what is the purpose of doing Yog or Dhyan?

The journey of the spirit is not outside, it is within you. Each chakra represents a lok. Bhu, bhuva, svah, maha, jana, tapa and satya represented by mooladhar, swadhishthan, manipoorak, anahat, vishudhi, ajna and sahastrar respectively. This vertical progression is possible only by doing Yog and culminates in the spirit reaching its source.

A lok is simply a dimension of existence. The lok that we are currently in is the bhulok. A being reaches this lok after undergoing the journey through the lokas below this, the tals- sutal, rasatal, paatal etc. In animals, the mool chakra is the highest chakra, once they transgress their yoni, they get the yoni of a human. On bhulok, a human being has been provided with 5 chakras to enjoy various sensory pleasures- mooladhar to vishuddhi chakra. When a being gets satisfied with these, which happens naturally when you take the path of yog, then a being goes to the bhuvah lok. In the bhuvah lok, the 5 chakras merge to form one chakra and has its own associated pleasures. Similarly, in the following higher lokas only one chakra exists but all lokas have their own pleasures, which cannot be explained as they are not physical pleasures.

It is rather funny when I watch on TV, Swarglok being described or shown as a place where there will be various kinds of delicious foods and drinks or apsaras dancing for entertaining the men, because these pleasures are only of mooladhar(associated with desires for good food, nice clothing and big or costly houses) and swadhishthan chakra (associated with sexual desires) which exist only on this bhulok, not beyond this. So, in swargalok the pleasures of food, luxury and sex do not exist. And yet, it is the swargalok that is called the bhogalok. It is the lok where you cash in on your karmas but they are higher pleasures and cannot be expressed in words to those who are still seeking the lower pleasures.

The pupose of Yog and dhyan is to gradually evolve- experience the pleasures of each lok and go beyond. But the problem with beings of today is that they don't want to go beyond the basic pleasures of good food, clothing, house and sex. Thus they remain on bhulok lifetime after lifetime. by Yogi Ashwini

limting yoga teaching arent you,i ask you one queston were do ghost get their force of life to keep exsisting after death. there is more to things than ones simple exsperieces to guide ones self.the trend these day is to have pleasure in all froms and i dont see the harm in it, that just dont fly.there is a cosmic consciousness,tune in or go on sinning againt it.ignorace is not bliss.namaste