How yoga destroyed my life | Ayman Al-Khatib | TEDxNDULouaize
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ส.ค. 2015
- Have you ever heard people telling you how lucky you are to have everything a person could want, when in reality, deep down, you feel confused and empty? When a successful software engineer decides to face his ego and take the journey to happiness, he finds himself in a very casual, ordinary place: a yoga class. Ayman Al-Khatib talks about his journey to the Self and gives a few tips on how one can reach what every man seeks.
Ayman is a devoted Yoga teacher and the founder of the Guru Yoga group in Lebanon. In 2012, he started a journey traveling throughout Nepal, India, and many other amazing places. A life changing journey of self-discovery which resulted in him ending his corporate career and becoming a Yoga teacher. Having lived and studied in an ashram in India, Ayman is, today, dedicated to sharing the traditional Yogic philosophy and science in Lebanon and worldwide. His favorite quote is "My life is my message".
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the title was misleading. but it is the title that made me go through your video. absolutely wonderful.
Same stands good for me.
Same for also
But it is true, yoga did destroy his life, his previous life so he could rebuild a new better one.
By seeing the clothes he was wearing by that I knew what the video was about
I see a lot of people in the comments section talking negative about yoga, in a way it makes sense. Why? Simply because yoga is a threat. A threat to their limited dogmas, ideologies, and belief systems. The word yoga literally means union, to destroy our limitations and experience a sense of unity with the universe, that's what yoga will do. It allows one to discover the divine which is not located in some heaven but within our very own selves. Yoga requires no belief or faith, but instead you must experiment with it, it is a methodology, a science of one's immediate well being and one's ultimate well being (spiritual enlightenment). Just a few years ago the United Nations declared June 21st as International Yoga Day with a record number of 177 co-sponsoring number states. Yoga is India's gift to the world, it's time to turn to yoga for well being. Namaste.
My friend heaven means the universe and the english Bible scriptures says. Heaven is within you basically the universe is in you.
@@therighteousone100 which chapter in the bible does it say heaven is within you, please let me be blessed with that knowledge from bible.
don't say everything good that is in Hinduism as information in bible.
I completely agree with you. Yoga, in my opinion, is the science which explains in an objetive manner what we know as spirituality and the experience of trascendence.
Amal he is my guru too 🙏
Hindus devised yoga( modern yoga is just 100 years old...the real yoga is full of philosophy which is hinduism) for covert conversion...its philosophy is very much rooted in hindu philosophy and this philosophy goes against the ideas and values of all Abrahmic religions....it corrupts your religion! Stop doing doing! Physical yoga is way to bring people at the door of hinduism then by by their tendencies want more and start delving into it and finally come into hinduism...people may not realize this and reason is that yoga philosophy very much psychological and compare to this psychology modern psychology is in kinder garden...so obviously people think that it is okay but they entering into hindu philosophy.
I started doing yoga some forty years ago. I never traveled anywhere. I am retired now and I am as happy as a piglet. Was my yoga practice instrumental in my current euphoric state. Oh very much yes.
William Skinner oh to be as happy as a piglet! That made me smile 😊
I hope to reply to you William in a few years time. Replying with a similar & beautiful exuberance that radiate from your words. :-)
William Skinner liked the Way you commented
I agree with missreepee William skinner it made me smile too x
"Happy as a piglet" 😂
"Do not follow copy-paste culture, you are not like everyone else." I love that, so inspiring.
Chai Kee so true
And that's bs, cuz after all, we are just like everybody else.
It destroyed his past, toxic, materialistic life and created this new born, vibrant, amazingly positive person. The same thing has happened to me and I am not as skilled as him at yoga, but I truly connect with him and understand him. Hare Krishna Hare Rama.
I knew when I saw the title it was about how it ruined a life of meaninglessness that can be felt outside of fulfilling the inner desires of our higher callings. Love the title. Got it immediately. Glad you shared.
Very good title... Yoga destroyed your life you have been living and put you in a deferent path where you find happiness. Inner joy. 👏🏽🕉
Inner joy......nope. More like inner demons!
+shiningstar i think you are the king of the demon...
