Yoga s

An Approach 65
33. There may be doubts about the claims of yoga made in
this text of Sri Patanjali and made in other yoga books,
however one should cast these doubts aside and practice.
When the doubts arise, one should ignore the doubtful
ideas and push ahead with practice.
34. One may doubt that one can exist without committing
some minimal violence. For instance, even if one refrains
from eating animal flesh, one will have to eat something
else, vegetables or fruits for example. And in that case
there will be violence against trees, insects and microbes.
Still one should minimize such violence and hold faith that
ultimately it can be removed by transfer to another
dimension where the violence will be absent. If one does
not succeed at yoga practice, the implication is that one
will be condemned to material existence, with endless
distress and continued misidentification with the mundane
energy in any of its gross or subtle formations.
35. When a yogi is firmly established in non-violence, that is
exhibited by his life style. Then even hostile creatures
abandon their aggressive stance in his presence.
36. When a yogi is established in realism, his actions serve as
a basis for desired results. He is not easily frustrated
because he acts in accordance with reality, is subordinate
to it, respects it and rarely makes unrealistic plans in
attempts to contravene it.
37. When the yogi has subdued the stealing tendency in
human nature, material existence endeavors to serve him.
Thus it seems that all precious things become available to
him.
38. When the yogi has practiced effective methods of sex
activity reduction and elimination, his vigor to perform
yoga increases proportionately. Thus his perception of
spirituality is actuated.
39. Due to the development of non-possessiveness, the yogi
intuits into the causes of his birth. By mystic skill he
reviews actions from past lives which caused him to take
the present birth.
40. From purification of the subtle body, comes a disgust for
one’s own gross form and lack of desire to associate
sexually with others.