It means that a yogi is not someone cut off from life and work and people. He engages with everything but in a new and different way. He has access to a greater divine knowledge, a truer divine love, a more intense divine power. He does not run away from life in some cave but works among men in whatever sphere he is called to work, including war and revolution or simply cooking and cleaning or writing and speaking. He does everything beautifully, powerfully, with an exceptional degree of spontaneous perfection. But he is not attached to anyone or anything; he is not doing these activities for praise, not happy when things happen favourably, nor depressed if things don’t work out. Such a yogi lives for God’s purpose in the world and not for any personal gain or advantage. His only goal is to fulfil God’s Will in himself and in others.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
