Man Can Become What He Wants Through

Yoga
Man lives mostly in his surface mind, life and body.
But there is an inner being within him with greater
possibilities to which he has to be awake - for it is
only a very restricted influence from it that he
receives now and then, that pushes him to
constant pursuit of a greater beauty, harmony
power and knowledge. The first process of yoga is
therefore to open the ranges of this inner being
and live from there outward. Governing his
outward life by an inner light and force. In doing so
he discovers in himself his true soul, which is not
this outer mixture of mental, vital and physical
elements but something of the Reality behind
them, spark from the one Divine Fire. He has to
learn to live in his soul and purity and orientate by
its drive towards the Truth; the rest of the nature
then can follow an opening upward and the
realisation of a higher principle of the Being.
In a divine retreat from mortal thought,
in a prodigious gesture of soul sight
His being towered into pathless heights,
Naked of its vesture of Humanity,
As thus it rose, to meet time-bare and pure
A Strong Descent Leaped down.
- Sri Aurobindo (From Savitri)
If we follow the words of all these spiritual
Gurus we can achieve the aim of yoga and make
our life in this physical world a successful one.
Age is no obstacle; no body is too old to start
yoga. It is a method, which aims at opening the
source of creative inspiration hidden inside the
human psyche. It is an act of self-manifestation
and the multiplicity of our being. Yoga lays
foundation for a higher form of self-development
and a deeper consciousness of self, eliminating
undesirable psychological causes of all human
miseries.
The most important factor in arriving at the
desired result is ones determination, patience and
perseverance. So an aspirant with supreme
devotion and faith becomes an exalted being and
the spiritual secrets flash like lightening. That is
the real yogi. The basic cause behind all our
problems is the mind of man and not external
circumstances, though they do affect the mind of
man. Concept of Science does not end with
laboratory but enter social, ethical and spiritual life
of human society. Self-conquest is for more
important than the conquest of nature and being
rational. Ethical and spiritual being it is only man
can achieve purity of mind and mental perfection
and yoga paves the way to achieve this. The
future of humanity lies in making full use of the
vast potentials of human mind and many solutions
can be found for various problems by following the
yogic path i.e. physical consciousness should rise
to the level of mental consciousness through
Karma Yoga, mental consciousness to rise to
Spiritual consciousness through Jnana Yoga,
Spiritual consciousness to Moksha - beyond the
cycle of birth and death through Bhakti Yoga. To
achieve all these one begins following the path of
Astanga Yoga - (Raja Yoga). Thus one becomes
one with the God.