@@shiningstar3312 you are a church sheep. you are filled with ego and hatred because people are now interested in yoga and spirituality but not in church business😂
Thank you all for your comments... the good and the not so good... When I first heard about Shiva, the lord of destruction... I thought the same as some of you... destruction here is not misleading... rather misunderstood... If we need to build a new structure, we must destroy the old structure first... if we need to create new, we must destroy the old... this is one of the most important characteristic for the spiritual life... Every day, I meet people wanting to progress while carrying absolutely everything from their past... not possible... certain beliefs must be removed, transformed so the new more fit beliefs can take place... The title was chosen by me... if you still do not find it suitable, please move beyond the title and take what suits you from the talk... again thank you all for your support and I hope our paths cross... Namaste, Ayman
Ayman Khatib hi ayman how u manage time..?
and how did u practice???yoga
Ayman Khatib I am from kerala which asram you got your yoga practice.
السلام عليكم ايمن الخطيب إلقاء رائع و كلمات تصيب الصميم كيف يمكن أ نتواصل معك من اجل المزيد من المعرفة احتاج لاستاد متلك و شكرا جزيلا
Socio yoga hi brother which language is dis?
this is Arabic language warrior sword
If you clean the floor with love, you have given the world an invisible painting.
Many people are saying that the title needs to be changed, but I really like the title. It gives you a deeper understanding after watching the video. It destroyed his life, which was full of materialistic desire and such, and created something called an inner consciousness. Love this video!
How yoga destroyed my meaningless life*
Thank you. You've saved me so much time
Reminds me of what Rajiv Malhotra says - before planting a garden you need to destruct weeds.
(Weeds may be better than a garden - but let us not stretch a metaphor)
Such an inspiring man....not just his background and his search for an answer in another tradition, but also his tenacity to continue looking even when he supposedly "had everything". If only there were more Ayman's in the world to encourage young people.
Yoga is so powerful!
can’t believe how calm and at peace I feel after hearing this soul speak 🙏🏼
That's the thing though, we look for things outside of ourselves, and try so hard to possess every material dream, work hard years on end just to be able to say we have it all. But you won't ever be content, or satisfied if you didn't start from within, if you didn't get in touch with yourself, your greater self and higher power. Your newly built material world can never come close to being as valuable as the World you build within yourself. And honestly, when you start working from the inside out, your worldly desires start to fade, and don't have much importance anymore. You see the Bigger Picture in life. And that's when you start to achieve your real life Goals. I'm glad I'm on this Journey. I will walk calmly through it, for it's not the destination, but the journey that is important.
Saje JekyllHyde don’t forget to use your brains and plan for the future though. You don’t want to end up in run down aged care because you just wanted to feel good within all your life.
Summer Time if you reach the care home no matter how run down it is, you are one of the lucky ones..
Meditation and Yoga......All we need! ♡☆
'You are not like everyone else'. That's awesome.
Thank you for sharing your story, it is very inspiring and I think the title is perfect. You have inspired me, I wish you all the best for your future, the world needs more people like you, especially here in the Middle East.
"Find your path. Do it." A very nimble, simple, wonderful person is Ayman Al-Khatib.....
Hari Om!!! Ayman is a very passionate and loving fellow. I know this man for 3 years and the way he has been prospering in his ebdeavor as a yoga teacher, I am sure he will be a guinding force for many who wish to folllow the path of Yoga teaching. It is a very confident lecture dear brother!!! Love!!! Hari Om!!!
Hi i am Suraj from india but working in UAE, i was very stunned and inspired by his speech but i am wondering if you could help me in finding a spiritual growth you seems like his Guru Hari Om..!
suraj shrivastav come to India and go to Banglore .... Find my beloved guru... Swami paramhansa nityananda ... By this guru poornima..
suraj shrivastav nityananda is fucking chutiya don't even go anywhere near him
Of'Course he'd Prosper to the extremities cuz the One-eyed Serpent is his saviour !
misleading provocative title
ansolitely
Harish AS he might have referred yoga to Lord Shiva,god of destroyer of ignorance.I too initially thought what a misleading title.
