Life Mastery: YOGA-SCIENCE FOR LIFE MASTERY

by Shanthi Yogini

What does it mean to take charge of your life?

To answer this, ask yourself a simple question – What is the driving force for all your activities? Why do you do all that you are doing in life? Whether you buy a home or sell it, whether you join a job or leave it, whether you enter into a relationship or break it, or decide where to go for dinner, what do you want as a result of those activities? You may use terms like satisfaction, feeling good, joy, or peace, but let us call it happiness.

To take complete charge of your life, take charge of your mind. You can then achieve life mastery.

So, the driving force for everything you do in life is happiness. Thus, taking charge of your life means taking charge of your happiness. Yet, most of us don’t experience happiness ALL the time. Is it possible to have lasting happiness that always stays; that doesn’t merely come and go? Yes, it is possible! Let us learn the art of being happy using the R.E.S.T. Method.

Through this method, you can experience rest for the rest of your life.

R.E.S.T. is an acronym that stands for:

1. R ecognize

2. E ducate

3. S eek

4. T rain

Let us explore it a bit.

Recognize the nature of your happiness.

Happiness springs forth only when your heart is filled with peace. A restless mind can never experience happiness. Restlessness of the mind leads to suffering or hell. Quieting the mind leads to happiness or heaven.

Life mastery means learning how to keep your mind calm because your mind is like a monkey. It can’t stay in one place. It wanders constantly. Whenever it goes off-balance, one must know how to get it back to a peaceful state. The process of keeping your mind calm, though simple, is not easy. Yet, this task has to become the number one priority in your life.

Seek the right rource for education

Many people claim themselves to be Yoga-teachers and even have a certification to prove it. Yet, very few people understand what Yoga-Shaastram is and how to live a Yoga-way-of-life.

Only those that understand this science in depth can help you live a life of peace and fulfillment. Others can only instruct you in physical fitness. Therefore, it is very important to do diligent research and identify the right source for further education and training. How does one identify the right teacher?

Educate yourself on Yoga-Shaastram

A science that makes it easy to keep your mind calm is called Yoga-science. In the ancient language of Samskrtam, it is called Yoga-Shaastram. The word Shaastram indicates Science. YogaH (Yoga) indicates a mental state. It is a state of peace without conflict to disturb it; a state of fulfillment and fullness.

YogaH is NOT fitness exercises, as is misrepresented today. This fitness misappropriation reduces an exalted science to a mere physical one.

Because YogaH is about peace and fulfillment, Yoga-Shaastram is a way of life and impacts all aspects of your life.

Train yourself in two-minute Yoga-Practices

After educating yourself on YogaShaastram and identifying the right source for education, it is important to get trained in simple two-Minute practices.

You may wonder if it is possible to achieve the peaceful state of YogaH in just two minutes. It is possible and very practical.

Whenever restlessness sets in, you can get your mind to a peaceful state if you have some mastery over your mind.