Can we prolonge our life with yoga and healthy diet?
Q : On one side we say life is fixed by God. It cannot be less or it cannot be more. On the other side you have said that with Yoga, healthy diet and meditation one can live long. Kindly explain.
Suresh Kumar Wadhwa
Answer ‘Life is fixed by God’, well that is not my statement. God has nothing to do with your life or death. God is just existence. Existence is there to support, it is our mind and it is our Karma which is destining our life. You have asked that with Yoga, healthy diet, meditation one can live long, how is it possible?
It is very much possible because God is not away and separate from you. God is right there in you, you are the divine being. So whatever you desire will happen. Ignorant person doesn't know this, doesn't rely on this and thus run helter-skelter. He thinks God is somewhere living up in the sky or in some temple or Gurudwara.
Man lives just at the level of senses. For satisfaction of senses he lives in the competitive world, gets exhibited, becomes egoistic and full of malice, hatred, lust & greed and thus performs such wrong actions that further add into his miseries.
But those people who see life with clarity, they know that the fact that if I am happy today then it is not because of someone or something, I am happy because I am centered in my real being. Similarly if I am unhappy then that too I am the only responsible person. I must have some desire which could not be fulfilled and thus I am upset and angry.
Life is flowing. It is not so that it is not changeable, it is very much changeable. But whenever I say this, mind that there are few things which you cannot change, for example you may live for thousands of years, yet one day this body has to be dropped. It is also possible that you live only for twenty years and die. That is a natural phenomenon which is going to occur and no one can stop it.
But that doesn't means you can't elongate your life span. In one of the astrology scripture it is said that no graha (planet) is good or bad, malefic or benefic and can never have any ill effect on individuals who practice Yoga, believe in God, and live with discipline. The astrology is applicable only on the common beings who are ignorant.
But those who are awakened, live life with discipline, follow the set of rules in their life; for them astrology is not applicable.
Gurumaa