Sir , actually he is motivating us about, what it seems from outside, is not real always. We should go deep to understand the fact. The title is provocative, but it depends on you whether you get provoked or not. Thanks.
Harish AS its called clickbait
he is muslim
Love it. Liberate yourself. Find your path. Such inspiring words. This man is woke!
Your oratory is so calm, i loved the way you delivered this talk. Ofcourse the content was awesome, but special kudos to you for your oratory skills.
It would help if we could hear it!
Oh My God.!!!
I heard an Arab Muslim ( rarely ) ask all of us to seek the path.......Wow!!! I never thought i would hear something like that.
Yes its all about path , and the soon one succeeds in finding that path the more the time he has saved himself or herself.
I know Ayman Al Khatib is as one with the Universe as i am but i hope his brothers would feel the same about all of us the same way.
Ayman Thank you.
Ayman Good Luck.
Ayman Keep spread more Healing.
Wiilwaal What if he did, what difference does it make to you!
its very individualist thing to say.. i love it.
Don't you guys hear something about Muslim Yoga from the book titled "Bahrul Hayat" wrote by a well-known Shattariah Shaikh sufi order? The Sufis of the Shattariah order in India do Yogas. And the Shattariah spread to Hijjaz (Makkah and Madinah), Malaysia and Indonesia. The steps or Asanas also the same with Hindu Yoga but being replaced with Islam chants or mantras. There is the Tawheed way of Yoga but our brother here didn't found it.
Wiilwaal Arawelo yes, most muslims who do yoga doesn't practise which is against the faith.
@@wiilwaalarawelo5795 converted sons are teaching father abt islam.
Yoga is much more than feeling good and traveling the world to do what you love. It is about death and not being caught up in any of that, and to really deal with that a guide and guru is indispensable.
Yoga is not just set of asnaas...... Yoga is way of life , any activity you are doing with full awareness. This guy is Miss guiding.
Ayman great video. Exactly my point. I have been saying this for long that Yoga will bring the world together. I meet Yogis from around the globe all the time. I make videos with them and they tell me how Yoga drove them to Dharma.
BTW to all the people who are stuck on the Title please appreciate the content. Title is like a body and content is soul, pls stay focused on the soul of this video
but why he is saying in title that yoga destroyed his life when he is saying and explaining in content that yoga became beneficial for him..???
@@gauharansari8164 I think he wanted to say that yoga changed his life in a positive way and destroyed his not so good life he lived before yoga.
Great talk thank you, very inspiring! To me yoga is my hobby and a way of escaping the world :) Been practicing for few years, and I would love to be a yoga teacher, but then I begin to over think that I am at the middle of my career already (the one I do not like), with irrelevant degree and it seems to be hard to establish your clientele, so competitive nowadays etc. etc. I need more inspirational speeches like yours!!!
Copy and paste culture. No is alike find your own path. Love this advice. Thank you for posting
The title attracted my attention. I pray that you carry on bringing the much needed peace and harmony to all lives you touch. I hope that the greatness you found in Yoga does not make you discriminate between Islam and Hinduism or any other path that mankind follows. All religions have their basis in leading mankind to God-thought, peace and harmony. (Man's ego changes purity to impurity). Our practices are different. So since you have chosen a practice from another religion I hope and pray that it enhances your practice of the religion you are born into. We all have choices in life. This world is full of good and bad. May each individual who listens to Ayman' presentation make the right choice and enjoy the peace and harmony that exists at all times. Ayman, you have done well. It shows in your confidence and calmness. God bless, God speed...
At first , i was shocked by the title of what it's written. so the tip of fingers click on the play button. But i found it different. I was also same case like you. It destroys my life and rebuild it. Now ,i found more peace and calm myself.
why did he say, er only live once....that well never be here again. in yoga, there is reincarnation. the immortality of the soul. the process of samsara, we will come back, continuesly, over n over until we putify ourselves enough to move on to maksha
One of the best TED talks I've ever watched.. very profound and inspiring.
Beautiful message! 😊 very soothing and calming voice, thanks for sharing x
"You will only exist once, whoever you are will NEVER happen again."
