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concentrated and focused attention (ekagrata) for the disease
of mental agitation and confusion (vyagrata). Therefore, it is
meant for those who have problems with being unsettled and
entangled in the mind. One needs an appropriate remedy for
whatever disease one has. However, these remedies are simply
temporary adjustments, which give only temporary relief. Now
if you make temporary relief your ultimate goal, then when will
you ever find the permanent relief? If these practices of focused
concentration bring an end to anger, pride, deceit and greed then
it is worth it. What is the point of yoga practices of twenty-five
years when your anger, pride, deceit and greed have not gone?
The true remedy is the one that helps you get rid of your anger,
pride, deceit and greed.
What are you trying to connect with your yoga sadhana
and practice? Are you trying to join with or reach out to the
known or the unknown? The Soul (Self) is unknown. How are
you going to connect with the Self? You only know the body
and you are doing sadhana for only the body, so what have you
done for the soul? How will you ever attain liberation?
The second type of yoga is yoga of the speech
(japayoga). Here you must recite mantras or do japa (chant or
recite names of the Lord) throughout the entire day. The
pleading and arguing lawyers do in courts can be considered
yoga of speech.
The third one is yoga of the mind (manoyoga). Any
focused mental activity is manoyoga. But it has no benefit if it is
done without a goal in mind. When you go to a train station do
you not have to give the ticket master your destination for your
ticket? Do you not have to give him the name of the station you
want to go? People keep telling one, “Do dhyan (meditation).
Do meditation.” But at least tell us what we should meditate on!
Otherwise, all these are useless talks without real facts.
Meditation without a goal is futile. In such meditation one can