‘I am a peaceful soul’

A few moons ago, leafing through a book, I came across an effectual poem whose lines detained my pupils:

“…We move faster than the lions,

Cut through the skies above,

Dive so deeply in the ocean…

…Something is missing

…We created all the boundaries,

Yet we wonder where the peace has gone.”

At times, my heart sinks in gloom on beholding the rupture of human values, mad rush in life, people treading lives in jet speed, unscrupulously. The world is plunging deeper and deeper in mire of crisis. Like the spider caught in its own web, the individual becomes intertwined in the nets which are consequences of the hassle’ful’ life. But ‘yoga’  is like the light in the tunnel that rekindles the soul and opens the eyes of wisdom one can see the peaceful future rising like a Phoenix from the ashes of perplexities.

Yoga is similar to the sorcerer’s stone which leads to the transformation of the self. Nowadays even schools are laying emphasis on yoga. Ramdev baba, the yoga guru, is a mammoth inspiration for millions of people, lending them an invisible helping hand to live in peace by crossing the serpentine life effectively.

The other day, I happened to watch the ‘Art of living’ programmed on TV while flipping through the various anxiety laden channels. The two golden words, Om Shanti, seemed to give an inner satisfaction and pacification. The soft voice of Brahamkumari Shivani is still lingering in my ear drums. One thing I understood is that yoga s not self-improvement, it is about self-acceptance. Accepting that, I, the soul, exist in peace is much like bolting doors for unnecessary sufferings. To steer better I life and build ourselves physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually, yoga is an elixir. Robert Frost’s poetry, The Road Not Taken, helicopters around the dilemma a person confronts in the process of decision making. Our mind is like sand dunes shaped by the wind of choices and wise decisions which can be made through yoga.

So allow yourself to see deeper into your inner self. Let the outer world continue in its own way. Untether the rope of thoughts for a few moments and feel the feather weight of your soul…......OM SHANTI