ADI YOGI ALAYAM
CONSECRATION
– 24TH & 25TH, December,2011
When
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev plans – the Plan has to be for something totally out of
the planet.
It
has to be Great. It has to be Big. It has to be for the whole world. And, it
has to benefit people for thousands of years. All this means that – it must be Big History
by itself.
The
sheer scale of Planning and the number of people participating will put anything else happening anywhere else in
the world into insignificance.
When
Sadhguru planned the planting of trees and greening this part of the Planet –
people stood watching in utter amazement at the sheer numbers planned and
executed with precision.
The
Isha Yoga centre itself is a piece of wonder – in fact, each part of it. The
Dhyana lingam, the theertha kund, the linga Bhairavi shrine, and so on.
I
strongly feel – his biggest contribution to the world however is (or, are) –
the meditators he has created, including the Brahmacharis, who are making many
things happen silently. They are Sadhguru’s arms, legs, heart and lungs….,
which function spontaneously, willingly and with utmost care.
The
whole world talks of one phenomenon called “dabbawalas” of Mumbai city – who manage
to carry meals to office / factory goers in Mumbai from their homes. They don’t fail. Their devotion
to their duty is said to be un-paralleled anywhere in the world. Every
Management expert discusses how they do it – how they beat the most difficult six
sigma levels so easily. And, they do it – without a leader – goading them to do
it.
I
suspect that every Indian, or, at any rate, most Indians, have it in them – to give
out their best – if the cause is worthy.
So,
dabbawalas are not unique within India. They have adequate competition in many
places, within India – wherever Politics has not raised its ugly head. Isha
foundation is one such.
Every
function, organized by the Isha foundation, is characterized by a huge but
silent spirit of sacrifice and
precision. It is neither hard work nor smart work, but devoted work that you
see in Isha volunteers. Every time, they seem to feel a need to excel themselves. There is almost
nobody telling them or instructing them most of the time. But, they are
enjoying their work. I have seen this happen countless times.
But,
if you move a little deeper, you will find the Brahmacharis – whose everyday
life is better than any six sigma event. That is the greatness of spirituality.
But,
even by isha foundation standards, this time, it is Unique.
The
consecration of Adiyogi Alayam is a very special event planned by Sadhguru and
Isha foundation – may be for over an year stretching from the last part of
2010, into the last part of 2011.This is what the time line available on its
web site indicates to us.
I
have not physically attended the consecration of Adi yogi Alayam which happened
on 24th and 25th of December, 2011. But, my two sons and
my daughter-in-law were all part of the consecration team of meditators. So,
virtually, I can see and participate with six eyes instead of two eyes.
Isha
foundation brings out a CD containing the glimpses of this great event – and parts
of the event are already available on You tube. I urge all readers to get the
CD and watch the event themselves – and also see the glimpses available on You tube.
Over
10,000 meditators have participated in the consecration of Adiyogi Alayam. They
are devoted, experienced and extraordinarily spiritual and have lent as much a helping
hand as they can in making the place conducive to this special spiritual event.
Sadhguru says –
“for
the last four months, there has been no day and night in the ashram. It has
just been one long workday. What happened at the Adiyogi Alayam construction
site during these four months has been tremendous; the residents and volunteers
worked tirelessly to make this event possible, and the Consecration went off in
tremendous fashion.
“These
types of events and processes are usually conducted in an intimate setting, but
we had 11,049 meditators here, and their level of cooperation, exuberance and
intensity is something you cannot find anywhere. The hall was just overflowing
with people; we have already outgrown the space even before it has been fully
completed.
“The
reason why we created an Adiyogi Alayam is to bring back classical yoga in its
purest form. Not studio yoga, not book yoga, not the kinds of things that are
being done in the world today, but proper classical yoga, which is a
phenomenally powerful science.
“…….
in yoga, there is a classical science which is the science. But today,
there is no investment in the concrete science of yoga, people are just trying
to reap the benefits. It is like, if you grow a cow, you can milk it. After
some time, people will only be interested in the udder, not the cow. So they
won’t have a cow, they will just have a plastic udder and they will go on
milking it. After some time, no milk will come. Slowly, our attention has
become like this – we have forgotten what gives the milk.
“One
fundamental reason to create the Adiyogi Alayam was to re-establish classical
yoga; we want to build people who are willing to invest their lives in the
profoundness of yoga, not getting fancy benefits out of it, not hanging onto a
chair or a tree and thinking they are doing yoga. Bringing back that dimension
will not happen by instruction only; a phenomenal energy is needed. Otherwise,
yoga cannot be taught. If you teach yoga without creating a vessel of energy,
that is not yoga. That is just a farce. That farce is going all over the world
right now.
“So
we have built the Adiyogi Alayam with that intention, we want a powerful space.
…..
“During
the process, there were two levels of consecration. One was to consecrate the
linga, which is the most important part, and the other was to create a seat – a
hot seat – because for the kinds of things that we are planning to do in this
hall, we need a substantial support. If we have to describe the seat in terms
of the human system, the nearest quality that I can ascribe to it is the
Muladhara* – it creates a stable base to sit on, always. This is needed. One
thing that was said in the yoga sutras about Hata Yoga is, ‘sukham sthiram
asanam.’ An asana which is comfortable and stable, that is the asana. So
stability, balance is the most important aspect whatever we wish to do. How far
one goes, how high one climbs, is not a question of strength alone, not a
question of intelligence alone, not a question of knowledge alone, not a
question of external conduciveness – stability, balance is the most
important quality. If this one thing is not there, even with all the other
things, you still may not make it because you do not have the necessary
balance.
“I
had been thinking for some time that we have to do something in the Adiyogi’s
name because He was the first to put this idea into human civilization – that a
human being can evolve into something more than what he is right now. This
predates all religion. …….He put forth this idea that a human being does not
have to limit himself to his dimension, he can transcend; there is another way
to be – a completely different way to be. He not only gave the idea, He also
gave a method to get there. There has never been a more revolutionary idea on
this planet.”
Now,
I have given you a brief summary of what
Sadhguru said in one of his pieces on the consecration of AdiYogi Alayam. You
can read his thoughts on it in full at the Isha foundation web site / blog.
I
am sure, many of you would be at the Adi yogi Alayam – sometime soon. So, I am
not giving all details of the Alayam – which any way, I am yet to see with my
own eyes.
You
can see the time line and many other interesting details at the following URLs –
some of which are beautiful videos.
With Profound Gratitude to Sadhguru for giving the Adi Yogi Alayam to the world –
=v.vijayamohan
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words are poor communicators when it comes to describe the person or the deeds of greats like Sadguru. But, words only we have. And you have done a neat job with it.
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