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          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #1 Introduction to the Path of Yoga, Book 1, Sutra 1, Sutra 2, Sutra 3, Sutra 4 
            Yoga The Alpha and the Omega,   Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #1 Introduction to the   Path of Yoga, Book 1, Sutra 1, Sutra 2, Sutra 3, Sutra 4 NOW THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA.YOGA IS THE CESSATION OF MIND.THEN THE   WITNESS IS ESTABLISHED IN ITSELF. IN THE OTHER STATES THERE IS IDENTIFICATION   WITH THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE MIND at energyenhancement.org 
        
           Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #2 Question 1Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on   the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 1 YOU SAID LAST NIGHT THAT   TOTAL DESPAIR, FRUSTRATION AND HOPELESSNESS IS THE BEGINNING GROUND FOR YOGA.   THIS GIVES YOGA A PESSIMISTIC LOOK. IS THIS PESSIMISTIC STATE REALLY NECESSARY   TO BEGIN THE PATH OF YOGA? DOES AN OPTIMIST ALSO BEGIN WITH THE PATH OF YOGA? at   energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #2 Question 2Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on   the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 2 IT IS SAID THAT YOGA IS AN   ATHEISTIC SYSTEM. DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? Again, yoga is neither. It is a simple   science. It is neither theistic nor atheistic. Patanjali really is superb, a   miracle of a man. He never talks about God. And even if he mentions once, then   too he says it is just one of the methods to reach the ultimate the belief of   God, just a method to reach the ultimate; there is no God. To believe in God is   just a technique, because through believing in God prayer becomes possible,   through believing in God surrender becomes possible. The significance is of   surrender and prayer, not of God.. at energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #2 Question 3YOU TALKED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DISCIPLESHIP   ON THE PATH OF YOGA, BUT HOW CAN AN ATHEIST BE A DISCIPLE? Neither a theist nor   an atheist, they cannot be disciples. They have already taken the attitude, they   have already decided, so what is the point of being a disciple? If you already   know, how can you be a disciple? Discipleship means the realization that, "I don't know." Atheists, theists -- no, they cannot be disciples at energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #2 Question 4YOU SAID THAT YOGA DOES NOT ASK FOR ANY FAITH. BUT   IF A DISCIPLE NEEDS FAITH, SURRENDER AND TRUST IN THE MASTER AS A BASIC   CONDITION, THEN HOW IS THE FIRST STATEMENT VALID?No, I never said that yoga   doesn't ask for faith. I said yoga doesn't ask for any belief. Faith is totally   different, trust is totally different. Belief is an intellectual thing, but   faith is a very deep intimacy. It is not intellectual. You love a Master, then   you trust and there is faith. But this faith is not in any concept, it is in the   very person. And this is not a condition; it is not required -- remember this   distinction. It is not required that you must have faith in the Master; it is   not a precondition. All that is said is this: if trust happens between you and   the Master, then satsang will be possible. It is just a situation, not a   condition. Nothing is required at energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #2 Question 5LAST NIGHT YOU SPOKE OF SATSANG AND THE IMPORTANCE   OF THE DISCIPLE'S PROXIMITY TO THE GURU. DOES THIS MEAN PHYSICAL PROXIMITY? IS   THE DISCIPLE WHO LIVES AT A GREAT PHYSICAL DISTANCE FROM THE GURU AT A LOSS? Yes   and no! Yes, a physical closeness is necessary in the beginning because you   cannot understand anything else right now, as you are. You can understand the   body; you can understand the language of the physical. You exist at the   physical, so yes, a physical closeness is necessary -- in the beginning at   energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #2 Question 6WHEN YOU ASK US TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING CLEARLY,   WHOM DO YOU ADDRESS TO UNDERSTAND? MIND HAS TO CEASE. THEREFORE, IT IS NO USE   MAKING THE MIND UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. WHO SHOULD UNDERSTAND THEN? Yes, mind has   to cease, but it has not ceased yet. Mind has to be worked upon; an   understanding has to be created in the mind. Through that understanding this   mind will die. That understanding is just like poison. You take the poison. You   are the taker, and the poison kills you. The mind understands, but the   understanding is poison for the mind. That's why the mind resists so much. It   tries and tries not to understand. It creates doubt, it fights in every way, it   protects itself because understanding is poison for the mind. It is elixir for   you, but for the mind it is poison at energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #2 Question 7YOU SAID THAT YOGA IS A SCIENCE, A METHODOLOGY FOR   INNER AWAKENING. BUT EFFORT TO BE, TO GO NEARER TO NO-MIND, IMPLIES MOTIVATION   AND HOPE. EVEN TO UNDERGO THE PROCESS OF INNER TRANSFORMATION IMPLIES   MOTIVATION. THEN HOW CAN ONE MOVE ON THE PATH OF YOGA WITH HOPE AND MOTIVATION?   DOES NOT EVEN WAITING IMPLY MOTIVATION? Yes, you cannot move on the path of yoga   with motivation, with desire, with hope. Really, there is no movement on the   path of yoga. When you come to understand that all desire is absurd, all desire   is misery, there is nothing to do, because every doing will be a new desire.   There is nothing to do! Simply you cannot do anything because whatsoever you do   will lead you into a new misery. Then you don't do. Desires have dropped, mind   has ceased, and this is yoga; you have entered. This is not a movement, it is a   stillness. Because of the language, problems arise. I say that you have entered,   it appears that you have moved. When desire ceases, all movement ceases. You are   in the yoga: NOW THE DISCIPLINE OF YOGA at energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #3, Five Modifications Of Mind, Book 1, Sutra 5 Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol   1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #3 Five Modifications Of   Mind, Book 1, Sutra 5 THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE MIND ARE FIVE. THEY CAN BE EITHER A SOURCE OF   ANGUISH OR OF NON-ANGUISH. THEY ARE RIGHT KNOWLEDGE, WRONG KNOWLEDGE,   IMAGINATION, SLEEP AND MEMORY at energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #4, Beyond Mind To Awareness Question 3Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #4, Beyond Mind   To Awareness Question 3 YOU SAID THAT IF WE SEE VISIONS OF RAM OR THAT WE ARE   DANCING WITH KRISHNA, TO REMEMBER IT IS ONLY IMAGINATION. BUT THE OTHER NIGHT   YOU SAID THAT IF WE WERE RECEPTIVE WE COULD COMMUNICATE WITH CHRIST, BUDDHA OR   KRISHNA RIGHT NOW. IS THAT COMMUNICATION ALSO IMAGINATION WHEN IT HAPPENS, OR   THERE ARE MEDITATIVE STATES IN WHICH CHRIST OR BUDDHA IS REALLY THERE? A LITTLE   DIFFICULT TO BE UNDERSTOOD at energyenhancement.org
 
