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The Union of Yoga

Yoga is the union of individual consciousness with cosmic consciousness, the aim of life. This unity means two must become one to walk the narrow street of love. We are often unaware of this divine presence. A story illustrates this: a man walking in a pleasant desert saw footprints and knew God accompanied him. When the path became hard with thorns and burning sun, the footprints vanished. At his destination, he questioned God, who explained: during pleasant times, He walked beside the man; during hardship, He carried him in His palm. True unity is most vital to feel in times of sadness. Lost are those who do not understand this spirituality. Harmony in family, society, mind, and heart is essential.

"Yoga means coming together, meeting together."

"When everything was pleasant, I walked beside you. But when it was very hard, I took you in the hollow of my palm."

Filming location: Hungary

The sound that balances the entire universe leads us to the final meaning: yoga means union. It is the union of the individual consciousness with the cosmic consciousness. Our final destination, the aim of our life, is to become one with our origin, one with that God. That union is known as yoga; yoga means coming together, meeting together. There is one nice poem: He said, "When I was here, he wasn't here; now he's here, but I'm not there, because the street of love is so narrow, two cannot walk together. The street of love is so narrow, two can't walk together." Two have to become one; then you can go together. So He is with us, but we don't know. It is said one man was walking in the desert where he found beautiful sand, soft sand, and very pleasant moonlight, very nice warm air, beautiful, beautiful, indescribable atmosphere. That man noticed that someone was walking beside him, but he couldn't see him; only he saw the footprints when he looked behind. He knew, "Someone must be accompanying me, God." Then the way was very hard and difficult, with thorns and stones. Sunrise, hot burning sun, no shadow, and thirsty, he suddenly noticed the one who was accompanying him had disappeared. Reaching his destination, he said, "God, someone was accompanying me there." God smiled and said, "Yes, it was me." Then he said, "I don't understand you, Lord. If you are that one, when it was so pleasant, you were walking with me in joy, and when it was very hard, with thorns, stones, hot sun, and I was thirsty, and storm, wind, you disappeared." He said, "Yes, I didn't walk with you." God said, "When everything was pleasant, I walked beside you. But when it was very hard, I took you in the hollow of my palm." So you couldn't see that. So the union, the unity, that is very important, especially we need to feel oneness when we are sad. So lost and blind are they who don't understand spirituality. They don't understand God. So yoga means unity. Harmony in family, in society, in mind, in the heart. And unity, that is very important. Harmony in family, in society, in mind, in the heart, and unity. That is very important.

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The text contains hyperlinks in bold to three authoritative books on yoga, written by humans, to clarify the context of the lecture:

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