我们不是在寻找灵性体验的人类，而是拥有人类体验的灵性个体。明白了这个原理，就会让整个人生视角呈现新的光芒。
那么，身体、心意和灵魂的关系是什么呢？瑜伽有很多方法将这三者调和在一起。
Asanas——体位
Pranayama——调息
Gyaan——培养知识
Dhyaan——禅定
这些都是使身体、心意与我们真正的灵性本质、我们的源头和灵魂协调一致的方法。我们这样做之后，下一步就是去理解灵魂与源头的关系。
举个例子。我们都开着车，汽车有各种类型。今天来这里，我乘坐的是一辆本田车。路上行驶的车有雪佛兰、福特、宝马、大众，还有一些历史悠久的，人们称之为——濒临灭绝的车，比如庞蒂亚克。
我可以从一辆车换到另一辆，但司机不变。因此，这辆车和我们的心意就像交通工具……但我们是那司机。司机的需求是什么呢？车的需求是汽油。如果我们喝汽油，能被满足吗？我们另有所需。
因此，瑜伽是给予身体所需，因为身体是神圣的。
从瑜伽的角度来说，只要我们拥有正确的视角，一切就都是神圣的。因为这具人类身体是个交通工具，可以带我们抵达纯粹之爱的觉悟境界、解脱境界，从而觉悟到我们的永恒本性。
We are not humans seeking a spiritual experience, we are spiritual being having a human experience. And understanding that principle puts the whole perspective of life into a new light.
So what is the relationship of the body, the mind and the soul? Yoga has various way of harmonizing the three.
Asanas - Physical postures
Pranayama - breath control
Gyaan - cultivation of knowledge
Dhyaan - meditation
These are all ways of harmonizing the body the mind with our own true spiritual essense, our origin and the soul. And when we do that, then the next step is to understand what is the souls relationship with our origin.
An example is this. We're driving in a car and there's different types of cars. I came here today in a Honda. On the highway driving there was chevrolets, and there was Fords and there was BMWs, and there was Volkswagens and there was some old you know kind, what do they call - extinct species or endangered species like Pontiacs.
Now I can go from one car to another car. The driver is the same. So the car and the mind are like a Vehicle... but we are the driver. And what is the need of the driver? The need of the car is gasoline and oil. But if we try to drink gasoline and oil, and we going to be satisfied? We have another need.
So, yoga is to give the body what it needs, because the body is sacred. From the perspective of yoga, everything is inherently sacred if we see it in the right perspective. Because this human body especially is a vehicle that can be utilized to take us to the most enlightened stated, liberated stated of pure divine love to realize our eternity.
摘自书籍《The Real You》（真正的你）
作者Radhanath Swami
