| From The River Of Heaven |
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| Books By David Frawley |
| THE PATHS OF YOGA : YOGA | |
| Experience In Yoga Yoga can provide us with many subtle and dramatic experiences. We may hear special sounds or see special colors. We may do astral travel or visit other worlds. We may contact beings of these other worlds, who may speak through us. We may connect up with souls of the past or the future. Yet the goal of Yoga is not to gain any particular experience. Rather it is freedom from experience that is the goal of Yoga. Yoga aims at deconditioning the mind and each experience has the power to condition the mind should we cling to it or invest it with some personal energy. Subtle experiences can bind the mind even more so than normal sensory experiences as their reality is harder to judge. Hence when experiences arise in Yoga one should observe them objectively but hold to the awareness or state of grace. Yoga is to merge us into the Divine or the inner Self, not merely to open up us to other forms of experience. Many great Yogis may have no experiences at all but only a greater awareness or sense of love. For Yoga it is not the form or appearance that matters but the essence. We need not feel bad if we do not gain great experiences on the path of Yoga.
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