Yoga: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Every generation before and every generation to follow has, or will, encounter moments of unsteadiness, impurity, pour judgment, or violence. The nature of our being is susceptible to these trite obstacles. But the nature of our beast has not simply accepted these difficulties, but rather found ways to avoid or overcome them. Since ancient times, India and the surrounding regions have been developing and designing spiritual disciplines to help clear the mind of distortions. These disciplines help to increase a desired state of balance, purity, wisdom, and peacefulness, known as sattvic (Fisher, 77). These practices to enhance sattvic are identified as Yoga. Through an inspection of the four basic types of yoga, I will examine the benefits of these spiritual practices from yesteryear, and decide whether these ancestral disciplines are relevant and useful today.
The first strand of yoga to be examined focuses mainly on meditation. "Raja Yoga......
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