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Svadyaya for May 4, 2013
Yogic Life – In and Through The World
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We take up now the
vital subject of how being in the midst of worldly activities, one may yet
fulfil the supreme spiritual purpose of life on earth. While it is true that
both the secular life and the spiritual life are a part of you, the spheres of
the two are different, in the sense that the secular life has its sphere
outside of yourself, and the spiritual life has its sphere within yourself. But
then, your spiritual life does have some expression outwardly also, and
wherever you are your spiritual life has to be there.
This interior life
cannot be created by bringing about visible external changes in yourself or
your circumstances. You cannot be a better spiritual man if you are living at
the top of a mountain than if you are living at the foot of it. Mere change of
the external form cannot really and truly affect your spiritual life; for it is
the life of the soul, and wherever you are, the inner self can be looking
towards God. It is what you are within yourself that determines whether you are
living a spiritual life or a worldly life, and not the place you are in. That
gives the secret of living a yogic life in and through the world.
Everything can
become yogic if you spiritualise your life. The method of spiritualising life
has been expounded in the most sacred scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. Yoga is the
union with the Divine. And if you are living your life in constant inner union
with the Divine through a link of great devotion and love for the Supreme, then
whatever you may do, wherever you may be, and in whatever manner you may be
living, you are living a life of Yoga. For you are living with God, and you are
at one with God in your inner life.
Such a life of
at-oneness with God, such a life of conscious effort to be for ever united with
Him in love and devotion, and with an awareness that the whole of this life is
meant for totally consummating of perfecting such union is Divine Life. It is a
life of Yoga. If you are consciously trying all the time to reach out towards
Him in spirit, to draw nearer and nearer to Him day by day, then you are living
a life of Yoga, no matter what shape your external life might take. This spirit
is the most important and essential factor, which makes the life spiritual.
This enables us to be united with God in the interior of our being. Neither
thief, nor even nuclear bombs can take away the spiritual wealth gained from
living such a yogic life.
God Bless You!
Swami Chidananda
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Additional reading
“Yoga in
daily life” by Swami Sivananda
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