By Sage ViGo
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Why is the playfulness of life missing today?
Children are full of playfulness. You can see the beauty and totality of life in the way they move, laugh, explore. But as we grow older, life seems to become more and more heavy. We start carrying so much. Where did that playfulness go?
That playfulness, which was there naturally, seems to disappear. And we start thinking, “What happened to me?” The question arises: “Why is the playfulness of life missing?”
It is because we lost connection with presence. That connection, that basic awareness, is missing. Once that connection is missing, everything becomes complex. Life becomes a struggle. Yoga is to bring that connection back.
Why does life feel complex?
Today, people are carrying so much tension. Restlessness. Unrest. Nobody is really present. People are walking around, but no one is really here. Why?
Because we are not living in presence. We have lost the simplicity of life. Life is not complicated in itself. We are making it complicated. And that complexity arises because we are not aware of who is living this life.
Presence is missing. And with the absence of presence, the flow of life is disturbed. So the world looks complex. But the world is not the problem, it’s our orientation
We think the world has become like this. We blame the world. But the problem is not outside. It is inside. Our orientation has shifted outward. And in that outward orientation, we are missing the entire dimension that is already available within us.
We are living from the periphery. That is why even if you go to the most sacred place, if presence is not there, nothing happens. It is not about the place. It is about your state of being.
How to shift?
What is presence?
Presence is the fundamental state of being. It is the core. When you are present, life is very simple. There is no need to add anything. You don’t need to do anything. You don’t need to become anything.
Presence is complete. It is the fullness of now. It is not about doing, it is about being. And when you are present, life starts flowing naturally. Life becomes playful.
The role of sense perception
Sense perception is a very beautiful thing. We have the capacity to taste, see, hear, touch, smell. But who is experiencing all this? Is it the body? The mind? The ego?
No. These are only instruments. The one who is sensing is the Purusha (Consciousness), the Self.
Take the example of chocolate. You say, “I love chocolate.” But who is loving it? The tongue is just the medium. The real experiencer is beyond all of this. That which is sensing through the medium is the Purusha.
Yoga is not about withdrawing from the senses. It is about using them in the right way. Not being attached to them. But using them to connect to the source.
From sensing to Self-reflection
Once you begin to reflect, who is hearing, who is seeing, who is tasting, that reflection becomes a revolution. From reflection, there is a realisation. That is the turning point.
Then you start living not from the idea of life, but from the experience of life. From the core. That experience brings Ananda, bliss. Not dependent on anything outside.
Even in nature, what we call beautiful: flowers, mountains, and rivers, that beauty is not separate. It is the Purusha expressing through nature. Prakruti (nature) is none other than Purusha. It is its reflection.
The bliss body is already within
This bliss is not something to be achieved. It is already within. That is why we say Anandamaya kosha, the bliss body. It is already there. But we don’t know how to feel it.
It is like a prepared meal. You don’t need to explain it. You just need to taste it. The bliss body is there. You just have to become present to it.
Once that is felt, there is a shift. You are no longer running behind experiences. You no longer get caught in the outside world. Because something deeper is felt inside.
The consequences of missing this connection
Today, there is so much violence in the world. So much destruction. Why is it happening?
Because people have not been exposed to the state of Purusha. Once someone touches that state, violence stops. There is no need to hurt anyone. Because you feel complete.
The moment you feel completeness, you don’t need to take from anyone. You don’t need to compare. You don’t need to compete. Because you are full. You have already arrived.
Realising the treasure within
It’s like having a billion euros in your account but not knowing it. You are fighting for every cent. But once you know it, would you fight?
In the same way, we don’t know the treasure within us. That’s why we are struggling, fighting, competing. But once you realise that inner wealth, all these efforts drop.
Then there is only expression. No more effort. No more struggle. No more confusion. Meditation begins. And that meditation is not sitting with closed eyes. It is a state of being.
Healing through presence
Every problem in life, whether physical, mental, emotional, is due to Karma. And the solution is not outside. It is in the field of Purusha.
If every day, even for a few minutes, you are in touch with yourSelf, healing begins. That is the true remedy. Not pills. Not external things. But alignment with the core.
When you feel that, transformation happens. The same sense perception that was a problem becomes a blessing. If used rightly, it is a grace. If used wrongly, it is a curse.
A precious life
Your body, your mind, your senses, your energy, your wisdom, your soul, all are equally precious. They are expressions of the same source. How you use them decides your life.
Are you living from presence? Or are you unfolding only your conditioning? Are you expressing yourSelf? Or are you repeating patterns?
That is the question. That is the turning point.
Yoga: an organised methodology
To make this shift, we need an organised methodology. That is Yoga.
Yoga is not a belief. It is not a tradition. It is a path. A very precise, scientific, practical path to return to presence.
It gives you Abhyasa and Vairagya: practice and non-attachment. These are the tools to live a life in presence. That is the path back to your own Self.
Coming back to playfulness
This journey is not about becoming something. It is about returning. Coming back to where we started. To playfulness.
You are already complete. You are already full. Life is already full. Just recognise it.
May you all experience that completeness. May you all live from that presence. May you all express that love, that beauty, that peace.
That is the playfulness of life. That is the essence of Yoga.
