Self-Seeker

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In the age of (mis)information, a Yogi becomes an author to change the mass mindset about Yoga.
A self-realized soul or Yogi does not have to be an author but under exceptional circumstances. Yogi Ashwini is one such author.
A rare blend of the real and ethereal, of the modern and the ancient and a personification of Vedic knowledge, He has been driven to writing by the sheer concern over the popular myths about yoga. .....................

The Ethereal

In the age of (mis)information, a Yogi becomes an author to change the mass mindset about Yoga.
A self-realized soul or Yogi does not have to be an author but under exceptional circumstances. Yogi Ashwini is one such author.
A rare blend of the real and ethereal, of the modern and the ancient and a personification of Vedic knowledge, He has been driven to writing by the sheer concern over the popular myths about yoga.
As He looks at it, popular interpretation and misunderstanding of the subject are bad enough. But He is even more pained at the exploitation-- both commercial and sexual-- in the name of Yoga and the other ancient spiritual sciences of India.
That this is happening in the age of information makes it rather ironical. For example, you just have to type the word, “Tantra”, on the net to get scores of thousands of websites that link this great Indian system of knowledge to sex. In reality, it is the ultimate formula for liberation from the limiting five senses and into the subtler realms of existence. Sex is too base to have any place in these realms.
Similarly, the saffron robes that originally signify renunciation, detachment and the sacrifice of ego (that keeps an individual tied up in selfish knots) are being worn by power-hungry politicians, greedy businessmen and conmen.
The charlatans and the businessmen are exploiting the vulnerable and the gullible through the mass media and through cleverly-written literature and books, promising miracle cures.
It is to stem the tide of misinformation and exploitation that Yogi Ashwini took to writing books, after “Thoughts of the Inner World”, a compilation of His discourses was published.
In the last five years, He has written two books and contributed to one—on His subject, Sanatan Kriya, which, according to Him, is “the essence of Yoga.”
In fact, the first book is titled, “Sanatan Kriya, The Essence of Yoga.”
Sanatan Kriya, meaning, the complete technique, is a Yogic Kriya based on Vedic texts that encapsulates all the eight limbs of Sage Patanjali’s Ashtang Yog. The focus of Sanatan Kriya is on breath and posture, it is simple to do; involves no complicated twists and turns of the body and has a phenomenal impact on the physical, mental and emotional health of a person.
The Kriya is ideal for a serious practitioner of Yog as it prepares a person for connectivity to the subtler layers of existence.
Sanatan Kriya is being taught at the Indian Medical Association; hospitals, including the Research and Referral Hospital of the Indian Army; schools like Sanskriti School and Delhi Public School; MNCs like Wipro, Infosys and Cisco; India’s Public Sector Undertakings and to the security forces, including the Delhi Police.
The second book, “Sanatan Kriya: 51 Mircales and a haunting” is a compilation of the personal stories of people, who experienced miraculous cures from life-threatening ailments and situations, thanks to the practice of Sanatan Kriya.
The book validates the experiences with names and pictures of those narrating their stories as also with medical certificates.
Yogi Ashwini’s contribution to this book is limited to “Guruspeak” atop every story in which He explains how the miracles happened. In some cases, He does so with a complete description of the past lives of the narrators, a fascinating element of the book, because it gives you a peep into the abilities of a Yogi and His connectivity to the world that lies beyond the reach of the average person.
The latest book, “Sanatan Kriya, The Ageless Dimension”, based on Vedic texts, is a thesis on anti-ageing.
Book Synopsis: The book explains and critically examines the process of ageing in the human body. It suggests remedies for arresting the ageing process and maintaining “THAT” youthful look till your last breath.
Techniques for enhancing the length and quality of life are explained in the book along with recipes for diet to combat the process of ageing. There is a mention of certain rare rasayans for rejuvenating the body and maintaining youth. The techniques have been taken from Shiv Samhita, Grehand Samhita, Charak Samhita, Hatha Yoga Pradipika and other ancient, some, nearly extinct texts.
Studies by various American and other western and eastern universities, which corroborate certain techniques, have also been quoted.
The book explains in detail the complex process of ageing in all the five layers of the body and provides remedies and solutions to combat this.
Yogi Ashwini firmly believes that if the Rishis of the yore could maintain their youth and glow till the end of a very long life, leave the body in full consciousness and awareness and even know where they were going, so can the modern man.
Nearly twenty years of research has gone into Yogi Ashwini’s book, a step-by-step practical guide to the anti-ageing techniques.
The bonus comes in the form of a list of various harmful chemicals and radiations present in modern day products, authenticated by western studies.
The book also provides rare and authentic substitutes and formulae for preparing these substitutes at home along with a list of certain companies which, even in this day and age, manufacture unadulterated and pure products.
A note on the other aspects of Yogi Ashwini, the Author:
All the three books on Sanatan Kriya have been bestsellers, but a realized soul like Yogi Ashwini neither needs money nor fame that the books bring: The proceeds from the books all go to charity and He takes a byline for them only for the sake of connectivity with the readers. Left to Himself, He wrote—for several mainline publications, including The Times of India, anonymously, for 15 long years-- to keep the focus on what was being written rather than on who was writing it.
He is a householder, who works for a living and leads a regular life while never losing focus of the purpose of His life revealed to Him by His Guru: to educate whoever He can about the exploitation happening in the name of Yog.
When Search And Research Go Together
Yogi Ashwini’s search for Truth began 20 years ago—after His mother fell prey to cancer. The modern doctors gave her three years to live after the cancer was discovered. In those three years, Yogi Ashwini literally ran from pillar to post for an alternative cure, including the spiritual. The mother, however, died just when the modern doctors had predicted she would.
It made Him think: modern medicine is just about 200 years old but it predicted accurately. The Indian healing sciences were documented 4,500 years ago and the healers He approached for His mother claimed to be masters of these. Why did they fail in giving a cure?
Then began His research into the body, mind and soul. Inexorably, Yogi Ashwini was led to the all-encompassing ancient Indian systems of thought, available in the form of the Vedas and the Puranas. They contain entire treatise on all aspects of life, its continuity and the art of dying.
Blessedly, He found His Guru during these years.
The pall of gloom on account of the mother’s premature death lifted. He realized the purpose of life, even that of suffering. In short, He was on the path of self-realization/Yog. More revelations were to follow, the most important being, “The only doing that counts is the doing for the other.”
He says that although the journey of each individual is exclusive, the shortest cut to the goal of self-realization is service. In His parlance, “service” is a very broad word. It not only means healing, patient care, touching the have-not through free education and feeding the hungry, but also empowering the masses with knowledge about the profound system of thought that is yoga.
It takes a person of His modern mindset to know that it is the mass media which is mainly responsible for the misinformation about the profound and precise spiritual sciences, and that, it is through the mass media that the right information would be spread. So, Yogi Ashwini has made it His mission to share the knowledge with the world through talks, interviews, signed articles and books. (ends)

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