Pranamaya kosha 

Among all the Koshas, this one really interest me because what happen to me the first time I did yoga was really unusual. After the first week of practicing yoga, i noticed that my cravings for earthly desires had increased to the highest level.  It was on a level that I had never experienced before. Such energy that in order for me to disperse it, I need to do more physical activity like handstands and other tiring stuff in yoga. It did work but every time I do the asanas surge of energy comes up after a few hours. That is why, I was really confused at that time on what to do, because I know sooner or later, if I can’t desipate the energy through physical activity, I might succumb  to  temptation.

As a result, I seek advice to a friend who happened to be a Buddhist monk, and then he told me that I need to sit and meditate.  And so I did (I tried meditation but I was not into it before).

So what happened was really astonishing. It didn’t really solve my problem at first but after a few weeks of meditation, I noticed that I was not afraid anymore if the energy will rise and I was not worried any longer if I succumb to temptation. It taught me to become an observer, and it made me realize that I don’t need to react on it. And if continue to observe, the strong urge or surge of energy it will slowly went away all by itself. That if I just be patient enough and don’t react, it will just slowly melt away.

It taught me how to cope with the profound truth that everything changes all the time.