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Anil Kumar Questions and
Answers
Question 22
I am a
teacher of yoga. I know God is One. But do you think all the
people I see are false? Do you think it’s all maya, illusion? Do
you think they don’t exist? Do you say it is all a dream?
(08.12.2002)
The answer is simple: Yoga is
a connecting link with God. The meaning of ‘yoga’ is
‘connecting or uniting with God’. So when you are connected with
God, you experience Oneness. You experience unity. You’ll see God
everywhere -- in the animals, in plants, in mineral matter.
Everywhere you will experience God.
It will be just as Jesus Christ
said, when He saw a dead, stinking dog on the street. Everyone
said, “Burn it! Take it away!” Jesus smiled and said, “How bright
the white teeth are! How bright are the white teeth of that dead
dog.”
It means you’ll see the best in the
worst. If it is the true path of yoga, you’ll see unity in
diversity. Yoga should give you unity. But that does not
mean in practical life we can be untidy, no! In our practical
life, diversity is there.
Suppose a student comes to me and
says, “Sir, please teach me.”
I cannot tell him, “You are God, I
am God. So, there’ll be no class today!” (Laughter)
Suppose a patient comes to a doctor
and says, “Sir, I am suffering from excruciating pain.”
Will the doctor say, “You are not a
patient and I am not a doctor. You are God and I am God. So there
is no question of surgery!”
It is all nonsense! From a practical
point-of-view, there is diversity. From an ideological
point-of-view, there is unity. Ideologically, let us experience
unity. Spiritually, let us experience unity. Physically, let us
operate at the level of diversity. It is necessary to be
practical, to be fundamental, to be realistic. That is the best
answer I can give.
© Anil Kumar Kamaraju 2004 - Here
reproduced for personal use of the devotees for the purpose of
seva.
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