| Thousands of years back, some individuals were working their way to self control and self knowledge leading to higher states of consciousness. Such Yogie students meeting other such students involved in similar endeavours exchanged notes, and practiced further from what they learnt. They may have formed groups of followers who practiced on wider subjective states in remote lone areas. It may even have happened that Gurukuls and small ashrams grew up there thousand of years back at the turn of the millennium, years back in this country. Based on Yogic studies literature like Yoga sutras, Moksa Parvan, Yoga Vasistha appeared. More material became available and Yoga established itself in Indian culture and philosophy. However, in course of time more active Yoga practitioners were busy in the spread of the system of Yoga. People not necessarily imbued with the spirit of self culture and spiritual evolution took to yoga for personal name and fame and personal gains. A time came when writers, propagatonists and lay people took over. The traditional practitioners withdrew and were approachable only by the very sincere.
The science and culture of yoga is
today in the hands of these publicists
and the so called yoga teachers who
have moved away from the original traditions
of self knowledge, self developmental,
self realization that was yoga. Technical
virtuosity, exhibitionism have taken
over. Removing the chaff from the grain,
can only be done by the deligent chelas. |
