' The Purpose of Yoga '...

"The purpose of Yoga is to unify the scattered structure of life. Now, the beauty is that even the scattered nature of life has underneath it the Unity of existence. Yoga discovers it. And when that unifying layer of life is located then the disturbed structure, manifold structure, multiplicity, diversity of Creation, becomes anchored to Unity. When the diversity becomes anchored to Unity, then the activity gains stability. That Pure Consciousness is the anchor for the conscious mind. Conscious mind is always up and down, and thinking and thinking… and that consciousness is undisturbed even layer of life. So, when the activity becomes anchored to silence then the activity gains stability. And this is the purpose of Yoga. The purpose of Yoga is to bring stability to activity. Now, when the attention is on two things then one gets lost to the Unity of life. Yoga locates that Unity which is common in both - seer and the seen, subject and the object… one thing is common. So, when that common is not on the conscious level, then the life is scattered - always two, two, three, four, five… diversity. And Yoga locates that Unity, and it not only locates intellectually but it, actually, brings it open to direct experience.” .............................. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,, India 1967