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::: ''[[Health]] is wealth, peace of mind is happiness and Yoga shows the way.''  Swami Vishnu-devananda.   

::: ''[[Health]] is wealth, peace of mind is happiness and Yoga shows the way.''  Swami Vishnu-devananda.   

''Yoga means "Union" from the same Sanskrit root. What are the elements which are united or to be united when this word is used in its common sense of a practice widely spread in Hindustan whose object is the emancipation of the individual who studies and practises it from the less pleasing features of his life on this planet?... I say Hindustan, but I really mean anywhere on the earth; for research has shown that similar methods producing similar results are to be found in every country. The details vary, but the general structure is the same. Because all bodies, and so all minds, have identical Forms... The more we study this universe produced by our Yoga, the more we collect and synthesize our experience, the nearer we get to a perception of what the [[Buddha]] declared to be characteristic of all component things: Sorrow, Change, and Absence of any permanent principle.''<ref> [http://www.meritfields.com/  EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA BY MAHATMA GURU SRI PARAMAHANSA SHIVAJI]</ref>

''Yoga means "Union" from the same Sanskrit root. What are the elements which are united or to be united when this word is used in its common sense of a practice widely spread in Hindustan whose object is the emancipation of the individual who studies and practises it from the less pleasing features of his life on this planet?... I say Hindustan, but I really mean anywhere on the earth; for research has shown that similar methods producing similar results are to be found in every country. The details vary, but the general structure is the same. Because all bodies, and so all minds, have identical Forms... The more we study this universe produced by our Yoga, the more we collect and synthesize our experience, the nearer we get to a perception of what the [[Buddha]] declared to be characteristic of all component things: Sorrow, Change, and Absence of any permanent principle.''<ref>[http://www.meritfields.com/  EIGHT LECTURES ON YOGA BY MAHATMA GURU SRI PARAMAHANSA SHIVAJI]</ref>

... union between the Jivatman and Paramatman, that is between one's individual consciousness and the Universal Consciousness.

... union between the Jivatman and Paramatman, that is between one's individual consciousness and the Universal Consciousness.

:: Raja yoga meditation fills the yogi with super-sensuous joy or bliss which is the highest and the most ennobling experience. The bliss elevates the mind and raises the yogi above carnal pleasures, and moulds his bad habits.

:: Raja yoga meditation fills the yogi with super-sensuous joy or bliss which is the highest and the most ennobling experience. The bliss elevates the mind and raises the yogi above carnal pleasures, and moulds his bad habits.

:: A Raja yogi establishes a relationship with [[God]] . He withdraws from all the superfluous and avoidable worldly activities. He spends minimum time and resources on his personal comforts and devotes maximum energy for noble cause i.e. spiritual awakening of his felloe-beings. <ref>[http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/meditation/othermaditechniques.html Raja Yoga Meditation]</ref>

:: A Raja yogi establishes a relationship with [[God]] . He withdraws from all the superfluous and avoidable worldly activities. He spends minimum time and resources on his personal comforts and devotes maximum energy for noble cause i.e. spiritual awakening of his felloe-beings.<ref>[http://www.healthandyoga.com/html/meditation/othermaditechniques.html Raja Yoga Meditation]</ref>

A Raja Yogi starts his practice with the mind, although a minimum of postures of Hatha Yoga are usually included as a preparation for the meditation and concentration.

A Raja Yogi starts his practice with the mind, although a minimum of postures of Hatha Yoga are usually included as a preparation for the meditation and concentration.