        
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #5, Rigth And Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 9 Yoga The Alpha and   the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #5, Rigth   And Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 9 THE MODIFICATION OF THE MIND WHICH IS BASED ON   THE ABSENCE OF ANY CONTENT IN IT IS SLEEP at energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #5, Rigth And Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 10 Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #5, Rigth And   Wrong Knowledge, Book 1, Sutra 10 YMEMORY IS THE CALLING UP OF PAST EXPERIENCE at   energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 1Yoga The Alpha and the Omega,   Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #2 Question 1 YOU SAID   THAT PATANJALI'S YOGA IS AN EXACT SCIENCE, ABSOLUTELY LOGICAL, IN WHICH THE   RESULT IS AS CERTAIN AS TWO PLUS TWO MAKE FOUR. IF THE ATTAINMENT OF THE UNKNOWN   AND INFINITE, CAN BE REDUCED TO MERE LOGIC, IS IT NOT TRUE AND AT THE SAME TIME   ABSURD THAT THE INFINITE PHENOMENON IS WITHIN THE ORBIT OF THE FINITE MIND? at   energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 2Yoga The Alpha and the Omega,   Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga   Question 2 YESTERDAY YOU REFERRED ABOUT A WESTERN THINKER WHO STARTED DOUBTING   EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DOUBTED, BUT COULD NOT DOUBT HIMSELF. YOU SAID THAT THIS   IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN OPENING TOWARDS DIVINE. HOW? at energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 3Yoga The Alpha and the Omega,   Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga   Question 3 BUDDHA FINALLY CONVEYED TO MAHAKASHYAP WHAT HE COULD NOT CONVEY TO   ANYBODY ELSE THROUGH WORDS. IN WHAT CATEGORY OF KNOWLEDGE -- DIRECT, INFERENTIAL   AND WORDS OF THE AWAKENED ONE -- DOES IT COME? WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE? at   energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Question 4Yoga The Alpha and the Omega,   Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga   Question 4 YOU HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT MOST SCRIPTURES HAVE A LOT OF WHAT IS CALLED   INTERPOLATIONS. DOES THE YOGA SUTRA OF PATANJALI ALSO SUFFER FROM THIS DEFECT,   AND HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH IT? at energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #6, The Purity Of Yoga Last QuestionYoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #6, The Purity   Of Yoga Last Question WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THE WORKING OF THAT UNKNOWN FORCE   WHICH KEEPS THE HUMAN MIND ATTACHED TO WORLDLY THINGS AND HABITS IN SPITE OF   BEING FULLY AWARE THAT THE ULTIMATE RESULT IS NOTHING BUT MISERY? at   energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #7, Constan Inner Practice, Book 1, Sutra 11, Sutra 12, Sutra 13Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1   Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #7, Constan Inner Practice, Book 1, Sutra 11, Sutra 12, Sutra 13 THEIR CESSATION IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY PERSISTENT INNER EFFORT AND NON-ATTACHMENT.   OF THESE TWO, ABHYASA THE INNER PRACTICE IS THE EFFORT FOR BEING FIRMLY   ESTABLISHED IN ONESELF. IT BECOMES FIRMLY GROUNDED ON BEING CONTINUED FOR A LONG   TIME, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AND WITH REVERENT DEVOTION. at energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 1Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it   is here! Question 1 PATANJALI HAS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF NON-ATTACHMENT,   THAT IS, CESSATION OF DESIRES, FOR BEING ROOTED IN ONESELF. BUT IS   NON-ATTACHMENT REALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY, OR AT THE VERY END? at   energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 2Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it   is here! Question 2 HOW IS IT THAT AN ENLIGHTENED ONE GIVES OF HIMSELF TO ONE   ONLY, AS LORD BUDDHA DID IN THE CASE OF MAHAKASHYAP? REALLY, THIS BUDDHIST   TRADITION OF ONE DISCIPLE RECEIVING THE LIGHT CONTINUED FOR EIGHT GENERATIONS.   WAS IT NOT POSSIBLE FOR A GROUP TO BE ITS RECIPIENT? at energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Question 3Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #8, Stop, and it   is here! Question 3 PRACTICE IS A SORT OF CONDITIONING AT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL   LEVELS, AND IT IS THROUGH CONDITIONING THAT SOCIETY MAKES MAN ITS SLAVE. IN THAT   CASE HOW CAN PATANJALI'S PRACTICE BE AN INSTRUMENT OF LIBERATION? at   energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #8, Stop, and it is here! Last QuestionYoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali CChapter #8, Stop, and   it is here! Last Question YOU SAID THAT THE SPIRITUAL ENDEAVOR MAY TAKE TWENTY   TO THIRTY YEARS OR EVEN LIVES, AND THAT EVEN THEN IT IS EARLY. BUT THE WESTERN   MIND SEEMS TO BE RESULT-ORIENTED, IMPATIENT AND TOO PRACTICAL. IT WANTS   INSTANTANEOUS RESULTS. RELIGIOUS TECHNIQUES COME AND GO LIKE OTHER FADS IN THE   WEST. THEN HOW DO YOU INTEND TO INTRODUCE YOGA TO THE WESTERN MIND? at   energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #9, Practice and Desirelessness, Book 1, Sutra 14, Sutra 15Yoga The Alpha and the Omega, Vol   1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #9, Practice and   Desirelessness, Book 1, Sutra 14, Sutra 15 HE FIRST STATE OF VAIRAGYA, DESIRELESSNESS -- CESSATION FROM   SELF-INDULGENCE IN THE THIRST FOR SENSUOUS PLEASURES, WITH CONSCIOUS EFFORT. THE   LAST STATE OF VAIRAGYA, DESIRELESSNESS -- CESSATION OF ALL DESIRING BY KNOWING   THE INNERMOST NATURE OF PURUSHA, THE SUPREME SELF at energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #9, Practice and Desirelessness, Book 1, Sutra 14: Part 1, Sutra 15: Part 1 Yoga The Alpha and   the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #9, Practice   and Desirelessness, First Sutra THE FIRST STATE OF VAIRAGYA -- DESIRELESSNESS:   CESSATION FROM SELF-INDULGENCE IN THE THIRST FOR SENSUOUS PLEASURES, WITH   CONSCIOUS EFFORT at energyenhancement.org
 
          Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 1Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause   of your Misery Question 1 HOW IS IT THAT YOU DESCRIBE THE LIFE THAT IS REALLY   OURS, AND WHICH YOU HAVE TRANSCENDED, SO CORRECTLY AND IN EVERY DETAIL, WHILE WE   REMAIN SO IGNORANT OF IT? IS IT NOT PARADOXICAL? at energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   Chapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 2Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause   of your Misery Question 2 WHY DO SO MANY PERSONS ON THE PATH OF YOGA ADOPT AN   ATTITUDE OF FIGHT, STRUGGLE, OVER-CONCERN WITH KEEPING STRICT RULES, AND   WARRIOR-LIKE WAYS? IS THIS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO REALLY BE A YOGI? at   energyenhancement.org
 
 
Yoga   The Alpha and the Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali   CChapter #10, The Cause of your Misery Question 3Yoga The Alpha and the   Omega, Vol 1 Discourses on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Chapter #10, The Cause   of your Misery Question 3 IS NOT VAIRAGYA, NON-ATTACHMENT OR DESIRELESSNESS,   ENOUGH IN ITSELF TO FREE ONE FROM THE WORLDLY BONDAGE? WHAT IS THEN THE USE OF   THE YOGIC DISCIPLINE, ABHYASA? at energyenhancement.org
         
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