Yogins are not people under an impression that by declaring devotion to a certain god that the soul will be taken to heaven upon death.
Yogins do not rely on rituals and superstitions to appease deities in order to gain their favor and be magically lifted out of the material creation into a heavenly world upon death.
Yogins DO sense that there is work to be done and that no matter what deity you find yourself in allegiance with and whatever ritual you perform, the work must still be done.
What is the work?
The nature and instruction of our work is found in our inspirational yogic texts; Bhagavad Gita, The Yoga Sutras and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika.
In the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna tells Arjuna the warrior prince, who is facing a bloody battle he suddenly doesn’t want to fight, this:
“When the embodied soul goes through the death experience while under the dominance of the clarifying mode, he is transferred to the pure world of those who know the Supreme. (14.14 - Michael Beloved translation)
This ‘clarifying mode’ is a state of no anxiety.
This is a state of consciousness and psycho-physical non-reactivity.
Imagine in your worst most challenging moment acting with total clarity and calmness?
This seems an extraordinary thing doesn’t it?
Considering how reactive we all are, even over very simple things and interactions.
Are you able to not react?
By ‘not react’ I don’t necessarily mean to not act. What I mean is, can you, even while carrying out necessary activities that might normally cause anxiety, stress, increased heart rate, remain in a psych-physical condition of non-reactivity?
Non-reactivity would require control over the:
· nervous system
· endocrine system
· cardiovascular system
Have you ever examined how the nervous system operates?
Studied how the endocrine system squirts hormones into your blood stream for every little reason?
Traced the chemical source of your heart rate increase?
Truly, a yogin is not a regular person. Every day, every hour the yogin strives to stay alert and attentive to his own emotional condition and strives to keep it in the mode of clarity.
This salvages his/her ability to remain unaffected, detached, clear headed, focused on God.
A yogin uses inner psychological techniques to keep himself in the mode of clarity no matter what the situation.
The yogin leaves behind natural reactivity for a higher type of behavior.
As for myself, I’m working on it. I try to use every opportunity I get to remain aloof in this material creation but yet still carry out my duties, no matter what they may be.
It's sure not easy.
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