"Yoga is ubiquitous! There seems to be nowhere that this beautiful, ancient practice has not taken root. But sometimes when something is spread out, the true meaning of it gets lost. Sort of like the old children's game of telephone - where one person whispers something into another person's ear - and that person speaks into the next person's ear, and by the time it has gotten all the way around the circle, the original sentence spoken has been completely changed."
"While all of these are all wonderful things, none of them are the actual goal of yoga. What is remarkable about this practice is that it has many side effects - and they are all good (like the ones listed above). But what tends to happen, is that people are mistaking the side effect for the actual goal. In the language of Sanskrit, the word for this grand finale of the yoga practice is called Samadhi."
Yoga has spread widely, and its deep purpose often becomes obscured. Many people pursue stress relief, flexibility, strength, mindfulness, better sleep, an active lifestyle, or calmer reactivity as primary aims. All of those outcomes are valuable secondary effects rather than the ultimate objective. The ultimate objective of yoga is Samadhi. Yoga philosophy teaches that individuals are not merely body and mind but eternal souls. Misidentifying oneself as body and mind perpetuates confusion about true identity. Pursuing Samadhi reorients practice toward realizing the soul's nature beyond birth, death, and transient states.
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