HOW WE LOOK AT THINGS, WHAT WE SEE, OUR OPINIONS, ARE ALL CALLED INTO QUESTION THROUGH YOGA.

AM I RIGHT? IS HE RIGHT? IS THIS GOOD? IS THIS BAD? WHAT IS GOOD? WHAT IS BAD? THESE AND MANY OTHER ISSUES WE WILL BE ASKED TO FACE WHEN READING THE WISDOM OF THE WRITTEN WORDS OF YOGA PHILOSOPHY. SOMETHING SOMEWHERE MAY STRIKE A CHORD WITH YOU. ON OTHER OCCASIONS YOU MAY THINK WHAT A LOAD OF NONSENSE!

I WILL QUOTE VARIOUS TEXTS HERE - A KIND OF THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

'I' IS THE GERMINATION OF THE SPROUT; 'MINE' IS A BIG TREE TRUNK; HOME AND LAND ARE ITS BRANCHES; CHILDREN AND WIFE ARE ITS SHOOTS.

WEALTH AND GAIN ARE ITS BIG LEAVES. IT GROWS MORE THAN ONCE AND MERIT AND DEMERIT ARE IS BLOSSOMS AND JOY AND SORROW ITS FRUIT.

IIT OVERSHADOWS THE PATH TO LIBERATION, IS WATERED BY THE SEXUAL CONTACT BETWEEN FOOLS AND IS INFESTED WITH THE BEES OF DESIRE. LACK OF UNDERSTANDING ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IS THE TREE ITSELF.

THOSE WHO ARE TIRED OF THE WAYS OF THE WORLD AND SEEK REFUGE UNDER ITS SHADE BECOME DEPENDENT ON PLEASURE DERIVED FROM FALSE KNOWLEDGE. HOW CAN THEY REACH THE END?

BUT THOSE WHO FELL THE TREE OF 'MINENESS' WITH THE AXE OF WISDOM, SHARPENED ON THE WHETSTONE OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE VIRTUOUS, TRAVEL ALONG THE RIGHT PATH.

REACHING THE ABSOLUTE'S COOL GROVE, WHICH IS FREE FROM DIRT AND THORNS, THE WISE WHO ABSTAIN FROM ACTION ATTAIN THE SUPREME.

MARKANDEYA-PURANA

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