Hello dearest, If you consider yourself as an Ego self, then yes. You will only exist once, from the time you were born till death. Both Ego self and universal self are unique and will never happen exactly the same again. That I agree with you :) namaste
Thank you for sharing the wonderful story brother. most peaceful time of my troubled life was the time I practiced yoga. It lasted for about 6 months, I was a different person during this time, felt more confident, extroverted, smart and positive.
And then fell back into the same old dream chasing, career building path. but the self-love and peace that I gained though yoga still remains a part of me and helps keep going no-matter how tough it gets.
Nithin K Dhamodaran why can’t you still do Yoga after work or in the weekends ? I can’t do it all the time either so I just make time to squeeze it in.
Title was misleading but I think I have developed patience to go through these things and luckily ended up watching a nice video with a great message. Follow one self.🙏🙏
Sri Paramahansa Yogananda is one of my favorite yogi. If yoga is done in the right way then the benefits are very fulfilling.
Title says How yoga Destroyed my life ....but video says it gave him purpose and made his life fulfilling.
If something meaningless is changed to meaningful ..its called transformation or construction...not destruction. For example No one says we are going to school/college to destroy our life....we say we go there to build/create better life..isn't?
Come on..I don't buy that.
I rather have common sense rather than your kind of self declaring intellectualness :)
What is light but the destruction of darkness? What is education but the destruction of ignorance? What is moksha but the destruction of the cycle of birth and death? None of these terms have a meaning without the accompanying destruction, and none of these terms are considered negative!
Ayman Khatib - Why is there a need to use violent descriptions of the difference between light and darkness? Why is light the destruction of darkness? It is not even correct in a literal sense for if darkness was destroyed by light, how does it revive itself? And in common English, the word 'destruction' has a negative connotation. Here is the dictionary definition for destruction: "the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired." If one is trying to promote peace, why do so with words of violence?
Thank you for this talk. I connected with you on so many levels . I now do meditation, some yoga and practice energy healing. The purpose of life is growth. This by its very nature means transformation . Shifting from what we know to new ways of being and new levels of awareness..🙏🏼
AYMAN=A-mazing Y-oga M-an A-wesome N-ickname(N-ewfangled)
The title should be :how YOGA transformed my LIVING (or, liberation) thx
Best and creative comment...it's really cool..
:)
You are really awesome 👌
You left your job and your luxurious life that life was happy too.. Many people wants what you left..
The real happiness is be the real do what make you happy,
You guided well👌
That line don't be copy just be you what your are love yourself 👌👌
Lovely Ted talk. We should all feel freer to live what we love and share it. Funny how the message that we each need to live our journey is so quickly pre-empted by people quick to point out that even the title he chose was wrong. A world so qick to accept what it feels is right and just as quick to decide what it feels is wrong. Chances are he would still be in his engineering job if that mattered. Here's hoping we all find our own path, words and lives.
I agree. Don’t follow others but at the same time don’t be afraid to do what makes you happy. Also, we are all capable of doing two or even three things at once but however, to keep them in balance not to over do
The title, though misleading, did capture my attention and watch the video, which is the purpose of any title, I think. It also made a buzz in the comments section, which is another plus. Thank you for sharing this. Whish I had seen it earlier in life!
Great Message from Ayman... Every individual should seek rather than follow the cult, tribal groups. Title is a bit misleading. He is calm and composed and spoke well. Quite impressive and thanks a lot.
I don't know if its just my observation but all people who talk about how Yoga changed their life in a good way have this calm and welcoming voice 😊😊
the world is in need of more people like you :)
Love this. Thank you for sharing your story.
great man! sivananda for ever! om nahama shivaya!
Very cool presentation.
Glad you found your calling :)
Thank you for this beautiful video. And God bless you Ayman...
I wish Mr.Ayman would have given more details about the type of yoga that helped him with his transformation.
i just love this, praise God for ted talks
Yoga, a journey through out your life without a destination. The destination of each human being becomes Yoga. The journey that teaches you eight limbs, one of them is the physical exercise that we got used to it when we do Yoga. The one who follows up Raja Yoga simply becomes a Yogi, the one who realizes the present , past and the future. Our life itself remains a mystery for many , but for the Yogi, life is an opportunity for him to have an eternity.
