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What is the difference in traditional yoga method and Sri Aurobindo’s yoga method? Is there any difference in traditional yoga and Sri Aurobindo😇 yoga self realization? I read that when other yoga end then Sri Aurobindo yoga start? Can you clarify it? If the self realization is the first thing then why other yoga teacher don’t say or write anything about Sri Aurobindo yoga?

Different yogis put different meaning in the word Self realisation because depending upon the angle of approach. The Divine is one but also infinite. He

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Realization of couple of things came to the mind, please correct me if I am on wrong path (1) While away, we went on a different trails to walk every day.one day I challenged myself and decided to go on a long trail! As you know I have had some surgeries, After one particular incline, I was breathless, and I thought about meditation, how I bring by breathing/heart rate down, as well as relax all the muscles. And while walking I did exactly that. But I was also busy looking around and when I saw something interesting, I lost my concentration and started feeling ache in my legs. After coming back to the cabin that evening, I was sitting on the porch and thinking, ‘ was I actually able to control my body with my mind, for whatever short period of time while walking?  Was I🫤?

(1) Yes for a while you witnessed the power of mind over matter, of thoughts over the body. (2) The Mother was working on

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There is a saying in the words of many saints that the human birth is attained after going through 8.4 million other animal births. Is there divine truth in this? And my second question is, after attaining human birth, can a person fall back into the animal kingdom? If so, what could be the reasons that lead to this downward journey🤔?

I think this has been answered earlier. Both Science and Vedantuc Scriptures tell us that man is presently, so far at least, the last product

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