In our fast paced world, it is priceless to be able to connect with oneself and enjoy some silence, stillness and meditative time. It is only then that one gets to connect and address all the various parts of oneself that if unbalanced can create various discord in our lives such as stresses and diseases.
If you already meditate or do yoga, you will enjoy also knowing about and incorporating the 5 Koshas into your understanding of total self, if you do not already. However anyone can incorporate these ideas for a fuller life experience without having done or doing yoga or meditations.
The 5 Koshas come from the Upanishads from ancient India and are a way of looking at the body as having 5 “sheathes” outlining it, hence the 5 Koshas. The 5 Koshas are said to surround the central true self also known as the soul or ”Atman“.
The Kosha Model was used for yoga healing for thousands of years now. As I stated above, illness or discord can arise in our system whenever we are living out of balance, through the separation at the level of one or more of the Koshas.
Hence in order to attain calm and relaxed happiness that one can term “bliss”, we need to be aware of the 5 Koshas and attain a harmony between them in order to truly balance out the needs between the mind, body and soul.
You know that saying “Live each day as if it were your last“… Well do you actually agree with it or dismiss it as some unrealistic nonsense? Do you adhere to its advice and strive each day to achieve just that?
They say that people really get the true meaning of that saying when they are diagnosed with some terminal illness and some not even then. But should we embrace it? Is it a valuable piece of advice or is it going to lead us into bankruptcy or obesity or who knows what else?
So first I want to speak to those of you who may be reading this and thinking:
“No way - not a realistic way for me to live”
My first question to you is naturally - why?
Is it a fear of letting go that prevents you from enjoying your life more each day? Are you bombarded by everyday stresses about kids, spouses, health and bills? Or do you think that way to live is just too carefree for a structured individual like yourself?
Religion always seems to draw people in for debates and discussions, for good or for worse. Recently I have been (by chance) encountering people who bring up the topics of religion and religious practices. I have also heard lots of questions and concerns that relate to religion on Oprah and Eckhart’s webcasts of a New Earth, over the past 10 weeks, relating to religion versus spirituality.
I know the reason why religion was such a hot topic for the past hundreds of years…it was a matter of life or death - literally! But today I feel that the perspective has greatly changed and so I begin to ponder on what makes religion work or not work for people today, besides the obvious, and I came up with several answers.
I am a frequent visitor to TED - Ideas Worth Spreading and love their video talks and content! You can find amazing videos there on almost any topic and they are usually very valuable resources or just fun to wa
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