By
[http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Premansu_Chand/10927] Premansu Chand
Presently most Yoga Masters teach Yoga just as a therapy
or as a means to keep body and mind healthy. To keep body and mind healthy is
not everything; it is the base of Yoga. The apex of Yoga is to realise the true
self (atman). According to the Indian Scriptures Atman is Brahman, the Ultimate
Reality. So practitioners should try to understand the 'self' first.
Like all living
beings, man has consciousness. For this he feels that he has existence. Dead
matter has no consciousness and so it cannot know either its own existence or
the existence of others. Since conscious man knows his existence, he has a
Self. Self is intimately related to his consciousness. Consciousness awakens
knowledge in him. This knowledge tells a man that he has a Self or has an existence
in relation to others.
