Alignment with That which IS

 by Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati

The purpose of Yoga is to consciously align oneself with Underlying Intelligence. In a sense, it is a willing participation in what is going on anyway - the ongoing processes and events of life. It is a paradox because our lives are already expressions of this Intelligence – we are playing roles on the stage of life. Our roles are already caste, but somehow, as humans, we can choose, or not choose, to align ourselves with IT. One may say that this possibility of conscious, knowing participation, can only arise when we have matured sufficiently and gone a little deeper into our own Being. Yoga helps us in this process. When we knowingly align ourselves with this greater Intelligence then, instead of being babbling idiots we are enabled to act with Wisdom and Joy, and even Certitude. Otherwise we are like a small boat on a stormy sea – we are buffeted here and everywhere and we have no confidence in anything we do. Our life becomes meaningless and rudderless; even small decisions are difficult to make.

Let us aspire to Align ourselves with That which we are anyway on a deeper level than the superficial.