awakened yoga



dr. pillai: >> why spiritual people are depressed.it is depressing to consider this, but i love the spiritual people. i have known them forever,not only in this lifetime, but in many lifetimes also. why are they depressed? it’s a veryimportant question. historically speaking, the spiritual people already go through anexploration of their own consciousness which involves depression, and eventually they areable to come out of it, at least some of them. but the whole search is depressive becauseit is anti-world. it’s very interesting that osho, when he was alive, someone askedthis question, but the question was slightly different. the question was, somebody asked:“why spiritual people are so poor?” he said: “it is very simple. ibecause theyare spiritual people; they are not material

people.” so here the question is: “whyspiritual people are depressed?” i can think of one ancient text called “yoga vasishta”.it is easily 1,000 years old, or according to some other people, it is timeless and manythousands of years old. there is this yogi who has been meditating for a long time andhe sat in the himalayas and he was “om’ing” all of his life. one day he happened to watchsome procession going on and then this was a procession that was on the occasion of theking’s birthday. there was music, there was dance, and people were, you know, in avery happy mood. and then he said to himself, the yogi,: “this is life. what am i doinghere, “om’ing” all of the time? i have become so depressed.” then yoga vasishtasays, “as soon as this thought came into

the mind of this yogi, and because he happenedto be a yogi, he quickly finished his lifetime and then was reborn as the king.” you know,it makes sense. so. the lesson here is: one has to really develop a proper relationshipwith the world of maya, the world of illusion. illusion is what is going to give you, youknow, joy or happiness. so when deprived of senses, you are likely to go into depression.so i want to talk about this at some length through a [google] hangout. the title willbe the same: “why people, spiritual people are depressed?” look forward for the announcement.god bless.