Poorva Sharma

By Poorva Sharma - Oct 15, 2020

Sometimes when an individual or a collectivity is going through an immense conflict, a difficult situation, away from our field of vision something in the depths is also bringing out strengths and solutions which otherwise would have taken centuries perhaps to appear. Yoga, as Sri Aurobindo said, is one way to catalyse this process of growth and progress. The following article is an attempt to articulate how yoga not only can ‘appear’ in the most difficult times, but there come times in front of humanity as a whole when yoga is the only way out. The corona crisis has not only convulsed us in every way but it has paradoxically also clearly highlighted what really we should be doing as a species. Yoga, which means union, is the way out: Yoga with our inner depths, yoga with the wider Nature, yoga with our inner feminine, which has been suppressed for millennia now. Using a dream, the article attempts to present a viewpoint on what corona really represents and is asking us to do.

By Poorva Sharma - Jul 15, 2021

“I am in a room. From behind me some dry leaves are blowing towards me. It seems like someone from behind is trying to draw my attention. Initially I am not scared but after some time I start getting scared that maybe it is some spirit. With a little courage, I ask “Who is there?” Then a girl came and stood in front of me. She was roughly my age, but she was wearing torn clothes, looked really poor, like a beggar. She came and sat near me. Her face was soiled, as if she had not bathed for days. Absolutely poor and miserable. She looked really miserable. I asked her, “From where have you come?” She mentioned the name of a place, near Delhi, something like Ferozabad. Then I looked into her eyes and asked suspiciously, “Really?” She had brown eyes, you know, like those of a person who is clever, cunning. I did tell her though that she should take a bath, and some food shall be given to her.”