Yoga means union

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Recorded on: 9 Sep 2000
Language: English
Length: 0h 05m

A spiritual discourse on the meaning of yoga as union.

"Yoga means union. It is the union of the individual consciousness with the cosmic consciousness."

"The street of love is so narrow, two cannot walk together. Two have to become one; then you can go together."

The speaker explains yoga as the ultimate union with the divine, using a poetic metaphor of a narrow street of love. He then narrates a parable of a man in a desert who realizes God was carrying him during hardships, not just walking beside him in pleasant times. The talk emphasizes feeling oneness, especially in difficulty, and achieving harmony in all aspects of life.

Recording location: Hungary, Szeged, Weekend seminar

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. Recording location: Hungary, Szeged, Weekend seminar

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Time position	Words
00:00:01	So the sound, which is balancing the entire universe,
00:00:09	then finally, yoga means union.
00:00:16	The union of the individual consciousness with the cosmic consciousness.
00:00:25	Our final destination, the aim of our life,
00:00:32	is to become one with our origin, one with that God.
00:00:41	And that union is known as yoga; yoga means coming together.
00:00:51	Meeting together. There is one nice poem.
00:01:00	He said, "When I was here, he wasn't here; now he's
00:01:12	here, but I'm not there, because the street of love is so
00:01:24	narrow, two cannot walk together. The street of love
00:01:32	is so narrow, two can't walk together."
00:01:41	Two have to become one; then you can go together.
00:01:50	So He is with us, but we don't know.
00:01:58	It is said one man was walking in the desert where he found beautiful sand, soft
00:02:08	sand, and very pleasant moonlight, very nice warm air, beautiful,
00:02:22	beautiful, indescribable atmosphere, and that man noticed that someone was walking beside him,
00:02:34	but he couldn't see him; only he saw the footprints.
00:02:41	When he looked behind.
00:02:48	He knew, "Someone must be accompanying me, God."Then the way was very
00:03:00	hard and difficult, with thorns and stones.
00:03:10	Sunrise, hot burning sun, no shadow, and thirsty, he suddenly noticed the one who was
00:03:18	accompanying him had disappeared. Reaching his destination, he said, "God, someone
00:03:24	was accompanying me there."God smiled and said, "Yes, it was
00:03:32	me."Then he said, "I don't understand you, Lord."
00:03:41	"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."
00:03:55	"But when it was very hard, I took you in the hollow of my palm."
00:04:01	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.
00:04:09	So lost and
00:04:18	blind are they who
00:04:30	don't understand spirituality.
00:04:37	They don't understand God. So yoga means unity.
00:04:45	Harmony in family,
00:04:54	in society, in
00:05:02	mind, in the
00:05:11	heart.
00:05:18	And unity, that is very important.
00:05:27	Harmony in family, in society, in mind, in the heart,
00:05:38	and unity. That is very important.

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