Heaven Meets Earth
The Law of Attraction promises that a connection will be made when two
forces are similar in nature. We all wish to connect to a higher power. The
entire goal of yoga is to unite with the “supreme one”. The union with the
higher power is thought of as “yoking” which mean to unite. This is where
the word “yoga” comes from — “to yoke.” The Yoga Sutras refer to this
higher power as “The Supreme One” and every philosophy has its on
name for it. We have all heard terms like Hashem, Alah and God. The
Alcoholic Anonymous philosophy refer to this higher power as just that: The
Higher Power. I like this secular term for it includes all religions and beliefs
and I will refer to the supreme one today as the higher power. Regardless
of its name though, I do believe there is just one grand source and we are
all praying and longing for connection to the same source and only our
different languages have created this illusion that we are connecting to
different energies. This illusion is ultimately a tragedy as it causes us to
feel separate and insecure and the ground becomes fertile for wars and
persecution. Although we call God by many different names, the path to
this higher power is similar for all of us. We must all use the law of
attraction. For us to cleave to this higher power we must become more
like it. There is a four step process:
Step 1: Admit that we are in opposition to the energy of the higher power.
This is the hardest step and the most important. Our ego knows that once
we start we will complete our mission so it constructs a lock on the door of
this four step process. This lock is hard to break but it’s vital to our path.
We must admit that we are different to the energy of this higher power
which is why we currently don’t have a constant and strong connection to it.
This for many of us is the willingness we have to start a spiritual practice
like yoga. I am not saying we are horrible people and are sinners. I am not
saying we are not made with the same essence as the higher power either.
I am only saying we must admit that there is a disconnect and therefore a
difference in essence between us and this higher energy.
Step 2: Shut down the energy that is causing the separation. We must
know what we should be before we know what we shouldn’t be. The energy
of the higher power isn’t a secret. We intuitively know what this higher
power is like. For we experience this energy when we are in love, when we
become a parent, when we care for the world, when we feel good and
happy. We know that this higher power has a high vibration because we
have had moments of joy in our life and we know it is a higher quality
energy because of how it makes us feel. But we are not always vessels for
this high energy. We are capable of much much worse. We all have
moments of reactivity, of fear, of hatred and jealousy. Deep inside we
know that parts of us like conflict, wars and lack of human dignity. The
opposite of love is not hate but indifference as Elie Wiesel reminds us. We
also must see that our apathy for the world and its people is also a quality
we possess that needs eradicating. These are the energy patterns that
repels us away from the higher power for the law of attraction states that
like attracts like and unlike things repel. We must stop being unloving,
selfish, hateful, judgemental and self involved. Our yoga postures help
squelch these reactive and body conscious qualities from our being as well
as meditating and deliberate acts of love and sharing. Note that this step
is the ascension towards this higher power. Every small step we take
towards quieting the ego is another step closer to this higher power. This
second step is full of wondrous times and many joys.
Step 3: Fully purge these energies that are unlike the higher power. This
step is different than step two. In step two, we started the process of
stopping these energies. Step three is the complete removal of these
energies. Without a complete release from these reactive, selfish and ego
born energies we will not be enough like the higher power to merge with it.
Devoted daily practice to completely removing our ego through
uncomfortable actions of love and sharing is our medicine for life and our
solution to accomplish step three.
Step 4: Allow the connection. Once our ego has been greatly diminished
we must then allow the connection. We must then allow ourselves to be
loved. We must allow ourselves to receive and connect. But at this point
we have purged our receiving ego nature so greatly that making this
connection it is no longer an act of receiving. Our receiving becomes an
act of sharing because we are now willing to receive so our higher power
can connect to us which is what it has wanted to do from the beginning of
time. In a way we are doing the higher energy of favor by allow the
connection to happen. We let the power connect to us and thus we are
simultaneous sharing and receiving which still insures the laws of attraction
to work. This is called the perfect union since we are connected through
our likeness of energies (sharing) and we get to receive the higher powers
energies at the same time! This is called the union of yoga. Or the Garden
of Eden. Or the energy of being “saved”. Or the concept of being in
Heaven. There as many names of this final union as there are names for
God.
All of great spiritual philosophies promise us beyond our hard work of
conquering our ego lies great bliss when we make our union once again
with the supreme one. We are all on this journey and lets help support
each other. Today, love for no reason. Send mercy to others when they
don’t deserve it. Hate no more. And do your yoga today knowing as you
calm the body down you increase the magnetic attraction between you and
the higher power.
