Raja means King. A king acts with independence,
self-confidence and assurance. Likewise, a Raja Yogi is autonomous, independent
and fearless. Raja Yoga is the path of self-discipline and practice.
Pleasant Sense Raja Yoga makes our mind to all of our well being and our mind is in a state of ecstasy with darkness
all-around. There is faith in our deep consciousness in a supreme being. It is
the God towards whom we are looking for help, guidance, protection and
inspiration. Our ego causes a problem in this matter to not allow our mind to
reach up to God. If our ego frees us from its slavery, we can easily get to the
Ultimate.
Raja Yogis Michele Hébert and Mehrad Nazari were drawn to
Raja Yoga because of its authentic and inclusive nature. The spiritual focus of
Raja Yoga was also the emphasis of their own spiritual master, Walt Baptiste.
"Raja Yoga is a science, art and a path in life to enhance,
enrich and strengthen our spiritual focus."
-Walt Baptiste
"With Raja Yoga, benefits are experienced both
immediately and long-term, not just on a physical level but in all aspects of
our lives. We experienced positive changes in our lives that include not just
improved health, but greater awareness, mental clarity, self-confidence, and
spiritual attunement within ourselves and in relationship to the world around
us."
-Michele Hébert and Mehrad Nazari, Ph.D.
King of Yogas: It is called the king of all yogas because it
is mainly concerned with our mind. There is no struggling of breathing and
physical body in this yoga but our mind gets silence and freedom from wandering
thoughts. It makes our mind to enter the thoughtless state of mind and that is
why called Raja Yoga. This yoga helps us to get realization of oneness.
State of Mind: Raja yoga is chiefly related with our mind
and its control and certain kinds of modification. Our mind is always running
in different directions with its ray’s scattered all over. We have to focus our
mind to control these useless thoughts. We can control our mind with four great
virtues, friendliness, compassion, complacency and indifference towards others
who are too superior to us. It is yoga which makes us free from the bondage of
misery and also develops the remote viewing abilities.
Eternal Bliss: Raja yoga puts an end to all the miseries in
our lives and an eternal bliss is experienced through it. We have to free
ourselves from the slavery of attachment in order to get near the almighty and
attain eternal ecstasy. We have to realize the real cause of our miseries of
earthly life. The cause of these miseries is the discrimination that arises
within us with the thinking that we are superiors to others. Raja yoga gives us
the most practical method to know the cause of such problems.
Three Types of Aspirants: There are first class aspirant to
get materialistic things in life and they are advised meditation on samadhi to
get freedom from this slavery. Then there are middling aspirant and they are
advised selflessness, austerity and egolessness. Meditation with disciplinary
practice like fasting and self-surrendering before God. Raja yoga maintains
that everybody should strictly follow certain rules and regulation in life to
attain freedom from the slavery of miseries. The yoga practitioner should be
very patient.
