Remember
this; poverty is not a virtue, but it can be a tremendous inspiration.
All relationships matter; we are the mirror and the reflection of life. Enjoy
everything; just remove excess. And stay connected to your true self.
Before you can prosper you must gain
punja and remove papa. This means to gain merits through good deeds while removing
improper and disastrous behavior.
The practice of yoga fully acknowledges the
realities of living in a material world. It encourages us to incorporate the
four important goals of; soulful growth, meaningful work, pleasure and wealth
into living a fulfilling and meaningful life. These fall in line with the four
aims or goals of Lakshmi the goddess of prosperity. More on this in future
classes.
The primary goal of yoga is expansion of
consciousness into your highest potential. To access your inner potential you
need to harness the energy of the ego. This will remove papa or obstacles and enhances punja
or merits. With the expansion of potential comes a greater ability to deal with
the concerns of everyday life. And this opens the door to prosperity.
To control this energy requires the ability to flow
with life. Gratitude for what you have rather than desire for what you don’t
have is the first step. Put your attention on what you have and be grateful.
When you are grateful you appreciate, and when you appreciate you find grace
and with this you gracefully move with refinement through this life. Prosperity is a stream of consciousness. This
stream of energy can reshape your life in either positive or negative ways
depending upon how you use it. Wealth can bestow great power while misuse will
surely make a person suffer. The
universe has a perfect accounting system.
As well as
the stream of consciousness we also need punya
which means merits earned through our action in this life and our past lives.
When we see people who are wealthy and successful the Buddhist and the Hindis
would call this punya that was earned
from a past life. We in the western world might call it luck. Karma yoga calls
it the “good” karma you have earned from your past lives, as well as the merits
you are earning in this life.
Punja is not necessarily
in the form of money. It might appear as talent,
integrity, virtue, value, beauty, status, worthiness, assets, honor or
goodness.
If we want to create punya we must exhaust papa,
which means demerit or bad karma. Remember karma attaches itself to our
actions, our thoughts and our speech. So we need to be consciously aware of how
our actions, thoughts and speech affect our life. Papa might appear as dishonesty, disturbance, evil,
worthlessness, demerit, fault or weakness.
To prosper requires strength, flexibility, balance and
finding peace no matter what life brings to you. Let’s get started
The three basic methods of developing merit or punya are: giving without expecting a return, live a virtuous life, and spreading
good will. These fall in line with the ten ways to make merits. They are: give, observe virtue, concentration and
focus, honoring others, be of service, dedication, be happy for others good
fortune, listen to and practice virtuous teaching and instruct other in being
virtuous.
Yogananda was quoted to have said when asked if the
spiritual path had an end,” No end, you
go on until you achieve endlessness.”
This is the path to endless prosperity.
Namaste ~ I celebrate the place
where our souls meet
Doctor Lynn
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