ЁЯФ╖ Some people brought a young man to Maharshi Patanjali and said-“Despite the best efforts from our side, we are not able to teach this man the importance of yoga sadhana in human life. Kindly help us in this regard”. The Maharshi asked the young man to stay back in his Ashram for a few days.
ЁЯФ╢ Several days passed. The people who had brought that man to the Ashram came to meet him there. It was indeed a pleasant surprise for them to see him completely transformed. That man, who was addicted to intoxicating drugs and sensual pleasures a few days back, was now living a life of austerity and self control. He was engrossed in deep meditation beneath a huge tree when they reached the Ashram.
ЁЯФ╖ “How did this magical change occur?”-they couldn’t help asking Maharshi Patanjali. The latter humbly replied that there was nothing amazing in this. It was due to healing and soothing influence of the spiritually suffused vibrations of this Ashram, where every inmate is a devoted sadhaka; this acts as an attitudinal therapy. Those people were well aware that the environment also plays an important role in the progress of sadhana but they could not follow what the Maharshi meant by attitudinal therapy.
ЁЯФ╢ Maharshi further explained –“An eye-specialist cures the problems of eyesight but treatment of the mental-sight, he outlook towards the self and the world.., is the job of a rishi. Because of the deep insight awakened by long-term sadhana, a rishi can view the hidden tendencies and nature of a person and diagnose the ailments of his mental and emotional selves. Using their spiritual powers, rishi can heal such ailments and infirmities of the inner selves of a person. The treatment and righteous orientation of one’s mentality is achieved not merely by preaching and teaching but by the impact of the rishi-level sadhana.
ЁЯУЦ From Akhand Jyoti
ЁЯФ╢ Several days passed. The people who had brought that man to the Ashram came to meet him there. It was indeed a pleasant surprise for them to see him completely transformed. That man, who was addicted to intoxicating drugs and sensual pleasures a few days back, was now living a life of austerity and self control. He was engrossed in deep meditation beneath a huge tree when they reached the Ashram.
ЁЯФ╖ “How did this magical change occur?”-they couldn’t help asking Maharshi Patanjali. The latter humbly replied that there was nothing amazing in this. It was due to healing and soothing influence of the spiritually suffused vibrations of this Ashram, where every inmate is a devoted sadhaka; this acts as an attitudinal therapy. Those people were well aware that the environment also plays an important role in the progress of sadhana but they could not follow what the Maharshi meant by attitudinal therapy.
ЁЯФ╢ Maharshi further explained –“An eye-specialist cures the problems of eyesight but treatment of the mental-sight, he outlook towards the self and the world.., is the job of a rishi. Because of the deep insight awakened by long-term sadhana, a rishi can view the hidden tendencies and nature of a person and diagnose the ailments of his mental and emotional selves. Using their spiritual powers, rishi can heal such ailments and infirmities of the inner selves of a person. The treatment and righteous orientation of one’s mentality is achieved not merely by preaching and teaching but by the impact of the rishi-level sadhana.
ЁЯУЦ From Akhand Jyoti
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