R.N.Patel is right about health benefits of yoga. But he has missed my point that Hindus are docile, meek and do not grumble or complaint loudly as Mr Jubel and his Christian compatriots do. Values that preach metaphysical practices peace, tolerance and nonviolence are compatible only under certain circumstances. At other times players in international arena watch with surprise our surrender to evil forces. That is where yoga, however beneficial, fails.
Please note that Europeans were very much poor, but they did not sit and do mere yogasana. They recognized fact that physical problems need physical measures. They discovered new worlds and filled coffers of their country with riches of the world. Yesterday’s super-rich India is today’s poor country, as it prioritized metaphysical methods, values and preaching, to combat robbers from the European countries.
Also if Europeans had retreated in mountains/cave and practiced vedic/yoga and metaphysical practices, there would have been no lifesaving medicines, technical gadgets and many other products that make our physical lives faster, comfortable and more secure. Please note use of physical forces are in our hands, which we must exploit. We should not worry and try to handle forces that God has kept to itself.
Ramesh Jhalla
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