OUR SPIRITUAL NEEDS

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

Human mind is the finest development of the evolutionary consciousness. Over billions of years, cosmic forces have shaped and molded everything in the universe into being. At different stages of evolution the cosmic consciousness has expressed itself into various forms and patterns. One of the best expressions is the human being. Since evolution is a gradual process of unfoldment of consciousness, human beings are undoubtedly the latest product.

Unlike other animals, human beings have a greater quest for spiritual understanding. It is only very natural for one to ask questions about our origin, purpose of existence, and ultimate destination. Erwin Schreodinger stated that the one and only purpose of all the science we have today is to answer one philosophical question. Who are we?

Being the latest product of unfolding consciousness, one can barely contain the natural forces of spiritual evolution. It is a must that we feel so spiritually inclined, spiritually propelled, and spiritually destined. It is impossible to ignore the strong cravings for spiritual development and progress.

Yoga is a science of evolutionary mechanism. Through various stages, it propels and accelerates one’s spiritual evolution. This way, yoga makes it possible to experience our ultimate (spiritual) destination within a human lifetime. Such an incredible feat is achieved by the application of a highly modified space-time dynamics into the human organism. It is surprising, but true, that sage Patanjali had used the very same terminology to explain spiritual evolution in 256 BC that Einstein used in 1905 in his General Theory of Relativity.