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Question Numbers: 91-99
Directions: Read the extract given below and answer the questions follow by selecting the correct / most appropriate options
When I left India and came to Europe and America a half century ago, open-mouthed audiences gaped at the presentation of yogasana positions, seeing them as some exotic form of contortionism, these very same asanas have now been embraced by many millions of people throughout the world, and their physical and therapeutic benefits are widely acknowledged. This in itself is an extraordinary transformation, as yoga has lit a fire in the hearts of so many.
I set off in yoga seventy years ago when ridicule, rejection and outright condemnation were the lot of a seeker through yoga even in its native land of India. Indeed, if I had become a sadhu, a mendicant holy man, wandering the great trunk roads of British India, begging bowl in hand, I would have met with less derision and won more respect. At one time, I was as asked to become sanyasin and renounce the world, but I declined. I wanted to live as an ordinary householder with all the trials and tribulations of life and to take my yoga practice to average people who share with me the common life of work, marriage and children. I was blessed with all three. The life of a householder is difficult, and it has always been. Most of us encounter hardship and suffering and many are plagued by physical and emotional pain, stress, sadness, loneliness and anxiety while we often think of these as the problems caused by the demands of modern life, human life has always had the same hardships and the same challenges-making a living, raising a family and finding meaning and purpose.
These have always been and will always be the challenges that we humans face. As animals, we walk the earth as bearers of a divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon the earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound. So many seek this greater truth in the heavens, but it lies much closer than the clouds. It is within us and can be found by anyone on the Inwards Journey.
Directions: Read the extract given below and answer the questions follow by selecting the correct / most appropriate options
When I left India and came to Europe and America a half century ago, open-mouthed audiences gaped at the presentation of yogasana positions, seeing them as some exotic form of contortionism, these very same asanas have now been embraced by many millions of people throughout the world, and their physical and therapeutic benefits are widely acknowledged. This in itself is an extraordinary transformation, as yoga has lit a fire in the hearts of so many.
I set off in yoga seventy years ago when ridicule, rejection and outright condemnation were the lot of a seeker through yoga even in its native land of India. Indeed, if I had become a sadhu, a mendicant holy man, wandering the great trunk roads of British India, begging bowl in hand, I would have met with less derision and won more respect. At one time, I was as asked to become sanyasin and renounce the world, but I declined. I wanted to live as an ordinary householder with all the trials and tribulations of life and to take my yoga practice to average people who share with me the common life of work, marriage and children. I was blessed with all three. The life of a householder is difficult, and it has always been. Most of us encounter hardship and suffering and many are plagued by physical and emotional pain, stress, sadness, loneliness and anxiety while we often think of these as the problems caused by the demands of modern life, human life has always had the same hardships and the same challenges-making a living, raising a family and finding meaning and purpose.
These have always been and will always be the challenges that we humans face. As animals, we walk the earth as bearers of a divine essence, we are among the stars. As human beings, we are caught in the middle, seeking to reconcile the paradox of how to make our way upon the earth while striving for something more permanent and more profound. So many seek this greater truth in the heavens, but it lies much closer than the clouds. It is within us and can be found by anyone on the Inwards Journey.
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