A very beautiful message, sir. Thank you.
Very inspiring lecture
hello Ayman! that was an amazing talk. thank u for sharing ur experience. can u share which ashram u went to. I am very much interested in becoming a yoga teacher amd i would love some guidance.
Beautiful, life giving message. Namaste
nice to hear how yoga changed your life. thanks for sharing your experiences
Love you brother. . Step on right path.
Truth is on you . spread it.
Welcome to truth side of universe (Bramhand)
That's awesome! Thank you...
Beautiful story and thank you for sharing your journey in life as I find it very inspirational.. Namaste
Thank you!
Excellent Sir.. Please do come to Pakistan, for delivering Yoga. Namastay. :)
Very inspiring talk. But you almost got me from the title. But I quickly realized:)
I have beendoing yoga and meditation and I feel to good my day becomes full of joy am addicted to yoga and meditation but when I read Title , Title made me afraid so I paused video and reading comments then I listen I felt good......
LOVED the TED Talk. thanks for sharing :)
Calm and peace
Yoga cannot distroy life. It's a practice for mind and body . People have changed it don't blame yoga what the mantra is u should feel happy inside ur mind body... Do yoga be veggi and take care of ur family travel see how people happy even though they poor its up to u how u take it. Love each human being take care of animals thts it. Rest do what u like in life its one time ticket u not coming again this is the time just spread love
please listen to the talk, before liking or disliking. By mistake I I ticked "dislike". Sorry. You are really inspiring. Thanks.
Very nice video
Thank you for it, I really need to create my own liberation list
Yoga is amazing, years ago some people that I know recommended me to practice it but I never tried, not even once, till a doctor told me to do it after a cancer treatment, I have been practicing almost a year and yoga help me in many aspects of my life
but really an excellent and calm man .it would be really good if there were subtitles.
great of you for life change an life is your message
Thank you so much
"There's only one you" all of these messages are so beautiful and up-lifting. The title totally threw me off, but it also was the reason I clicked on it! So glad that I did. Thank you Ayman!!!
misleading title and confusing video but glad you found your happiness through yoga i guesssssss?
The audio quality .....
God bless you bro
When we're ready and teacher will appear.' Teacher' may not be a person. All this take times
It's a personal experience. I am practicing Hatha Yoga because I love this ancient science and I go with it very well. I am very well. I haven't no goal to achieve with this great science I just love it. For me it's a wonderful experience just that
I can't find the book. Thank you for the video. Loved it
But the yogic path is to surrender to God in order to find your self, not surrender to self in order to find God, and through this process we will come to know God as well, because we can only truly know our selves when we know God
Hello brother, I am from kerala . The place from where, you mentioned , you studied yoga
Wonderful !!!
Wow. excellent. thanks
How beautiful. Some people might call it cultural appropriation, were it not for his extremely cool foulard.
title of the century!
Wow powerful words, thank you
Dear Ayman Khatib, would you tell me which Ashram you went to? I am looking at options where to go in India to study yoga. Thank you. Namaste
Thank you Franka for your question. The ashram I went to is called Sivananda Yoga Vidya Peetham. Please note that I am not advertising or promoting them. You can check their website and go with them if your heart connect.
Kind regards,
Ayman Khatib thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing. Because it resonates with me deep within, I know what you speak of is the Truth. To Seek your path. Simple and beautiful deliverance of message. Thanks.
That voice though... Record a book of bed time stories, and I will buy it ASAP
"The real purpose for practicing yoga is to realize that I am not this body. I want eternal happiness, complete knowledge, and eternal life-that is the ultimate end of the true yoga system." Hare KRSNA.
misleading title. A wholesome content destroyed by a negative title. He should have explained why he used that title
Good one 😊
Yoga depends a lot, it seems to me, who your teachers are, especially in the initial classes.
Liberate yourself. Find your path.
what was the purpose of this lecture?
SHOULD BE YOGA CHANGED (destroyed/maybe/ is to destructive, negative, to close relation to havoc) MY LIFE