“Man was not truly seeking liberation All the time, he was trying to become immortal. The idea of liberation — mokṣa or nirvāṇa is often misunderstood, because it implies the complete dissolution of the individual self. If liberation of the self were the only goal, a single mantra would have been enough. Then why did we develop sophisticated mantras, yantras, and tantras? Why yoga, āsanas, meditation, disciplined living, and eating healthy? These were not created to dissolve life, but to sustain it. Everything was designed to preserve energy, refine the body, and extend life to live here, consciously, in the physical body. The real pursuit was not liberation, but to endure life and become immortal”
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Be the Best Version of Yourself: Words of Wisdom to Transform Your Life
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