Yogi Speaks

I often hear people especially in religions and spirituality talking about serving other people and I find myself thinking about it. Then I question myself, serving whom? A particular society or community? Who are these people who need to be served and why? Why am I concerned about serving others? If I am really concerned about them, are they still "others?" YES, read the previous line again.  This I feel is the whole point of doing selfless action for others(Karma Yoga). "Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"  When the service is performed because, on a deeper level, somewhere, you have realized that they are no "others" but your own people(I would restrain myself from using the term your own "Self" since I'm not enlightened yet;). Then whatever you do for them becomes sacred. When their joy becomes your joy, which further means that when you have crossed the boundaries of your worldly i...

Mythology, the "myths" particularly in religions and cultures. For the people with "average" or I would say "unexplored" intelligence, these are stories which they may believe or disbelieve. According to me believing or disbelieving, both are insane, both are useless, both will not get you anywhere, both are blunders of human minds for ages. Actually, as per my understanding, some of these stories (not all, depends upon the source and its authenticity), are encrypted with deep wisdom and can be decoded by the people with certain level of Intelligence.  Let's discuss one of the most famous stories when Shiva (a God described in Hindu Culture who mainly represents Consciousness) cuts down the head of His wife Parvati's (Goddess Shakti who stands for the Energy) son and then replaces it with an elephant-like head.  Once Parvati, being a woman, felt the desire for a child, but Her husband Shiva, was in deep meditation and He used to remain i...