Real Life- 3ª part- The divine path of Yoga

 Prince Arjuna was stuck in his chariot grounded by four white horses, in the middle of the battlefield, between the opponent's armies. In one side were your brothers and in the other was another branch of the family, Dhritarashtra, his uncle. Seeing the people of Dhritarashtra's party, he hesitated and asked himself how he could start a war against them and kill ones of your blood. Krishna is your friend and the conductor of the chariot, and Arjuna, anguished, asked him:

- " Lord Krishna, who hear the prayers of each man, tell me how we can hope to be glad slaughtering Dhritarashtra's sons. They might be evil, their hearts are overtaken by greed, but if we kill them, our sin would be hideous.  It means to shed the blood that unites us. Where can we find  joy murdering our own kinsmen?"

- "While speaking learned words, you are mourning for what is not worthy of grief, O Arjuna," said Krishna.  " Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor the dead. Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings, nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the embodied soul- Atma- continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth, to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change. The person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation.  Atma that pervades the entire body you should know that is indestructible. No one can destroy that imperishable soul; therefore, fight, O descendant of Bharata."

Krishna continues: -" This is the nature of Atma. Now I will tell you about the Karma-Yoga: Perform your duty equipoised, with your heart steady in the Supreme Being. Abandon all attachment for the success or failure. Such equanimity is called Yoga. Keep all activities far distant, by devotional service and in that consciousness surrender unto the Lord. "

                                                                                                     Bhagavad Gita

In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna describes all means of the Yoga and presents the principles of the India Philosophy.  Guided by Krishna, Arjuna defeats all his enemies. Krishna so called the Christ of India due to the similarities between his life and the life of Jesus Christ,  symbolizes our Higher Self, and Arjuna depicts the human being, all of us, too much complacent about our errors, vicious and bad habits. To fight against them is to fight against ourselves. Therefore, we keep on putting it off, calling up a roll of motives in order not to begin this war. We accept laziness and inertness, selfishness, vanity, greediness, frequents misjudgments on others, lack of compassion and everything else.  Some people even think that this is inherent to a human being. We were thought to believe that we are a fruit of environment and from genetics tendencies. But wise men and lots of ordinary people had overtaken their limits, against all the odds, became fruits of your own conscious choices and turned out to be models in their communities. 

The yogi does not accept limits on what a person can or not can achieve, or in the scope of his growth as a human being.  He strives daily against the old enemies. The regular practice of Yoga bestows him on the inner strength, discipline, and perseverance in search of your divine goal.

Ganges River in Rishikesh. Me and my son David.

All of this has been my path in life. Although there are others ways that could fit better depending on the person.  However, we should always go through the journey with our hearts in the Supreme Being and with no attachment to the results of the actions.  Doing this is an entirely awkward concept in Occident since we are used to going toward these same results. Give up them means sacralize each thought and each action.  Put thoughts and actions in an altar and offer them to the Unique Life, to the community, to God, with no desire for rewards or acknowledgments; because regarding life, or you sacralize it, or you banalize it.

One by one, Arjuna conquered each enemy and won the battle.  So did Jesus Christ, St Francis of Assisi, Siddharta Gautama, the Buda and other specials human beings that passed by this Earth and had overtaken all their limits being humans. As Plato says: when one man rises, all humankind rises as well.

Therefore, " if some day you doubt yourself, if some day you feel sucked into shadows, look at the horizon, and you will see Arjuna, prince of all men, mounted in his mountain of defeated shadows."