~ Who Is God ~
DAY - 29
And then comes आलय or laziness.
You may be very active but when it comes to doing asanas,
postures, exercises or pranayamas, you are lazy and do not do them.
And that laziness can
spread to any aspect of your life.
You may intentionally not do something.
Then again, you may
feel a heaviness or laziness come over you.
अवरत means being obsessed with sensual objects and not letting them go.
You may be hungry
and eat some food.
But after your tummy is full, then there is no point in thinking about food the
whole day.
It is the same if you want to see a beautiful place.
Once you see it, your want should
subside.
You should not go on thinking about seeing a beautiful place all the time.
All the
actions of the sense organs should be limited to some time.
It should be over after that. But
thinking about something and being feverish about it all the time is Avirati or obsession.
You eat
and after eating you should not think about it.
The same applies for sex.
You have had sex and it
is over. You do not carry sex in your head twenty-four hours.
People see blue-movies day and
night.
Their head gets hot.
The body is incapable of functioning and mind is obsessed with the
thoughts of sex.
Even old people have this problem.
They are seventy, eighty, ninety years old,
but they are thinking about sex.
Then that is Avirati, non-detachment.
It is said that Mullah Nasseruddin celebrated his seventy- fifth birthday.
Someone asked him
what he thought about girlfriends.
Mullah replied that he should not be asked that question
because he has stopped thinking of girls three days back.
Incompletion of any sexual experience creates an avirati, attachment to that sense object, and
lack of non-detachment to that sense object.
Avirati is a big obstruction in the path of Yoga, for
it does not allow you to get centered.
It just pulls you down and keeps you from moving on.
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji
PATANJALI YOGA SUTRAS
