate sensual pleasures to saturate worldly aspirations, that much intense is his fire of desires. Such an effort of man is as stupid as dousing the fire by ghee, in which various flames of physical needs get ablaze more and more.
This is why our ancient saints have repeatedly warned the man to elevate him from the mentality of sensual indulgence. Yet people tied in the bondages of worldly fascinations consider these preachings lightly and think that these are for others, not for themselves. Remember whatever our sages have preached is only for the well-being of mankind.
Actually, we should implement their dictates and preachings as it has been extended for ourselves and only for us. We should think that this is for the welfare of humankind and I am also a man, hence firstly it has been said for me. If we think, thus we do our own good.
' Friends all of us have obtained this precious gift of life from our life giver yet does anyone think that this is common to all, all are enjoying life then why should I live? Whether I live or not, what difference does it make? None of us thinks like this rather all of us struggle hard to save our life.
A few incidents of suicide occurring in this world are because of the mental imbalance of the person who commits suicide. Truthfully, even they try hard at any cost to save their life if the people on the verge of life and death get an opportunity to save life.
Do you know why? The reason lies in our innate nature, which has been bestowed by our life giver in full extent while rendering the precious gift of life. As a result, an ant as well as a giant pachyderm ever receives a message from its intrinsic to keep alive. With every breath, it vitalizes the soul of every creature and makes aware to life with perfection, to accumulate every drop of the elixir of ecstasy implicit in it.
' Due to destiny, whatever favourable or unfavourable results come across other creatures including humankind they somehow face it. However, since we are human beings our life giver has given us a great opportunity and we can easily achieve the ultimate goal of life by properly utilizing it.
For it we will have to sink deep in ourselves to that point wherefrom our soul is being regulated. Whoever is controlling this specific function, he can be termed as vital force or a force regulating souls. What is that and how is that? It cannot be explicit by any means. Our old sages also have clarified repeatedly that this force can be known by one’s own self-realization; it cannot be explained orally or in writing. Any learned Guru might only help you in your efforts of understanding by suggesting a way of worship but practically it can be understood by one’s own realization.
It is not so that deliberately it is not explained. Despite frequent efforts any language, sign or symbol can never explain it. Our sages have described a number of ways to worship to understand it or make one understand. Among those, atonement of soul has been considered significant. Agreed that our yoga teachers and saints have given it different terms according to the discriminations of area, period and situations yet in changed scenario people get started hearing the terms of yoga sadhna or Japa-Tapa etc. Others put themselves in mental confinement that they are only simple human beings on the basis of hear say, and these worships are only for ascetics and not for us.
That is why whatever message I deliver before people, I try to elaborate well that devotion, yoga, worship etc are not difficult or inaccessible actions. This is in fact a learning, which makes us learn to live our life completely. I call it Swawagahan. This strange Swawagahan learning is an intrinsic science, which makes us learn how to play the game of life skillfully. In fact, our soul is only like a natural melody of eternal muse, which keeps you alive by creating impulse in your respiration. This may also be called a thrilling game, which utilizes the precious gift of life with fullest extent providing a rhythm to our spirit. If we get fielded in the game with full commitment, victory and medal is ensured.
' Come let us try to achieve the ultimate aim of life dancing to the tunes of the music of soul, sinking deep in our own self in the innermost level of our spiritual being with a sportsman spirit, to play the game of identifying the value of life through Swawagahan.
Nature has infused spirit in all the creatures and has made them living beings. Dancing on the tunes of that natural music emerged from the pulses of soul; we can acquire ingenuity in the game of life and can fully adopt the science in our intrinsic. Our old sages have given various terms to this learning, which I would prefer to term Swawagahan. This is an art of sinking in your own self. Since it is an art of doing exhortation in self, it is also an art to sink deep in your own self. Come, let us get freedom from all the prejudices and get introduced with soul infused in us, in the lack of which, the life of any creature is impossible. Therefore, let us enter the zone of Swawagahan for understanding the science of the art of the game of life. Before that let us know well, why Swawagahan is required? |
