Obstacles in yogic practices.
Question
Hi dhananjay,
Hope you are doing fine.i am now completely well without having any gastric troubles thanks for your remedies. I have some queries regarding yogic practice.
1.I completed 1month and a week in brahmacharya, so my question is why is life seeming a burden to me as if every door is closing, even though i want to practice sincerely some kind of obstacles are coming my way while practicing and i am tempted some times to eat meat and watch porn even when i remind me it is just temporary pleasure which were not there in me last month and i am not feeling the bliss and peace which i used to in last month, can you please give some advice and help me get over this.
2.In the yogic practice you mentioned to swallow twice after inhaling and retaining breath, are you mentioning the whole 16 sec including swallowing or excluding swallowing because swallowing twice makes 2-3 seconds and 16sec make to 19 seconds as i just want to make sure i am doing everything right. please help me clear with this doubt.
thanks for your guidance
Ganapathi.
Answer
1. Past Samskara-s (impressions) & Vasana-s (tendencies) which are very dense and strong at the start of practice cause impediments. The process of their removal and cleansing can also cause sorrow and painful life situations. The initial 2 years or so of practice are difficult due to this reason. Efforts should be Herculean with surrender and devotion to the Almighty. One wishing progress in Brahmacharya should never watch porn as this equals a voluntarily break in practice and creates bad karma which becomes difficult to remove. Persevere in Yogic practice with determination and complete sincerity. Do not cheat yourself with porn. God has let your progress for a month. Watching porn after receiving such grace from the Lord amounts to cheating HIM. It is unpardonable. If the bad habit is reverted to, all bliss and advancement will get reset to zero with more negative karma than before and Brahmacharya will break without doubt, leading to sorrow.
2. Breath retention and the time taken to swallow are separate. Counting starts after swallowing twice.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)